Chapter 403 Contact
Conquer the northern coast of the sea, Adelaide.
The sun sets in the west, and at dusk, Adelia is illuminated by the sunset. At this time, Adelia Port is very busy, and a group of figures gather here at the pier by the sea.
On the quayside where the berths were vacant, a crowd of people gathered here, and there were figures gathering by the water. For the quayside at this time, this was a rare sight on weekdays. Among these people gathered together, there were reporters trying desperately to squeeze forward, police who were maintaining order, dock workers who were watching the excitement from a distance, Adelia government officials and upper-class people with serious faces, and many church personnel in formal attire.
In the center of the group, in a small circle separated by several fully armed knights, stood three figures. One was a middle-aged man wearing a religious robe and glasses, he was the bishop of the local church in Adeya. The other was a young man wearing a neat suit and a polite hat, he was the head of the secret police in Adeya and the person in charge of the Ivig Deep Guard in Adeya.
These two people can be said to be the absolute decision-makers of the official extraordinary power of the secret world of Adeya. In the past, if they attended an event at the same time, they would definitely be the most important characters, but now the situation is somewhat different. At this moment, between the two of them, and between them, is an old man wearing more luxurious religious robes and with a kind face. The local high-ranking officials of Adeya are all solemn around him, and they dare not show the slightest negligence in their expressions. He is Antonio, the great priest who came from Peji, the capital of Ivige, and is the general person in charge of the entire Ivige diocese.
Ever since the Xia Shu incident, Antonio has always attached great importance to it and even placed the main focus of his work on it. In order to better coordinate Xia Shu's work, he even came to Adelaia, the home port of the church fleet, in person several days ago. He has been dealing with Xia Shu's affairs here until now.
Because of the Xia Shu incident, Antonio has been in Adelia for nearly ten days. Now the whole incident is finally coming to an end. The pilgrims who were hijacked in Japan are about to arrive. Now Antonio only needs to wait here patiently for the ship to return to the port. After personally hosting a welcome dinner for the returnees, the matter is almost over.
Antonio cast his gaze into the distance, and with him, almost everyone on the scene looked at the distant sea level. Under everyone's expectation, the shadows of warships were slowly rising on the sea level. As the fleet continued to approach, the neatly arranged fleet seemed to be getting bigger and bigger in everyone's eyes. Finally, when the flagship stopped at the berth closest to them, everyone looked up at this magnificent and huge warship.
After the flagship was anchored, the boarding ladder was quickly brought to the deck, and then, to the sound of music played by the pre-prepared band, figures walked down from the deck one by one. The senior officers of the fleet walked up to Antonio amid applause, and after solemnly performing the salute, they quickly withdrew. After the officers withdrew.
Everyone focused their attention on the boarding ladder, where a nun in white with a nervous look slowly walked down and landed on the ground while looking around anxiously. The moment she appeared, the eyes of the reporters present all lit up and they all wanted to squeeze forward, but they were immediately stopped by the police who were maintaining order on the scene.
With obvious nervousness, the nun in white walked step by step to Antonio. Looking at the old man in front of her who was smiling kindly at her, the nun in white wanted to say something but couldn't say it for a moment.
"Um...you...you..."
"You must be Sister Vanya, right? It's nice to finally meet you. I'm Antonio, and you've worked hard on the journey. Thank you for blessing everyone to return safely..." Antonio said with a smile in fluent Putnikov in front of the nun in white. After hearing his words, the nun in white finally reacted and immediately saluted respectfully.
"Ah... It's Archbishop Antonio. I'm Sister Vanya Chafillon from the Tivian Church. Your Excellency, please forgive my impoliteness..."
"Sister Vanya, you are the hero in educating Xia Shu and the star of tonight's banquet. You don't have to be too strict about etiquette. Let's go. There are more people waiting for you at the venue..."
Having said that, Antonio turned and walked out, and the two people beside him followed closely behind him. When Vanya saw this, she immediately followed.
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Time flies, and soon, the sunset on the horizon has completely disappeared, and the night gradually enveloped the entire city. As lights are lit up, the whole of Adelia begins to bathe in the light reflected on the water.
At night, the old Adelia Palace was brightly lit. In this official residence which originally belonged to Emmanuel, a grand banquet was being held.
In the hall of the old prefectural palace, crystal clear chandeliers illuminated the spacious space, delicious food was placed on the dining table, the choir and orchestra in uniform rehearsed together to perform beautiful music, upper-class people from all walks of life in Adebia and representatives of pilgrims chatted with each other in various places in the hall, and the whole dinner was immersed in a peaceful atmosphere.
The only inconsistent place in this peaceful scene was in a corner of the hall, where a group of reporters gathered. They crowded forward and blocked a white figure against the wall, and kept asking various questions.
"Sister Vanya, how do you educate those marginalized barbarians?"
"Sister Vanya, I heard that you even took the initiative to heal the barbarians who kidnapped you. Is this true? Where did you get your courage from?"
"Sister Vanya, many believers in Adelia now believe that it was the Virgin Mary who appeared to you and enabled you to educate the barbarians in times of crisis. What do you think of this statement?"
"Um... I just did what I was supposed to do, it's no big deal..."
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Countless questions came at Vanya like a violent storm. Vanya had never seen such a scene before and she was so flustered that she didn't know how to answer them. Finally, after the staff on the scene drove away the reporters, she finally got away.
After getting rid of the reporters, Vanya breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a glass of juice from the dining table, went to a window and started drinking. When she was halfway through drinking, a familiar voice sounded behind her.
"Hehe, Sister Vanya, how was the party?"
Hearing the voice, Vanya turned around immediately, and then saw Antonio walking towards her with an unchanged smile. After seeing him, Vanya shuddered with the glass in her hand, then put the glass down and immediately saluted Antonio and said.
"Holy Mother, I really like the banquet you arranged, Your Excellency. The place is beautiful, the music is nice, the food is delicious, and I can meet many important people... I have never had such a sumptuous and luxurious banquet in my life... But, for me, such a banquet is still... a little too extravagant..."
"Luxury? No, no, no? It's not luxurious at all. For you who have saved tens of thousands of pilgrims and converted hundreds of thousands of marginalized people in Xiashu, this banquet is just a trivial welcome ceremony. Your achievements are real to the church. After you are promoted, there will be more rewards for you. If such a banquet alone makes you feel luxurious, you may need to find your current position carefully, Sister Vanya, you are not just an ordinary mid-level deacon now..."
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