Chapter 219 Received a mission from an important NPC

No matter how much Mans criticizes the current education system of Kassel College, the college is still quite efficient in handling major events.

After hanging up the video call, Mans, who had been up all night, wanted to lean back in his chair and take a nap, but before he fell asleep, he received a phone call and an address in his mailbox.

The email was of course sent by Norma, and the address was the local contact address of the Solomon Temple in Santarem Province.

"Church of Santa María de Mavila?"

Mance looked at the address and immediately went to Google to search for it. Google showed that the church was located on Tagus Street in Santarém and was founded by the Knights Templar in the 13th century. It is an ancient church with hundreds of years of history.

The name of Solomon's Temple sounds like it has some close connection with church or religion, and in fact, this organization did once belong to the church in history.

The predecessor of the Solomon's Temple was the famous Knights Templar founded by the French nobleman Hugo de Pays. This organization was founded in 1119, was affiliated with the Roman Curia, and was directly responsible to the Pope.

At its peak, the Knights Templar were once rich enough to rival a country. At the end of the 12th century, the Knights Templar owned 9000 manors or territories in the Christian world. The Temple Church in London and the Temple Palace in Berlin were also once owned by the Knights Templar. There was even a time when the Knights Templar owned the entire island of Cyprus.

The Knights Templar's official identity is the private army of the Roman Catholic Church, but in fact it is actually a mixed-blood army. The Church raises the Knights Templar to fight against the pure-blooded dragons in Europe, and at the same time it also uses such a superhuman army to balance and threaten countries that intend to confront the Church.

This mixed-race army existed for nearly two hundred years in history, and was finally disbanded by Pope Clement V in 1312 under the pressure of Philip IV.

There are many different opinions in the hybrid world about the reasons for the disbandment of the Knights Templar. However, after the disbandment of the Knights Templar, the organization did not completely die out. The remaining members formed a new hybrid organization that was no longer affiliated with the church or the empire, but was independent of all forces. This organization was the Temple of Solomon.

In an era when the knight class had long since disappeared, the Order of Solomon's Temple had no connection with the Knights Templar. It was only because the word "Temple" was of great historical significance that it was retained.

In fact, there is no essential difference between the later Solomon's Temple and the Secret Party, both of which are organizations composed of a group of mixed races to fight against dragons. The members of the organization usually have their own duties, careers and lives, and once there is a need, these people will gather together.

The only slight difference is that the Secret Party absorbs mixed-race elites from all over the world, while the Temple of Solomon is the largest mixed-race organization based in Europe.

However, since the members of the Solomon's Temple Society are spread across all walks of life, it is not surprising that there are clergy among them.

Mans glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the computer. It was three minutes past six, and the sky outside the window was already beginning to brighten.

"Let the children sleep a little longer."

Mance leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and suddenly remembered what Ange said about him being old.

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The morning sun shines on the cobblestones of Tagus Street. The next section of the road is the tourist area. It is not impossible to take a taxi, but among the huge crowds of tourists, the taxis that stop and go are obviously not as convenient as walking.

Lu Mingfei took out a fifty-euro note from a stack of euros in his wallet, paid the fare and got off the car first. Su Xiaoqiang had a reluctant expression on his face and slowly moved down from the car.

"So why did you come with me?!" Su Xiaoqiang looked at Lu Mingfei angrily.

Su Xiaoqiang wore a Monot chiffon shirt on her upper body today. The top button of the shirt was unbuttoned, outlining her slender neck line. Her lower body was a David Koma off-white skirt with a light and flowing hem. She wore a pair of white stiletto heels in the same cool tone. The heels were not particularly high, but they just brought out her body proportions to be almost perfect, giving off an arrogant aura of a royal sister.

“Do you think I wanted to come here?” Lu Mingfei replied, retracting the look he had given the little angel.

Well, to be honest, he really wanted to come. But he didn't want to go on a date with the little angel on the beautiful streets of Portugal, looking at each other affectionately and talking to each other... He wanted to come just to prevent the little angel from encountering any accidents.

"If you don't want to come, then why are you coming?" The little goddess snorted.

“That’s because your uncle asked me to accompany you?” Lu Mingfei also hummed.

Su Xiaoqiang lowered his head and pursed his lips, not understanding why his uncle would let Lu Mingfei accompany him for such a private matter.

It's not that she didn't want to go with Lu Mingfei... It's just that Lu Mingfei is an outsider to the Valentine family, both in terms of blood relationship and identity. Su Xiaoqiang always felt it was weird to ask him to accompany her to the next place.

This section of the street is lined with retro Baroque-style villas. Various signs are hung in front of the ancient buildings, and the most common ones are of course various souvenir shops and coffee shops.

In the middle of the street, a street performer dressed as Jesus was entangled with several tourists, apparently over the price of a photo.

No matter from which angle you look at it, the scene of red-faced tourists grabbing Jesus' collar and pretending to hit him not far from the church is a joke.

It seems that the behavior of dressing up as Monkey King to rip off tourists is not exclusive to Chinese scenic spots.

Passersby on the side avoided the situation and looked back at the excitement with a gloating look on their faces.

Lu Mingfei just glanced at him twice, then turned his gaze to look at Su Xiaoqiang beside him.

"What's the name of the church we are going to?" Lu Mingfei asked Su Xiaoqiang.

"Church of Santa Maria de Mavila." Su Xiaoqiang replied.

It was not Lu Mingfei's idea to travel all the way from Su Xiaoqiang's home to a church somewhere in Santarem.

Although it was a rare trip to Portugal, Lu Mingfei always adhered to the principle of staying at home if he could lie down. Besides, Portugal was not safe recently. His purpose of coming to Portugal was to protect Su Xiaoqiang. For this purpose, it was obviously more appropriate to let Su Xiaoqiang stay at home.

Of course, if he had known earlier that Su Xiaoqiang’s mother’s family were all mixed-race and even had connections with Kassel College, Lu Mingfei might not have come to Portugal.

You know, Mance, Ye Sheng Yaji and others are all elites of the executive department. They once killed the dragon servant of Norton, the King of Bronze and Fire, in an encounter under unfavorable conditions.

With Professor Mans and his men in charge of the Dasu Manor, unless the Dragon King himself came to attack, Su Xiaoqiang would definitely not have any safety problems. Lu Mingfei asked himself that he did not have a very devout belief in religion. Besides, he was a mixed-blood, and even if he believed in religion, it seemed that he believed in the existence of the Black Emperor Nighold. The reason why he came to this church early in the morning was because he was entrusted by Su Xiaoqiang's uncle Louis.

Lu Mingfei recalled the scene this morning.

At that time, he had just finished a phone call with Liu Miaomiao. After they said "mua" to each other, his heart was pounding and his blood was boiling. If he lay down to take a nap, he would definitely not be able to suppress his second brother, so he went downstairs panting to have breakfast.

After breakfast, the second brother was still in high spirits, so Lu Mingfei thought about taking a walk in the manor to digest the food, and then he ran into his uncle Su Xiaoqiang who was riding a bicycle in the garden.

"You woke up so early?" Louis asked Lu Mingfei with a smile while sitting on the bicycle.

Lu Mingfei nodded and said yes.

"Do you ride a mountain bike?" Louis patted his ride.

Although Lu Mingfei was not familiar with mountain bikes, he knew that the bike was very expensive just by looking at the carbon fiber pattern and Y-shaped frame. If the Mercedes-Benz E260 that Zhao Menghua often boasted about collided with this mountain bike, it was unclear who would have to pay the compensation.

Faced with the enthusiastic invitation from his uncle Su Xiaoqiang, Lu Mingfei had to say he wanted to ride even if he didn't want to. Then Louis took out a bicycle made of carbon fiber from the garage nearby and went around the garden with Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei was very good at chatting with old men. Besides, Louis was not very old, so there was not much generation gap in communication.

However, Lu Mingfei did not expect that his uncle could ride his bicycle so fast. Even though his physical fitness had reached the level of a Class A hybrid, he could only barely see the other party's exhaust gas.

After circling the manor for several times, Louis stopped at the door of the villa and looked at Lu Mingfei, who was blushing and chasing after him, with a look of praise in his eyes: "Not bad, not bad, you didn't get left behind by me."

Before Lu Mingfei could catch his breath, Louis asked, "By the way, do you have any plans for today?"

Although Gulegang is a small tourist town, it is not very large. Su Xiaoqiang had already taken Lu Mingfei to visit almost all of it yesterday. After hearing Lu Mingfei say that he had no plans for today, Louis immediately smiled and said, "Can you accompany Rosella to Santarém today?"

"Santarém?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned and failed to immediately understand what Louis meant.

"You should know this, right? Rosella's mother's death anniversary is coming soon."

"I know." Lu Mingfei nodded. In his previous interactions with the little goddess, he already knew that the little goddess's mother's death anniversary was around November, but he didn't know the exact date.

Louis nodded and said, "Our family is quite conservative, and our rules are different from those of most Western European families. In the past, Father Bernardo of Santa Maria de Mavila Church presided over the anniversary of the death of Gloria... Rosella's mother. St. Martin's Day is coming soon, and the priest may be busy, so we have to contact him in advance."

Having said this, Lu Mingfei had of course realized that his uncle wanted him to accompany the little angel to go to that church to find that priest.

This development of events is just like the plot of an RPG game. After the protagonist switches to a new map, a group of NPCs will immediately entrust him with a bunch of strange tasks.

"Why don't you accompany Xiao...Su Xiaoqiang? I don't think it's appropriate for me to accompany her for such a thing, right?" Lu Mingfei asked cautiously.

Louis patted his car again and said with a beaming face, "I was supposed to go, but I accidentally forgot about it and promised the Lisbon Mountain Bike Club to attend their party today. I didn't remember it until Bettina reminded me of it this morning. So I have to trouble you."

Lu Mingfei held his forehead and suddenly recognized Louis' mixed-race identity. In Louis, he saw the shadows of his mentor Guderian, the principal Ange, and the vice-principal Night Watchman.

This kind of careless and eccentric behavior is exactly the same as that of those weird professors at Kassel College!
However, he was living in someone else's house after all. As the saying goes, you should be grateful to someone else, so Lu Mingfei had no choice but to accept the bounty mission issued by this important NPC.

So, Lu Mingfei followed the little goddess and appeared in Santarem, dozens of kilometers away from Gulegan.

However, the reward for this bounty mission was quite generous. With a wave of his hand, Louis gave Lu Mingfei 2,000 euros in funding and said that the rest would belong to him. He also reminded Lu Mingfei that he must pay for all his expenses today.

Lewis's original words were:
"Although Rosella is not the kind of girl who likes money, you can't lose face in front of the girl from the Valentine family!" Louis patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder hard.

Lu Mingfei looked at the two thousand euros in his hand and the instigating expression on Louis' face, and suddenly began to doubt whether Louis was the uncle of the little goddess or his uncle.

Lu Mingfei, Louis...it seems that both of them have the last name Luha...

It was not a hard thing to accompany the little angel to the church. The only thing they had to be careful about was the gazes that would come at them from time to time.

In 2006, Asians were still rare in Europe, not to mention that these two Asians were a handsome man and a beautiful woman. Although a considerable number of these eyes were attracted by Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei's looks, there were still some eyes with a sense of ill intention.

After all, in the eyes of European thieves and pickpockets, East Asians are often synonymous with stupidity and wealth. These people are often unguarded, and it is very easy to cheat or rob money from them.

However, just as these people with bad intentions were about to approach, they were discouraged by Lu Mingfei's look when he turned back.

Lu Mingfei looked at the people with classic skins retreating timidly, then he withdrew his gaze and sighed in his heart.

"Sure enough, Senior Brother with Paralysis has good eyesight." Lu Mingfei said in his heart. This was the fifth group of people he had scared away by imitating Chu Zihang's paralyzed face.

Looking at the little fairy beside him, Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment, but still took a half step closer to her. I don't know if the little fairy had never been robbed before, or if she was too well protected by her family, so she had no defense at all in such a place.

Seeing that the distance between herself and Lu Mingfei suddenly shortened, the little angel was stunned for a moment, then pretended not to notice and turned her head to fiddle with her bangs.

Feeling the sleeve rubbing against Lu Mingfei's shoulder, Su Xiaoqiang suddenly felt that his uncle's decision was not bad.

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(End of this chapter)