Chapter 30: With all due respect, may I ask
Looking at the master and maid fooling around, even Little Yi lost her anger. Instead, her heart was filled with doubts. What’s the difference between this pair of master and servant? The maid’s a country girl, so she probably doesn’t know the rules, but the master didn’t even make a scene. Is there such a priest in the church of Light? None of the priests I’ve seen were like this.
After being toyed around by Robb, Lillian went to town to buy the bedding and daily necessities, and soon, peace was restored to the little chapel.
Little Yi and Robb didn’t know each other well, so she couldn’t find anything to say. It was awkward, so she wanted to do something. She saw a bunch of messy footprints on the ground at the yard gate left by the people who came earlier, so she took up a broom and swept the floor.
The beautiful nun swept the floor. It was beautiful. The key was her style which Robb appreciated very much.
After she finished sweeping, she wanted to clean a table. So, she went into the house to find a bucket and wrapped a rope around it. When she was about to throw it into the well, Robb cried out, "Wait, err, here, we don't pull water out of the well."
“Hmm?” Little Yi looked at him curiously, “Then, how do you use water?”
"Look at the corner of the field; there's an iron pipe hanging down, see? It's attached to a water reservoir."
“I see it!”
"Good, go there now, use that faucet. Yes! That thing, rotate it gently and don't put in a lot of strength…."
As soon as Little Yi twisted it according to his words, the rattling water gushed out of the faucet and startled her, “What’s this? Magic?”
Robb pointed at the reservoir above in the yard and said with a smile, "It's called tap water. It's not magic. Put simply. It means to take out water from water stored in high places and use it in lower places."
Little Yi looked up at the reservoir, then at the faucet. She seemed to understand something. She put the bucket under the faucet and watched the clear water slowly fill up the bucket. She then gently rotated the faucet. The water stopped, then she turned it on again, the water came again, and then it stopped again.
After playing with it repeatedly three or four times, her cold expression melted slightly, and she flashed a smile for a moment, but she immediately put it away. She said, "It's so convenient to use water like this! No wonder you can take a bath every day. If I had this too, I could bathe every day.”
"There are also faucets and toilets in and near the kitchen." Robb said thoughtfully, "Be sure to wash your hands after pooping. I know you like wiping your buttocks with your hands."
Little Yi, “…”
He didn't have to say that. Little Yi almost went crazy and said with a straight face, "Father, don't you have any gentlemanly manners?" Can the word buttocks be used in discussion with a nun?"
"This is called stating facts."
“There are some things you can say and things you can’t!”
"This is not a question of whether it can be said, but a question that must be said. Personal hygiene habits, defend them to your death. There is no room for euphemism, or you'll die off some strange disease sooner or later."
“Huh?!” Little Yi stopped talking. Robb stopped bothering as well.
Robb then spread out his hands, collapsed on a stone stool, and became lazy.
After a long time, Lillian returned and brought back the daily necessities, but when she was going to help Little Yi make her bed, she was stopped by her. The hardworking nun decided to make her own bed without needing external help. Robb found something good about her with this small action. This girl doesn't like asking others for help. She likes doing everything herself.
From this action, we can see that she isn't born into a wealthy family. I heard that all the nuns are girls from wealthy families, while girls who came from poor families can only be slaves. How did Little Yi become a nun? This is interesting.
That night, Lillian's steak seemed to have become repetitive recently, making Robb quite dissatisfied. Westwind town is too small. It is almost impossible to buy any decent ingredients here. I only keep eating steak, lamb, pork, and chicken chops.
But Little Yi enjoyed it. For the poor nun, the steak was very high-end.
At this time, she'd already bathed and was dressed in clean nun clothes while eating the steak comfortably. Looking around, he saw that the nun clothes she'd changed were hanging on a rope, floating by the wind. It was beautiful.
Although her face was cold, she thought to herself, “Why does it feel much more comfortable living here than in the main Church of Light? This relaxing feeling. Ah... stop... I should stop thinking like this. I almost committed one of the sins, laziness.
She tilted her head and looked at Robb strangely when she thought of this.
Robb shrugged, “Why are you looking at me like that? Do I have mushroom sauce on my face?”
Little Yi said, "
Little Yi said, “I don’t seem to have seen you study the “Bible of Light”?
Robb really wanted to say the line, "Looking at that worthless holy scripture would no be of no use!" but he knows that if he says that, he'll probably have to eat "Divine Punishment" or "Mind Shock." This little nun will definitely shoot all the attack magic she knows at my face in an instant. His magic resistance is high though, so she'll probably deal little to no damage. Then he'll have to play that tower defense type game again.
The Templar knights will probably come to clean up, and after being blown up themselves, the church will ask for troops from the Kingdom of Gran. The Great Duke will then have to send troops to the Bright Road and, along with the White Lion Cavalry, will attack him and be blown up as well. Afterward, the royal knights will come and be blown up, and maybe the Kingdom of Gran will join with Norma. And, of course, they'll also be blown up by yours truly. (TL: This was a nightmare to translate.)
On the other hand, the Great Tang Kingdom will watch the play unfold with their arms behind their backs with a three-lip grin. They may even write a few statements saying, “We are deeply regretful about the strife that has happened in your kingdom!”
The tower defense will go on endlessly.
So, to avoid it all, he had to spread his hands and say, "When I get up every morning, I read the Bible of Light ten times. I think I've fully listened to the teachings of God today. When you saw me lying on the stone stool, I was actually practicing my holy magic in secret. On the surface, I'm lazy, but in fact, I've been practicing holy magic desperately over and over again. Ah… my body is filled with holy power and about to overflow."
Little Yi's cold face looked suspicious. I can only believe you are practicing holy magic, but I was lazy just now. Laziness is one of the seven sins, and it almost led me astray.
Of course, the seven sins aren't unforgivable as long as they are appropriately corrected. In the end, they will still be good believers, so she won't draw a line with Robb because of laziness. But she still had to remind Robb, "With all due respect, may I ask to what extent is your holy magic now?"