Chapter 284 “Regular documents”
Chapter 284 “Formal Documents”
Every day, Vanna crossed the atrium of the Cathedral of the Prande before noon and followed the path between the flower beds to the sanctuary, which was one hundred and three paces in length, and twenty-seven paces from the entrance of the sanctuary to the statue of the Goddess – paces that had been a part of her life since she had become the Inquisitor of the city.
She knew everything in this church, every tile from the narthex to the sanctuary, as she knew her own hands.
Never in the past many days and nights had she imagined that this short path would be so …… difficult and long.
The doors to the sanctuary opened and the overly bright sunlight was left behind, and after adjusting to the slightly dimmer interior, Vanna saw two figures standing in front of the statue of the goddess in the center of the room.
The light of the sky shone through the high stained glass windows, diffusing a layer of radiance over the statue of the goddess, and Archbishop Valentine and Pope Helena turned their eyes at the same time to gaze in the sunlight at the Inquisitor who was stepping into the room.
“There you are,” Helena nodded gently, “a minute later than promised.”
“Apologies,” Vanna stepped forward and bowed her head slightly in greeting under the statue of the Goddess before looking to the Pope, “There was a slight delay of a few minutes in handing over work with a subordinate.”
“No matter,” Helena nodded gently, then glanced at Valentine next to her, “I’ve already spoken to Bishop Valentine about your matter, and he’ll help you with the work handover and arrangements afterward, you don’t have to worry about the city-state’s side. Your uncle’s side has also received the news, he understands the arrangements of the church – but I still hope that you will have a good talk with him afterward, so that he can dispel some of his worries about the future.”
Despite thinking that she had done a lot of mental preparation, after hearing these words from the Pope, Vanna still couldn’t help but feel a jump in her heart.
A feeling that she couldn’t tell if it was a dream or reality rushed over her, causing her to go into a bit of a trance for a moment, and she tried to accurately grasp the mood, only to finally realize that all her emotions were really just this one sigh of relief – ah, it’s really happening.
But then she was suddenly a little confused, and even a little absurd, as she looked at the Pope in front of her, and couldn’t help but say, “Are you really going to send me to the Lost Country – of course, I’m not doubting your decision, I just suddenly feel… …this is not a childish matter, we must at the very least figure out the attitude of that ‘Captain Duncan’, would he really just casually allow a high-ranking Magus to travel on that ship?”
Vanna felt that her wording was a bit messy, but still tried to smooth out her thoughts and continued, “Yesterday’s incident happened a bit suddenly, and I didn’t feel that something was wrong until after I returned, and the Lost Country ship is not some ‘open area’ that can be accessed casually, so how do you plan to ……”
“Ah, you finally responded to that one,” Helena smiled and shook her head, “I thought you wouldn’t think to ‘ask for directions’ until it was time to depart.”
Vanna’s eyes widened in some surprise, and then she saw Helena fumble a rolled up piece of parchment from her side and hand it over with a smile.
Vanna took the roll of paper quizzically and carefully unfolded it, her eyes scanning over the words on it, her expression gradually becoming brilliant-
“The deep sea church, Ge Mona all servants know …… now receive your party because of the work needs to mobilize a person, temporarily arranged to this ship combat position …… in the post treatment and the first class crew members on a par, the personnel salary and the various wear and tear of the expenses Still by your unit to pay, the payment method is ……
Captain of the Lost Country, Duncan Ebnomar, signed at Vision-Pland, December 19, 1900.”
At the end of the document, in addition to the handwritten signature, there is a striking red seal.
Vanna: “……”
The young inquisitor looks a bit dazed as she looks down at the letter of acceptance for the transfer of personnel in her hand, then back up at the Pope in front of her, and after looking back and forth several times her gaze falls back on Bishop Valentine.
“Don’t you look at me,” Valentine grimaced, “I wasn’t expecting this either.”
Vanna felt her lips tremble a little, “It’s signed ……”
“It’s real,” Helena said lightly, “and so is the seal, if you look in the city-state archives, you can even find an old file from when the Lost Country was resupplied in the port of Prenland a century ago, that has the same seal and signature on it.”
Vanna listened in stunned silence, she opened her mouth as if she had a stomach full of words to say, but Helena interrupted her before she could, “You have to admit, that makes perfect sense.”
“I ……” Vanna raised her finger to herself, then held up the parchment in her hand, and finally ventured out half-heartedly, “But isn’t that a little too reasonable? And when did you ……”
“Just yesterday,” Helena said demurely, a pleasant smile hidden under her eyes, “I discussed your induction process at length with Captain Duncan, and we have always felt that this should be a formal and contractually binding transfer of personnel, and for that reason there needs to be an official document kept on file. ”
The popeess paused at that, looking at the still rather torn expression on Vanna’s face, she couldn’t help but smile and spread her hands, “Or what? Vanna? How do you think we’re going to get you to the Lost Country? Light a few bonfires, draw blasphemous symbols all over the ground, and then tie you to a stake and sacrifice you there? Like some dark heretic sacrificing a kidnapped maiden to subspace in a damp cave?
“Vanna, we’re Orthodox, we go through the proper process.” The corners of Vanna’s mouth twitched, saying that she hadn’t really thought about the details of this personnel “handover” at first, but now that she was reminded by the other party, she realized the reasonableness of the document in front of her, but felt that the whole thing was sinister because of the overly reasonable process.
All of her apprehensive imaginations about her future were knocked to pieces in this instant – she even suspected that she would see a sumptuous staff meal on the Lost Country, and there would even be a barbecue on the deck after the official dinner ……!
It was the Lost Country ship! The Lost-Hometown-Ship!
The little quirk in Vanna’s eyes was all taken in by Helena.
“Well, now that you’ve seen the document, I’m sure that last bit of concern has been dispelled,” the Popeess said with a smile, “go ahead and get some rest and make some preparations before you leave – there’s some more detail on the back of this document, including the exact time of the handover and how it will take place. content, including the exact time of the handover and how it will take place, so you can go back and take a look.”
With that, Vanna was sent out of the sanctuary in confusion.
After the young Inquisitor left, there was a momentary silence in the sanctuary, and another two minutes passed before Valentine’s voice broke the silence, “I’m actually curious.”
Helena turned around slightly, “Curious about what?”
“What exactly happened that you suddenly decided to send Vanna aboard the Lost Country,” Valentine’s expression was slightly serious, “I know your reasoning, and that reasoning does stand up, but the whole thing seems …… a little too hasty to me, and you seem to be desperate to get on board. overly hasty, you seemed so desperate to establish contact with that ‘Captain Duncan’ that you didn’t even make enough preparations, what went wrong?”
“You’re a perceptive man, Valentine, always have been,” Helena looked at the old bishop, who had been loyal to the Church for many years, for a few moments in silence, then sighed, “In fact, this will soon be no secret, and it won’t hurt to tell you now.”
She paused and spoke slowly, “Do you remember that ‘warning’ that Captain Duncan conveyed through Vanna not long ago?”
“Warning?” Valentine frowned slightly and quickly thought of something, “You mean, about Vision 001 ……”
“The elven city-state ‘Light Wind Harbor’ located near the border has recently received disturbing news,” Helena said with a nod, “‘Witch of the Sea’ Lucrecia sent a gift for them, and guess what it is?”
Valentine was stunned, associating the details revealed between the Pope’s words just now, vaguely realizing the truth, the expression on his face instantly became wonderful, “It can’t be …… that something really fell from the sky, right?”
“A fragment of a luminous body that fell from the sky, a pale golden color, a geometrical body even more massive than the Storm Cathedral,” Helena said, “Although there is no clear evidence that can prove that it was the fragment that came off of Vision 001, but… …”
Helena didn’t say any more, just shook her head.
Valentine listened dumbfounded, and it took an unknown amount of time before a few syllables squeezed out of his throat, “…… Goddesses.”
“Something is going wrong on our world, something worse than could have been imagined, and the Lost Country is the only voice that has so far warned the civilized world – and that warning has been confirmed,” Helena said slowly. “It is that Captain Duncan communicating goodwill on his own initiative, and no matter how terrible that ship once was, we must respond now; after all, …… it is not a particular city-state that is faltering this time, but the sun above our heads.”
“Can …… Vanna really accomplish this task?” Valentine dispelled his previous doubts, but worried about another matter, “She is actually a slightly reckless person, and isn’t very good at …… fine and cautious interpersonal interactions, so if we’re going to send an envoy ‘on board’, actually she is not the best candidate.”
“It’s not up to us to decide the best candidate, Valentine.” Helena shook her head.
She turned and gazed silently at the icon of the storm goddess Gemona.
“The Chess Executioners decided on the positions of the pieces long ago in the beginning.”
(The whole family was infected, and eventually even the four old men on either side of them yang, but fortunately all was safe in the end.
I myself recovered for a few days after turning yin, and things are much better now, I’m just still coughing, as well as tired and drowsy, which I’ve heard lasts quite a while, but I don’t think it’s too much of a problem, and I’m now able to guarantee one chapter a day, and the occasional two chapters if I’m in a good state, so it’s going to be a double-shift today.
However, this double shift is still unstable, and I can only write one more chapter when the conditions allow it, so you don’t have to wait every day, I’ll try, as much as I can ……)
(End of chapter)