sbdcsierra Chapter 117 Those who left will eventually meet again
Chapter 117 Those who left will eventually meet again
"I don't know... I was still young back then, Lilith." Mary said sadly. "But Miss has always believed so."
"How did they know each other?" Lilith couldn't help but wonder, and then she added, "Don't fool me by saying it was God's guidance. I want to hear the details."
Mary stopped what she was doing, grabbed her apron, wiped her hands, and sat down opposite Lilith. "How can this be called a lie? This is the truth."
She looked at Lilith quietly for a while, then said, "In fact, your mother had the same dream as you."
...Does she have a dream? Lilith was dumbfounded.
"Your mother wanted to become a favored one."
"Uh..." Lilith was speechless, thinking of herself as a child who sang hymns to God in church every week without fail. Could she say that her memory had not been awakened and that she was just a child who didn't know better?
"Young lady showed some special talents back then. Everyone said that she might be favored by God." Mary looked at the afterglow of the setting sun outside the window, her tone melancholy, "While the master was trying to find a good marriage for her, Young lady only wanted to pass the test, become a priest, and not let others control her life."
"Then Lord Aldington didn't write a letter to the reception officer for her?" Lilith guessed the reason when she knew the ending.
"There was no Lord Aldington at that time." Mary laughed. "The church in Shelley Town was only built ten years ago. If you wanted to take the test, you had to go to the temple yourself."
"No wonder." Lilith nodded in sudden realization, "It seems like it's over before it even started."
"No... you underestimated my lady." Mary smiled. "I remember it was just April and the weather was still a little cold. My lady sneaked into my room in the middle of the night, helped me change into pants, and sneaked into the caravan heading to Highgarden overnight."
Lilith widened her eyes in surprise and moved closer to Mary, "Mary! You, you have been to Highgarden! This is not fair! I haven't even been there!" Unless the time of Tears Behind Bars was counted, but that time she didn't see anything except the fireworks through the window.
Mary laughed happily, "Yes, I've been to Highgarden!" She raised her head proudly.
"But I was too young at the time, Lilith. It was my first time traveling far away, and I cried several times a day, hoping that the young lady would change her mind and turn back home."
"But the lady wasn't afraid at all. She comforted me and took care of me. We ate and drank with the caravan along the way. When we were tired, we lay down in the carriage full of goods to rest. We saw migrating thunderbirds and encountered a meteor shower... I was so stupid, Lilith. Such a beautiful scenery, a scenery that I might only see once in my life, but I actually cried all the way." Mary's eyes were full of nostalgia.
"What happened next?" Lilith asked about the master and servant's little adventure.
"...Highgarden is really beautiful. I have never seen such a white and beautiful building. Perhaps God should live in a place like this." Mary recalled the memory of her first sight of the temple.
"The white steps at the entrance are filled with ascetics who have come from all over. My lady and I were obviously dirty and smelly all the way here, but when we got there, we didn't think it was a big deal. Everyone is the same." Mary smiled bitterly.
"The young lady got the chance to take the test. I waited for her at the door, thinking it would take a long time, but she came out in a quarter of an hour. She didn't pass..."
"To be honest, I was happy, Lilith." Mary said with a trace of shame, "We can finally go home, and all I wanted to do was go home..."
"After that, we rested in the hotel, waiting for the returning caravan to take us back. One day during breakfast, the lady suddenly shouted -"
"The examiner said that poor mental and physical condition will also affect the test results. I think we are too tired when we first arrived. Mary, I want to try again."
“Then she stormed out.”
Lilith laughed dumbly. She always heard Mary describe how gentle, kind, beautiful and generous her mother was, but she never said that Ms. Shelley was such an interesting and energetic girl when she was young. But... judging from the ending, her second attempt must have failed again.
"It's just that this time, she came back even faster than before. She was sent back by someone..."
"It turned out that the young lady was in a hurry to get to the temple and didn't notice the carriage speeding by. A kind-hearted person pulled her aside and avoided the accident. However, the force was too much and the young lady sprained her ankle badly. The kind-hearted person sent her back."
Lilith's heart sank. She finally saw the direction of the future in the old story. The world line seemed to be closing in. "That kind person is..."
"Yes, it's Friar." Mary no longer had any expectations of the viscount, and her tone was no longer respectful.
"He injured the young lady's foot, and out of guilt, he came to visit her every day. Before the young lady recovered and went to the temple again, the people entrusted by Master Shelley finally found us. Friar escorted us all the way back to Shelley Town, saying that he had a responsibility. In the spring of the following year, they got engaged."
"The lady said sweetly at the time that although the God of Light did not grant her divine favor, he compensated her with a handsome husband. Isn't this God's guidance, Lilith?"
Well... Lilith curled her lips. Such a beautiful story had such a bad ending. If it were told in modern times, she would have given it a bad review.
"If she could successfully reach the temple the second time, maybe she could really become a priest." Lilith felt sorry for Ms. Shelley's unsuccessful attempt.
"Unfortunately, there is no if. This is the power of fate, Lilith. Everything is arranged." Mary felt Lilith's resentment and patted her head soothingly.
It was fate again... Lilith scratched her hair in annoyance. If Ms. Shelley's ending was also arranged by fate, then fate was really cruel.
"Your mother just went to the God of Light earlier. Your connection is so deep that you will meet again sooner or later. Those who leave will eventually meet again, Lilith." Mary thought that Lilith asked these questions today because she missed her mother after meeting the Countess, so she comforted her softly, gave the little girl a goodnight kiss, and left with a candle.
Lilith was left alone in the darkness, thinking quietly. It sounded like her parents were indeed in a free love relationship and had a very good relationship, but they didn't give her even a little bit of that love... Were they so afraid and hateful of her?
Tired from the journey, Lilith fell asleep in a trance.
……
It rained in the second half of last night. When Lilith woke up today, the weather was quite cool. She took advantage of the coolness and rushed to the Shelley Brewery.
"Ms. Lilith." A sharp-eyed manager saw Lilith and hurried over to say hello.
Lilith nodded and said good morning, then asked, "Where's Peggy?"
"Uh, are you talking about that girl?" The manager looked embarrassed.
"She wasn't adapting well to the winery job and has gone home."