After discussing and deciding, Saira and Arthur went out that afternoon.
Before leaving, Lin Ze gave Saira a few Galleon to erase the pattern and asked her to dress up Arthur.
When Saira took the money, he glanced at Arthur's old blouse and nodded in agreement.
After the two left, Sirius asked, "Where are we two? Where can we get Arthur that sword?"
"Let's go out and take a look first."
"Alright."
Lin Ze and Sirius left the small courtyard in the east of the city and walked south along a gravel road.
There is an abandoned quarry on the southern outskirts of the royal capital. In the early years, it supplied stone to the royal capital. Later, a flood washed away the quarry channel, and no one came here anymore.
Saira mentioned last night that this place is not far from the city and no one usually goes there.
When the two stood at the edge of the quarry, Sirius looked around with his hands on his hips and nodded. "There are enough stones here, and no one has come here for a long time. Why don't we arrange Sword in the Stone here?"
"What are you going to do?" Lin Ze asked.
Sirius squatted down, picked up a stone, bumped it in his hand, and then threw it aside. "I thought about it all the way, Sword in the Stone this matter is actually very simple."
"The so-called Sword in the Stone is a sword stuck in a stone. The key point is that someone must be able to pull it out, and someone must not be able to pull it out."
Lin Ze leaned on a stone and waited for him to continue.
"Let's make a sword first. It can be any sword, but it has to be decent enough so that people can tell at a glance that it is not ordinary. Then we find a big stone, put the sword in, and carve words around it, to the effect of 'Whoever pulls out this sword will be the king of Britain'."
"Then let Arthur pull it out?"
"Yes, but before that, we need the participation of the people, and someone has to be the one who can't draw the sword."
Sirius chuckled, "Of course, regarding the production of Sword in the Stone, I just put forward some ideas. The final implementation still depends on you, Mr. Merlin."
Lin Ze rolled his eyes, this guy didn't have a magic wand, but now he could just be honest and lazy.
"Before that, let's go to the temple and have a look. Didn't you say that Constantine donated several statues of gods? Arthur said that no one knows those gods. I think there is something wrong with this."
Sirius nodded. "Okay, I'll listen to you. Anyway, I don't have a wand now, so I have to rely on you to fight."
The temple is on the west side of the palace, only one street away from the palace wall.
This building is completely different from the short houses mixed with wood and stone that Lin Ze saw along the way. The entire temple is made of polished gray-white boulders, with towering colonnades and densely carved characters and patterns on the stone pillars.
There are no guards at the door.
Places like the temple, in this era, make people instinctively feel a sense of awe. Sending a few soldiers to stand there would make the country less solemn.
After the two entered the hall, the light inside suddenly dimmed.
In the center of the hall are three statues of gods.
Lin Ze looked at the one on the far left first. It was a woman holding a child. Her face was carved to be round and gentle, but she was wearing strange clothes. The sleeves hung down to her knees. Her eyes were closed and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.
The second statue is of a tall male holding a thick wooden staff with a black stone embedded at the top.
The face of this statue had been destroyed, with everything below the bridge of the nose broken, leaving only half of its head.
The third statue is the smallest, only half a person tall. He squats on the base with his hands clasped in front of his knees and his head lowered.
Judging from the outline, it is much thinner than the other two, with its back arched, more like an animal huddled in a corner.
Sirius got close to the small squatting statue and looked at it for a long time. "Why is the style of this one so different from the other two?"
Lin Ze has also been staring at the little statue.
The carvings of the two statues above are exquisite, with meticulous clothing, hair, and muscle lines. But this smaller one, although complete in form, is much rougher in details. It can even be said that it is not the same system as the other two statues.
It is more like a piece of stone that has been chiseled away a few times, and a human figure can be barely discerned, and it is here.
"It looks so strange." Sirius stretched out his finger and tapped the top of the little statue.
"Hey? Why is this thing still warm?"
Lin Ze also reached out and touched it. After touching it with his fingers, there was indeed a warm and moist feeling.
The hall was cold and damp, and the other statues were cold, but this small one actually felt warm to the touch.
"There's something wrong with this thing..." Lin Ze squatted down and looked at the statue in front of him carefully.
The small statue is probably only as high as his knees.
Sirius also squatted down and tilted his head to look at it. "Do you think this could be..."
"I don't know." Lin Ze shook his head, but what he was thinking was actually the same as Sirius.
Lin Ze stood up and walked around behind the statue.
The statue's back is arched, and two shallow arcs are carved on the shoulder blades. Following the arcs is a crack that extends to the waist.
"This crack..." Lin Ze murmured.
"What's wrong?" Sirius looked over after hearing the words.
"Does it look like a cicada shed?" Lin Ze whispered.
Sirius stretched out his hand to open the crack, and the little statue suddenly shook.
The pupils of the two people shrank and they hid to the side.
But after the shock, nothing happened.
"Xie Te! Are you kidding me?" Sirius shook his head and came forward again.
Lin Ze pressed the wand against the small statue, and a stream of "Detection Charm" slowly penetrated.
"There's something in there..."
"What?"
"I don't know, it feels like some kind of crystallized space..."
Lin Ze Before he could continue to explore further, there was a sound of footsteps suddenly coming from the door of the temple, followed by a low scolding.
"Who!"
They both turned back at the same time.
An old man in dark gray robes strode in from the palace door, holding an iron staff in his hand, the head of the staff hitting the ground with a crisp sound.
He is short in stature, with broad shoulders, and his gray hair is combed back, revealing a broad forehead and a pair of bright little eyes.
Sirius stood up, patted the dust on his knees, and acted like he had seen the world.
"Passing by, come in and take a look."
"The temple is a place for praying, not a place for casual viewing." The old man glanced at him, then at Lin Ze who was squatting on the ground, and frowned.
"Are you from out of town?"
"That's right."
"It doesn't count." The old man walked up to the two of them with his iron staff, his eyes fell on the small statue at the feet of Lin Ze, and he paused for a moment.
"Have you ever touched it?"
"No." Sirius rushed to say.
The old man stared at him for two seconds, did not pursue further, and just slammed the iron rod on the ground.
"Go out, the temple is closing."
"Old man, let me ask you something." Lin Ze stood up and clapped his hands, "What gods are these three statues for?"
The old man glanced at him.
"Why are you asking this?"
"I'm curious. I've traveled all over the country for so many years, but I've never seen these three."
The old man was silent for a while while holding his iron staff, as if weighing something.
"From left to right." He pointed.
"The first one is the Virgin, who protects children and fertility, and is worshiped a lot by the people. The second one is the God of Thunder, who controls the weather and harvests. The king personally comes to burn incense every spring when plowing."
His fingers paused for a moment and landed on the third small statue.
"This... I can't say for sure."