Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 284

[Chapter 284 “Regular Documents”]

Every day, before noon, Fanna will pass through the atrium of the Puland Cathedral and follow the path between the flower beds to the sanctuary. The length of the path is one hundred and three steps. The entrance of the sanctuary It takes twenty-seven steps to reach the goddess—these steps have been a part of her life since she became the city’s judge.

She is familiar with everything in this church, every floor tile from the atrium to the church, as if she is familiar with her own hands.

For many days and nights in the past, she never imagined that this short road would be so…difficult and long.

The door of the sanctuary opened, and the too bright sunlight was left behind. After adapting to the slightly dim indoor environment, Fanna saw two figures standing in front of the goddess statue in the center of the room.

The skylight shone through the tall stained glass windows, spreading a layer of glow on the statue of the goddess. Archbishop Valentine and Pope Helena turned their eyes at the same time, watching the judge who was entering the room in the sunlight .

“You are here,” Helena nodded lightly, “one minute later than agreed.”

“Sorry,” Fanna stepped forward, bowed her head slightly under the goddess statue, and then looked at the Pope. The handover was delayed for a few minutes.”

“It’s okay,” Helena nodded lightly, then glanced at Valentine next to her, “I’ve already told Bishop Valentine about your matter, and he will You don’t have to worry about the city-state’s side. Your uncle has also received news that he understands the church’s arrangements—but I still hope that you will have a good talk with him in the future so that he can Get rid of some worries about the future.”

Even though she thought she had made a lot of psychological preparations, after hearing these words from the Pope, Fan Na still couldn’t help but jump in her heart.

A feeling of indistinguishable dream or reality surged into her heart, making her feel a little dazed for a while. She tried to grasp this mood accurately, but finally found that all her emotions were actually just this emotion—ah, it really happened up.

But she was suddenly a little confused, and even felt absurd. Looking at the Pope in front of her, she couldn’t help saying: “You really want to send me to the Lost Country—of course, I don’t doubt your decision, I just I suddenly feel… this is not a child’s play, we must at least understand the attitude of that ‘Captain Duncan’, will he really let a high-ranking priest take that ship casually?” Fan

Na I felt that my wording was a bit messy, but I tried my best to straighten out my thoughts, and then said: “It happened suddenly yesterday, and I felt something was wrong after I went back. The Lost Country is not an ‘open area’ that can be entered casually. What are you going to do…”

“Ah, you’ve finally realized this question,” Helena smiled and shook her head, “I thought you wouldn’t remember to ‘ask for directions’ until you set off.” Fanna was

somewhat Her eyes widened in surprise, and then she saw Helena take out a rolled up parchment from her side, and handed it over with a smile.

Fanna took the scroll in doubt, unfolded it cautiously, glanced at the words on it, and her expression gradually became more exciting—

“Deep Sea Church, all the servants of Gomona are aware… now accepting a staff member you have transferred due to work needs.” Name, temporarily assigned to the combat position of the ship… The treatment on duty is the same as that of the first-class crew, and the salary and various wear and tear expenses of this personnel will still be paid by your unit

. Signed at Vision-Prand, December 19, 1900.”

In addition to the handwritten signature, there is a striking red seal at the end of the document.

Fan Na: “…”

The young judge looked a little dazed. She looked down at the staff transfer acceptance letter in her hand, and then looked up at the Pope in front of her. After looking back and forth several times, her eyes fell on the bishop again. on Valentine.

“Don’t look at me,” Valentine said blankly, “I didn’t expect this either.”

Fan Na felt her lips tremble a little: “The signature on it…”

“It’s true,” Helena said lightly, “The seal is also true. If you go to the city-state archives to find it, you can even find the old archives of the Lost Country when it was resupplying at the Port of Pland a century ago. On it They have the same seal and signature.”

Fan Na listened in a daze, she opened her mouth, as if she still had something to say, but Helena interrupted her first: “You have to admit, this Very reasonable.”

“I…” Fan Na pointed at herself, then raised the parchment in her hand, and finally said after a long while, “But isn’t this reasonable?! And when did you …”

“Just yesterday,” Helena said solemnly, with a happy smile hidden in her eyes, “I discussed your entry process with Captain Duncan in detail. We always believed that this should be a formal and contractual transfer of personnel. For this reason, official documents need to be kept on file.”

The female pope paused at this point, seeing the tangled expression on Fan Na’s face, she could not help but smile and spread her hands: “Otherwise? Fan Na? How do you think we’re going to send you to the Lost Country? Light a few bonfires, draw blasphemous symbols all over the ground, and tie you to a stake to sacrifice? Like some dark heresy in a damp How about sacrificing the kidnapped girl to the subspace in the cave?

“Fanna, we are an orthodox church, and we follow the formal process. The corners of Fan

Na’s mouth trembled, and she said that she really didn’t think about the details of the “handover” of this person at the beginning. It was too reasonable to feel that the whole thing was evil.

All her apprehensive imaginations about her future were knocked to pieces at this moment—she even doubted that she would see a hearty staff meal on the Lost Country, After the formal dinner, there will even be a deck barbecue…

That’s the Lost Country! The Lost Country!

The weirdness in Vanna’s eyes was all seen by Helena.

“Okay, now that you have seen the document, you must have dispelled the last worry,” the female pope said with a smile, “go to rest first, and do some preparations before departure – there are some more detailed contents on the back of this document , including the specific handover time and handover method, you can go back and have a look.”

Fan Na was sent out of the church in a daze.

After the young judge left, the church fell silent for a while, and it took another two minutes for Valentine’s voice to break the silence: “Actually, I’m very curious.” Helena turned her head slightly: “Curiosity for what

? “

What exactly happened that made you suddenly decide to send Fanna aboard the Lost Country?” Valentine said with a slightly serious expression, “I know your reason, and that reason is indeed tenable, but the whole thing In my opinion… a bit too hasty, you seem to be eager to establish contact with that ‘Captain Duncan’, and you haven’t even made enough preparations, what happened?” “You are a sharp

person, Wat Lundin, it has always been.” Helena quietly looked at the old bishop who had been loyal to the church for many years, and then sighed, “In fact, it will not be a secret soon, and I will tell you now. No effect.”

She paused for a moment, then said slowly, “Do you still remember the ‘warning’ that Captain Duncan sent through Fanna not long ago?” “Warning?”

Valentine frowned slightly, and quickly thought of What, “You mean, about Vision 001…”

“Recently disturbing news came from the elven city-state ‘Blowwind Harbor’ located near the border,” Helena nodded and said, “The ‘Sea Witch’ Lucrezia sent them a gift, guess what it is?”

Valentin was taken aback, thinking of the details revealed by the Pope just now, he vaguely realized the truth, and the expression on his face instantly became wonderful: “Could it be…something really fell from the sky?”

“A piece of luminous body that fell from the sky, pale golden in color, and a geometric body that is bigger than the Cathedral of Storms,” Helena said, “Although now There is no clear evidence that it is the fragment that fell off from Vision 001, but…”

Helena didn’t go on, just shook her head.

Valentine listened dumbfounded, and after an unknown amount of time, he squeezed out a few syllables: “…Goddess.

” So far the only voice that has issued a warning to the civilized world—and this warning has been confirmed,” Helena said slowly, “This is Captain Duncan’s initiative to convey goodwill, no matter how terrible the ship was, We all have to give a response now, after all…it is not a certain city-state that is crumbling this time, but the sun above our heads.” “…

Can Fanna really complete this task?” Valentine dismissed the previous doubts, but worried about another thing, “She is actually a slightly reckless person, not very good at… fine and careful interpersonal communication, if we want to send a special envoy ‘on board’, she is actually not the best Candidate.”

“We don’t decide the best candidate, Valentine.” Helena shook her head.

She turned and gazed silently at the icon of the Storm Goddess Gomona.

“The chess players decided the positions of the chess pieces early on.”

(The whole family was infected, and finally even the four elderly people on both sides became positive. Fortunately, everything was safe in the end.

After I turned negative, I recovered for a few days, and the situation is now complete. It’s much better, but I’m still coughing, and tired and lethargic. I heard that this will last for a long time, but I don’t think it’s a big problem. Now I can guarantee to write a chapter every day, and occasionally I can write two chapters when I’m in good condition, so I’ll do a double update today.

But this double update is still unstable, and I can only write one more chapter if conditions permit, so you don’t have to wait every day, I will try my best, try my best…)

(End of this chapter)