"Is this the Gate of Vientiane? Why is it different from what Jenkins said?"
Dolores looked up for a while before asking in a low voice. During this time, the priests and nuns of the church were spreading common sense with the Northland group to prevent conflicts after meeting people from the Church of False God.
"The door of Vientiane that Jenkins saw was only a part of the door, or what he saw was only the shell of the door. I think the church should have a way to project the space behind the door to other locations. Jenkins guessed that the Vientiane underground Behind the gate is actually a rock wall, the real space does not exist and the material world."
Alexia replied.
"It's amazing that Nolan Diocese is able to use numbered items like this."
Dolores also praised that the priest on the side heard the conversation between the two, and because he knew their identities, he revealed something that should not be said:
"Actually, the original purpose of establishing the Church of the Sages in Nolan was to contain [Gate of Vientiane]."
"Before I met Jenkins, I had never heard of this door. Moreover, although it is such an important numbered item, no one in the Church of the Sages has ever seriously talked about it... It seems that Nolan Diocese really I attach great importance to it... Is the Gate of Vientiane related to the Impermanence Card of Vientiane?"
Alexia suddenly asked, but the priest just shook his head:
"This kind of thing, I'm afraid only the keepers know."
The group of the Northland delegation quickly walked up the transparent escalator, holding an umbrella, to the huge circular building on the high place. Although the rainwater went straight through the transparent material, everyone was able to come into contact with the stairs. Just looking down from a high place, it seems that there is nothing under your feet, which still makes some people feel a little uncomfortable.
When looking at the top from the bottom, there is no one in the huge building that looks like an arena, but when you climb the winding escalator to the highest step, you can see that it is already full of people. When the footsteps move from the last step of the steps to the platform in front of them, the transparent building materials gradually acquire color.
The colors of rock, wood, and paint spread from the foot to the four sides, but the top of the head is still transparent, allowing people to see the dark sky above.
The entrance to the building is on the side edge of the circular building. The building is high on the outside and low on the inside. In the center of the building is a circular flat ground. At this moment, dozens of long tables placed in parallel have been placed.
Outside the flat ground, the stairs go up layer by layer, and seats are placed. This is a bit like a classical arena, with spectator seats above and the arena below.
"In fact, it is an arena itself, but this time it is used as a venue for negotiations."
The nun beside Dolores reminded in a low voice.
Although the ceiling is transparent, it is very dark due to bad weather. The church placed some fixed silver candlesticks on the aisle between the seats, supported by golden pillars that looked like pure gold. The top of the candlestick is held by a little angel, and the candle is firmly fixed in the angel's closed palm.
Those light golden thick candles were obviously mixed with certain ingredients of spices to suppress the unavoidable moisture and the strange smell of the gray fog outside due to the rainstorm.
In addition, on the height of the building, white candles are neatly arranged and suspended in the air, providing light and warmth for the people below.
When those pagans came to the church, they wanted to show off themselves, and of course the Church of the Sages had to show off its own strength and financial resources. Alexia was not surprised by this scene, but lost interest after just a few glances.
Dolores was very excited and kept pulling the teacher's arm to ask various questions.
The group of them were participants in the negotiations, so instead of staying by the high seats, they came to the central circular open space. The delegations of the former queens Isabella and Fidetictli had not yet arrived, but that of Cheslan had arrived.
Unlike the Cheslan delegation that went to town hall last weekend to watch Jenkins speak, this time the delegation has grown significantly in size. Many faces had never appeared in Nolan before. These were members of the House of Commons and the secretaries of the Records Office who had just arrived from Cheslan recently.
"Is the trip going well?"
Salhi II naturally stretched out his hand to the young king of the southern kingdom. The second prince of the late Tarquin, the current king of Cheslan, also stretched out his hand with a tired but excited expression:
"Nolan just came back from that channel at midnight last night. I was really exhausted. Fortunately, there is a channel. Otherwise, even the fastest steam airship would take at least three days to bring us back. "
In the end, this negotiation is of great importance. Not only Jenkins, but also the representatives of the human kingdom that the church hopes to attend are representatives who can truly represent the country. However, due to the sudden death of the king and the changes in Turin, the capital of the king, Cheslan's situation is very complicated.
Under normal circumstances, even if everyone has noticed the failure of the "High Tower Agreement", the church needs a suitable excuse to intervene in secular politics. Fortunately, this time, asking the church to help deal with the political situation in Cheslan was the request of the believers of Lie, so the church was able to coordinate the Kingdom of Hampavo and Fidiktli in an open and honest manner, and then wiped out the southern kingdom in one fell swoop.
This sounds complicated, but considering that nearly a quarter of Cheslan's land has been covered by skyrocketing fires, and the domestic political situation is also in chaos, the biggest resistance was to help the heretics of the Cheslan rebels, but when When the church suddenly appeared in Turin in the form of a surprise attack, the cultists who were supposed to protect the "king" Reddy Arecio around the palace suddenly disappeared.
Therefore, the real heir, Briel Arecio, was barely able to rush to Turin to hold a ceremony and become the real king of Cheslan before the meeting on Friday. But this does not mean that Cheslan's problem has been completely solved, and now it is really a headache.
Salhi II had learned of this series of actions in advance, so he greeted the young king as an equal. The latter knew that he was recognized by the old king of the North Kingdom, and he was very happy to return the gift.
The two chatted for a while, during which the priests of the church helped the civil servants and nobles find their seats.
The representatives of the Church of the Twelve Gods had arrived ahead of time, and the representatives of the Church of the False Gods arrived one after another after Sarhi II. In name, these people have no right to speak, they just come to observe, so believers in false gods are all sitting on high seats.
Alexia saw Hathaway and the music congregation sitting down from a distance, and also saw the believers of the God of Dreams, who were unlucky because of Jenkins today, and even saw many people she met when she traveled around the world. old friend.
"Why didn't you see Jenkins?"
At this time, Salhi II asked Bishop Parode who had just come.
The bishop is the nominal leader of the Church of the Sages in the Nolan Diocese, but in this negotiation, he is just one of the ordinary representatives of the Church of the Sages. After all, even Pope Pontiff IV has come, so There is no need for the bishop to play the finale.
"I heard he's off to take care of some troublesome things and he'll be back soon. Did you hear that explosion from the coast just now? That's probably what Jenkins did."
Bishop Parode said cheerfully, not worried about Jenkins at all.
"So what about the other protagonist of this negotiation?"
Salhi II asked again, looking around with the light above his head:
"Where are Mademoiselle Fabry and her companions?"
Because Miss Fabbri is so famous that people sometimes use this way to call believers in lies.
"It seems that it hasn't come yet."
The bishop took the pocket watch out of his cumbersome clothes with great difficulty:
"They said they'd be at church at one fifty...it's already one fifty-three."
The bishop raised his head, as if hoping that followers of lies would suddenly descend from the sky.
"Actually, there is one thing I still don't understand."
Salhi II lowered his voice, and the bishop nodded to signal him to ask directly.
"Jenkins, what is his status in the eyes of the church?"
"Haven't we already made it public? He is the holy son of the church."
"No, bishop, what I want to know is not status, but status."
After Salhi II came to Nolan, he had some friendship with Bishop Parode, so he asked this question. In fact, the Cardinal Archbishop and the Pope of the Church of the Sages are people who have the same status as Salhi II, but these people will not respond to such questions.
"Let me think about it... You can think that if Jenkins has requirements within the church, including His Excellency the Pope, no one has the right to oppose his requirements and opinions, even if those requirements are very unreasonable."
The bishop said, Salhi II froze for a moment, which he did not expect:
"Is he the next Pope?"
"Of course not. The king cannot be the pope, and he himself has no such idea. It is just because he is recognized by the Lord, and he is the person who is closest to God in our era. You can regard him as The spokesperson of the sage on the ground, the spokesperson in the true sense. Our gods are quite partial to this young man. He is a person close to God, he is not a sage, but no one is closer to a sage than him, you understand ?"
Hearing this, King Salhi II didn't show any expression on the surface, but he still couldn't help but glanced at his side, still curiously looking at Dolores around.
"Jenkins promised not to have any attempts against your country, please rest assured."
Bishop Parode was old enough to see all kinds of things, and he immediately saw the king's worries, so he comforted him.
"No, I'm not thinking about that. I'm just thinking, if that's the case, why would he marry a heathen?"
"You have to ask him himself, I can't answer that."