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Fortunately, Audrey was wearing a riding outfit with trousers, so she could easily step onto the flowerpot at the corner, then plant her feet on the windowsill.
She curtsied to the Storm Bishop, held out her hand, and asked politely:
"How should I address you, Bishop?"
Lurmi took her hand with great care and spoke to Audrey like a kindly, benevolent elder:
"To distinguish me from the bishop of the Church of Evernight, you may call me Lurmi."
As the wind lifted her and her feet left the windowsill, Audrey was slightly surprised to hear this.
Lurmi was actually a surname, and certain people of great talent could endow an ordinary surname with special significance.
Just as, after Emperor Roselle's meteoric rise, the ordinary surname "Gustav" had become a distinguished, special name, occupying an important place in many works of literature and art, and giving people who shared the surname but had no blood ties to Emperor Roselle a sense of pride that came from nowhere.
The historical "Jean-Jacques Lurmi" was the most famous bearer of this surname, a renowned philosopher and educator known for his doctrine that "man is born free." Rumor also had it that he had become a Saint through his contributions to education and philosophy.
However, the Church of Storms had never confirmed this claim.
Audrey steadied herself in midair, lightly held Lurmi's hand, and probed with a smile:
"Of course, Bishop Lurmi, Your Excellency."
"You have a special surname."
The bishop of Storms smiled. "That is hardly worth mentioning. Miss Hall, please tell me everything that happened when you discovered the anomaly."
Dark clouds gradually covered the entire castle and estate, and fierce winds suddenly rose, but they did not buffet the two people in the sky.
With Lurmi's help, Audrey quickly found her