On Thursday, after being busy for many days, Angel, who had to worry about Gargas Archipelago's arms trade, worry about Audrey being visited again by Hvin Rambis, and pay attention to the reactions of all parties after Ince Zangwill's death, finally took some time off and continued his life as an "upper class person" of Backlund.
After receiving the payment from Helene, including her own part, Angel's deposit has exceeded 18,000 pounds, which has increased several times compared to when she first returned to Backlund as Christine Teresa.
Of course, the monthly expenses of the villa she currently lives in are still staggering, and she will soon have to add Iris Flower Winery in the suburbs. The area of the manor villa alone is five times that of her residence in the city. The larger garden, large grape planting area and wine cellar that need to be carefully taken care of require more Gold Pound to be invested in order to operate stably.
If it doesn't work, I will sell part of the wine in the cellar. I heard that the wine produced by that winery is of stable quality and will not worry about sales... Angel happily calculated his assets and listened to the chattering butler Ribak introducing the next "task".
Balls, dinners... Throughout the summer, the theme of Backlund's upper class is probably inseparable from these two. By the way, there are also informal salons, which are the fashion of young aristocrats. They can talk about some favorite topics in this relatively private gathering without having to worry about being restricted by etiquette and elders... Listening to the almost full schedule, Angel murmured about the luxurious life in this city.
In addition to these "regular projects", Angel also made an appointment with the Audrey Hall to visit her new Iris Flower Winery on Saturday. "Loen Charity Student Aid Fund", who had not been there for a long time, also invited her as a director Although it is a courtesy to participate in more affairs, Angel is also ready to see the operation of the foundation that supports Backlund poor students to prevent the assets donated by her and Klein from being misused.
I haven't contacted Shermane and Trissy recently. I don't know how their plan to deal with Viscount Stratford is going... After the death of Ince Zangwill, the next thing to do is to find out the truth behind Great Smog. This may require the help of Goddess Church. It seems that I have to go to church...
Thinking of this, Angel interrupted Ribak's introduction to next week's schedule and said:
"After dinner, I am going to Saint Samuel Cathedral... In addition, I will contact Mr. Sander to tell him that his transaction is completed and make an appointment to meet him when he is free to discuss follow-up matters."
Regardless of Goddess's attitude towards this, she still has to follow her own pace, gradually penetrate into the military's influence, and actively look for the other party's flaws.
After nightfall, Angel took a carriage to North Borough, took a slight detour past Böklund Street No. 160, took a look at the villa and well-kept garden that remained brightly lit after the owner left, and then headed to Saint Samuel Cathedral, which has two symmetrical bell towers and is extremely solemn in the crimson Crimson Moon light.
After listening to the sermon of Bishop Electra who was on duty as usual, Angel took out a 50-pound note, put it into the offering box next to the altar, and drew Crimson Moon on his chest while thinking about it in his mind. How to contact Archbishop Anthony - she came here this time as Christine Teresa, not as the "Goddess Shadow" she pretended to be before.
According to Klein and I's inference, we have become Goddess's favored ones. At this time, He may give some kind of hint... Looking at the dark holy symbol hanging high, Angel muttered in his heart, and suddenly heard a gentle voice:
"Miss Theresa, it seems we haven't seen each other for two weeks. I thought you and Mr. Dantès left Backlund and went to the Southern Continent for vacation."
Angel looked at the smiling Bishop Electra, bowed, and replied in the same soft tone:
"He didn't take me with him, but I was very busy during this time and I neglected my faith."
In fact, I did go to the Southern Continent once, or even several times, and it was also for Goddess... She added in her heart, and drew a Crimson Moon on her chest to avoid being severely punished for slandering Goddess in the church.
"Goddess will forgive you."
The bishop replied piously that the previous donation of 50 pounds naturally played a big role, but more of it was out of his selfishness.
"Has the relationship between you and Dantès made progress?" Elektra lowered his voice and asked with a mysterious smile on his face, "Well, Gentlemen should be more proactive in this kind of matter. When he returns to Backlund, I will visit him."
Bishop, if you do this, it will appear that wooing a couple of believers into a couple can bring you some special benefits. If word spread, it will easily lead to people misunderstanding that Saint Samuel Cathedral converted to Earth Mother... Angel smiled helplessly, but then he thought that now was a good opportunity to spread the news in advance, so he lowered his voice and replied:
"He said that Southern Continent would prepare a special gift for me during this trip. Well, maybe I misunderstood, but this should be some kind of proactive gesture."
"So that's the case. I think it's indeed possible. It's progressing very quickly, but Goddess said that those who have the courage to move forward will get the rewards they deserve... I think this is true in everything."
Hearing Angel's answer, Elektra's eyes lit up and he did not hesitate to praise him.
At this moment, Angel noticed a figure flashing past the side door of the Great Prayer Hall. It was the Duty Bishop who had received "Goddess Shadow" twice before.
With a thought in her heart, she expressed to the somewhat excited Elektra her desire to go to the library and read the church classics carefully. Naturally, the bishop could not refuse the request of a believer who had just donated 50 pounds and had a good relationship with him.
After a while, Angel unexpectedly saw the middle-aged bishop with rough-skinned hands in the library. Under the leadership of the latter, he walked through Heavy Iron Door, which was engraved with seven dark holy symbols under the church, and arrived in front of Archbishop Anthony Stevenson's office door.
"Archbishop Your Excellency is waiting for you."
The middle-aged bishop whispered with a different attitude than last time, and then retreated into the darkness.
It seemed that he didn't recognize me, but just followed the order and led me here... Angel nodded clearly, pushed open the unlocked wooden door, and entered the office.
This spacious underground office has only a few candles lit as before, leaving most of the bookshelves, tables and chairs in deep darkness, but Angel's Dark Vision clearly reflects everything in the room: bookshelves filled with church books, neatly arranged tables and chairs, a large desk in the depths, and...
"'Goddess's Sword'Your Excellency, long time no see."
Angel stared at Crestet Cesimir who was sitting on a high-backed chair with a silver-white metal box beside him. He lowered his head slightly and said hello.
She finally knew who asked the bishop to lead the way and call her here.
And he has probably been promoted to Sequence 4's "Nightwatcher"... Angel tried to observe the other party carefully, but did not distinguish between 's appearance, demeanor and Spirit Vision Changes in the other party are found on Aether Body under. This is because Spirit Vision under "Demoness" is not as good as Seer, Mystery Pryer, etc. Pathway are convenient. On the other hand, she thinks "Sleepless", which is "Evernight" After Pathway's Beyonder enters High Sequence, they are likely to gradually come into contact with "hidden" power, which will make it difficult to distinguish their Sequence and strength.
"Good evening, 'Goddess Shadow' Miss Angel," Cesimir stood up and said hello in the way between believers, "You should be able to guess the reason why I invited you here."
"I think it has something to do with the rewards from the mission?"
Angel suppressed his inner expectations and asked in a calm tone.
"This is of course the most important point, but I prefer to call it Goddess's gift..." Cesimir chuckled and looked at the desk, "Anthony Your Excellency, please give her the Beyonder Characteristic."
Huh?
Angel also looked at the desk, and then he discovered that there was an old man sitting on the chair behind the desk. It was Anthony Stevenson who was wearing a black and red Archbishop robe, a soft hat on his head, and deep eyes.
He sat there the whole time!
Angel was a little surprised when he recalled everything after he entered the room, and found that he had not missed that direction when scanning the inside of the room, but there was no figure of Archbishop behind the desk at that time.
It seems that the way this Saint hides himself is not "Psychological Invisibility" to make people ignore him, but some kind of "secret" power... She thoughtfully greeted this Archbishop, whom she had not seen for a while.
The latter held a palm-sized black wooden box in both hands and came to Angel from behind the desk. This box, which was almost integrated with the surrounding environment, instantly attracted Angel's attention, making her feel an inexplicable expectation in her heart.
She didn't need the other party to remind her, she knew that what was inside the box must be the "Unaging" Demoness Beyonder Characteristic that was disassembled from the "1" level Sealed Artifact that was promised to her.
Taking the wooden box, Angel carefully removed the external seal, opened the lid, and a cold aura instantly filled the entire office.
In the small space in the box, there was a strange object the size of an egg, which looked like a smooth pebble. Its surface was gray and white, covered with strange patterns that attracted the attention. Angel looked at it intently, but found that the patterns were constantly changing, showing a changing beauty that made her almost unable to move her eyes away.
Fortunately, as both "Demoness", Angel has a certain resistance to this kind of power that stimulates inner desire and possessiveness. He quickly returned to normal, closed the lid of the box, and sealed the box again with Wall of Spirituality, suppressing all kinds of desires that came out of his heart without knowing when.
She looked at the other two people in the room, and unsurprisingly found that the two people with indifferent faces were also aroused with a trace of lust in their hearts. Although this was well covered by Saint's power, Angel, who could easily detect the desires of the people around him, still felt it.
If it was Mid Sequence's Beyonder, with a little less self-control, he might have pounced on him regardless of the difference in strength... She thought to herself and put the wooden box away.
"Praise Goddess, thank Him for his gift." She drew a circle symbolizing Crimson Moon on her chest, praising Goddess's generosity and easing the embarrassment between the two of them. "So, other than that, is there anything else you two asked me to come over for?"
"Yes, 'Goddess Shadow' Your Excellency," Archbishop Anthony was the first to speak. There was a hint of surprise in his eyes, as if he didn't know that "Christine" was his colleague before. "Let's talk about your next work."