Kapitel 29: 29. The Rose and the prince.
For example, some confessionals have a small hole at the waist.
Well, it could also be a big hole.
--Don't get me wrong, this is a service that combines palm reading and bone paIpation. It makes sense for missionaries to be knowledgeable!
The priest of this church is a serious man, and this confessional is naturally serious as well. Rowan can't see anything.
But that familiar voice, he didn't need t o see Rowan to know who it was.
It was Elena whom he met not long ago. Elena was puzzled "I heard someone knocking on the door, and there were soldiers..."
Rowan lowered his voice "It's safe here, kid."
A few soldiers were nothing to her, Elena was puzzled but did not delve into it further.
What surprised her was why the priest's voice had changed.
Became like...that person.
A handsome face suddenly popped up in her mind.
Although his face was covered, just by looking at the line of his chin, his pursed lips, and his dark eyes, Elena could tell that this was a handsome man.
At first, it was because of the familiar mask, but gradually it became the person behind the mask.
The more curious she was, the more she cared about it. In less than half a day, she couldn't forget this face.
Like a drop of ink falling on a beloved white dress, the ink spreads and can never be wiped clean.
Elena lowered her voice "Father, forgive me, I have sinned, and I haven't confessed for three days."
Rowan's low and slightly hoarse voice seeped over "Three days what kind of crime can you commit in three days. Come back when you have more time please. "
"Scuse me..."
"There is no good or evil in the world. It is each person's thoughts that distinguish them. So you don't need to worry. You won't commit a crime just because you don't repent." Rowan said seeing that speaking the lines from script is not good for him.
"Hamlet..."
Elena chuckled. "It's different, Father. I broke the Fourth Commandment."
What is the fourth commandment?
Rowan, who was not religious, asked uncertainly, "You killed someone?"
"Killing? No, that's not the Fourth Commandment."
Elena's doubts that had just disappeared resurfaced.
What priest wouldn't know the fourth commandment? impossible.
The priest was not one to joke.
Not knowing the fourth commandment, and what happened just now...there is only one answer.
Elena, who is beautiful and smart, guessed something.
But she said nothing, and continued to listen carefully to what Rowan was saying "Of course, that is not the Fourth Commandment. Then how did you break the sacred Fourth Commandment?"
The voice of the confessional was clear and familiar.
The face in her mind became clearer.
The way he put his finger in front of his lips, the sound of him saying those words...then and now began to overlap.
'It was you...'
The corners of Elena's lips curled up slightly, but her voice became lost "I betrayed my father."
"I wanted to listen to my father and live the life he envisioned, but my heart was rejecting that and my soul was yearning for adventure."
"I may have fallen in love with a man I had only known for less than two hours...Father, am I doing something wrong?"
Rowan couldn't see Elena's expression.
His eyebrows twitched, the corners of his mouth twitched, he wanted to laugh but had to hold it back, and tried his best to control his voice to keep acting like the priest "There's nothing wrong with yearning for freedom, child."
"Just remember, freedom means the soul can control the body, it means I can eat when I want to, I don't eat when I don't want to, I can love when I want to, I don't love when I don't want to, it means rejecting what I don't want instead of unlimited release, it means not being controlled by appetite or other desires and becoming a puppet of desire."
"As for that gentleman, did your father know him?"
"No."
Elena, who was savoring this, came back to her senses "They don't know each other. I don't think my father would like him because he looks like a bad guy wearing a mask. Well, a frivolous, insincere bad guy who looks good at deceiving women."
Rowan said unable to speak anything else "Ah this..."
Elena stated "But he attracts me."
"I don't really like him, but I feel comfortable when I'm with him. His eyes, his voice, his jawline... all these satisfy my fantasy of love."
Rowan's voice became a little hoarse "It's just because of the attraction of appearance."
"Yes, but love always starts from chance encounter and physical attraction." Elena said
"But you are right, Father. We need to communicate and get along with each other and understand whether our personalities are compatible... Well, I need to be more cautious."
"No matter what, I have committed a crime. Can you forgive me?"
Rowan had already realized that the girl opposite him had guessed his identity.
'I was teased just now, by this cunning as a little fox...'
But Rowan still chuckled helplessly "I forgive you."
The confessional fell silent.
A warm tranquility.
After an unknown amount of time, the silence was broken by the sound of soldiers' movements.
Rowan looked over and prepared to leave.
Elena seemed to realize it as well, and continued speaking faster "This is just my own wish, I don't know what he is thinking."
"Maybe he's looking up at the stars in the sky. Maybe he has something important to do." Rowan said
"Father', those who only look at the sky cannot see the flowers at their feet." Elena stated
"...Let me tell you a story."
The soldier was dealt with by the priest, and there was still some time. Rowan said, "Once upon a time there was a little prince who lived alone on a small planet."
"That planet was really very small, so small that he could see many sunsets every day just by moving the bench. It was a very sad thing."
"The little prince doesn't understand the world of adults. In fact, he doesn't understand the world of anyone. Because he lives alone on that small planet."
"The little prince is a delicate and sensitive child who always asks questions but n ever answers other people's questions."
"He had a rose that he doted on and let it grow up in a glass case."
"The rose was delicate, beautiful, willful and proud. She took it for granted that the little prince would not leave her because they both believed that the other was the only one in the universe."
"Although there are many answers to be found and even though there are still many other planets to visit, the little prince will come back in the end to find his only rose..."
Rowan no longer concealed his voice.
In the dark confessional, a gentle voice tells a different story of The Little Prince
Elena leaned against the wall, her hair falling on her snow-white shoulders.
It might have been an idea of a prank at first, but gradually it became different.
Am I really in love with him?
The girl asked herself and came to the answer 'Yes, I fell in love with him.'
It starts with appearance and ends with getting along with each other.
The more we got along, the better I understood him. Attraction turned into liking,
and then quickly turned into love. My heartbeat is speeding up and my breathing is getting hotter.
She could feel someone on the other side leaning in too.
There was only a thin wooden wall between the two of them, and the heat from that thin wall seemed to be intertwined, as if the partition had disappeared. The two of them seemed to be facing each other at this moment, able to sense each other's breathing and hear each other's heartbeat.
When the story was finished, Elena said, "I am not a rose that needs to be protected."
Rowan smiled and said, "Then just treat me as one."
"If you don't come back, I'll commemorate you with roses." Elena said
"Roses are too expensive, use weeds to remember me. They will grow all over the ground, forever." Rowan laughed and said, "Let's go. We'll see each other again. No matter how Iong you wait for someone meaningful, it's never too long."
When the sound faded away, Elena left the confessional.
She looked at the soldiers, and at the priest who was dealing with them.
Opening the confessional door and looking into the empty interior, Elena's smile was sweet and rich.
....
Back to the cave.
After tying the horse in the stable, Rowan dismounted and saw old Zorro, wearing new clothes, with his back to him, seemingly in deep thought.
Rowan felt a little guilty for no reason.
He had shouted thousands of times in his heart that he wanted his master's daughter, and now he really started to take action. But when he met his father-in-law, he couldn't help but feel a little timid.
But there was no way, Elena was indeed a good girl, and Rowan had been attracted to her.
Just as the girl said, the beginning of Iove comes from the attraction of appearance.
He was attracted by Elena's appearanc e, and now he really fell in love with her after spending time with her.
This also made Rowan decide that this dungeon would not be opened for the second round in the future.
Fight to the end in one round! Watch me clear the level with one life!
Bang!
Old Zorro whipped Rowan, who was fast-forwarding in his mind to "a wife and a warm bed", and brought his soul back.
Rowan bared his teeth and jumped up and down, saying unhappily, "Why did you hit me?"
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