is the son of the Holy See, but the master of black magic

Chapter 45 The Effect of a Letter

Located in the central area of ​​York Harbor, the cathedral is divided into two major areas.

One of the areas is open to the general public.

The other area is limited to the entry of extraordinary people.

After becoming a nun, Lily's "work" place is here.

The content of the work is not complicated - praying, doing homework, going out with senior nuns to help believers, preaching, organizing assemblies and other activities.

And, most importantly, cleaning.

Of course, it's not that the church has no money to hire helpers, but because cleaning is also part of their practice.

In general, after a period of time, if the performance is satisfactory, Lily will be dispatched to churches in other cities instead of staying in this regional headquarters all the time.

but……

Squeezing the fist inside the sleeve of the nun's robe, the girl had a premonition.

That is, it may be difficult for me to go through this normal process again.

"Excuse me, where is Bishop Norman?"

When she came to the spacious and bright main hall, she asked the church members passing by.

"In the confessional."

The other party replied, after giving her a cold look, he turned and left.

Lily then walked in the direction of the confessional.

Along the way, many people saw her, but basically no one greeted her, including even the friends who came with her for reference before participating in the assessment.

After knowing her identity as a traitor, Lily began to alienate her former friends, because she was afraid that one day she would implicate them.

It's just that her behavior was misunderstood as a result of her pride and arrogance after passing the No. 2 assessment, and she didn't want to pay any attention to those friends she used to have.

So gradually, others are no longer willing to pay attention to her.

This suits the young girl's mind, but although she can always maintain a rational view of all this, she still feels sad sometimes.

"But it's all worth it."

When she came to the confession room, she thought to herself, held the letter in her hand, and stared at the partition in front of her, but hesitated.

The confessional space here is narrow and divided into two parts. One part is for believers who come in to describe their sins and express their repentance.

The other part is for bishops or priests to listen and respond. There is a wooden pattern grid in the middle, making it difficult to see each other.

At this time, sitting across from Grid was the grey-haired Norman bishop.

It is also the recipient of the letter in hand.

This is why the girl hesitated.

This person succumbed to the steward's despotic power and expelled Andy.

Now, Andy asked himself to come to him again...

Is he really trustworthy?
"No word here will reach the ears of a third person."

Obviously aware of the girl's hesitation, a low but kind voice came from the opposite side.

"Son, what do you want to say?"

"What do you think of Andy?"

The matter has come to this point, it is useless to hesitate, so Lily finally said, "Do you think that what you did back then was correct?"

Hearing the words on the other side, he was taken aback.

Obviously unexpectedly, she actually mentioned this matter.

In fact, during this period of time, the matter has never stopped.

And Norman, the bishop, seemed to be in a vortex of speech, constantly being discussed and pointed at in the dark.

In a sense, the people who watched the assessment, like him, succumbed to the steward, or succumbed to the threat of power, and then made a choice to ignore this injustice.

But they obviously don't think it's their own fault.

If it wasn't my fault, whose fault would it be?
Of course it was Norman, the first bishop to succumb.

If it wasn't for his surrender and failure to withstand the pressure, how could Andy have fallen into that embarrassing situation?
If it wasn't for his surrender and failure to withstand the pressure, why did the audience beat themselves up and make such an embarrassing choice that hurt their self-esteem?

Some people even thought that if the bishop could argue with reason, maybe Andy, a rising star, would not be in that situation.

Their admiration and support at the beginning will also be able to get a good feedback...

All in all, people dare not vent their grievances to the butler, but they are not so polite to the bishop Norman.

He is like a blowing bucket, giving others room to vent their anger.

So during this period of time, one can imagine what happened to the old bishop.

Overtly and secretly, there will always be people who will speak out to ridicule him.

At the beginning, the matter of giving gifts to the housekeeper was taken out and ridiculed by others, laughing at him as "unworthy of virtue".

If Father Matthew had been in power in the first place, something like this would never have happened.

In this way, some people even said it.

The public opinion of the outside world is already like this, and the incident in the church is naturally more serious.

Considering that Norman is the bishop and everyone's boss, everyone dare not say anything clearly.

But the old bishop himself, don't even think about having any prestige.

With the support of the butler behind him, his position as bishop is very secure, no matter what others say, he will never hurt his interests at all.

but……

"I repent every day and repent of my crimes."

The old man's deep voice sounded, and he responded to the girl's question from the side, "I am also praying all day long, and hope that the child will have a smooth life."

"What about actual action?"

Lily asked again, "If you had the opportunity to atone for your choice with actions instead of confessing with words, would you still be willing to do it?"

These words made the old bishop's eyelids twitch, and he immediately understood what was going on.

After Andy left the church, he was chased by those hyenas in the secular world, and finally escaped suddenly in a desperate situation, it is no secret now.

Of course he had.

Because of this, Bishop Norman knew very well that in the country, there was a group of people who were secretly opposing the housekeeper and even the royal family.

Who are these guys?
He didn't know that the housekeeper was launching a massive investigation, and there was a lot of commotion, but he didn't get any useful clues.

Except for one police chief.

But the director was obviously an outcast, and the information revealed during the torture was either wrong or invalid.

So the investigation stalled.

This matter was a bit embarrassing, so the steward issued a large reward and was collecting evidence.

There are many people who are excited, and there are many who provide clues, but the key points have never emerged.

The Norman bishop was on the sidelines.

But he didn't expect that this key clue had actually come under his nose at this moment...

Staring at the hazy girl's face on the other side of the partition, Bishop Norman was in a complicated mood.

He couldn't understand why the girl from Kozia's family let go of her bright future and defected to the anti-thief camp like gutter rats?

Isn't the Kozia family she belongs to simple?
"Get out of here, boy, and I'll forget what you just said."

There was a wave of turmoil in his heart, but on the surface, Bishop Norman's attitude became colder.

However, after hearing the words, Lily was relieved instead.

"Andy said, even if you don't choose to help us, you won't report us to the butler. It seems that he saw the right person."

"Andy?"

The old bishop's expression moved when he heard the words, and the indifference that had just appeared on his face dissipated, and he couldn't help asking: "How is the child now?"

To be honest, he admires Andy very much. He is intelligent, stable, and talented. If he can grow up smoothly, he will definitely become the backbone of the Gospel Church.

It's a pity that Andy's fate is really miserable. It's not good to be in trouble, but he falls here.

Even from the moment he appeared, the result of being suppressed was already doomed.

The old bishop tried his best to stop it, but it was useless. In the end, he had no choice but to compromise and stood on the opposite side of Andy.

But just like what he said before, these days, he really prayed for the boy sincerely.

I hope he has broken free and gone to another peaceful place, which will surely allow him to swim freely like a fish entering the sea.

"Still in hiding, the housekeeper has checked his hands strictly and dare not let him leave the country."

Lily replied, "He has become a semi-transcendent, and his life is not in danger for the time being."

"God bless."

The old bishop heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and then he was no longer willing to talk to the little traitor in front of him.

So he waved his hand, "Go, go, don't come to me again, I'm just an old waste, I can't help you with anything."

"I didn't come to you to ask for help."

The girl refused to give up, "I'm here to help you."

"help me?"

The bishop was amused when he heard the words, "What can I need to help? It's true that these days are not easy, but I'm at this age, and I still care about that?"

"You probably don't care what other people say."

The girl said: "But don't you care about being ostracized?"

"As a local bishop, you should have a high position, but what happened? Your authority has been shattered by a few words from the housekeeper."

"The people in the church are still obeying your orders, but are they obeying you, or the steward behind you?"

"They don't respect you at all, and they don't really treat you as a bishop, as their leader and elder in the church."

"In their eyes, you are just a puppet, a puppet controlled by the housekeeper!"

"There's nothing wrong with being a puppet."

But the bishop said, "At least my benefits are very high. No matter how much those people look down on me, they can't compare in this regard."

"But when you competed for the position of bishop, was it really just for welfare?"

The girl was not discouraged, "The benefits are high, can you get respect from others? Can you get all the affairs in your parish to run smoothly? Can you get weak people no longer being bullied?"

"You may not care about these, but you must care about your family. After what happened to Andy, what does your family think of you?"

"It is said that you have a granddaughter who used to respect you very much."

"now what?"

Now?

The old bishop felt a little helpless when he heard this.

The children are fine, they understand this matter very well, and are very angry at those bad comments outside.

But granddaughter.

His little granddaughter is young, but she doesn't agree with what is called an adult's compromise.

She could only see that her reputation as a grandfather was rotten because she did a disgusting thing that didn't fit her status.

Although this did not affect the relationship between the grandparents and grandchildren, the granddaughter also claimed to understand.

But the occasional strangeness in her eyes, and even her sensible attitude of deliberately avoiding certain topics, still pierced the heart of Bishop Norman like thorns, making him feel even more bitter.

That's right, he doesn't care much about the opinions of outsiders, but he does care about his family, and how the juniors whom he has taught for many years think of him!
I care very much!

It wasn't my fault. I was the only one who stood up and helped Andy out of everyone present.

But why did I suffer this fate?
He could understand the question, but he didn't want to accept it.

It's just that if you don't want to return or don't want to, you should accept it, but you still have to accept it.

As he got older, it was not uncommon for him to suffer similar grievances.

In the end, apart from becoming an injustice that can be remembered from time to time in my mind, and cursing in private, what else can I do?

……

Seeing that the old bishop remained silent, and his expression did not show much relaxation, the girl on the other side of the confession room couldn't help feeling a little discouraged.

Andy said yesterday morning that after finding the target, there is no need to say anything else, just hand over the letter.

She didn't believe that this could make Bishop Norman make up his mind immediately, so she used the words that she had thought about for a long time last night to stimulate the old man in front of her.

But it turned out that this guy was so reckless.No matter what she said, her attitude would not loosen!
"Andy said, you are one of the few people here who has the mentality of resistance and can put it into action."

Lily decided not to talk too much, so as not to have the opposite effect.

"This letter was written by Andy. The content inside is very important. I hope you can read it. If you don't agree, please don't report us afterwards."

After all, she ignored the other party's reaction, turned around and left the confession room.

It seems that he trusts Bishop Norman very much, but of course this is pretending.

She is skeptical about the character of the Norman bishop.

But Andy seemed to have a lot of confidence in him, and said, just hand the letter to the old bishop, and he would be more active than you.

But the attitude of the other party just now, no matter how you look at it, you can't see that it will be very positive?

Like a turtle, it shrinks its neck when touched...

If not, go find someone else.

She turned to think.

The Norman bishop is the best recipient, but not the only optional recipient.

In the wooden house by the sea, Andy listed several candidates.

But those people were all strangers, and they hadn't even spoken a word to Andy. Lily doubted whether they could do it.

So she still hopes that the relatively familiar Norman bishop can change his attitude and change his position after reading the letter.

But will this kind of thing really happen?
Will Andy's method work?
She couldn't be sure.

Even though she has already put it into action, it is the first time she is doing something big, but it still makes her, a rookie, feel uneasy.

However, it didn't worry her for long.

An hour later, the answer was quietly born.

"The fifth utility room from the left in the eastern part of the church, I will wait for you there."

After a mass, the old bishop left first, and when he passed by her, a word came quietly!

The anxious girl thought about it, and immediately understood what was going on, and was very pleasantly surprised.

On the surface, however, she remained calm.

After leaving the venue with Daliu and other church members, she pretended to be passing by, arrived at the destination and rushed in.

Then, the girl saw Bishop Norman staring at her head-on, with a serious expression, but seemed a little excited.

"How did he know?"

"What?" Lily was a little confused when asked.

"those people!"

The old bishop couldn't wait to ask, "How did he know the names of those people!?"

(End of this chapter)