Vera's Emerald Eyes Reflect Kallen's Shadow-Otto Had Waited Twenty Long Years for This Moment!
On the screen, Otto finished reading a page, gently closed the book, then turned to look at the little girl beside him. A warm smile curved his lips. "Vera, did you understand all of today's lesson?"
The little girl—Vera—nodded vigorously, her emerald-green eyes shining brightly. "I understood! Otto... Brother explained it so well!"
When she called him Otto, she paused, as if she had originally wanted to use another form of address. But in the end, she still chose to call him "Brother."
"Otto... Brother?" Tang Ya's eyes reddened slightly. "He... he had this child call him Brother? Instead of 'Archbishop' or 'Father'?"
"That means that in front of this child, he had shed every disguise." Bei Bei's voice carried a trace of sorrow. "He did not want her to see the Otto burdened by sin. He only wanted her to see... an ordinary older brother."
"But who is this girl?" Xu Sanshi scratched his head. "Why would Otto treat her so specially?"
As if it had heard his question, the Light Screen shifted, and the scene rapidly rewound.
It was a ruined little alley.
Rain washed over the stone-paved road, making a soft pattering sound.
A little girl in ragged clothes curled up in a corner by the wall, soaked to the skin and trembling with cold. Her eyes were hollow and numb, as if she had already lost all hope in the world.
Just then, a pair of warm hands gently came to rest on her head.
The little girl looked up and saw a young man dressed in a white priest's robe.
The man had long golden hair and a pair of mismatched eyes—one emerald, one gold.
His gaze was gentle and profound, as though it could see through every sorrow in the world.
"What is your