179. Cathedral

Chapter 179 – Cathedral

Elvis rode the carriage all the way to the Cathedral in the center of the city.

The church still looked brand new from the outside, and in order to match its growing influence in the Hornblower Alliance, the church had spent a great deal of money to build this magnificent building on the edge of the square in the center of Nisborough.

Compared with the old church located in the eastern part of the city, in addition to being more magnificent, this new church covers a wider area and is also higher, and its tallest building, the Great Bell Tower, is even higher than the Golden Tower, the government building used for the offices of the Allied Convocation, in order to facilitate the movement of people up and down, the Great Bell Tower is also higher than the Golden Tower. For the convenience of people going up and down, the bell tower was also equipped with hanging baskets.

It will not be long before the landmark of Nisborough will change from the Golden Tower to the Cathedral.

Elvis stepped down from the carriage and went to the main entrance of the church, noticing that there was also a reward notice posted nearby for clues to finding Duchess Fanny.

He shook his head derisively.

“Hmph! Wouldn’t have guessed it, but the person you’ve gone to such great lengths to find is here in this church in the center of town.”

He continued to walk inside the cathedral, and the monks and believers he encountered along the way saluted him, while Elvis returned each one of them, with no trace of the arrogant look he had just displayed in the embassy.

An emerald green bird flew up from his carriage, and it circled around the door of the seating hall, seemingly hesitating to fly in through the gate.

It turned to the side of the seating hall and found that the windows on the wall were all open, and just as it was about to pick a window to fly in, Elvis came out of a small door next to it again.

He turned on a dime and headed for the courtyard at the back of the church.

The bird reversed direction and flew toward the rear courtyard as well.

Bishop Elvis seemed to be in a good mood as he stepped lightly into the courtyard, which was quite elegantly decorated with flowers and plants planted all over the place for the clergy in the church to take a walk after meals and cultivate their bodies and minds.

The bishop soon found the person he was looking for, a man also dressed in clergy garb was feeding the birds in the courtyard, he was holding a small box full of grains.

A large flock of birds of all colors gathered around him, chattering and chirping, and now and then going to peck at the grains he had sprinkled on the ground.

Elvis said smilingly, “Sir Anthony, when I could not find you inside, I guessed that in all probability you were here feeding the birds again.”

The other party did not turn around, still looking at the birds all over the ground, which, strange to say, were not afraid of him.

“How did the Grand Duchess react?”

“Hmph! Said she wants to think about it, I gave him a deadline, if she hasn’t agreed to our terms by this time tomorrow, then let their family lose their reputation.”

“Ugh~ You really don’t have any pity for her, I heard that that Her Highness Helen is a far-famed beauty in Horned Bay.”

Elvis frowned, such frivolous words shouldn’t come from a clergyman.

But the other party was an envoy from the Holy Capital, he didn’t want to make the relationship difficult.

“For the glory of my Lord, I will find a way to overcome all the difficulties on the road, both in reality and spiritually.”

The man he called Anthony turned around and said in a tone of admiration, “Truly worthy of being Lord Elvis, with a pious and capable bishop like you sitting in Horned Bay, my Lord’s light will surely be able to shine on everyone here.”

Elvis straightened his chest, he accepted the other party’s praise openly, but his mouth still had to be modest for a few moments.

“Where where where, if it wasn’t for the information brought in by Sir Anthony, I would still be in the dark about the Alliance Convocation’s small movements oh. It’s a shame to say that they were making small moves right under my nose, and I didn’t even realize it.”

“Alas~” Anthony let out a long sigh.

Elvis was a bit puzzled, “Why is Your Excellency sighing?”

Anthony had a saddened look on his face.

“I’m sighing that there are devout servants of God like you at the local level who are dedicated to spreading the glory of the Lord, but there are surprisingly a good number of people in the Holy Capital who are pulling their punches.” “In …… in pulling back? What do you mean?”

“It’s hard to explain!” Anthony’s expression seemed to be fighting for Elvis in general.

“Such villains always pop up around the Coronation of the Pope, who are critical of the witch hunt movement initiated by Corner Bay, always accusing you of bringing some unnecessary trouble to the church.”

A look of hatred quickly appeared on Elvis’ face.

“Shameful traitors! Shameful heretics! They should all be tied to the stake and burned alive!”

In Elvis’s mind, people labeled with these two labels were more hateful than heretics and unbelievers, guys who didn’t know what to do and would stab you in the back.

Anthony added fuel to the fire by saying, “What’s more, a clergyman has proposed some kind of ‘vindication’ of witches as a group, on the grounds that there is no record in the Canon that every witch is evil …… “

“O Father in heaven! O Lord Almighty!”

Elvis shouted out of breath with a horrified look on his face, and he began to shiver all over from extreme exasperation.

The bishop stretched out one finger and pointed it at Anthony.

“What do you …… you people do all day long, why would you allow such people full of nonsense to remain in the Holy Capital? Why would you allow them to live in the world?”

Seeing that the bishop was about to become unsteady on his feet, Anthony immediately stepped forward to support him.

“Lord Elvis, we also have a heart, the situation in the Holy Capital is …… how should I say it, a bit complicated, especially that Minglii, who engages in some messy heresy every day, and the current Pope Coronation is a tolerant person… …”

“Hmph!”

Elvis snorted coldly, not knowing whether he was upset with the heretics in the Holy Capital or the Pope.

Anthony attached himself to his ear and whispered quietly, “We are now eagerly awaiting the arrival of a saint of unparalleled piety to preside over the Holy Capital!”

Elvis heard something in the other man’s words, and he gazed at Antony with a searching look.

Anthony smiled and whispered, “The Archbishop of Corner Bay is getting old and will soon have to arrange for a successor, has Lord Elvis ever had any thoughts about this?”

“I ……”

Elvis suddenly became a little stuttering.

“If I can better serve the Lord of Light, I will certainly go out of my way to do so.”

“Then it will be hard work for Lord Elvis, to tell you the truth, I came here with the task of secretly inspecting the bishops all over the Horned Bay, and reporting the character of each of the lords to the Sacred Capital Headquarters, so I am still able to say a little bit about the personnel arrangements in this regard.”

This was more than saying a little something, Elvis’ heart exploded.

“Sir Anthony …… No, Lord Anthony, you ……”

Anthony waved his hand.

“Don’t do anything superfluous at all, I just see this piety in your heart! Just please do your best within the scope of your duties at the moment.”

“I swear!” With a solemn face, Elvis raised his right hand.

“I will sow the glory of the Lord in the heart of every person in Horn Bay, and I will root out all filth from Horn Bay!”

(End of chapter)