Staring at the raspberries on the plate, the little girl showed her teeth.

    Although she doesn''t know what fruit it is, it''s red and small. It will be delicious.

    "Take it. It''s called raspberry. You can eat it in your mouth." looking at the lovely appearance of the little girl, Leah said gently, and put the plate in front of her.

    The little girl stared at the plate and looked very embarrassed. At last, she turned her head, lay on Arthur''s shoulder and looked at her mother.

    The meaning of the little girl''s eyes is obvious, but: Mom, can I eat?

    Mrs. Winnie looked at her daughter, nodded after a little hesitation, and told her, "only one."

    "Yes!"

    The little girl was happy, turned around, stretched out two little fingers and carefully twisted a raspberry from the plate.

    "Thank you, sister Leah."

    Then he opened his eyes and put the raspberry into his mouth.

    Looking at Melissa''s lovely appearance, Leah smiled and said, "you''re welcome. Is it delicious?"

    Raspberries are very similar to strawberries, but they are sweeter.

    The sweet taste in her mouth and the soft and crisp pulp made the little girl happy and said, "delicious!"

    "Just eat some more," Leah said.

    The little girl stared at the red raspberries on the plate. She obviously wanted to eat, but she shook her head.

    What a sensible little girl. Arthur thought.

    "We''ll eat the fruit later and give it to you." holding Melissa, Arthur looked at Thorne. "This is Thorne gel. You can call him uncle Thorne."

    Staring at Thorne, who was tall, in armor and with a long sword on her waist, the little girl unconsciously shrank into Arthur''s arms.

    Thorne looked at Melissa in Arthur''s arms. The scar was even more ferocious on his unsmiling face.

    "You... Hello, uncle Thorne." the little girl was obviously very afraid of a knight like Thorne, even her voice was slightly weak.

    Looking at the little girl, Thorne gave an "um" and nodded. He really has no decent experience with children.

    Thorne''s indifferent response made the little girl don''t know how to deal with it. She grabbed Arthur''s arm and cast a look of embarrassment and inquiry.

    Looking at the little girl, Arthur smiled and said, "don''t look at Uncle Thorne''s cold appearance, but he likes you very much. The reason why he does this is because his task is to protect the safety of all of us, so the bad guys must be afraid when they see themselves."

    Then Arthur came up to the little girl''s ear and said, "see the wound on his face? He left it to protect my father. Uncle Thorne will protect you in the future."

    After hearing Arthur''s words, the little girl looked at Thorne again, paying special attention to the scar on his face.

    "He''s very successful, isn''t he?" asked Arthur.

    The little girl nodded seriously at Arthur, smiled, and then turned her head to Thorne, showing two rows of small teeth.

    With Arthur''s words, she thought Thorne pretended to be like this on purpose. This was his task. If he wanted to protect everyone, he had to pretend to frighten the bad guys.

    But she already knows the secret, so she''s not afraid! I won''t say it!

    ……

    Arthur held Melissa for a while, then asked Leia to bring some food and let her take care of Mrs. Winnie and Melissa, while he talked to torio about the Engineering Bureau and urban transformation.

    "Don''t put too much pressure on yourself. Engineering safety comes first, followed by quality, followed by efficiency."

    After talking for a while, Arthur was very satisfied with the project planning and construction, which torio was very attentive.

    The only problem is the shortage of manpower and the speed of the project.

    This made torio under heavy pressure and worried that he could not complete the task given to him by Arthur within five years. He failed to live up to Arthur''s trust and was even more ashamed of Arthur''s kindness.

    But Arthur knew that it was not torio''s fault to be understaffed, so he didn''t blame each other, but comforted him.

    The current river collar, in Arthur''s eyes, is a state of waste waiting to flourish. Although at least hundreds of slaves are sent every month, there are too many places to employ people: iron mines need people, factories need people, and farming also needs people.

    Each of these employment places is very important, and the mining of iron ore is the top priority. It is the engine and locomotive of development and change.

    Therefore, in terms of slave distribution, most slaves were sent to the iron ore Bureau.

    After reporting to Arthur, torio was worried about the Engineering Bureau and left in a hurry.

    Before leaving, Arthur specially asked Mrs. Winnie to bring Melissa to the castle from time to time.

    After Thorne sent the torios away, Arthur sat back in his chair. Leah stood behind him, pinched her shoulders for him and said happily, "my Lord, Melissa is a lovely little girl, and she is very sensible!"

    "Yes," Arthur replied, "I think you talked well just now. What did you say?"

    "It''s all ordinary things. At first she was a little timid, but after we got familiar with it, Melissa said a lot about her and her mother''s life. She can really say that she is a smart child!"

    A five-year-old child is at the time of tuberculosis.

    Seeing that Arthur was silent, Leah continued, "Melissa said that a temple had been built there. People sang every day and occasionally distributed food. When Melissa was hungry, she would secretly run to get bread. She was so smart!"

    "Temple?" asked Arthur.

    "Yes." seeing Arthur''s inquiry, Leah immediately said, "Mrs. Winnie said that the temple is the God of light temple. Occasionally, food is distributed to the poor. People who can''t fill their stomachs can get it. Mrs. Winnie also said that the temple is recruiting clergy and temple guards, and many people want to go."

    Arthur frowned - temple guard, what are you doing? Do the eastern dukes and nobles allow this?

    "What else did Mrs. Winnie say about the temple?" asked Arthur.

    "Also said that the temple was selling things!" Leah was very happy to see that Arthur was interested.

    "It seems that the clergy of the temple told everyone that everyone is guilty. The reason why they live hard is because they are guilty. They need to buy something called atonement voucher and burn it. If they sincerely believe in the God of light and repent to the God of light, they can forgive their sins a little bit and be a happy person in the next life.

    "And the clergy also told Mrs. Winnie that the more they buy, they can become aristocrats in their next life. The most people can go to the country of the God of light after death, and they won''t have to suffer any more. They can have anything they want."

    After hearing Leah''s words, Arthur smiled contemptuously and asked, "did Mrs. Winnie buy a redemption voucher?"

    "That''s not true. It''s said that atonement vouchers are very expensive. After Mr. torio is taken away, Mrs. Winnie has to work very hard to support herself and Melissa."

    After that, Leah asked suspiciously, "Lord Arthur, are we all really guilty?"

    ……