Chapter 31: In the Confession Room

This robe looked very familiar to Zeus. After all, he had just watched a priest wearing the same robe and covered in mechanical objects kill him a few days ago.

Calm down, Hughes, and take a deep breath.

There was no expression on Zeus's face. He nodded slightly to the priest and then looked at Troy.

"This is Brother Keschi." Chloe's words were a little stiff for some reason. She moved closer to Hughes and whispered in his ear, "He had a head injury before and can't speak. Sometimes his behavior is a little strange."

It sounds like a brain injury. No wonder he can't preside over church affairs. Zeus nodded in understanding.

But this didn't have much impact. He didn't really want to learn any doctrine, he just wanted to know the church's attitude towards foreign races, so he just asked the priest to recommend some books.

Chloe looked at the two of them worriedly.

Xiusi smiled implicitly, walked forward and stretched out his hand: "Hello, Brother Keschi, I am the legal lord of this place, the border earl of the empire, you can call me Xiusi."

He deliberately slowed down his speech.

Brother Keschi paused, as if thinking about his words, then slowly smiled, pointed to his mouth, and waved his hand.

Perhaps he wanted to express that he couldn't speak. Hughes didn't think much about it and shook hands with him.

The next moment, Xius lowered his head, the corner of his eye twitched, and then he withdrew his hand without a trace.

Connor, who was standing aside, frowned and glanced at Chloe. She had just introduced Brother Keschi to Hughes, but did not introduce Hughes to the other party, which was very rude behavior among the nobles.

But she has always been a bit careless, and she is just an ordinary nun, so it would be too harsh to require her to follow aristocratic etiquette.

Connor was not an unreasonable person. He felt that Chloe did not do it on purpose, so he had no intention of blaming her.

Huh? Connor suddenly noticed that Chloe clenched her fists and seemed a little nervous.

Oh, I guess he was worried that Brother Keschi would make a fool of himself in front of Hughes, so the old butler didn't think much about it and withdrew his gaze.

Hughes also adjusted his expression, turned his head and looked at Chloe with a smile: "Is it possible to confess here?"

"Yes! Of course, I'll take you to the confessional." Chloe breathed a sigh of relief, walked up and took Hughes to the room inside the church. When passing by Keschi, she pushed him to another side door.

Hughes nodded at Connor and left with Chloe.

The two of them walked along the corridor and finally arrived at the door of a room.

Chloe motioned for Hughes to go in by himself, and then she walked to the next room.

Zeus opened the door. Although the room was not big, the door was surprisingly heavy. Perhaps it was specially designed. After all, most people who come to the confessional have some unspeakable secrets in their hearts.

After touching the heavy door, Zeus looked inside the room. The room was empty except for a hardwood chair placed in the middle. Judging from the degree of wear and tear, it must have been used for many years. There was a narrow hole in the wall with a wooden board blocking it.

With a loud bang, the wooden board was opened and Sister Chloe's voice came from the other side.

"You may begin your confession now."

After the door was closed, the room became dark. A dim candle was lit at some point. The room was not big, and one candle was just enough to illuminate it.

There was a faint smell of incense in the room. In the corner, Hughes saw a small incense burner, but there was only some ashes in it.

The small room, the vague words coming through the hole, the heavy door, and the soothing incense, all of these combined will make people feel relaxed and willing to slowly reveal the secrets in their hearts.

Sitting on the chair, the wood creaked twice. The armrests had been worn very smooth, which reminded Xius of the old furniture in his hometown.

The design of this confessional was indeed very clever. It was made up of some inconspicuous things, but when put together they seemed to produce a chemical reaction. At this moment, Hughes felt as if he had really returned to his childhood, lying on his grandfather's rocking chair, lazily looking at the birds outside the window in the breeze.

Hughes sighed.

What a pity! If he were an ordinary person, he might really think that this is just an ordinary church.

Hughes's eyes gradually became sharper.

It's very strange to say, but it seems that all the extraordinary people in this world are hidden for some reason, and ordinary people and the extraordinary world are completely separated.

Despite Zeus's deliberate search, he still found nothing in his first few "Advents". Only his last death barely revealed a corner of the extraordinary world to him.

But when he accidentally came into contact with the extraordinary and crossed that threshold, he discovered that there were actually clues to the extraordinary everywhere, but ordinary people could not discover them.

For example, just now, he shook hands with Brother Keschi.

Shaking hands is just a basic etiquette, and he didn't feel any strange touch when shaking hands with the somewhat dull Xius.

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But. Zeus closed his eyes gently, he still needed to verify. If there was any place in this room that was most likely, it should be. He stretched out his hand towards the hole in the wall of the confessional.

"Ah!? Please don't reach out your hand. You, just talk over there!" Chloe's panicked voice came from the other side.

Hughes ignored it.

Through the symbiotic contract, the power from the Banshee was unleashed, and several words instantly appeared in his mind.

Ebony, copper, inscription: #￥%@&Sure enough!

Ebony and copper are the materials used on the walls of the confessional. The "inscription: #￥%@&" should be some kind of supernatural existence.

As for why the name could not appear, it was probably because he understood too little about this kind of extraordinary inscription. He could see the specific structure of the inscription in his mind.

Complex silk threads are twisted and tangled to form a three-dimensional creation, like the movement of a mechanical watch, complex and exquisite.

And just now, when he shook hands with Brother Keschi, the image of "Brother Keschi" appeared in his mind.

Silver, steel, obsidian, #￥…&, tin, *&, shells, @#￥, %￥…, #￥@# dozens of things, most of which he could not identify, and among them there were several "inscriptions: #￥%" and the like.

Hughes was not sure what they were. All he was sure of was that Brother Keschi's composition definitely did not contain flesh and blood.

It was a sophisticated machine that worked in a way he could hardly imagine.

Brother Keschi is definitely not human.

At that time, Xius used all his strength to suppress the turmoil in his heart and not scream out on the spot.

It seemed that everything became clear. Zeus felt that he had a better understanding of the candlelight society. This should be their extraordinary power.

But why do I feel something is not right? (End of this chapter)