Chapter 2696

Late at night, there was a banging on the door of a household in a village. An old man turned on the lights and went to open the door. Two young men in robes stood at the door and said, "Hello, sir. Could you spare us some plain bread?" It was Reese, and behind him was Wrendell. The two of them were traveling around on foot, relying on alms to fill their bellies each day. The old man agreed to their request. He thought that both of them looked really pitiful and did not seem like bad people. He ushered the two of them into his home. However, Reese quickly refused and said, "Sir, we just want some food. I'm really sorry. Our master has ordered that we're not allowed to enter the house of any benefactor." The old man had nothing to say to that, so he took out two buns from the kitchen and placed them in their bowls. After thanking the old man, the two said a prayer of blessing and left. Reese took Wrendell to a remote mountain forest. He took out a lighter from his hand and lit a b