Chapter 289: "Shadow of the Goddess"
"Crimson!"
Nommer chose to activate the "Sleep Charm" and forcibly pulled the lady opposite into a dream.
This is a last resort.
As the "midnight poet" in sequence 8, if possible, he prefers to hypnotize the other person in a subtle and natural way with short poems that fit the context in the conversation.
However, no matter which option he chose, he had no idea that his hypnosis would fail.
It's almost impossible.
The reason is simple, even if the middle sequence is extraordinary, only a small number of them can resist forcibly falling asleep, and they ...... Obviously, he did not dare to enter the church with such a swagger, let alone make a confession.
What's the difference between this and sending to death?
So...... When he realized that his "Sleep Charm" had not worked, Nomer's mind was a little dazed at first.
Of course, he reacted immediately.
But it was too late.
When he wanted to dial the mechanism not far from his hand and ask his teammates under the church for help, Nommer found that he had been firmly bound by the invisible silk thread and could not move at all.
Panic skyrocketed.
However, before he could make a sound, he saw a black black emblem cut through the curtain and into the confessional chamber through a palm-sized window.
"I want to see Anthony Stevenson."
A female voice that seemed to be a command and a request, but the tone was very indifferent, and the black badge pierced into the room at the same time.
Nomer's mouth opened wider.
In his heart, the panic had just risen, and he suddenly lost its roots, leaving only a little surprise and incomprehension.
"You...... Are you 'Lady Elia, the Eye of the Goddess?' Nommer suddenly remembered a name.
He got an answer with only one syllable.
"Go!"
Nommer subconsciously reached out to take the dark emblem, but found that the restraints on his body had been lifted again, and he easily grabbed the emblem in his hand, as if the restraint just now was just an illusion.
He couldn't figure out what was going on.
Listening to the tone, the lady seemed to be a high-ranking member of the Church on an equal footing with His Excellency St. Anthony...... But if that was the case, why didn't she go directly to His Excellency St. Anthony's office, or go into the basement of the church, but instead went to the confessional room?
If not...... He couldn't imagine that possibility.
Of course, as a "night watchman" who has served for more than three years, this does not affect his reporting in accordance with the charter.
Peal pedal, pedal, pedal.
He didn't dare to slack off, and ran with all his strength in the dim corridor.
in the confessional room.
After a moment of silence, the bishop, who was even more confused than Nomer, tentatively spoke, "Ma'am, I didn't do anything wrong, did I?"
"Nope." Valeera's voice was calm.
She was willing to come to the church to confess, and she was mentally prepared to contact the "night watchman", but now it was just a little unexpected.
It doesn't matter.
Anyway, she had planned to test the attitude of the Goddess Church towards her, so there was nothing wrong with being so direct...... Anyway, with that dark emblem as the base, there shouldn't be any big problems anyway.
Valera had already thought about it.
That emblem, at worst, represents the goddess's monitoring of herself.
But even in this case, the church will not go against the will of the goddess herself and restrict her personal freedom.
At best, she did get the status of a church at the rank of senior deacon.
If this is the case, then instead of harm, her contact this time will be of great benefit, and it must be sooner rather than later.
"That's good, that's good......
In the confessional room, the bishop heard that the mysterious lady did not mean to blame him, and muttered a few words, and his mood was distracted
Gradually relax.
Because he couldn't muster the courage to leave, and he didn't dare to speak again, he had to sit in a high-backed chair, and after a long period of silence, he finally waited for the savior who went and returned.
"Come with me, dear lady, Your Excellency St. Anthony is waiting to see you in your office."
The returning "Midnight Poet" Nommer spoke as he opened the secret door connecting the inside and outside of the confessional room.
"Hmm."
Valera nodded indifferently and got up from her high-backed chair.
The two walked one after the other, walking through the dimly lit corridor of the church for a long time, and finally stopped in front of a double door on the second floor with an ancient decoration.
Nommer opened the door, "Your Excellency, 'The Lady of the Goddess Shadow has arrived.'"
"Shadow of the Goddess"?
Hearing the "Night Watchman" refer to herself with such a title, Valera frowned slightly, and stepped in at the sound of "Please come in".
In the room, a row of thick curtains on the opposite wall were drawn, and the light was only slightly brighter than the aisle.
"Ma'am, sit here."
Archbishop St. Anthony greeted him.
He had an old face, a beardless face, a black and red archbishop's robe, and a pair of eyes that were extremely deep, as if they were connected to an unknown dark realm, giving people an oppressive force that bordered on fear.
Sequence 3, "The Bishop of Fear".
Valilla resisted the uncomfortable feeling in her heart, nodded slightly at the other party's gaze, showed a faint polite smile, and walked to the side of the sofa and sat down. net
"Why do you call me 'Shadow of the Goddess?'" She asked bluntly.
The archbishops and senior deacons of the Church of the Goddess are completely equal in status, following only the oracle of the goddess of the night and accountable only to the Pope...... Since Archbishop St. Anthony used equal addresses for himself, Valera also omitted honorifics.
"Because of this Dark Emblem."
Anthony sat down and raised his hand to hand out the badge that Valeera had given earlier.
A witch......
From the first time he saw Valeera, he had been carefully observing, from his face to his figure, he had roughly determined the sequence in which Valeera was.
"So......" Valeera took the badge and played with it in her hand, tentatively, "I'm now the tenth senior deacon of the church?"
The answer to this question is obviously representative of the attitude of the Church of the Goddess towards her.
"Equivalent to." Anthony nodded.
"That means there's a difference," Valeera asked with a smile earnest, "So, what should I do?"
The purpose can be inferred from the request.
Anthony was still smiling, "Just do what you want to do."
"Can I take this as the will of the Goddess?" Valera began to smile again.
She didn't get any information from her previous answer, so she had to test it a little more.
Anthony nodded, "The goddess is watching you."
Although she had been mentally prepared for a long time, Valilla still felt a little frightened when she heard such an answer with her own ears, and the smile on her face, which was not particularly sincere, stiffened a little.
"Praise the Goddess!"
She skillfully drew a "Crimson Moon" on her chest.