Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 218
[Chapter 218 The Doubt of the Devout]
Heidi suddenly sneezed solidly, startling the young monk who was taking notes on the opposite side.
“Are you okay?” The young monk looked at the psychiatrist lady in front of him with some concern, “Is it because you are not feeling well? I feel something unusual…” “I’m fine—maybe it’s just the cool breeze blowing in the square just now
, In addition, I was anxious and nervous before, and now I have a cold,” Heidi waved her hand before the other party finished speaking, and rubbed her nose while saying, “Where are we talking?
” In the state of “soul leaving the body”, I saw two “realities” superimposed in the city-state at the same time, and the arrival of the Lost Land led to the stripping and annihilation of one of the realities,” the young monk glanced at the information he had just written, At the same time, he flipped through the previous content, “You also mentioned that you have a crystal pendant, and you found that the crystal pendant may be the key.” “The pendant
is broken,” Heidi thought for a while, nodded and said, “The pendant My father got it from an antique shop, but I suspect that neither my father nor the store manager knew what was so special about the pendant – it was just a gift, even… with a glass workshop Label.”
“That is to say, an item with extraordinary power, but concealing its true appearance——due to a coincidence, it flowed into the lower city and came into your hands,” the young monk said while lowering his head to record, “Can you tell me something about it?” The situation of the antique shop and some details of the pendant? This may help us to grasp the more detailed real situation in the aftermath. After all, supernatural items often have the ability to draw fate. It may meet you It’s not accidental.”
“Of course it’s okay,” Heidi nodded immediately, talking about what she knew, and after she finished explaining the general situation, she hesitated for a while, and finally couldn’t help but say, “Everyone… come back Yet?”
“According to the current situation… yes,” the young monk nodded, “Although almost everyone can remember the scene of the city-state being burned by flames, everything is now back to the state before the disaster-the current Archbishop He and the judge explained this as ‘a historical pollution disaster with a realistic invasion level’, but the specific details are yet to be made public.”
Speaking of this, he paused, and added: “But your situation is the most special-almost all No one can remember how the disaster ended, but you ‘saw’ the key process, so your testimony is very important.” “I understand,”
Heidi sighed softly, and then seemed to think of something suddenly, “Then I’d better report to my family first? It looks like I won’t be able to go back for a while…” “We
have already sent someone,” the young monk smiled, “you don’t have to worry.”
“Already notified? That’s good,” Heidi thought for a while and nodded slightly, “Then let’s continue, what else do we need to ask?” “
Okay, next question, do you remember the ship that floated on the two sides The specific details of the ghost ship in the historical trajectory, do you feel in a trance, hallucinations and hallucinations when recalling those details?” …
Fanna
came to the Great Church.
This empty and sacred place seemed extremely quiet at the moment. Apart from the necessary guards at the entrance, there was only Bishop Valentine standing silently in front of the icon in the hall.
The sound of Fan Na’s footsteps broke the tranquil atmosphere in the Great Cathedral.
Valentine turned his head. He has already removed the fine clothes and crowns that he only wears on special occasions. He is only wearing a simple robe and a soft hat. In addition to holding tightly in his hand the long staff representing the city-state bishop , looks no different from an ordinary old man.
Fanna came to Valentine with a calm expression: “The order in the church area has been restored, and the garrisons are going to the garrison in order to rectify the order of the city-state. The high-ranking priests have gone to the main factories to appease the steam core. At least we can Make sure that the ‘Evening Bell’ rings as usual, and the gas supply throughout the city will not be interrupted.”
The old bishop was obviously relieved: “Thank you, Fanna.”
“It should be,” Fanna said calmly, “After the pollution subsides, the residual mental and cognitive confusion is still having an impact, and it is difficult for untrained ordinary people All of a sudden, I woke up from the previous disaster, and now even the city hall is in chaos, and the ‘professionals’ can only temporarily take over the order.” Valentine nodded, and then reminded: “After nightfall,
except In addition to ensuring the gas supply, we must also send more night watchmen in various cities, bring enough lanterns and incense, and beware of something ‘running’ in the night… We have just experienced a reality invasion, and the reality base of Prand is In the most vulnerable state. In addition, we need to check all the night shelters in the city one by one. There may still be too nervous citizens locking themselves inside… Once the holy oil in the shelter is exhausted, those panicked asylum seekers will become a big problem “
Fan Na nodded: “I understand, I will make arrangements later, and I will personally lead the team to inspect the key areas at night.” “…You can just leave
it to your deputy,” Valentine looked at the front with a little worry The young judge said, “Go and rest after dealing with the matter at hand, you are still injured.” “
After returning to the cathedral, the injury will basically heal,” Fanna said immediately, and looked the old man in front of her up and down. , “Your previous ‘injury’ was more serious than mine…”
“Can it be the same?” Valentine said with a straight face, “I have recovered from the historical pollution, but you really killed the entire city-state twice inside and outside the curtain. I can see how weak you are right now.”
Fan Na didn’t say anything, she just turned around silently, raised her head, and watched the storm quietly under the light of candles and gas lamps. Icon of the goddess Gomona.
There was a brief moment of silence in the cathedral, until Valentine broke the dead silence: “What are you thinking?” “
I’m thinking about how to write the second half of this report,” Fanna sighed, “When Her Majesty the Pope wants to know about the disaster of Plante, how should we explain to her how it all ended?” The
expression on Valentine’s face was suddenly a bit exciting.
“In a sense… well, there is no need for ‘a certain meaning’,” the old bishop held back for a long time, and could only sigh like Fan Na, “The fact is that the arrival of the Lost Country extinguished the end. The historical pollution brought by the missionaries has prevented the black sun that is about to be born in the world. Although we don’t know what the purpose of that ghost captain is doing all this, there is no doubt…” The old bishop stopped, and the silence was nearly
half After a few minutes, she had no choice but to speak in a deep voice: “Prand survived due to the arrival of the Lost Home.” “
Perhaps, he came for the ‘shard of the sun’,” Fanna actually had a lot of thoughts in her heart, but she didn’t. Without expressing his thoughts, “Do you still remember the ‘White Oak’? That ship encountered the Lost Homeland head-on, and finally escaped unscathed. Only Anomaly 099 was taken away—perhaps, that ‘ Captain Duncan’s purpose is simpler than anyone imagined.”
“Stealing sun fragments and stealing an anomaly are not the same concept,” Valentine shook his head, “but you are right, this is indeed the only thing that can The explanation that comes to mind, if the Pope needs an answer, then this is the only answer we can give… For the rest, we can only report everything that happened here truthfully, and see if the priests of the Cathedral of Storms can discuss it What kind of conclusion do you draw?”
Fan Na hummed lightly, then turned her head again, and her eyes fell on the goddess’ icon again.
“Your mood is still very restless.” Having known each other for many years, Valentine can certainly sense that something is wrong with Fanna, “Fanna, we have already discussed the affairs of the city-state and the church, and now there is something shaking your mind. Will?”
“I…it’s fine.”
“We’ve known each other for many years,” Valentine shook his head, “Although you are equal to me in terms of priesthood, you have always regarded me as a person who can Trusting elder——I can see that you have been in a bit of a bad state since you came back, what happened?”
Fan Na was silent for a while, she looked up at the veiled goddess, and after a while, she hung down again. Sight, looking at his own body.
Dante Wayne’s words still seemed to ring in her ears.
In the fire eleven years ago, in the “fire source” that the missionaries used to start the pollution of history, his uncle…in fact, he couldn’t save himself.
That fire was the beginning of historical pollution, and it was the dividing line between “official history” and “pseudo-history”. Split into two diametrically opposite “world lines”.
In other words, she, who died on the night of the fire… shouldn’t have survived.
It is the “blessing of the subspace” that keeps him alive until today.
At the end of the day, the preacher’s crazy shout on the top of the bell tower is still in my ears-
“You die and come back to life, and you will live and die again…”
She has died and returned to life.
But did not come back to life.
The appearance of the Lost Homeland interrupted all this.
Now, she is still standing here, breathing the air of the world and enjoying the warmth of the living.
Even the Storm Goddess is still blessing herself, using the moist power of the sea breeze to heal all the injuries she suffered from the previous battle.
This even caused Fanna to have a goddess-related confusion for the first time in her life—
the Goddess of Storms… Could it be that she didn’t care about the fact that she survived due to the “blessing of the subspace”?
And this confusion continued to expand, and what she could think of made Fanna shudder even more—
according to what the final preacher and Captain Duncan said, the entire city-state of Purdue at this moment has actually been lost. Drenched in the flames of the township, everyone in this city-state, and even the land itself, has become a “blasphemous heresy.”
However… the blessings in the cathedral are still there, and the prayers of every deep-sea priest in Purand to the goddess are still answered as before.
For the first time in her life, Fan Na had doubts about her long-standing beliefs.
(end of this chapter)
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