Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 933 - 50: The Shadow Behind

Chapter 933: Chapter 50: The Shadow Behind

Mr. Pannis stood with his arms crossed in the corner of the room, silently watching the two sisters confess their guilt and apologies that had been delayed for over a decade. It wasn’t until the sisters embraced again, cheek to cheek, beginning to communicate in whispers unintelligible to others, that he knew his task for the day was complete, and what followed would be private time for the two young girls. Thus, Mr. Pannis secretly smiled, silently stepping back and out of the room, considerately closing the room’s old wooden door behind him as he left.

After leaving the room, he didn’t wait nearby for Lina to come out, but instead casually chose a direction, strolling leisurely more than ten meters away to sit lazily against the wall of another building. He pulled a blade of grass, put it in his mouth, and rested his hands behind his head, leisurely saying to the sky, "You guys should find a place to sit for a while too. Don’t worry about them. By now, they won’t have any problems, you can rest assured."

"Thank you," two elderly people supporting each other trembled as they emerged from behind the building. Archbishop Cain would pause to catch his breath after a few steps, and it took a while before he reached where Mr. Pannis sat, panting heavily and saying, "You are Mr. Pannis, I presume? I’ve seen your name in the messages from the Federal Council. Although the messages from the council are vague, it’s apparent that you must have been a significant figure in the last Undead War."

"I suppose I was involved in the Undead War, just in another way," Mr. Pannis shrugged, not intending to explain the difference between participating in the Undead War and entering the Undead World, and said indifferently, "Is there a problem?"

"No, no problem," Archbishop Cain sat down in the same manner as Mr. Pannis, letting out a comfortable sigh and stroking his beard as he said solemnly, "Lina has admitted herself that her return was inseparable from your help. So, we haven’t completely lost the children, all thanks to you and your team members. You probably can’t imagine how grateful we are for your help. We were both truly scared of losing them. As each day passed, our fear grew, and in recent years, we often didn’t even dare to think about it because the very thought would bring endless pain to our souls."

"Is that so?" Mr. Pannis’ expression remained neutral, his face bearing a peculiar smile as he asked, "Why is that? Because you both played a part in bringing about their current state?"

The old Archbishop fell silent, and Archbishop Margaret, who was still standing, also fell silent. A few seconds later, Archbishop Margaret trembled as she made a square sign on her chest, murmuring almost in a moan, "Oh, our Lord, who grants us life and courage to live. The Glory of the Lord shines upon the world forever, my Lord..."

"Yes, we played a part in bringing about their current state." Unlike Margaret, Archbishop Cain seemed much more composed, merely sighing lightly and shaking his head, "I didn’t expect that you would figure it out."

"I didn’t figure it out; I just guessed," Mr. Pannis shrugged, "It’s not that hard to guess, is it?"

"Yes, haha, indeed, it’s not that hard to guess," Cain nodded, his voice tinged with melancholy, "No matter how clever they both were, they were only eight years old at the time. It was too difficult for them to hide their emotions."

"Indeed, on one side there are two eight-year-old children, and on the other, there are two elderly individuals, high in position, who have seen countless people. I can hardly believe that they failed to notice the mutual jealousy between the children. Tsk tsk, for twin sisters to be jealous to such an extent is already a very dangerous thing, yet neither of you took any action to mediate. Heh, if you two were indifferent to them, treating your relationship with them merely as one of simple mentoring and upbringing, it wouldn’t be strange. But judging both from what they said and from your behavior, you both seemed to care deeply for them. This makes it all the more peculiar that you obviously should have seen what was happening, yet you deliberately avoided any necessary mediation, consolation, and balance. Hence, there can be only one explanation: you deliberately allowed them to reach this point. No, it’s not merely deliberate negligence, it’s very likely you were also subtly advancing the situation—perhaps favoring one in certain aspects and the other in different respects, and even planting the seeds of explosion in what seemed like casual conversations. For you, achieving this without them noticing wouldn’t be a troublesome task," he said.

"Indeed it wasn’t difficult; many times it’s just too easy to deceive children, especially two who trust us as if we were their parents," the Archbishop sighed deeply and said with a bitter smile, "Actually, it’s easier than we imagined. Just six months were needed to greatly magnify the jealousy that already existed between them, until it finally exploded completely."

"Tsk tsk, I just knew it," Pannis curled his lip, chewing on a piece of grass and looking askew at the sky as he sneered, "So basically, they are just two fools, purely two fools. Hmm, and I’m the third fool, knowing how trivial this matter is and yet still coming along."

"Aren’t you curious about the reason?" Cain asked with a bitter smile, "Don’t you wonder why we did this?"

"All glory to The Lord," Pannis said with a clergyman’s solemnity. But immediately after, he resumed a face full of mockery and said with a cold laugh, "I could guess your answer just by using my nose. Being clergy, unless Denia had given an oracle, I wouldn’t believe that you would be willing to do such a thing. Of course, you probably believe Denia is correct, and that’s why you willingly cooperate with her in this matter, right?"

"It seems nothing can be hidden from you," Cain said as he scratched his face, speaking somewhat sheepishly, "Indeed, we do believe that the method of The Lord is the right one, so even though it pains us, there are no other options."

"So you ignored the minor issues between them at first, letting them ferment into major ones. Thus, when they were most confused, Denia cut off her responses to them, letting them take the wrong path. All this, you planned, even when Betty wanted you to tell Lina the truth, you stopped her. Isn’t all this part of your calculated plan?" Pannis mocked, "But have you ever thought about it? What if Lina never had the courage to return? What if either of them, out of overwhelming guilt, ended her own life too early? What if Lina never encountered Catherine? Wouldn’t you worry at all?"

"We... have thought about it," Cain said with a grimace smile, "But this is also for their own good."

"Pfft," Pannis said dismissively, without even glancing at the elderly men, "There it is, that foolish reason again." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com, and you can also cast a monthly vote. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)