musicians of old

Chapter 441 Morning Prayer
The damaged notebook of worms was spread out on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

Fanning originally thought that the so-called damage meant that the paper had been blackened, smashed or burned, but the situation of this notebook was really weird beyond his expectation.

On the whole, it can no longer see any relationship with "paper". The main part "sinks" into the thick glass layer of the coffee table, presenting a turbid crystal texture similar to frosted glass, which props up the surrounding plane layer by layer. A layer of proliferating bumps.

Farther away from the notes, some more heterogeneous colors and shapes are mixed in. Fanning thinks that there may be bright white porcelain, dark brown brown, leather-like black and pipe-like orange-red, but in fact it is impossible to identify What kind of mess was there? In short, because he couldn't understand it at all, and couldn't express it well, it caused a very weird sense of discomfort in his heart.

Judging from the expressions of others, the feelings are similar.

Everyone watched together for a long time before returning their eyes to the "corpse ring" on the sofa.

Fan Ning felt that this weird posture was basically the same as Viern's corpse, but the weather was so cold and time had passed not long ago, the skin did not become dry and dark red, and the head did not have only a layer of scalp like that, but it seemed to be compared with Adult males have shrunk somewhat in size.

Two investigators checked the area but found no fatal wounds.

What can kill a high-ranking intelligent person must be a mysterious factor. If it is not a direct injury or distortion, then it is a problem of pure spirit or knowledge.

An acolyte deacon who was waiting in advance began to talk about the situation last night:
"It should be after eight o'clock after we received Mr. Lavoisier. After a little delay, we reported a letter to San Porto, and then dispersed. Priest Hester also returned to his residence around nine o'clock. I found the body at 05:30 in the morning, and I originally planned to come in advance to discuss the details of the morning prayer ceremony this morning."

"What did you do when you got back to the apartment?" Owen stepped forward and asked Fanning.

"Read the scriptures." Fanning looked at the sofa, sometimes standing far away, sometimes standing close.

"Start reading the Bible when you get back?" Owen asked.

"Of course not." Fan Ning shook his head, "Naturally, I have to take a bath and apply ointment first, to calm down and change my clothes."

"Then?"

"Speak to the Lord you love, and go to bed."

"." Owen let out another breath slowly.

Facing a small person who doesn't like anything in front of the chief of the master, with his temperament, he would definitely reprimand him for "pretentiousness". But with Bishop Tukeville next to him, it was really difficult for him to speak, otherwise he would go to the discussion group Refer to his book "Disrespecting the Faith of the Church", and the dispute between the two sides will add to the trouble.

Owen just felt that he was so fucking nervous about today's trip.

Fan Ning answered casually, but his thinking gradually diverged.

He seemed to have vaguely grasped the commonality between the posture of this corpse and something.

"Could it be that this is some kind of heretic tribute ceremony?" Tucville was also guessing and thinking. He found that Lavoisier was observing seriously, so he asked, "Has Mr. Organist seen this kind of death?"

"The scorpion of the truth." Fanning spat out a phrase.

"A ceremony organized by 'About Snake'?" Everyone's expressions changed.

The Special Patrol Office deliberately concealed the Academy of Gods as an organization "about snakes". Among the official officials, only high-level people and a few people with special status knew about it. Poglerich seemed to be concerned about the mystery that would arise after it was known. Fan Ning also heard about it from "Miss Scarlet" on the day of "Meat Thanksgiving".

"Why are you so sure of your judgment?" An investigator asked next to him.

"Witness Talisman." Owen narrowed his eyes.

After being pointed out by this Lavoisier, he also instantly realized that if the weird shape of this "corpse ring" is abstracted several times, it will be exactly the same as the swirling snake-shaped symbol of "The Boa of Mantra"!
Could it be that the "corpse ring" is a tribute function used for sacrifice, and the note that has undergone weird changes is the object?
"Did you come into contact with this kind of secret ritual when you lived in the southern country?" Owen, who couldn't continue the inquiry just now, finally had a new question.

"Yes." Fan Ning nodded as he recalled, "In the past, there were false prophets among the people in the southern country, and now there must be false teachers among Janus, who privately introduced harmful heresies, and did the same to the people. Like the Geminians who promised and made them suffer, they refused even the Lord who had bought him, and I think that anyone who believes their words has fallen into their tricks."

He knelt down and looked around carefully, the wrinkles between his brows were wrinkled together again.

"." The corner of Owen's mouth twitched. He felt that this Lavoisier always gave people the feeling of insinuating something, but he couldn't attack or ask. Whoever had the attack had a problem, which would cause even more opposite effects.

At this time, Tucville placed mirrors in several positions in the living room, lit candles and recited a prayer.

This is a method of seeking revelation related to the "candle" of the Church of the Holy Sun. At first, there was relatively strong sunlight coming in from outside the room, but within a few breaths, all the mirrors, including the one in the living room, fell to the ground. The mirror shattered with a few bangs.

"What kind of interference is there? The divine power I can summon is not enough." The white-robed bishop frowned.

Sure enough, such events were too high-profile to imagine Owen recalling the leader's serious reminder of "worms."

As a result, temporarily relying on this group of people on the scene, it is difficult to confirm whether it is Hester's own accidental pollution outbreak or whether there is a second person.As the first level of comprehension who passed through the "Gate of Flashing Blade" of the "Jin" aspect, he is inferior to Tukeweier who passed through the "Candle" aspect "Gate of Light and Shadow" in the ability to seek enlightenment.

"Ok?"

With all his strength to stimulate his spiritual sense, Fan Ning used Tukville's ritual to gain insight into noteworthy details.

The bottom of the broken floor-to-ceiling mirror was still more than ten centimeters intact, which just reflected a pair of shoes on the floor.

It was originally a pair of ordinary black leather shoes, but the image in the mirror has gradually changed. The color has changed from pure black to a special pigeon gray, and the shoe mouth has gradually opened up.
The change was fleeting like a hallucination. After Fanning blinked a few times, the pair of black leather shoes were still in the mirror.

"Your Excellency, it is [-]:[-]," a clerk pointed to the clock in the corner and reminded in a low voice.

Morning prayer time is seven thirty.

"Have you summoned the believers?" Tucville asked.

"It was called two days in advance."

"Has the news of the death been announced?"

"There is a post."

"When you go to sing mass today, will the organ play or rest?" Fanning asked.

"With an accompaniment." The civilian staff replied without a doubt.

Owen on the side always felt that it was no coincidence that this person's visit followed Hester's strange death so closely.

The proportion of survivors in the Southern Continent with problems is too high. During the intensive search period just after the accident, I don't know how many inspectors were exhausted.

"Today's mass music was accompanied by an organ. Mr. Lavoisier is an expert, so he must have some criticisms?" Seeing that Fan Ning suddenly asked about the organ, he stared into the other's eyes and opened his mouth.

Fanning was recalling the dove gray shoes he had just seen in the shards of the floor-to-ceiling mirror.

That is a pair of idiosyncratic organ shoes!

The width of the shoe sole is narrow to prevent sticking to the adjacent keys when playing the pedal keyboard. The heel of the shoe is basically level with the toes, which is used to bring the same feeling of touching the keys when playing black keys and white keys of different lengths. The whole texture looks very thin and soft, so that the soles of the feet can better grasp the change of tone.
Dove gray organ shoes? .
Facing Owen's scrutinizing eyes, Fan Ning once again showed a peaceful and upright smile and praised:

"I look good."

"."

The morning prayer in the church is about to start, and it will be difficult to get results if it takes a while here. A large number of believers have gathered, and the ceremony has to be carried out as usual. Bishop Tukeville immediately signaled everyone to temporarily change the scene.

(End of this chapter)