musicians of old

Chapter 502 The Sacrament of Confession
On the second day, before dawn, the streets and alleys on the other side of the Hedgewell River showed a scene of far more vitality than usual.

In order to avoid air raids, the houses here are painted in large areas of black, and the slightly protruding buildings are covered with barbed wire or bamboo and wooden cages as "defense facilities" that can be used as psychological comfort. From a bird's eye view, everything should be as it used to be. like a lifeless dark dungeon
But today, the soldiers on the reconnaissance plane discovered that there was a light several hundred meters long at the door of the church, and sporadic firefly-like light spots were still converging towards it.

The congregation holding dimly lit lanterns had already occupied the aisle surrounded by several cordons.

Moreover, the dozen or so people who came earlier had asked the clergy responsible for guiding order.

Really don't ask for anything higher!No matter rich or poor, high or low, you can come to Bishop Lavoisier to make a confession!Unless it was too procrastinating to come to the audience, I didn't get in the queue after queuing for two days.

The general principle is "first come, first served", but there is another rule as an adjustment.

"You can go forward, start from the tenth row, and move forward later."

An acolyte motioned for a thin, thinly clad girl to stand up.

It is reported that Bishop Lavoisier has already begun to worship the holy relics of the Lord, testing the congregation.I saw that the candle in the lantern in this person's hand not only emitted a stronger light, but also moved with her steps, and even the lamps in the hands of the surrounding believers were affected to a certain extent.

This kind of scene either means that the person's inspirational talent is higher than ordinary people, or he is an extremely devout person who has prayed a lot recently, and his spiritual state has been adjusted to a degree that is more compatible with the light.

Seeing that this frail young girl was able to cross such a long queue, the others all expressed admiration.

inside the church.

The confessional was set up in a prominent place, the entrance of the penitent and the listener were separated, and the outside was covered with a red cloth curtain with gilded sunburst, and there was a fixed partition between the tables inside, through which only the The silhouette of the shadow of things behind.

Its layout follows traditional etiquette, but it looks different from the past.

Because it is too big.

Under normal circumstances, if two people want to talk face to face, a 1x1 meter wooden table is enough.

As for the table where Father Lavoisier delivered the confession, it can be seen even with the curtain covered that the combined width of the left and right hands exceeds at least ten meters!

According to the canon of the Church of the Holy Sun, priests who perform the sacrament of confession must strictly keep secrets. This is an extremely strict law, and no third person will be present to hear the confession, so the few civil servants in charge of arranging the venue imagined it. At such a large table, listening to teachings face to face, the space around seems to give people the feeling that there are "witnesses" beyond the mundane!

Dawn, when the world is clean.

At the confession table, Fanning sat alone.

There was an inscrutable spectacle all around.

Candles were burned on the long mahogany table over ten meters long, and on the soft curtain, lamps with sacred carvings were shining brightly, and the long and narrow baffle used to block the opposite seats unexpectedly A round of golden and clear sunrise is slowly rising!

There are ripples of light quality everywhere in the air. Through those textures, hearing, smell, touch, taste are all connected with vision, as if you can experience the supreme and wonderful artistic inspiration.

"I didn't expect to successfully pass through the 'Gate of Enlightenment' at this moment and be promoted to the second level of understanding. It is mainly due to the accumulation of too much accumulation in the past, and the enlightenment effect far exceeded expectations.

Fanning slowly opened his eyes, and the hallucinatory scene in the confession room dissipated inch by inch.

This means that not only dozens of people have been upgraded to "New Moon", "Forging Lion" and "Blade Holder" because of him, but also hundreds of people have become "Groom" and "Flying Man" under his inspiration. Moth”, embarked on his own artistic path.

Understand the double, create your own key.

In the case of being cautious, at the level of the comprehension, not to mention killing or defeating, not to mention facing extreme opponents who "choose not to be human at all", at least in a normal one-on-one situation, it is very difficult. It's hard to find someone who can threaten Fanning's life.

But after a while, his expression turned bad.

The feeling of being torn apart by the astral body reappeared, and the uncomfortable symptoms of the "old" pollution appeared again.

The higher the rise, the higher the comprehension and insight, the more serious the sense of dislocation of the incompatible musical inspiration of the two worlds.

Although "Mass in B Minor" is the pinnacle of medieval music or baroque music, it is only a temporary solution after all.

"It's really almost time to leave."

Fan Ning sighed secretly in his heart, and spread his palms in front of him, and a piece of light yellow letter paper flashed away.

That was a message from the Pope's courier.

What is written on it is a list, which can be "turned over", a full list of pages.

There are high-level church members, middle and low-level people and ignorant people, military professionals of all kinds, and church-affiliated artists.

Fan Ning's confession in the past two days is not only for the confession itself.

It is time for the investigation team who entered the abnormal area to make a choice so that the Pope can arrange related matters.

Those who can voluntarily report to this list are all people who are devout and willing to follow themselves to find the "God's Theme", but if they are selected into the investigation team of the abnormal area, there is a high probability that they will be sent to death.

This choice is really difficult to make.

Fanning can only learn more about things through the form of the confession—many people who have dealt with recently and are queuing outside are also on this list
It took him more than a quarter of an hour to suppress the spiritual discomfort and adjust his emotions to a state of compassion and peace. Finally, he rang the white thread that led to the external assistant's bell.

It means that the first person in line can come in.

Tens of seconds later, the golden sun-patterned red cloth was uncovered, and a tall and thin figure sat opposite the baffle.

Although his own spiritual sense could scan the other party's external features at a glance, Fan Ning strictly abided by the law as a priest, and did not go out to spy on the other party's kind of person at all.

"What confession do you want?" Fanning asked gently.

"Bishop Lavoisier, I have a lot of confusion and I can't figure it out." The other party's voice was a little familiar.

The first person turned out to be Durke, the one-armed old priest of the Raubken parish. Even Fanning's expression behind the baffle was a bit stunned.

"You are also my master teacher yourself, why did you come to me for a confession, and you are still ranked ahead of many believers, have you violated the precept of favoritism?"

"In His name, there is absolutely no favoritism." The old priest said quickly, "After the concert last night and the application for musical instruments, I did not go back to rest, but waited all night on the spot, so I saved today's first one. Qualifications to come to see His Excellency the Bishop."

"Then tell me," Fanning said.

Dulk recalled what the honored guest, Miss Roy, asked him to ask.

Moreover, he felt that this was indeed a question that he had been asking himself all these years as a priest.

"I have also had a lot of experience in confession, but I would like to take the liberty of asking the bishop a question."

"Are the clergy only to give confession to believers? If there are foreigners who don't believe in God visiting, must this sacrament be declined, or can it be accepted?"

(End of this chapter)