Chapter 136: Persistent Paladin

There is a festive atmosphere in the streets, and even the street lamps are hung with colorful ribbons.

People crowded outside the newly opened bookstore, and the bookstore owner opened the door with a smile on his face, "Don't crowd, don't crowd, it's all there!"

Looking at those people, the bookstore owner seemed to see the moving silver coins, which made the smile on his face even more warm and kind.

Several young priests from Lolandal were also crowded in the crowd, looking at the dark crowd in front of them in distress, and sighed helplessly.

They looked at their fellow paladin with an anxious face, Grush, and sighed again.

The bookstore owner stood in front of the counter, tiptoed out the door, and found that there were still many people lined up behind, and immediately smiled even more happily, "Alina, hurry, quickly move the inventory out!"

After greeting to the back and getting a response from his wife, the bookstore owner began to hurry up again to 'pay with one hand and deliver with the other'.

A copy of the Criminal Code passed through his hand, copper coins fell into his wallet, and his smile never stopped from morning to noon.

He felt that he was too prescient, and although it was expensive when it was restocked, the price was a uniform 'half silver coin', that is, eight copper coins, which was an ultra-low price that could not be seen anywhere else in the world.

And this batch was only printed in 1,000 copies, and it was sold out and gone, but fortunately he bought 200 copies at one time.

Although not everyone will buy it, two hundred copies are ninety silver coins and nine gold coins!

Grush walked out of the brightly lit bookstore with the copy of the Penal Code in his arms in his arms, and his companion gave him a helpless look, and then another priest turned back and took a deep look at the bookstore.

When they squeezed out of the crowd with difficulty, they saw the policemen standing on the side of the street, stunned for a moment, and then nodded politely to the policemen, who also smiled politely at them.

"Hey, don't squeeze, don't squeeze!

Then they saw the police walk towards the crowd and begin to maintain order.

After spotting a thief, the thief nimbly slipped out of the crowd, but there was also a policeman waiting there, and the thief was caught without incident.

They also saw a somewhat familiar farmer standing on the side of the road, clutching a silver coin in his hand, looking nervously around, and then, as if suddenly determined, he clutched the silver coin and walked to the bookstore where they had just come out.

Because it is a street in the new town, it is still spacious, and the shop next door has not yet been renovated, but the owner of this bookstore paid a lot of money for the workers to finish it ahead of schedule.

Grush carefully guarded the "Criminal Code" in his arms, as if holding a rare treasure, and even walked a little timid, for fear that someone would touch the 'treasure' in his arms.

"Grush, you ......" Grush's paladin companion was stopped by a priest before he could finish speaking.

The priest whispered, "Grush's father was put to death by a petty nobleman, only because his father frightened the petty nobleman's most precious horse, and then he was framed by the little nobleman and hanged as a spy who sent orcs...... My adopted father, who was also a priest, was the one who advised the nobleman not to do anything to Grush and his mother. So the reason why Grush is like this now may be because of this reason, don't say it. ”

There was a lot of noise in the streets, so Grush didn't hear what his childhood friend's little priest said to his companions, who he had been like this since he had received an 'answer' yesterday morning.

Because the assembly was disrupted by the aristocracy, it naturally did not continue.

Unlike the 'original', the "Criminal Code" that Grush was holding in his arms was not very thick, but he cared for it as if he was holding his closest lover.

He hadn't looked at it since he came out of the bookstore, not because he couldn't read, but because he wanted to read the law in a quieter environment.

He was awakened by the words of the chief maid.

The 'justice' he has been pursuing is not unnecessary, but what people need more than 'justice' is 'justice' - if he had a 'just' law, maybe his father would not have died.

Grush was confident that his father's case would not be unique in the Empire, but why did even these paladins need to be silent while the 'damned nobles' were doing evil?

Because of order? For the sake of the face of the imperial aristocracy?

He has been blindly pursuing justice, but in the face of those damn nobles, he has to remain as silent as possible, is this the justice he is pursuing?

'Justice' is not unimportant, but more often than not, what people need is 'justice'!

Why is the paladin willing to give everything for justice, but he, the paladin, does not dare?

He doesn't lack courage or will, but why didn't he dare draw his sword against those damned nobles when he met them?

Because he still has a mother to take care of at home, because he wants to find a 'justice' for the common people!

Now that he had found it here, he had been disdainful of it, but now he finally understood that he was no different from the nobles he hated, they were all the same arrogance, the same life-saving, the same ...... Disgusting.

Afraid of being judged and afraid of death, so he found a lot of reasons to make himself feel at ease.

Because it has the potential to bring justice to civilians...... No, after bringing something just to him, he began to examine his heart, and then suddenly he came to his senses.

The group walked back to the temple with a heavy heart, only to find that their bishop had already had a copy of the Criminal Code in his possession.

"Bishop Pelonandi, Bishop Holt!"

Bishop Pelonandi and Bishop Holt looked up and saw Grush, and then at second glance saw the book that Grush held tightly in his arms.

"Oh, Grush......"

Bishop Pelonandi glanced at the Criminal Law of the Principality of Sorrow in his hand, "This is sent by His Excellency the Grand Duke, seeing that you are so obsessed before, I originally wanted to borrow it from you after reading it, but I didn't expect you to go out and buy it yourself...... Do you like it?"

“...... My father died because of the injustice of a nobleman. ”

Grush pursed his lips and grabbed the book in his hand, "He was framed as an orc spy and hanged outside the town......"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know......" Bishop Pelonandi said apologetically.

Grush shook his head, "No, Bishop, I've gotten used to it over the years, but I'm still a little relieved......"

Holding the copy of the Penal Code, Grush sighed, "I thought I was seeking 'justice', but those damned nobles can't be killed...... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been so excited. I thought I was looking for justice, but now I realize that justice is not unimportant, but that more tangible justice is what we need than the illusory justice. Everyone has their own justice, and we can't control that much, but as long as we can set a standard, at least we can let the majority of people get fair and just treatment. ”

Listening to Grush's words, Bishop Pelonandi sighed and asked kindly: "So son, what do you want to say to me?"

“...... Justice is what I used to pursue blindly, so I joined the church, and now ......"

Grush took a deep breath and said, "I want to become a holy warrior who preaches 'justice'!"

"Grush, you're crazy!" Grush's childhood sweetheart's face changed drastically, and he rushed up and grabbed him by the collar, "Do you know what you're doing?"

Grush wiped the spit from his face, and then pulled his hand away, "Add, you should know, what I've been working hard for so many years, please don't stop me." ”

Add's face turned pale, but he didn't stop Grush.

Their companions, like Bishop Holt, watched Grush bow to Bishop Pelonandi with mixed expressions.

"Lord Bishop, I want to quit the church, I want to become a holy warrior...... 'justice' is my pursuit!"

Bishop Pelonandi helped Grush to stand up straight and looked into his eyes, and the young man's eyes seemed to bloom with a golden glow.

"You better tell Uther about this matter yourself......"

Bishop Pelonandi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I can't be the master." ”

If Grush can keep the New Year alive, then he will become the 'Holy Spirit', which is why Bishop Pelonandi says he is 'undecided'.

Grush hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

'Jean Urser', his former faith, the god of radiance!