Although the Three Kings talks are still going on, today's topic is to help Cheslan "restore the country" after great progress has been made in the air governance bill. But the attention of the citizens of Nolan is still more focused on the opening ceremony of the joint meeting of the twelve churches held in the astrological tower outside the city.
At least the living people of this generation have never heard of the Church of the Twelve Orthodox Gods meeting together. Even if they don't care about the political implications of this, just watching it as a show can still attract the attention of the citizens.
Jenkins got up early in the morning, also in order to get out of the city as soon as possible. According to the arrangement of the meeting, he was the third to speak on stage during the opening speech, so he must not be late.
Because it is an occasion with a strong religious atmosphere, Dolores, who is the heir to the kingdom, must not be able to appear. Both Hathaway and Britney also received notes from Marquis Mihail and Earl Hessa telling them not to accompany Jenkins. After all, Jenkins has not ascended the throne yet, so it is best not to have the whole family appear on sensitive occasions.
Therefore, in the end, Alexia could only accompany Jenkins to the Stargazer Tower in the outskirts, which is also the church of believers of the righteous god [Vientiane Starry Sky].
Perhaps most of the people had spent the night at church because Jenkins found most of them had already arrived when he arrived. As the Archbishop of the Church of the Sages in the Nolan Diocese, Bishop Parode was naturally also a representative of the meeting.
Nervously, the old man asked the nuns of the church to help Jenkins straighten the folds of his clothes caused by riding in a carriage, and then asked him several times if he had memorized the speech script. He seemed even more nervous than Jenkins who was going to speak in public.
And when the opening ceremony of the meeting officially started at 8:30, Jenkins, who was actually a little nervous, suddenly relaxed. Standing at the end of the auditorium, he naturally lowered his hands and looked at the things in front of him, knowing that this was the hope of this century.
The peace of mind allowed him to deliver his speech better, perhaps because he "rehearsed" the speech about cooperation and future imagination in front of the musicians yesterday, so he was more comfortable speaking today.
He did not shout slogans such as unity, but combined with the history of this world that he knew, he sincerely explained that this era needs the temporary cooperation of pagans. Although the speech was short, less than 20 minutes long, it still won applause from the audience.
When Jenkins returned to his seat, Alexia thoughtfully offered him the water bottle and said with a smile that Jenkins was not good at doing such things as he described himself.
"It took me almost a week to prepare for this speech."
Jenkins sighed, and then whispered about what happened last night, especially the awakening of the four souls. Alexia has recently been obsessed with the difference engine and summarizing the feelings of Jenkins possessed by the saint. She has no research on the four king souls, so she just listened to his description and did not give any opinions.
But the short lady knows why Hathaway arrived at the Opera House faster than Jenkins:
"Last week, Hathaway asked me if there was a way to move quickly within the city. I gave her a somewhat dangerous method, but I didn't expect her to use it here."
"A dangerous method?"
"Yes, using a trick."
Seeing that Jenkins' eyes were also dangerous, she explained again:
"Don't worry, that's a creepy thing you know, A-11-2-3301 [malicious coachman], the one who sent me to Loen City back then. I know you'll be upset, but Hathaway insisted I know, so I gave her a sin coin [Silver Coin], and she will not be charged any other price. I knew you would be upset, so I told you this. If you want to punish me... "
She leaned closer to Jenkins' ear and whispered something. Jenkins' pupils dilated and his face was sullen, not letting others know his expression, but the cat who just got into the formal suit could feel the young writer's heart beating faster. .
"Don't touch weird things, those things are not safe."
Jenkins was still a little unhappy, he said slightly sadly:
"It's best for you not to touch weird things for the rest of your life. Even if there are sin coins, those things infected by sin are extremely dangerous."
"I see, next time no matter what she says, I won't agree. This time it's my fault, and I promise you that I won't take the initiative to contact weird things again. Yes, I promise."
She tilted her head again and whispered some intimate words in Jenkins' ear. Chocolate stood on Jenkins' shoulder, a little despised Jenkins because Jenkins blushed.
"Actually, I want to know how you summoned the coachman."
Jenkins suddenly had an idea, maybe Mr. Piscoe had really expected everything.
"When I was sent to Loen by the coachman last winter, I paid some extra currency and asked for a way to summon it. No, it's different from the evil way the cultists summon him. I know that a nobleman used a living sacrifice method , sacrificed the boy who broke the traveler's nine precepts and summoned the coachman.
Although my method is more expensive, it does not require sacrifices and sacrifices. Are you looking for the coachman too? But your unicorn seems more convenient, right? "
"But unicorns can't go underground or move through dirt and rock formations."
Jenkins said seriously.
"Could it be that you want the coachman to take you to find the difference engine? But the coachman can only take the passengers to the places where the passengers have gone. I have traveled briefly in Loen before, so I can be taken by the coachman."
"No, I'm not looking for the difference engine, and I may not be able to fight it now. I'm looking for another machine."
He paused, his eyes looked forward, and looked at the old bishop who was loudly admiring the grand occasion of the meeting:
"Find another machine that understands the Difference Engine."
Like most conferences in this world, there are always various tedious presentations before the substantive valuable content can be discussed. Even church meetings are like this, and because the twelve parties are participating in the meeting, every church will send a representative to speak, which wastes the entire morning here.
The afternoon is the official meeting time, and the first day of the meeting is held in the church of the astrologers. The astrologers specially opened the auditorium inside the church and a small number of internal meeting rooms as meeting places.
Jenkins also participated in the first closed-door meeting in the afternoon, which was about the twelve churches exchanging their demigod and holy child lists with each other to achieve a unified deployment.
This topic was especially chosen as the opening topic because this matter has actually been negotiated in private, and now it is just the details and signing, and it is easy to reach a consensus, so as to achieve a result that made significant progress on the first day of the meeting.
As for which party will be the leader in the union of the twelve churches, or the specific strategy for negotiating with believers in lies, these will have to wait until later.
The difference from the Three Kings Talks is that the joint meeting of the church does not allow any irrelevant people to participate, let alone invite reporters to report. Even though the good newspaper office sent people to wait at the door of the Starry Sky Church early, the guards at the door promised that they would never let even a mouse slip in.
The negotiations here will be more difficult than the cooperation of the three countries. After all, it is really hard to say which is more important than the hatred between countries and the conflict between beliefs. But most of the people involved in the negotiations are ordinary people of the church, and the precious power of the Bestower will not be wasted on the negotiating table.
Therefore, Jenkins only symbolically participated in the opening ceremony in the morning and the first meeting in the afternoon because of his status as the holy son, and then left with Alexia.
The original plan was to directly summon the coachman to try his guess, but before he left the Starry Sky Church, he was stopped by the secret keeper Smith who was waiting at the door.
He took the two of them to the evergreen forest, and saw Miss Bevanna and another gentleman who looked familiar under the giant tree. Jenkins thought for a while before realizing that it was Mr. Donnath Yassen, the Holy See of Beldyran, with the title of "Left Hand of the Temple". But if Jenkins remembers correctly, this gentleman's main duty is to protect the Holy See, and he is a demigod stationed in Beldyran all year round. Even if Nolan wants Beldyran to send more recruits, there is no reason for him to come.
"Saint William, good day, the Holy See has asked me to convey some news."
He looked at the Keeper and Miss Bevanna, who nodded and turned to leave. Alexia glanced at Jenkins, and followed Miss Bevanna to leave temporarily. Until confirming that there were only two people in the open space under the giant tree, Mr. Yasen said in a language with some local accents of Beldyland:
"Last night in Nolan, the follower of lies appeared again, and there is already sufficient evidence to prove that he has obtained the soul of the dragon. The legend of the four kings' souls is what you learned from Kamal when you were in Beldylan City , so you should understand what that means."
"The qualifications of a savior?"
Jenkins said calmly, instead of looking at Mr. Yasen, he observed the shadow hanging under the tree.
"Yes, we don't know whether the believers of lies last night were the ones we are familiar with, or someone we don't know. But the witnesses tend to be Mr. Candle, after all, the white cat is too eye-catching gone."
The chocolate on the shoulder meowed, and swept Jenkins' neck with the tip of its tail.
"As you probably know, many of the believers of lies are qualified to be the saviors of the world, so we are not surprised by their actions. But last night they only showed signs of the dragon soul, which means that the lies The believers are only on the way and haven't reached the end yet. Therefore, Bevanna contacted Beldylan urgently."
"Then the Holy See means to arrest Mr. Candle and force him to reveal his secret?"
"Of course not, they are considered partners now, why do you think so?"
Mr. Yasen asked in surprise.
PS: You should be able to guess what Jenkins is going to do with the coachman, right