Amid the steam of the industrial revolution, mysteries surge beneath the surface. Cults and secret societies seek the extraordinary in the shadows, while hidden gods gaze upon humanity from the hea...
Antonio said this to Vanya with a smile, and Vanya paused slightly, a hint of uneasiness appeared on her face, and then she continued speaking.
"Your Excellency the Archbishop... I know that Xia Shu has made a great contribution in converting hundreds of thousands of people, but... I feel a little strange that this credit has not been given to me."
"Strange?" Antonio frowned slightly when he heard Vanya's words, while Vanya continued in a low voice.
"Yes, Your Excellency the Archbishop, you don't know that during the days when I was kidnapped, although I did take the initiative to treat Xia Shu's people and actively tried to preach the teachings of the Virgin Mary to them, the effect was actually not very good... Not many of them could listen to what I said. Although I have been trying to make them understand the truth, in fact, the effect was very small.
"Your Excellency, the announcement of Xia Shu and the others' formal conversion was actually very sudden. They announced that I had converted them when I had never expected it... They had clearly been resisting my words before, but suddenly they all listened to me... This made me wonder if there was something..."
With a nervous tone, Vanya told Antonio the "truth" of what she had seen and heard on Summer Tree Island. Before Vanya could finish telling the truth she knew, Antonio spoke with a serious face.
"Sister Vanya, you are worrying too much..."
"Eh... am I overthinking?"
"Yes, I'm just worrying too much, Sister Vanya. You don't have to worry too much about Xia Shu's feelings, and don't doubt yourself. It was you who saved the entire pilgrim fleet and made hundreds of thousands of marginalized people in Xia Shu convert. It was you who educated Xia Shu, there is no doubt about that. No one can doubt that, not even you... Do you understand?"
Antonio spoke to Vanya with meaningful words and a serious expression, and there was a certain dangerous aura in his tone. Seeing Antonio's appearance, Vanya was startled and swallowed her saliva. Then she wanted to say something but hesitated. After hesitating for a while, he finally spoke.
"I understand, Your Excellency the Archbishop. I was the one who converted Xia Shu... I won't be confused anymore..."
"Haha... I know it... I know it... Holy Mother, Sister Vanya, I have seen the sincerity and kindness in your heart..."
Antonio said to Vanya with a mysterious smile that he knew what role this little nun in front of him played in Xia Shu's game. In Antonio's eyes, although Vanya was not important, she was completely in the dark and knew nothing about the truth of the whole situation, so it was understandable that she was a little naive. Antonio did not intend to tell Vanya the "truth" of the situation. In his opinion, the less a little nun knew about this deep conspiracy involving the Guanyu Haiyuan Church, the better.
In Antonio's eyes, after learning that the credit for Xia Shu's conversion was all hers, Sister Vanya was not overwhelmed by the sudden great success. Instead, she discovered the strangeness in it and spoke out directly, even though it might affect her great success. This also reflects the upright character of Sister Vanya who is not moved by fame. Antonio can't help but feel gratified for such an upright, kind and self-aware little nun.
Qianxun! Free novel! Skirt?:2;,";5"!:5",,!59.5,?3;!0,!0 'No matter what the truth is about Xia Shu, Sister Vanya, at least in terms of character, is a worthy servant of the Virgin Mary...'
Antonio was sighing in his heart, and just as he was about to say goodbye to Vanya and leave, Vanya suddenly spoke in a low voice.
"Oh, there is one more thing, Your Excellency the Archbishop. I actually have a letter from Elder Aman of Xiashu. He secretly gave it to me when I left, and asked me to personally pass it on to the Archbishop of Peji."
"Yes, it was written in their Xiashu language, which I couldn't understand. The Amman elder there asked me to deliver it in person. I was worried at first about how to meet you, but I didn't expect you to pick us up directly in Adeya..."
As she spoke, Vanya took out a rolled up piece of rough paper from her body and handed it to Antonio. Antonio frowned slightly when he saw it, and then immediately used his ability to confirm the extraordinary marks on the paper. After confirming that there was no problem, Antonio picked up the roll of paper and began to read it.
Just like Vanya said, the paper was written entirely by Xia Shuwen. However, Antonio had also had many arguments with Xia Shu, so he also recognized Xia Shuwen. Therefore, it didn't seem difficult for him and he finished reading all the contents on the paper in a short while.
The content of the letter was very simple, saying that Xia Shu was trying to establish a secret contact with the church.
According to what was written in the letter, Xia Shu was trying his best to purge and eliminate the spies of the Haiyuan Church. During the purge, Amman discovered that their original secret contact line with the Peji Cleansing Heart Church might have been exposed to the Haiyuan Church. Therefore, Amman expressed his desire to replace the line with a new one and re-establish secret contact with the Cleansing Heart Church.
In this letter, Aman claimed that he did not trust ordinary church members because he was worried about the powerful infiltration ability of the Sea Abyss Church, so he asked the most trusted nun Vanya to convey this letter on his behalf.
This letter records a telegram address and a string of codes. As long as the code is sent to this address by telegram between noon and 5 pm every day, it will be possible to get in touch with the secret telegraph station prepared by Xia Shu. Now Xia Shu has a batch of information about the Haiyuan Sect obtained from spies, which needs to be informed to the Dixin Church through safe channels as soon as possible. Therefore, it is hoped that the Dixin Church will send the code as soon as possible. As the old secret contact method has been exposed, they will not use it for the time being.
"In order to guard against the Haiyuan Cult, is Xia Shu going to establish a secret contact channel? This does make sense for Xia Shu, who has just been infiltrated by Haiyuan, but the contact method is a bit harsh. From noon to 5 pm... send a code to the designated telegraph address... But I have to go to Peiji early tomorrow morning. Is there a telegraph station on the way... I want to send a telegram but there is no place to send it..."
Looking at the paper in his hand, Antonio thought to himself that Amman in the letter said that he had some information about the Haiyuan Cult to send over. Antonio naturally wanted to learn about the information in a timely manner, but if he set off directly tomorrow morning as planned, there would be no telegraph station for a long time along the way, and he would not be able to receive any information from there.
After reading the letter, Antonio did not make a decision directly. Instead, after walking out of the meeting, he notified the accompanying personnel to send a message to the telegram address that Xia Shu had used to contact them before. As expected, he did not receive any reply, so Antonio was convinced that what was said in the letter was true and Xia Shu was trying to establish a secret channel of contact with them.
After confirming this, Antonio immediately made a decision, which was to temporarily postpone tomorrow's trip, and start the trip after contacting Xia Shu and getting the information about the Haiyuan Sect. Anyway, for Antonio, it would only take a few more hours to wait, and Antonio could wait.
Similarly, because the matter itself involved deep secrets, Antonio did not announce his change of heart at the banquet, and few people in the entire Adelia knew about his sudden change.
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In the dark night of Adria, while the banquet was still going on in the old lord's mansion, in another waterside restaurant, Dorothy was sitting in a private room, writing on a small piece of paper with a pen in front of a table filled with delicious food.
Opposite Dorothy, a female college student wearing a white dress, with a slightly darker skin and a proud figure was sitting there, flipping through a booklet with a strange look on her face. If you look closely, it is the guide book of the Jingliu Church.
Yang also came to Nephnis in Adelia and looked at the brief map in the guide book. He then looked out the window at the church museum illuminated by bright lights in the square in the distance. The strange look in his eyes became more and more intense.