This isn't a souls-like game at all.

Astraea pouted and muttered softly,

"That old man tried to make a move on the other girls who were being treated in the church, and I caught him red-handed. I didn't chop off his head, but I was very merciful by just giving him a good scolding."

"...showing mercy, that's true."

Ye Yiyi had a strange expression on his face, but he understood it deeply.

After all, this female knight had never held back during the previous invasion, and even said that death is the best admonition.

She didn't draw her sword and chop off the head in anger, which meant she really couldn't show mercy.

And Astraea was still muttering,

"Also, I was banished here as a convicted nun. If I cause trouble again..."

"Wait a minute? Penalty and demotion?!"

Ye Yiyi was suddenly stunned, "What do you mean?"

"Just before... the Holy Mother sent me to help you fight..."

Astralia's voice became softer and softer, her face became redder and redder, and her pace became faster and faster. In a short while, she had passed through the entire building and arrived at the backyard.

Ye Yiyi wordlessly straightened his messy robe, adjusted the brim of his hat, and looked at the female knight who was walking towards the yard, and the many little kids who were stopped behind by a nanny.

"Knight Astraea!"

The nanny walked forward with a serious expression, and then saw Ye Yiyi behind her. Her expression became serious, and she took out a short-handled Morning Star Hammer that shone with golden light from somewhere.

"Magician! Who are you?!"

Chapter 477 [Underground Cemetery for Those Offering Spiritual Fire]

She should be the Aunt Anna that Astralia mentioned, right?

He looked up and down at the woman who was wearing a light golden gauze dress, with four or five gold necklaces hanging on her chest, a golden morning star hammer in one hand, and four or five gold rings on one finger.

Ye Yiyi felt that it was outrageous as she was looking at her nanny warily at this moment.

I thought Aunt Ai Qiang was already at the pinnacle of luxury, but I didn't expect there was someone even braver than her?

Is it related to the meeting place?

"Sister Anna! No disrespect!"

Before Ye Yiyi introduced herself, Astralia took a step forward and reached out to press down Aunt Anna's Golden Morning Star Hammer.

The female knight's expression was solemn and her tone was stern, which frightened the old lady.

"This is the noble man whom Her Majesty the Virgin Mary personally sent me to assist a while ago. You must show respect and refrain from using swords against him!"

“Such a distinguished person!”

The old lady was shocked. She hurriedly put away the Morning Star Hammer and bowed down to Ye Yiyi!

"I was so anxious that my eyesight was blurry for a moment, and I didn't realize it was you who had come! I hope you will forgive me for any offense!"

"Old nanny, why do you have to perform such a grand ceremony? Isn't it embarrassing for me?" Ye Yiyi quickly reached out to help.

But he felt something was wrong as soon as he opened his mouth to say this. The translation of the word "groove" sounded very literary when the old lady opened her mouth, which confused him immediately.

"Cough cough..."

He pretended to cough twice, then grabbed the old lady's arms and tried to pull her up.

But the other person looked old, and his arms, as thick as bowls, were as hard as steel. Even if he used all his strength, he could not pull them apart.

"This is truly bizarre! How dare this old woman use the Morning Star Hammer as a weapon? She's so strong she could knock over a plowing ox with one punch!"

Ye Yiyi secretly thought it was strange, then switched to the Power, exerted a little force with both hands, and easily pulled the old lady up from the ground.

Then he whispered softly:

"Aunt Anna, I came here because I heard a child fell through a crack in the ground, and I wanted to see if I could help."

"As expected of a noble person recognized by Her Majesty the Holy Mother! Just by hearing about it, he decided to come and help. This kindness... I... I am truly grateful to you!"

Aunt Anna wiped her face with her hands covered with gold rings. As she spoke, her eyes became red and she was about to bang her knees on the ground to knock Ye Yiyi a few more times.

"Aunt Anna!"

Ye Yiyi was helpless and didn't dare to ask the old lady to kneel down in front of him, so he had to pull her and winked at the female knight beside him!

"Sister Anna!"

Astraea coughed twice and said seriously:

"Pay attention to your image as a nun and stop causing trouble for the noble man!"

"I know, I know..."

After finally persuading the old lady, Ye Yiyi finally had time to look around.

The entire backyard was not very big. On one side was a brick and wood kitchen with a blackened stove. In front of the door were bundles of chopped firewood and half a pig with its internal organs gutted hanging on a wooden rack.

And a little further away on the other side of the backyard was the dry well that little Irene mentioned.

According to Aunt Anna, this is the kitchen where the children usually cook and eat.

The nuns of the Glorious Du'e sect are not allowed to kill due to their teachings.

In addition, the nuns had to treat the patients and could not spare much time to look after the children during the day.

Therefore, the responsibilities of slaughtering livestock and cooking were given to the children themselves.

These children not only had to prepare meals for themselves, but also for the nuns and the patients.

Of course, the children’s hard work is not in vain. Although the nuns do not charge for treating patients, the children have to pay for the meals they cook for the patients.

The money earned will be distributed to each child, and when they grow up or are adopted and leave the orphanage, the entire amount will be given to them.

Having said that, Sister Anna didn't know what she was thinking about, and couldn't help but sigh.

"It's a pity that Fire Sparrow Flower is not the Rodno Empire after all. Even if these children grow up, they will still be illiterate and unable to read a single word.

"After all, there's no way I can learn a craft or skill that can help me make a living and get rich like the people of the Empire.

"Most of the boys among them would use their savings to become free mercenaries, or join a mercenary group. The better-off ones would join the army and become soldiers of the kingdom.

"Girls, on the other hand, are much more miserable. The better-off ones can find a man to marry in the capital, while the less fortunate ones will end up on Worship Street across the street and become flame dancers."

"Flame Dancer?"

Looking at the children who continued to make a fire and cook under the supervision of Astralia, Ye Yiyi withdrew his gaze and looked at Anna with a sad face, and asked curiously.

"What is a Flame Dancer?"

Aunt Anna sighed and said softly:

"In the teachings of the Fire Sparrow Flower, there is a unique sacrificial ritual that requires the girl to take a special medicine, which then, with sacred symbolic meaning, ignites a fiercely burning flame of love...

"This fire of love only burns for two hours, but it can remove evil and curses from another person through intercourse.

"...According to the Empire, the Flame Dancer is a legal prostitute of the Fire Sparrow Flower Kingdom."

"???"

Ye Yiyi was stunned after hearing this.

He suddenly realized what Halville had said to him about the little fish.

...burning as fiercely as fire, and then suddenly extinguished like dead ashes in the midst of its high brightness...love?

With drugs? This... can even be called love?

These Fire Sparrow people are playing even crazier than the Ritter people!

Seeing Ye Yiyi's horrified expression, Aunt Anna shook her head, and as Astralia slowly walked towards her, she leaned over and looked at the deep pit below her that was only a palm wide.

"I asked a few children and roughly know what happened." The female knight said, staring at the crack in the ground.

"Sike said this crack appeared two hours ago and it's probably related to the minor earthquake at that time."

When Ye Yiyi heard this, her eyes suddenly widened and she was stunned.

A slight earthquake, could it have been caused when he used his fighting skills to kill Kaxiu?

The two people who were carefully examining the crack in the ground did not notice Ye Yiyi's expression. The female knight continued:

"Anna and Koko were upstairs at the time and had no idea what was happening. Later, they went to the backyard to play and Anna accidentally fell in. Koko tried to save her but fell in too."

"It was my fault……"

Aunt Anna blamed herself:

"If I had finished my morning lessons earlier, I could have come over to look after them. My poor little Anna and little Koko, they are only four years old, my poor children..."

Two Annas?

Ye Yiyi felt a little surprised, but then she thought that this name was not a rare name, and it was not surprising to meet two people named Anna.

But if nothing unexpected happened, little Anna and Koko might have fallen into the crack because of him.

How big can the bodies of two four-year-old children be? The gap is big enough for them to fall into.

"That's my fault..."

He muttered to himself, then crouched down in the surprised gazes of the two men and took out a short staff of concealment from behind.

Aunt Anna looked at Ye Yiyi in confusion as she cast a spell to summon the mercury lamp.

"My Lord...what do you mean by that?"

"I might have made this crack..."

Ye Yiyi did not hide anything and casually recounted what happened before entering the city, but he omitted the part about immortal life.

"But don't worry, I will find a way to rescue them..."

Ye Yiyi didn't dare to look at the expressions of the two people, and just patted their shoulders.

The dung beetle disguised as shoulder armor slapped down along the arm and drilled into the crack in the ground carrying the mercury lamp.

"Ugh……"

With a sigh, he finally had a more intuitive understanding of his own strength.

The aftermath of the combat skills alone can cause a slight earthquake, shaking the earth and creating cracks.

Just a small crack could lead to the accidental loss of two innocent lives.

The battle was clearly fought for protection, but the aftermath of the battle caused additional casualties. Doesn't that mean nothing was protected?

Therefore, even if the female knight transformed into Aihara Ryu and roared at him at this moment, Ye Yiyi knew that he was in the wrong and would not refute.

But unexpectedly, the female knight just patted his shoulder and said softly with Aunt Anna:

"Oh...Ms. Michaela, it's not your fault."

"Yes, my lord. You fight to protect, to prevent the villains from causing greater harm. Even the Holy Mother cannot guarantee that there will be no sacrifices in the process of overcoming adversity, let alone you."

"So, Master Michaela, the sacrifice you made for the greater good was a noble and inevitable one. You have no need to feel guilty. It was not your fault."

"No sacrifice is inevitable, and no one has to sacrifice for anyone else. Stop talking about it."

Ye Yiyi shook his head and said firmly:

"They fell into the crevice because of me, so I will definitely save those two children... no matter whether they live or die..."

Ye Yiyi's words suddenly stopped.

He suddenly raised his head and looked at the female knight and Aunt Anna who looked worried, with a slightly strange expression.

"The two children are fine, just slightly scratched, they are still alive..."

"call……"

Astraea let out a long breath, her heart finally at ease.

“Holy Mother!”

Aunt Anna knelt on the ground with a "thump", and cracks suddenly appeared on the ground under her knees. Then she clasped her hands together and prayed repeatedly.

"Thank you for sending me this noble person, and thank you for protecting little Anna and little Koko!

"I know that this is the suffering that young children who are inexperienced in the world must endure, but it is also the tempering on the road to glory. I want to pray to you, beg you..."