The old man wiped his tears away. "Well, that was a child with a miserable life. She had lost her parents at a very young age and had been living with her grandmother since childhood. It was truly a feat for her grandmother to raise her by herself. During the freezing winters, her grandmother would carry her in a basket and pick up rotten potatoes that were thrown away by a warehouse near the train station. Both of them would then eat the potatoes all winter long. In the spring, when the potatoes were gone, Elsa's grandmother would then bring her to pick up scraps and leftover vegetables at the market. That was how she had raised Elsa.
Elsa was a sensible child, and her grades were good. She even got a scholarship when she was in high school. She had been paid her own way through college by working while studying as well. That child had truly been through a lot of hardships. She would even send money to her grandmother from time to time. She finally managed to get a job in the city with great effort, and she originally thought that her life was going to be better. However, she met a bastard and had caused her a lot of pain. She truly had suffered very miserably. Her whole life was ruined by that man. To put it bluntly, she was simply an honest child from the countryside that was harmed by people from the city..."
The more the old man spoke, the more he cried. Vireo felt bursts of pain when he heard him speak. After the pain, he felt a little touched and also a little bit of hope. He eagerly wanted to see that woman. He wanted to ask that woman if she was his biological mother. He even more so wanted to ask why the hell was she so heartless that sold him to someone else. Would it not be good for them to depend on each other as mother and son if she had not sold him?
Vireo cried. He impatiently held the old man's hand and asked with a catch in his throat, "Sir, can you tell me where the mountain that she had gone to become a nun is? Tell me! I'm begging you to tell me, please."
The old man, who had his face covered in tears, shook his head. "It seemed like a mountain far, far away. What mountains are there near the city where she had gone to college and worked? What is the name of that mountain? I can't remember. But, I have heard that she had become a nun in the forest deep in the mountains."
The city where she had gone to college? The city where she worked? South City! She actually had worked in South City! Vireo was stunned. He turned his head around and subconsciously looked at Sebastian. Sebastian was also stunned. South City was surrounded by mountains on three sides and by the sea on one side. The big and small mountains were overlapping each other. Which mountain would have a convent on top of it? He was usually too busy, s o he truly did not know where it would be. Sebastian then looked back at Kingston, who had followed them there.
"Master Sebastian, I...I'll go and check now. Give me a few minutes!" Kingston instantly said.
Kingston was very efficient. He had already gotten the answer in less than ten minutes. His tone was very serious. "Master Sebastian, there are truly extremely few convents in the mountains in modern society. On the other hand, there are quite a few monasteries, churches, and also ancient temples throughout all the big and small mountains in the entire South City. However, there was only one extremely small and remote convent that was truly deep in the forest on the mountains. I heard that only three nuns were staying in that convent. Usually, the three nuns would collect fireworks and plant vegetables up in the mountains for a living. They hardly ever come down the mountain."
Without waiting for Sebastian to say anything, Vireo grabbed Kingston's hand. "Hurry and tell me where that mountain is?"
"Master," Kingston respectfully said.
He addressed Vireo the same way he addressed Holden.
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