Chapter 247 Are you really not going to tell him about your life experience?
The demon hunter master who was named was stunned for a moment.

But facing Mary's suspicious gaze, he could only nod hesitantly.

Although he had never seen the girl.

“Didn’t Ailin follow me after I came down the mountain?” Vesemir was also a little confused. “Where did he meet this girl?”

Vesemir's proof not only failed to dispel Mary's doubts, but seemed to deepen the misunderstanding.

But at this moment, Lisa turned back.

After looking at Ailin with gratitude, she took the initiative to smile gently at Mary and explained:

"I was persecuted by Haxor, Lysa, the daughter of Viscount Hudson, a Kaedwen noble..."

"If it weren't for Master Ailin, I would have died a long time ago..."

"Lysa, you..." Ailin looked at her in surprise and looked around subconsciously.

Apart from Nenneke, who probably knew the truth but didn't react, the priests and other people passing by acted as if they had heard nothing.

After bowing to Nenneke and Lysa, who were wearing gray dresses, he left.

"It's okay..." Lisa smiled and shook her head, "This is the lady's kingdom on earth. There is no one who is untrustworthy."

"Are you Hudson's daughter?" Vesemir stopped subconsciously and looked at the girl with an ambiguous look.

It was like observing his resemblance to a friend who had passed away.

“You must be Master Vesemir, right?” Lysa nodded with a smile. “When I was little, my father often mentioned you. He said you were the bravest warrior he had ever seen, a hero of mankind…”

"He often said..."

"If it weren't for the honor and responsibility of the family, he would really like to pick up the sword and travel the world with you to kill demons and hunt monsters..."

"Really? Did he tell you that?"

After Vesemir heard this, he laughed heartily twice, and his eyes became sad and gentle, as if he thought of some scenes from the past.

"That's certainly something Hudson would say." He sighed and looked at Lysa.

It was as if through her I could see that generous nobleman with whom I had not spent much time together but who was so unique and impressive.

"His swordsmanship is excellent, but his status as a noble restrains him..."

"Father will be very happy to know that you think so of him," Lisa said gently.

Then she looked at Mary.

At this time.

Mary, who knew Lisa's identity, lowered her head, feeling ashamed of her unreasonable behavior just now.

"You are Ms. Margarita, right?" Lisa took two steps closer. "I've always heard that Ms. Vera has a very outstanding apprentice..."

"I didn't expect that the real person is even more beautiful and lovely than I imagined..."

"I heard from Lady Vera that you have been taking care of Aliu and the others in Kaer Morhen..."

The praise was preceded by the half-elf being sent to the Ancient Sea Fortress.

Mary and Lysa soon became like close friends who had not seen each other for a long time and were talking about everything.

At this time.

Ailin finally discovered why he didn't recognize Lysa after just over a month of not seeing her.

Quiet, gentle, friendly, and considerate...

This girl now looks like clear warm spring water.

He was completely different from the man a few days ago, who had a frown on his face and looked bitter and resentful all day long.

What caused her to change so much?
Is it the Temple of Meritelli?
still is……

Think as you move forward.

At this moment, Ailin suddenly saw Lysa tilt her head, look at him gratefully, and her mouth moved slightly.

That's "thank you"!
The young witcher understood.

She must have known about Hackso's tragic death at Ben Ade's hands.

"Lysa is an apprentice priestess at the Temple of Meliteli. She is now learning from Nenneke and helping out..."

Vera gave a brief introduction.

Nenneke nodded, looked at Lisa, who had just calmed down the atmosphere, with a loving look, and praised her:

"Leisa is serious about her work and devout in her faith. She has helped me a lot..."

"The high priest and the lady must have seen it..."

Seeing Nenneke's admiring face, Arryn knew that Lysa's life and future in the Temple of Meliteli would surely be good.

of course.

This is his somewhat mercenary idea.

What the young demon hunter felt more was the relief and pleasure of seeing a child full of hatred and revenge being redeemed and changed because of his actions.

……

The main hall, garden, greenhouse, dormitory, prayer room, orphanage, delivery room, and even a school for training future herbalists, doctors, and midwives...

Rather than being a temple, the Temple of Meliteli is more like a sparsely populated small city.

Moreover, in terms of administrative division, this small town does not belong to the local nobles, or even to the King of Temeria.

This is the sanctuary of the goddess Meliteli.

Both in the spiritual sense and in the literal sense.

therefore.

This place is pretty big.

It took a full five minutes just to get the horses to the stable.

After leaving the stable, Nenneke led Arryn and his group on a walk for nearly ten minutes, even crossing a roaring waterfall, before reaching their final destination.

A pure white building surrounded by towering ancient trees.

"Chirp~"

Birds of various bright colors flew around, chirping.

Combined with the sound of the waterfall not far away, it seems quiet and lofty.

It is worth mentioning that.

Although surrounded by trees and birds.

This tall building is flawless pure white whether viewed from a distance or up close.

Holy and ethereal.

As if emitting a fluffy white light

“We’re here!” Nenneke whispered.

"Where is this?" Mary asked curiously, looking at the pure white and round building.

"It's the holy place closest to the Lady, and it's also where the High Priest serves the gods..." Aisha explained softly and devoutly.

"Ms. Vera, please take Ailin in. I will take the others to rest first."

Nenneke nodded to Vera.

"Thank you for your help..." Vera nodded slightly.

Nenneke shook her head and looked at Vesemir and Mary who were holding Royce, and Yennefer who was wearing a black robe to cover her face, and smiled gently:
"Please come with me."

Then she walked straight out.

After knowing that the high priest would only meet with Arryn and Vera, Vesemir nodded slightly to Arryn, then led the others to follow Nenneke's footsteps.

Watching the group walk away, Vera looked back at Ailin and said:

"Alin, let's go..."

The young demon hunter looked at Meliteli's sanctuary, took a deep breath, nodded, and walked inside.

……

"Dong Dong Dong~"

The crisp sound of footsteps echoed in the deep white corridor.

The walls on both sides are decorated with exquisite carvings and paintings, telling the greatness of Meliteli.

"Don't be nervous, Ianna is a very kind person."

Vera seemed to sense something from Ailin's silence and comforted him.

Ianna...

Ailin was stunned.

This is obviously a name that can only be used for a certain type of friend, and it must be a name that can only be used for very close friends.

Out of curiosity, the young demon hunter asked in a low voice:
"Are you familiar with the high priest?"

"Very familiar?" Vera chuckled and shook her head.

Ok?
Does this mean unfamiliar?
Aelin was curious.

"Ianna, I was the one who brought her to the Temple of Meliteli..." Vera smiled gently, as if she was thinking about something warm, "I watched her grow up..."

What the hell!

It's okay to look grown up...

The sorceress's casual words made Ailin's blue cat eyes widen.

Ms. Vera looked like a girl of no more than 20 years old, which always made Ailin unconsciously ignore her age.

Now he remembered...

Even Vesemir was over a hundred and fifty years old.

A rough estimate shows that Ms. Vera must have at least two hundred... "What are you thinking about?"

A cold female voice suddenly sounded in his ears, scaring the young demon hunter so much that his heart stopped.

Ailin looked up at the sorceress who had approached him at some point, and he felt as if he were about to die.

Vera squinted her eyes and looked at Ailin's suddenly pale face:

"It feels like you're thinking of something impolite..."

"How is that possible!" Ailin quickly cleared his mind, "I was thinking about the curse..."

Vera looked at him carefully again, not knowing whether she believed him or not, and continued to lead the way:
"Don't worry, it's just an evil god from another world."

"It can be solved in any temple, not to mention the goddess Meliteli..."

"Dong Dong Dong~"

The footsteps continued.

Looking at Vera's back, Ailin breathed a sigh of relief and thought carefully in his mind:

No wonder no matter whether it was Shadia or Aisha, whoever Lady Vera sent to the Temple of Meliteli, they would be accepted.

It turns out that there is this relationship involved.

Now Ailin was completely relieved.

Even looking at the solemn statues and paintings on both sides, he felt much more at home.

After all, Aelin is Vera's alchemy apprentice.

By this calculation, he and the high priest are both family members!

After walking through the long corridor, a wooden door appeared at the end.

The door is carved with the goddess Meriteli in three phases: a young girl, a pregnant woman and an old woman.

"Shasha~Shasha~"

The friction sound came from the half-open door, revealing a small gap.

"Squeak~"

When the door was opened, the first thing that came into view was the statue of Meliteli.

However, unlike the stone statue at the gate of the temple, this statue is very small, only as tall as a normal woman.

And it's gray and has gaps everywhere.

It seemed as if it had been exposed to wind and sun for hundreds of years in the wilderness and had naturally cracked.

It doesn't match this gorgeous pure white palace at all, but it is very natural.

It seems as if this stone statue has always stood here.

"This is the original statue of the goddess Meliteli..."

A kind and gentle female voice suddenly sounded from the side.

Ailin was stunned for a moment, and it seemed as if he heard the story of the director of an orphanage in his previous life, who raised hundreds of orphans.

When I looked carefully, I found a kind old lady with a hunchback walking towards me from behind the stone statue.

She was holding a white cloth and seemed to be wiping the sculptures and murals on the wall.

"Vera, this is your..." The old lady paused strangely, "Uh... that child?"

The sorceress clenched her fist, glanced at her casually, and said:
"Ianna, this is Ailin. I brought him here to remove the curse..."

"Hello, High Priest Ianna..." Ailin also bowed slightly and saluted.

"We are all family, there is no need to be so distant," the old man shook his head and interrupted, "Just call me Grandma Ianna!"

"Ian..." Ailin was about to shout.

"Om~"

The wolf emblem on the chest suddenly hummed softly.

He tilted his head.

Ms. Vera was looking at Ianna with a blank expression.

Ianna seemed not to notice. She squinted her eyes and smiled at Ayling, not looking back at Vera.

Suddenly.

An inexplicable undercurrent that Ailin could not understand surged among the three of them.

Ailin looked at Ms. Vera, then at High Priest Ianna. After thinking for a few seconds, he called out tentatively:
"Ianna...Mammy?"

"Hey~" Ianna responded with a smile.

Vera tilted her head and looked in another direction.

The inexplicable strange atmosphere suddenly disappeared, as if it had never appeared.

Ailin scratched his head and breathed a sigh of relief.

He had thought about removing the curse of the evil god, perhaps going through some trials in the temple of Meliteli.

After all, this is how it is usually played out in novels and TV dramas.

But he really didn't expect that he would encounter such strange... uh... difficulties?
but.

Although he didn't know why he couldn't call Ianna grandma, it seemed that he had passed this hurdle.

"Good boy, quickly stretch out your hand so that Mammy can see which bad guy has found my good child..."

Ianna's coaxing tone made Ailin feel a little uncomfortable.

But he still obediently stretched out his right hand, and it was held by Ianna's hands full of wrinkles and age spots.

next second.

A warm current seeps into the body from the palm of the hand, flowing through the body along the magical veins.

Although Ianna closed her eyes, Ailin felt as if he was completely seen through.

"what!"

Ianna exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" Vera asked anxiously.

Ianna opened her eyes and looked at Ailin, then asked hesitantly:

"Bone and flesh, do you know?"

Ailin jerked his hand away in surprise.

"It seems that you know..." Ianna nodded, grabbed Ailin's hand again, and said to Vera, "Don't worry, it's okay..."

After a pause, she looked at Ailin's slender and well-proportioned hands with admiration:
"As expected of a child of miracle, he is indeed different from the others."

then.

She closed her eyes and continued exploring.

Ailin was still somewhat frightened at this moment.

The Child of Miracles was nothing, after all, Vera knew about it.

This was the first time he had been seen through the bones and flesh that were slowly transformed by elemental affinity.

and.

Just now when Ianna grabbed Ailin's right hand, he subconsciously dodged under the pressure.

But he was still caught as usual.

for a long time.

Only after the warm current flowed through her body did Ianna let go of her hand.

"How about it?"

Before Ailin could speak, Vera hurriedly took two steps closer and asked.

Ianna bowed her head and pondered for a moment, then said:
"It's an evil god I've never seen before..."

Seeing that Vera and Ailin were getting nervous, he continued:
"But it's okay, just stay here for a few days."

"That's good..." Vera breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is there nothing else to do but just stay here?" Ailin asked curiously.

Ianna narrowed her eyes and nodded kindly:
"Of course, seven days here is enough."

"The lady's power will drive away evil..."

"but……"

Ianna smiled and handed over the rag in her hand:

"It would be better if you could help the lady clean the house. The lady likes hardworking and kind children the most."

Ailin would naturally not refuse this.

He took the rag, nodded to Vera, and started from the door, carefully cleaning the mural.

Vera and Ianna stood and watched for a while, then quietly left after instructing him that they would pick him up before dinner.

……

that's it.

The two men walked out of Meliteli's sanctuary in silence.

He didn't speak.

until……

After they walked out of the sanctuary's gate, Ianna looked at the sanctuary behind her and suddenly said:
"Are you really not going to tell him about your life?"

(End of this chapter)