After making this discovery, Leo also had a guess in his mind, so he pointed at the oil painting and asked: "Sir Forsythe, is that the young man in that oil painting you?"

"Yes." St. Francis didn't understand why Leo suddenly changed the topic, but he still nodded patiently and said, "Yes, that's me. The content above is my experience of following my mentor when I was young.

I felt that that experience was the most important experience in my life, so I found someone to draw it and hang it here to remind myself that no matter what time, I am just a humble wayfinder."

Leo suddenly asked in a leaping manner: "Is your surname Alcott?"

St. Francis was stunned. At first he didn't quite understand the reason for Leo's question, but he still said truthfully: "When I became an ascetic and gave up the past, I also gave up my name. My last name at that time was

Alcott." At this point, he suddenly paused. He seemed to have thought of something, and his expression became a little excited. Then he asked urgently: "Did you see Andrew Orr at No. 9 Golden Oak Street?

Kurt?”

"No." Leo shook his head, and before St. Francis was disappointed, he added: "But I have met his descendants."

"Descendants?" St. Francis was stunned, not understanding what Leo said for a while, and couldn't help but said: "Can you tell me in detail what is going on inside No. 9 Golden Oak Street?"

"Of course." Leo nodded, but changed the topic and said, "But you need to agree to two conditions."

St. Francis smiled when he heard this and said: "It's been a long time since anyone negotiated terms with me like this, tell me? What terms do you want to negotiate with me?"

"Actually, there are two very simple conditions." Leo did not care about the power that St. Francis revealed intentionally or unintentionally, and said calmly: "The first is to tell me, what is the relationship between you and Andrew Alcott?

What's going on?"

St. Francis was stunned for a moment. He had no idea that Leo would actually put forward such a condition. Although this condition touched on his personal privacy, he did not feel angry about it. Instead, he thought about it for a moment and nodded.

, said: "Since Mr. Leo wants to know, I will tell you! In fact, you should have guessed just now that Andrew Alcott and I have a blood relationship. In fact, this relationship may be better than you guessed.

Even more closely, Andrew Alcott was my father, I was born at No. 9 Golden Oak Street, and before I took the name Forsythe, I was called Quinn Alcott."

"Quinn Alcott?" Leo corrected himself slightly and confirmed: "Quinn Alcott, the youngest son of Andrew Alcott?"

"Yes." St. Francis nodded.

Leo was a little confused and asked: "Aren't you already dead? And your age..."

"I am very old and have already exceeded the limit of life for normal people. In fact, I should have gone to see my Lord a long time ago, but my Lord is not willing to see me. He kindly allows me to continue to live in this world.

Spread the holy word for Him in the world." St. Francis smiled, and then said seriously: "I was just lucky. When the disaster happened, I was taken out of the manor by my servants and played on the lake, so I

I was able to survive, and my Lord’s priests later took me over to raise me. When I became an adult, I volunteered to become an ascetic preacher until today.”

"Have you been to No. 9 Golden Oak Street afterwards?" Leo asked in a deep voice.

"I have been there before. After I became a formal priest, I found that I could get a response from our Lord every time I prayed. At that time, I was full of confidence and thought that I could find out what happened to my family back then and get an answer, but...

St. Francis paused as he spoke, and then said with a wry smile: "I stood outside No. 9 Golden Oak Street for a day and a night, but in the end I was not able to take that step into the manor." As he spoke, he said seriously.

He sighed, looked at Leo and said: "This matter has been on my mind for so many years. I thought I would never get an answer until I went to see my Lord, but you appeared at this time. You

He should be the first person to come out of No. 9 Golden Oak Street alive."

Leo shook his head slightly and said, "I shouldn't be the first one. I remember there was someone before me..."

"No, you are the first one," St. Francis interrupted Leo and said, "I know which one you are talking about, but it is not a human being."

Leo frowned and said: "Even if that person is not a human being, but an unknown existence, his knowledge should be able to..."

"No, you misunderstood, I didn't mean the dependent family." St. Francis shook his head and said: "It is a monster that has never been seen before."

After saying that, St. Francis got up and walked to the bookcase nearby. He searched carefully on the bookcase and found a very old document. He patted the dust on it, opened it and checked it before walking back.

, handed the document to Leo.

Leo was not polite and took the file and started looking through it.

This document is a report document, the main content of which is that the Holy Knight of the Church of the Hill King in Miria and others worked together to arrest the so-called Familia from No. 9 Golden Oak Street. In this report, in addition to

In addition to describing the capture process in detail, he also explained in detail the situation of the so-called dependent clan, focusing on the fact that after death, the monster turned into a puddle of black oil, and this black oil is extremely corrosive.

Sex and contagion.

In the report, it was mentioned that there are two devout knights of the Lord of the Sky. Basically, in a few years they will be able to receive the divine grace ceremony and become paladins. However, these two devout knights were inadvertently contaminated with this black oil.

, the body immediately showed extensive corrosion.

Later, the clergy of the Sky Lord Church removed the black oil from the two devout knights and treated their corroded bodies. However, these two devout knights went crazy. According to what they said before they went crazy.

If so, they seemed to have heard some kind of indescribable terrifying call.

"Abyss." Leo quickly thought of the origin of the black oil. Apparently, the survivor of Golden Oak Street No. 9 who was regarded as a dependent was actually an abyss mutant.

Leo put down the report, turned to look at St. Francis, and asked, "Don't you ever suspect that I have become that kind of monster?"

"I had doubts." St. Francis said truthfully: "But after our investigation, we found that there is nothing wrong with you."

Leo thought of the spies he had discovered in Port Set. He thought those people were either from the black market or from the Kingdom of England, but he didn't expect that there were people from the church among them.

"The first condition has been completed, let's talk about the second condition?" Leo did not ask any more questions, but continued the previous topic, saying: "The second condition is also very simple, you need to pay and I

Items equivalent to the information provided. This item can be information, information, or items."

St. Francis frowned. Obviously, this second condition was much more difficult in his mind than the first condition, because he was not sure how valuable the information about No. 9 Golden Oak Street provided by Leo was. At the same time,

I’m not sure if I can pay for items of equal value.

Leo saw what St. Francis was thinking, and said: "Your Excellency, you don't have to think about the value first. I can tell you what happened after entering No. 9 Golden Oak Street. After that, you can decide how much it is worth."

, of course you can say that what I said is of no use and is only worth a copper coin, and I will not refute the value you set. I will just take the copper coin and leave without causing any trouble to you or the Church of the King of the Hill."

"It's very interesting." St. Francis smiled, took out a copper coin from the bag hanging on his belt, put it on the table, and said, "In this case, I will take out the advance payment first."

Leo didn't pay attention to the coin, he picked it up directly, put it in his pocket, and then very carefully and carefully told what happened to him at No. 9 Golden Oak Street, because he had told Sylvia about it before.

experience, so now he can be said to be very familiar with it.

Originally, he was planning to conceal the things about the ruined city and the place where everything ends, but in the end he did not do that. Instead, he told it in great detail, and while speaking, he looked at the expression of St. Francis.

Although St. Francis's expression looked very calm throughout the whole process, when he mentioned the environment and scenery of Lake Town, the development of the Alcott family in Lake Town, the Church of God in Lake Town, and the place where everything ended, there was a smile on his face.

There were subtle changes in his expression. This change was not strong and most people might ignore it, but Leo, who paid special attention, caught this change in his expression.

After saying that he was planning to enter the next level of the world, but unexpectedly returned to the world of Velen, Leo stopped and did not continue.

Leo then asked directly: "This is what happened to me at No. 9 Golden Oak Street. Do you now think that these information are only worth a copper dime?"

St. Francis did not answer. He seemed to be still immersed in what Leo said, and Leo did not ask any questions. He just sat there quietly, but his mind was recalling the subtle details on St. Francis' face just now.

The meaning of the expression.

"He knows about Lake Town." Leo immediately came to a conclusion after carefully recalling the first subtle expression revealed by St. Francis.

When Leo talked about Lake Town and briefly described how Lake Town was protected by thick fog, the subtle expression on St. Francis's face was filled with excitement and excitement, as if a secret he had known for a long time had now been confirmed.

The same thing happened, and I was extremely excited.

This mood swing was also the largest among several minor mood swings. This mood even made St. Francis couldn't help but ask Leo for more detailed information about Hushang Town, such as the environment and architecture of Hushang Town.

Wait, this was the only time he asked in the whole process.

It can be seen from the subsequent changes in his expression that he was comparing what Leo said, so that when he later talked about the development history of the Alcott family in Lake Town, he became a little distracted, obviously thinking about other things about Lake Town.

Things have gone.

When Leo later mentioned the church in Lake Town, he inevitably frowned. In his eyes, whether it was the church of the Corpse Collector, the church of the Eye of Truth, or even the church of the Mother of Nests, they were all cults.

, but when he heard that the Lady in the Lake actually had a church in Hushang Town and was even developing extremely well, he showed a hesitant look on his face. Undoubtedly, the Lady in the Lake matter was completely beyond his expectation.

However, he did not ask for more details about the development of the Lady of the Lake Church in Hushang Town, and allowed Leo to continue talking.

It wasn't until Leo mentioned the abandoned city and the place where everything ended that his expression changed again. Although the expression on his face didn't change much, Leo could feel this feeling in his heart.

It was already a bit chaotic for a moment, because St. Francis's breathing became a lot faster, and this situation continued until Leo finished speaking, and even after finishing speaking, he had not recovered yet.

After a while, St. Francis's breathing calmed down a little. He also came back from his meditation, and looked at Leo with complicated eyes. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak.

After a moment of silence, he sighed heavily and said: "The value of the information you provided is very great, so great that it is unimaginable that even I cannot make an evaluation."

"It seems that I am quite lucky. The value of these information is greater than a copper coin." Leo smiled, and then asked directly: "Then how will you pay me now?"

"The property in my hands now is far from being able to compensate for the value of this information." St. Francis answered Leo truthfully.

Leo smiled and said, "Don't you want to tell me that you want to default on your debt?"

"Of course not." St. Francis shook his head, thought for a moment, then stood up, walked to the desk, squatted down, searched carefully inside the desk, and then took it out.

A very thick notebook, almost as thick as a textbook.

When he took out this notebook, St. Francis showed a look of deep nostalgia on his face. It seemed that this notebook held an extremely important position in his heart, so much so that he now became a little hesitant.

But in the end, he made a decision, walked to Leo with the notebook, handed the notebook to Leo, and said: "Although in my opinion, this notebook is more valuable than the information you provided.

There's a lot of difference, but I believe this notebook can definitely make up for the information you just provided in your eyes."

Leo took the note in confusion, and saw that the cover of the note was made of an animal skin similar to snake skin, lizard skin, etc. Although the production process was simple, it was clumsy, and there was also a pattern on the cover.
Chapter completed!