Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 227
[Chapter 227 The Shaker]
hurried footsteps broke the tranquility in the cathedral. Bishop Valentine, who was assigning affairs to the deacon at the side, raised his head when he heard the sound, and saw Fanna walking towards him figure.
The bishop waved his hand to make the deacon and attendants stand aside temporarily, and his eyes fell on Fan Na: “I thought you would rest at home for two more days.” “Unfortunately, it seems that I don’t have the time,” Fan Na
shook Shaking his head, his expression was a little serious, “What happened? I saw many priests in a hurry, and I heard that a group of ascetic monks were sent into the stargazing well… Is it related to today’s sunrise?” “
Yes Yes,” Valentine nodded with a serious look on his face, “today’s sunrise was fifteen minutes later than usual—and it wasn’t due to the delay of dawn caused by local abnormal weather conditions. I received reports from other city-states and sea contact nodes Psychic communication, this abnormal situation has been observed in all parts of the world.” “
…This world has been illuminated by the ‘World Creation’ for fifteen more minutes…” Fan Na frowned a little bit, “Now there are damaged Report?”
“No, just one postponement of dawn will not cause any problems, fifteen minutes of night is still within the redundancy range of the city-state protection,” the old bishop shook his head, “what is really disturbing is the world They all observed the same phenomenon, which means that the problem does not lie on the surface of the earth or the sea.” “
…It is the operation of the anomaly 001 itself that has changed.” Of course, Fan Na knew what the old bishop was worried about. Announcement?”
Valentine shook his head lightly.
“There is no movement, so this may be just a small…’change’, which does not involve the essential change of Vision 001, but…I am afraid that most people will not be relieved. We must at least see what happened today. The sun set normally, and seeing the sun rise normally the next day, I dared to breathe a little sigh of relief.”
Fan Na was silent for a moment, and asked after a while: “Are the ordinary people in the city not affected?”
“There hasn’t been much fluctuation for the time being – some people haven’t noticed the 15-minute delay, and some citizens who have noticed it probably haven’t realized the seriousness of this matter. I have already sent a letter to the Government Affairs Office to let them Over there, evaluate whether it is necessary to issue a soothing and guiding announcement in the future. Now this incident has not had such a big impact, and the official’s overly positive explanation may cause the public to feel uneasy—especially after we have just experienced such a large disaster. “
Fan Na listened silently to the old bishop’s analysis, and didn’t intervene. As a judge who puts most of her energy into combat missions, she knew that she was not professional in this area of affairs, but she just showed some seriousness from time to time. The thoughtful expression showed that her mood was not as calm as it appeared on the surface.
Valentine looked at Fanna who had a worried expression on his face: “What are you thinking?”
“It’s just emotional,” Fanna sighed softly and shook her head, “Every time there is an extraordinary disaster, I will become more aware of it.” How fragile is the world we live in today… City-states, the Holy See, ocean-going ships, everything we are proud of seems to be built on a layer of thin and fragile ice, and any cracks are not discovered in time, we will disappear into this world…”
“This is the meaning of our eternal vigilance and tenacity,” Valentine said in a deep voice, looking into the eyes of the young judge, “Vanna, you are rarely like What are you feeling so emotionally… What happened?”
Fanna fell silent, and after a few seconds, she seemed to have made up her mind and said to Bishop Valentine: “There are two things, the first… I saw that ‘Captain Duncan’ again yesterday.”
Valentine’s eyes were serious at first, but after a while, he sighed again: “Actually, it’s expected.” He paused
, and then said: “So far, we have nothing to do with the imprint that the ghost captain left on you. Even now, the entire Purand city-state may have established contact with that captain. It will be a matter of time before he comes to you… What did he tell you?”
“…Mostly chatting.” Fan Na said in a slightly strange tone.
“…chatting?” Valentine finally raised his eyebrows in surprise this time, “You mean, the captain of the Lost Home, the shadow returned from the subspace, the ‘Duncan’ who reversed the pollution of history and took away the sun fragments I just found you, just chatting with you?”
“I knew you would react like this – I can’t believe it, to be honest, if he told me that he had a plan to conquer the world, I would believe it, but… Fan Na sighed, and then in the next ten minutes, she told the old man in front of her in detail about her conversation with Duncan last night.
Valentin rubbed his forehead and listened to Fan Na’s report. This old bishop who never wavered in the face of the crisis of the doomsday had trouble and exhaustion that could not be concealed on his face.
But after a short period of troubled look, he still raised his head and said in a somewhat complicated tone: “Fan Na, I have been thinking about a problem since last night.” “What problem?” “…Are you and Captain Duncan
?
” Having had two direct exchanges, in your opinion, does that ‘ghost captain’…like an invader from subspace?” “
You…what do you mean?” Fanna’s expression changed slightly, and she cautiously Asked, “It is clear that the Lost Lands crashed into the subspace and returned…” “
I don’t doubt this. Of course I know the record of the Lost Lands’ return from the subspace. What should be the state of people affected by the subspace, and… is it possible for a real subspace invader to talk to people rationally, and not cause uncontrolled pollution during the process?” This time, Fan Na
hesitated When she got up, she couldn’t respond without thinking like she did just now, and hesitated for a few seconds before speaking: “Judging from all the cases and the basic cognition of the subspace…it’s impossible.”
“When conducting mental examinations on people who have suffered from ‘deep’ pollution, there is the simplest and most effective criterion for judging—those who can speak rationally are saved, at least those who have not been fully transformed,” Bishop Valentine pointed out Nodded, “The pollution of the subspace is very deadly, and because of this, there have never been any polluters or invaders of the subspace who can maintain consciousness in history. Crazy is their indelible characteristic, and we… Maybe we can also put This simple criterion applies to the Lost Country and its captain.” “
…You mean, that ‘Captain Duncan’ is very likely to retain his humanity?” “
Or regained his humanity,” said Wa Bishop Lundin corrected this nuance, “In the early records, there was a clear indiscriminate attack by the Lost Homelander and the witness report of Captain Duncan falling into madness. At that time, he obviously met the criteria for warp space invaders.
” Na thought about it, and the more she thought about it, the more unbelievable the expression on her face became: “Is this possible? After being completely transformed by the pollution of the subspace…you can still regain your humanity, this…” “If this is impossible, how do you explain it?
” That Captain Duncan who was ‘chatting’ with you?” Bishop Valentine interrupted Fanna softly, then he paused and reminded, “
Do n’t forget the ‘zeroth law’.” Then he reacted: “There will always be anomalies and visions that do not conform to cognition or exceed the definition…” There was
a moment of silence in the cathedral, and the silence lasted for an unknown amount of time before Valentine suddenly said: “But we still You can’t treat the Lost Homelander and its captain as harmless based on this, do you understand?
” After all, it is returning from subspace. Even if the captain regains his humanity, it’s hard to say what kind of way he is doing at this moment. to see us… ‘mortals’ through the lens of
“And we can’t make rash judgments on our own. We have to report all the information we have so far to His Holiness the Pope to see how she views this matter.” Fan Na’s expression changed, and she immediately nodded seriously: “Of course,
this One thing is clear to me.”
Then she paused, with a weird expression on her face: “Talking about this kind of thing in this holy church is really… stressful. If it was in the past, I’m afraid I would have to create a heresy for myself.” ‘ is defined.”
Valentine just sighed noncommittally, and then asked: “You just said that there are two things, besides seeing that ghost captain, what is the second thing?” This time
, Fanna was silent for a longer time, she seemed to be struggling for a while, and finally, under the gaze of the icon of the storm goddess Gemona, she mustered up great courage and said solemnly to the old bishop: “I… …should repent.”
“Repent?” Valentine looked at her in surprise, “Why are you repenting?”
“I’ve wavered—even though I’m still devout, I can’t avoid my wavering,” Vanna said deeply. Taking a deep breath, she confessed frankly, “After that fire, I had doubts about my belief.”
She expressed her doubts about the goddess and her wavering in her belief, except for hiding her uncle telling herself Apart from that secret, she didn’t hide anything.
The old bishop did not speak for a long time.
Fanna looked at the old man’s face with some anxiety, but she found that she couldn’t judge Valentine’s attitude this time.
The old bishop seemed to be in deep thought, and he hesitated to speak, but he didn’t blame him.
After an unknown amount of time, Fan Na heard the other party’s voice enter her ears.
“Fan Na, you came to confess to me… Then who should I confess to?”
A hint of surprise finally appeared in Fan Na’s eyes.
“Now, there are two wavers of faith in the Great Cathedral,” the old bishop turned around, quietly staring at the icon of the Storm Goddess, with a strangely calm voice, “Vanna, can you feel Is it?”
“What?”
“…the goddess is still blessing us.”
(End of this chapter)
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