Chapter 24 High Mass

After waiting for nearly ten minutes outside the large prayer hall, Klein, together with other believers who attended the moon mass, entered inside under the guidance of the pastor.

In the dark and quiet atmosphere, they were greeted by neat and ethereal chanting:

"The crimson full moon rises, reflecting the earth,

"All sank into sweet dreams, dreaming of themselves,

"Dreaming about parents, wives, and children, this is forever..." (Note 1)

As the holy and rhythmic voice echoed layer upon layer, the believers in the Great Prayer Hall involuntarily calmed down, seeming to have forgotten the troubles of life and no longer worried about various problems in the real world.

Under the guidance of several priests, they each found a seat and sat down. In front of the altar, Bishop Elektra, who was in charge of the high mass, held the "Apocalypse of the Night" and began to give a simple sermon.

When this link came to an end, the priests picked up water and bread and distributed them to Klein and the others. This was the blessing of the night and the food shared by the living and the dead.

Klein, who hadn't had dinner yet, naturally didn't waste the average-quality bread and the water in the cup, and then saw the candles on the altar lit up. Against the backdrop of the darkness, they looked like stars at night, exuding a reassuring atmosphere. light and heat.

At this time, Bishop Elektra led the priests and everyone in the choir to recite in unison again:

"We'll look up at the night sky,

"Say his name tenderly: 'Goddess of the Night!'

"No other words but 'Goddess of the Night',

"May the goddess, between the angels' singing,

"Pluck them with sweet silence,

"And held in His tender right hand.

"'Goddess!' If He hears, He will surely agree,

"Will surely show a pure smile to the dead:

"'Come, rest, and sleep, my children!" (Note 2)

The empty voice pierced into the ears of every believer with a sacred feeling, and seemed to resonate with all the spirits present. As a Sequence 5 Extraordinary, Klein seemed to have a spiritual body at this moment. The feeling of washing, spirituality flows out naturally and soothingly.

Then, a peaceful darkness seemed to appear in front of his eyes, a darkness without the slightest sound.

In the darkness, corpses lay there one after another, their faces pale but serene, as if they were not dead, but just sleeping.

Klein walked peacefully in the darkness with a calm mind, then suddenly stopped and looked obliquely ahead.

Where the moon flower quietly bloomed, several people fell asleep.

They were Dunn Smith who didn't wear a hat and covered with a windbreaker, Old Neil who was still wearing a black classic robe, and Kenley who was not tall and worked hard to save money.

They closed their eyes relaxedly, and there seemed to be a faint smile on the corners of their mouths. There were one tombstone after another around them, each with the same words written on them:

"protector."

Klein closed his eyes at once, and then the holy and ethereal voice sounded in his ears:

"Cross your hands,

"on your chest,

"Say the wordless prayer,

"And cry out with your heart:

"The only destination is peace!" (Note 3)

Klein lowered his head, closed his eyes, raised his hands, crossed them on his chest, and repeated silently:

"The only destination is peace!"

"The only destination is peace!"

...

Over and over again, until the big prayer hall became extremely quiet, Klein opened his eyes and raised his hands to rub the corners of his eyes.

He breathed out slowly, glanced to the left and right, and with the help of the light from the candlestick, he found that most of the believers had tears on their faces without knowing it, and even his personal servant Richardson lost his composure and let the tears continue to flow Slipped off and didn't do a wipe.

The moon mass is closer to a ceremony. A ceremony with extraordinary powers should resonate with everyone's soul, allowing different people to see the closely related dead in the dark, release their grief, and gain tranquility... Well, this It's not a mutation specific to Extraordinary people,

I can rest assured... For ordinary people, this is a momentary hallucination and a catharsis of inner emotions. They will only think that the goddess is great, and will not doubt the existence of supernatural power... Sequence 5 of the 'Dark Night' pathway, in the control of the spirit It seems that there has been a great improvement... Klein looked away and made a judgment in his heart.

Immediately afterwards, he recalled the darkness and the dead who lay among the moonflowers.

Closing his eyes, Klein let his thoughts spread out:

"Such a dark plain with moon flowers, night herbs, and deep sleep flowers is some kind of presentation of the Goddess Kingdom?

"Then what does the source of danger at night in the ruins of the war of gods correspond to?"

In Klein's mind, he gradually pictured the cold night seen from the easternmost part of the Sonia Sea and the fog that shrouded the sea under the night.

In the mist, there is a dark ancient steeple church, and crows hover over it, as if offering sacrifices or mourning, and there are ordinary dwellings, simple wooden houses, gray and white mills and shadowy figures around the church .

Logically speaking, this foggy scene that is closely related to night and dreams should be formed by the remaining breath of the goddess or the destroying demon wolf Fregella, but it has nothing in common with the presentation of the corresponding kingdom of God... Well, Mortals are not allowed to spy on the gods. Perhaps the dark plain full of flowers and grass just now was not a projection of the kingdom of God at all, but a product incidental to the ceremony... Seeing that the moon mass had come to an end, Klein stretched his palm into the inner pocket of his clothes, He took out his wallet.

Holding his wallet, he got up and entered the aisle, all the way to the altar, and walked obliquely to the offering box with Bishop Elektra's compassionate expression on his face.

After tapping his chest four times clockwise to draw the crimson moon, Klein threw all the large banknotes into it.

A total of 300 pounds!

At this moment, Klein didn't feel as heartbroken and reluctant as the previous few times, and his mood was very calm, because he remembered the ceremony of Old Neil's repayment of the arrears.

That time, under the blessing of the goddess, they picked up a wallet containing more than three hundred pounds in cash.

Taking a step back, he drew a crimson moon again, and he gave up the position to the donor behind.

At this time, Bishop Elektra took the initiative to greet him, tapped the red moon clockwise four times and said:

"May the goddess bless you."

"May the goddess know that what I hope most now is to listen to the teachings." Klein responded with a smile.

Bishop Elektra looked at the exit on the side of the prayer hall and said:

"If you don't mind waiting for a quarter of an hour, I can give you a lecture in the library."

"That's exactly what I long for." Klein smiled gently.

Bishop Elektra immediately asked a priest to lead Dwayne Dantes' master and servant out of the large prayer hall through the side passage, and walked around to the library not far from the spiral staircase.

There are large bookshelves one after another, filled with various classics related to the Evernight Goddess Church, and some tables and chairs are arranged on both sides for the priests and bishops to study and preach to believers.

Twelve minutes later, Bishop Elektra entered the library with a calm smile, and saw Dawn Dantès with white temples and elegant temperament standing in front of a row of bookshelves, intently flipping through a book Classics, very scholarly.

"What are you looking at?" he asked with a smile.

Klein closed the book, laughed at himself and said:

"Apocalypse of the Night."

"Frankly speaking, although I devoutly believe in the goddess, I have been busy with my life for many years, and I have never calmed down to read this scripture seriously."

While speaking, there was nothing abnormal on his surface, but he was a little nervous in his heart, fearing that the goddess would directly give a lightning bolt to reward the devout believer Dwayne Dantès.

Well, lightning is not within the domain of the goddess... Klein comforted himself in his heart.

Bishop Elektra smiled, took the "Apocalypse of the Night" and said:

"It's not too late to start now."

He immediately asked Dwayne Dantès to sit down at a table, and systematically explained to him the composition of "Apocalypse of the Night" and the key words in it.

Richardson took his employer's hat and cane and sat a little further away, waiting quietly while listening to the bishop's sermon.

As time passed by, Klein, who seemed serious, had a sudden inspiration, and the scene outside the door naturally appeared in his mind.

This is his intuitive hunch, derived from "Joker", an intuitive hunch strengthened by the gray fog!

Outside the door, an old man in a priest's black robe passed by and walked towards the nearby spiral staircase.

His white hair is fairly thick, but he hasn't combed it, and it looks quite messy. His face is thin, with a feeling that his skin is directly covering his bones. His temperament is quite cold, his skin is abnormally pale, and his eyes are rare pure black.

The figure quickly disappeared at the door, followed by the sound of footsteps getting louder not far away.

Inner Watcher! But not the one I met in the Great Prayer Hall... Well, he is on duty today? Klein looked intently at Bishop Elektra, as if he was thinking about the contents of the holy scriptures.

He was not surprised that the internal watchman appeared inside the church and passed the library at this time, because the sealing power behind Chanis Gate would reach its peak at night, and it was no longer suitable for living creatures, so the internal watchman was Sunrise came in, sunset went out, and now it was just dark.

Remember what day it is today, what day of the week... Afterwards, gradually increase the corresponding information, and find out the rotation rules of the internal guards, so that you can play the right target at the right time... Klein retracted his thoughts, listened carefully, and in half an hour After hours I got up and said goodbye.

He smiled at Bishop Elektra and said:

"I don't know if I will have the honor to listen to your sermon in the future?"

"No problem." Facing the rich man who had just donated 300 pounds, Bishop Elektra couldn't say a word of rejection, and even nodded happily, "As long as you come to the church, as long as I have time."

Klein didn't dwell on the details, so as not to arouse suspicion, he sincerely thanked him, and left Saint Samuel's Church with his valet Richardson.

He got home just before eight o'clock, just in time for dinner, and spent the rest of the day at leisure.

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Late at night, in the master bedroom.

The sleeping Klein suddenly opened his eyes.

His spiritual intuition told him that someone had sneaked into his house!

Note 1: Adapted from Tennyson, "The Lotus Eater"

Note 2: Adapted from I.B. Browning, "The Cry of Children"

Note 3: Adapted from Thomas Hood, The Bridge of Sighs and Tennyson, The Lotus Eater

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