Chapter 41: The Ecumenical Council
In addition to the main hall used for important ceremonies and the altar used to worship the gods, there is also a large conference room.
Usually it doesn't do much, but twice a year, the priests of the local Shinkai come here to hold a council meeting, on the one hand, to report on the operation of the Shinkai in the past six months, and on the other hand, to discuss the plan for the next six months.
Sometimes it is also here that the scriptures or the laws of the Divine Council are revised.
But, at least at this time of the day, no one is using it.
Robin and Salom were led into the room by the clergy.
It is a church-like meeting room in the usual ornate style of the temple, surrounded by white columns, with smooth and bright walls, and colored windows painted with various famous motifs from the holy scriptures.
A white moonlight casts through the skylight above, illuminating the rectangular wooden table in the middle.
On the tabletop, the reflection of the god of life can be faintly seen.
Although there are not many people here, it is cleaned.
The tables and chairs are still as good as new, and the floors are spotless.
Around the long tables, there are chairs, and benches are neatly placed against the walls of the conference room.
You can probably tell that this hall was accommodating a lot of people when the meeting was held.
The annual meeting of the Divine Council may be even more spectacular than Robin had imagined.
He walked around the table, and finally pulled open the innermost one and sat down.
Kaye didn't choose to sit down, but calmly stood behind Robin.
Facing the direction of the door.
Robin's face was hidden in the darkness, flickering and darkening, and it looked a little mysterious.
Salom was slightly stunned when he saw his face.
The image of this delicate teenager overlapped with a certain character in her memory.
And now I am in the scene, as if it was that day.
As soon as Salom remembers it, it was once full of people.
And that white and noble figure always sat in Robin's current position, with an eternal cold face.
Salom blinked, and came to his senses.
"So, is there anything important about you, Grand Duke Salom?" Robin raised his hand to signal her to sit down and asked calmly.
However, Salom did not sit down as he imagined.
She stood calmly in place, her right hand gripping the hilt of the sword at her waist, her eyes looking out the door.
"What's wrong?" Robin looked at her quizzically.
"Wait a minute." Salom soothed.
The mist from her mouth spewed a faint white smoke in the air, drifting upwards along the moonlight.
"So somebody will come, right?" Robin frowned.
"Yes, Lord Robin." Salom stepped forward and bowed slightly, "I won't keep you waiting." ”
All right.
Robin folded his hands to his chest and didn't speak.
His right hand snapped his fingers.
A golden light surged from his fingertips, going around one end of the room and the other.
All of a sudden, the lights all around lit up.
Salom was slightly stunned, and her pupils dilated for a moment.
She turned her head in disbelief and looked at the young man sitting in the first seat, a little surprised in her heart.
Compared to the immature boy she had seen a month ago, the Chosen One had improved a lot in terms of momentum and magical strength.
……
Robin rested his hands on the table and stared intently at the door.
After a while, a figure walked in from the outside.
Robin's eyes froze slightly.
How could it be......
A young girl in a pink cotton dress walked in with an umbrella about the height of her chest.
Behind her was a guard armed with a blue spear.
The guard squeezed out a polite smile at Robin.
The little girl's gaze swept lightly over Robin and Kaye behind him, and then at Salom, her brow furrowed slightly.
"Looks like I'm the first to come."
As she spoke, she strode closer to Robin.
"Lord Robin."
"Your Excellency Grand Duke Matilda." The confusion in Robin's eyes added a little more.
Why is she here?
He had thought that what Salom was going to tell him was just about the Yuyan Collar.
I didn't expect the Grand Duke of Xiguang to also come in.
Mattida looked at the tall table and chairs in the center of the hall with some displeasure, then walked over to Robin's left-hand position and stood still.
Carlo, the Blue Lagoon knight, stepped forward and pulled her chair apart.
Without saying a word, Matilda climbed into the slightly tall chair and sat down.
She struggled to stretch her legs, but found that she still couldn't reach the ground.
In desperation, the Grand Duke of Lori had to give up that idea.
She looked up and looked silently at the candlelight on the table.
Salom didn't speak either.
Robin saw the expressions on the faces of the two men and suddenly became a little interested in what was going to happen tonight.
He leaned back a bit to make himself more comfortable.
If these two people don't speak, it means that someone else is coming.
……
Sure enough, it was exactly what Robin expected.
After about ten minutes, the old Duke Gwen, supported by the young Duke of Aiden, entered the conference room.
The last to arrive was the Duke of Olga.
Oga glanced at everyone with a gloomy face, and then chuckled softly.
"I've kept you waiting. When I go out, I am watched by other people, and I always feel a little uncomfortable. ”
She bowed slightly at Robin, then walked to the other end of the table, pulled out a chair and sat down.
"Now that everyone is here, why don't we start?"
She lifted her wrist slightly and swung it in the air.
As if Oka was the master of the place, the Grand Dukes, after listening to her words, each found a chair and sat down.
……
Olja, Salom, Gwen, Aiden, Matilda.
Robin's gaze swept over them one by one.
It's spectacular, five of the seven dukes are here.
Robin suddenly had a sense of foreboding.
What the Grand Dukes have to say tonight is not simple.
And this night of the chosen one is also destined to be extraordinary.
"Rorel, please stay outside and don't let anyone in, okay?" Grand Duke Ao Jia instructed uneasily.
In the eyes of everyone, the tall Lone Moon Knight held a curved long knife in his hand, his face was as pale as iron, and he walked towards the outside of the hall.
At the same time, the Blue Lagoon Knight Carol also walked away from Mattida's behind, following closely behind the Lone Moon Knight.
Robin's brow furrowed even deeper.
So this meeting is so important that even their personal guards have to be cleared?
Everyone's eyes looked over and focused on Robin's face.
"Kaye, you come with them, don't let others disturb my conversation with the Grand Dukes." Robin calmly voiced, "In the meantime, if something happens, immediately find someone to inform the Divine Envoy." ”
"Okay. My master. ”
Kaye smiled and walked around the long table to the door.
"Oh, by the way, if you haven't seen me out after half an hour, then don't hesitate."
A cold light flashed in Robin's eyes.
"Go directly to the guards and arrest these grand dukes."
Several Grand Dukes around were shocked.
"As you wish."
A sly smile spread across Kaye's face, then he turned and walked out.
"Bang".
As the doors of the main hall closed, the entire conference room seemed silent.