"You are very similar to Sofia, the consul of Maple Moon Free Corps. I think... you should like that place. If you want, I can write a letter of recommendation. I think... you will welcome you to join the entire Maple Moon Literature."

Keretz said sincerely.

However, after hearing his words, Frank pondered for a moment, but slowly shook his head:

"Thank you for your kindness, Lord Keretz. Although I often hear the stories of the Maple Moon Collar from the minstrel from the mouth of the minstrel, and admire Ms. Sofia who established the free collar, I don't want to join."

"Why?"

Keretz showed a somewhat surprised expression.

Frank thought for a while and said:

"As soon as we join Maple Moon Freedom, we must join the Church of Life, and whether I am or my companions who follow me, many of them are devout eternal believers."

"Although the eternal church has become corrupt, the church is the church and the gods are the gods. In my opinion... the mistakes of the church cannot be attributed to the gods."

"I admire the Church of Life very much and respect the Goddess of Life very much, but... I'm really sorry."

Frank said apologetically.

Keretz glanced at him deeply and shook his head gently:

"Mr. Frank, faith is not your real reason. You know who I am, then... you should also know that I can see the light of faith in everyone."

As he said that, Keretz sighed softly and looked directly into Frank's eyes:

"Mr. Frank, how long has it been since you visited Eternal Church?"

As soon as these words came out, Frank shook slightly and couldn't help but lower his head.

After a while, he sighed and said with a bitter smile:

"I'm really sorry, I don't want to join any force for the time being."

"I see."

Keretz nodded slightly.

As he said that, he smiled again:

“If one day your ideas change, or…you want to join the Church of Life, we will always welcome it.”

Frank was silent for a moment and nodded:

"thank you."

"But what are your plans next? The Imperial nobles have removed you from the list. After the war is over, what are you planning to lead the mercenary group you have pulled up?"

Keretz asked again.

His deep eyes looked at the young knight and said:

"I can feel that you did not just create a mercenary group for your livelihood. You lead your team to punish good and eliminate evil, eliminate demons, have strict discipline, and fight bravely. This is not what an ordinary mercenary group should look like."

"What do you... want to do?"

After hearing Keretz's words, Frank fell into silence again.

After a while, he opened his mouth to answer, but was stopped by the elf demigod:

"You don't have to tell me your reasons, I think... you should also have your thoughts and difficulties."

"I have been observing you these days. You are a true chivalrous knight and I believe in your choice."

"But one thing I want to remind you is that it is not just the eternal church that falls, but if you really put some hope on the gods, you might be disappointed."

"Of course, I don't mean the great Goddess of Life..."

"Mr. Frank, the doors of the Church of Life are always open to you, and if one day you really make a decision, we would be happy to be your faithful ally again."

...

Frank didn't communicate with Keretz for too long.

After refusing to join the Church of Life, he quickly left.

As soon as he left the door, he met his personal guard, Roland.

"Mr. Frank!"

Roland bowed to him with some pleasure.

Frank raised his eyebrows:

"Roland, why are you here?"

"Hehe, I just finished winning a card game and thought about picking you up, but I didn't expect you to end so soon."

Roland scratched his head and said.

After saying that, he lit up a kettle in his hand and said excitedly:

"Look! What did I win?"

Frank's heart moved.

He looked at the elf-style kettle, took it over and sniffed it at the mouth of the bottle, a little surprised:

"Elf flower tea?"

"Haha! That's right! It's the legendary elf flower tea! I heard that in the imperial capital, only those rich nobles can drink it!"

Roland said excitedly.

After saying that, he suddenly noticed a cloud between Frank's eyebrows, realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly covered his mouth:

"Ah...I'm sorry...Mr. Frank, I shouldn't mention the nobles..."

Frank was deprived of his noble status.

Although he always said that he had abandoned his status as a noble, abandoning and deprivation is another thing.

For the imperial nobles, this was almost a shame of being ruined.

On weekdays, he never dared to talk about the nobles in person, for fear of touching the other party's sad things. However, today he forgot about this because he was too excited.

However, Frank shook his head and said helplessly:

"No, Roland, I've said it many times, and I don't care about the name of a mere nobleman."

"Then why...why do you look very unhappy?"

Roland asked curiously.

Frank was stunned.

"Do I... look very unhappy?"

He touched his cheek.

"Of course, it's a distraught look."

Roland nodded.

Frank was stunned.

After a moment, he smiled bitterly:

"Maybe...I'm a little confused myself..."

"Confused? Lord Frank, didn't you say that you have thought about how to go on the future along the way? Didn't you say that you plan to lead everyone to punish evil and promote good, and save the world from water and fire?"

Roland asked in confusion.

Frank sighed:

"Roland, Keretz just invited me to join Maple Moon Freedom."

"Um...ah?!"

Roland's eyes widened.

The next moment, he gradually became excited:

"Really...really?"

"But I declined."

Frank said the second half.

"Hmm...ah?!"

Roland's excitement froze on his face.

"You...why did you refuse? That's Fengyue's free reunion! Along the way, haven't you always said that you yearn for there?!"

"And... even if we join the Fengyue Freedom Leadership, we can still be active on the mainland as mercenaries! This is not a conflict!"

"Not to mention, if we can really become a member of Fengyue Free Leadership, we can have a home..."

Roland said with some regret.

Looking at his great joy and sorrow, Frank was slightly stunned:
To be continued...