Entering July, North Continent the season with the highest temperatures has arrived.
Originally, this was supposed to be the beginning of Backlund Social Season. The nobles who spent quality time in the mansions, castles, and manors of their respective fiefdoms would return to this city to attend various balls and dinners, and maintain good relationships with other families and partners.
However, with the new King's frugal initiative, this kind of activity that was originally used to show off the financial strength of the nobility has become low-key. Many families whose manors and plantations were damaged during the war and their wealth was greatly reduced have decent reasons to reduce their Social Season expenditures on balls and banquets, and instead hold some salons to entertain scholars and professionals. They follow the example of Intis's old-school nobles and come into contact with emerging forces.
Of course, there were also several huge demonstrations, and the royal family took the opportunity to introduce some reasons for the rich and unkind Rich Merchant to scare the monkeys.
Compared with the nobles whose wealth and power were not as good as before the war, the lives of Backlund civilians have returned to their previous standards, and have even become better because of Feysac and Intis's war reparations and the implementation of some policies aimed at helping the poor.
At least that's what it looks like on North Borough's bustling streets.
As he shuttled among the busy crowd, Angel heard a din of noise:
"Fish with chips and a glass of apple juice, only 6p!"
"Iced Black Bear Cola, and the latest orange flavor!"
"Give me a moment, give me a moment!"
A clear and distinctive bell sounded, and a string of bicycles spontaneously formed a queue and drove past Angel.
Klein's "invention"... Watching these vehicles that were different from horse-drawn carriages go away, a smile appeared on Angel's lips.
Her figure, which seemed inexplicably blurry to others, left immediately and walked towards Saint Samuel Cathedral, where the black spire and bell tower emerged from the building complex.
Because both Sequence 1 and Apotheosis Ritual performed well, it took Angel less than two months to completely stabilize the current state of Sequence 0, and he was able to wander around the city leisurely.
Of course, what came to Physical World was not her true body, but just a mirror projection, but the fake one could look real. At least you have to be at the Angel level to see the problem. Otherwise, let alone not being able to tell whether she is real or fake, you may not be able to gain an advantage even if you use your hands.
This is her biggest advantage compared with the previous "Primordial Demoness" Cheek who was troubled by Original Creator and Primordial God Almighty.
At this time, Angel's body is protecting the Mirror World that she restored after becoming a god, especially the part she cut out as the Kingdom of God, and is trying to move it to Astral World as an important part of maintaining the barrier and fighting a "protracted war" with Outer Deity.
This matter was originally very difficult and could not be completed within a few months, but now that Spirit World and Astral World have owners, they can help.
When I came to Phelps Street, I strolled on the streets that had been damaged by Fosac Airship bombings and divine wars and then widened after repairs. Angel was surprised to find that there were actually several steam cars with twelve wheels and huge chimneys driving on the road.
The new vehicle, which was as big as a tank and made pedestrians stop to watch, was noisy and the speed Slowing was in stark contrast to the carriages that drove past them dexterously, but Angel knew that this was the direction of the future.
The premise is that they can survive Apocalypse and have a future.
I just hope that no new Backlund Great Smog will be created. I can control Demoness, but industrial pollution must be restricted by law... Angel withdrew his gaze and walked into Saint Samuel Cathedral.
There is a wedding taking place here.
Normally, small churches of the second level are used for weddings. Not only because most of the guests are not satisfied with the cathedral's Prayer Hall, but also because the cost of donation is quite high, it is only used for weddings between a few nobles. Even Rich Merchant who are simply wealthy but lack social status, factory owners do not like to make public appearances like this.
But today, the newlyweds are just ordinary people, but not so ordinary.
They are Benson·Moretti and Lily Granger.
Under Audrey's persistent attention, Angel had long known about the close relationship between the two. After Lily graduated, Benson successfully proposed to her as soon as possible and set the wedding date for today.
I don't know how Klein feels about this brother who has no real blood relationship with him before time travel, but is a relative of this body. But for me, I hope that Lily can live a happy life... Angel sighed, sitting in the last row of the Prayer Hall, which was not crowded. Like an ordinary believer who accidentally entered the wedding scene but refused to leave, he watched with interest the somewhat overwhelmed groom standing next to the altar.
Benson·Moretti, who was wearing a straight dress and looked a little older, seemed to be aware of it and glanced at the location of Angel. However, due to the light, his eyes passed over her whose outline was somewhat blurred.
Unlike a wedding held in a chapel, Saint Samuel Cathedral did not invite believers who had nothing to do with the wedding parties. Therefore, in addition to the guests sitting near the altar, there were still many strangers around. Benson looked away with some doubts, feeling that he saw an acquaintance.
He knew that it was very rare for him to occupy the largest night church in Loen to hold a wedding. Although this was because the originally scheduled church had some problems and was temporarily unable to receive believers and was placed here, and His Excellency the Archbishop St. Anthony happened to be free to preside over it in person. However, he was keen enough to guess that the care he received was due to the special circumstances of himself and Lily's family.
In order to give Lily a deep memory, Benson, who had recently been promoted continuously and had a gratifying increase in salary, originally planned to bite the bullet and spend a large amount of donations, but before the wedding, he was told that the change of church was due to problems in the church, so the cost would be waived.
I always felt that I was still in the glory of Klein... He pursed his lips and looked at the guests below.
Most of the people who came to attend the wedding were his colleagues at Ministry of Finance, friends he met while working at "Loen Charity Student Aid Fund", as well as classmates and teachers from Lily Granger, and friends of the same age as Melissa. They did not exceed their current social range.
But there were still some guests from Tingen sitting in the back, including a white-haired lady holding a notebook who seemed to be recording the details of the wedding, a young woman wearing a girl-style dress who was constantly talking to the people around her, Black-haired, Green-eyed Man with her female companion who was constantly looking at the details of the wedding scene, and a couple who seemed to be cut off from the light and immersed in the shadows.
The last man in the shadow made Benson's eyes linger for a moment. He always felt that he had seen a hairline that was quite similar to his own.
It seems that at the funeral of Klein and Angel, the captain who died with them... How is this possible?
Benson murmured, and festive and cheerful music suddenly sounded in his ears.
He subconsciously looked towards the church door.
There stood the lady with whom he would accompany him for the rest of his long life, until the end of his life.
After witnessing the marriage of today's special couple, Anthony Stevenson, who was wearing Black Archbishop Robe and was getting taller and taller, greeted the believers and came to the bench in the last row of the Prayer Hall. He followed Spirituality's guidance and looked in one place, and his eyes suddenly solidified.
Anthony, who has managed Sealed Artifact "0-17" for a long time and witnessed Goddess's divine descent many times, can feel that there was a breath similar to it just now, but with more destructive power, as if it could easily destroy everything around it.
This is not the power that ordinary Angel can leave behind, but an existence of the same level as Divine Descent Vessel after activation of Goddess.
A True God came to the wedding just now!
Anthony suddenly understood why Goddess ordered Divine Revelation to personally arrange such a wedding between two Nighthawks relatives.
He stood there silently for a few seconds, lit up the stars on his chest, turned around and left.