Chapter 344

Stelle: "You were a priest on Sunday?!"

Stelle: "Tsk, your family's really something, actually doing this kind of thing?"

Potiore: "His precious? Just brainwashing tactics."

Potiore: "Seeing this makes me sick."

Paimon: "Ugh... this is kind of like what the West Wind Cathedral would do?"

Rosaria: "Not just kind of— it's practically identical."

Rosaria: "To be honest, I hate this kind of thing too."

Barbara: "But isn't that the West Wind Cathedral's duty?"

Barbara: "To praise the blessings of the Anemoi, and bring the Anemoi's good grace to everyone in Decheng..."

Venti: "Hehe... is there a chance that..."

Venti: "The Anemoi might not even like these empty formalities?"

Lumine: "I think that's possible."

Diluc: "Hmm, I believe this possibility too."

Qinqin: "Ugh..."

Barbara: "But... this has been tradition for how many years?"

Barbara: "Besides, isn't it only right to praise Lord Barbatos?"

Paimon: "Come on, no need to praise him every single day!"

Paimon: "Just keep it in your heart!"

Venti: "Exactly, exactly! The intention matters most—formality is secondary!"

Zhong Li: "Hmph, on this point, our Liyue is far more enlightened."

Zhong Li: "The Geo Archon need only exist in the hearts of Liyue's people—as a spiritual exemplar."

Venti: "Sigh, I should've learned from you sooner."

Venti: "You're the one, truly..."

The video continues.

【Please, the next person step forward.】

Sunday called out to the next person.

【I, I sincerely confess to you... please forgive me!】

This person appeared extremely anxious.

【Rest assured, I have beseeched Him to be with us.】

【As long as your heart is honest and kind, you will surely be forgiven.】

Sunday spoke in a gentle tone,

comforting the person.

【Oh!】

【Oh, well... actually, I smuggled myself into Pinnokoni.】

【To buy a ticket, I sold everything I owned—house, land...】

【And my two children...】

The person confessed to Sunday his identity as a smuggler.

【Hmm... please continue.】

Upon hearing these words,

Sunday's expression changed slightly.

【If I keep them with me, they'll starve to death—better to be a slave and at least get a full meal.】

【If, if I make it here, I'll immediately buy them back and raise them well...】

【But then the Hound Clan found me—they're hunting me everywhere...】

【I still wanted to bring all my children here!】

【It's all my fault, all my fault...】

The person's voice grew increasingly broken.

【The Family welcomes everyone.】

【I will convey to the Hound Clan to cease their search.】

【From now on, you need never live in fear again.】

Sunday said calmly.

【Thank you, thank you!】

【I'll work hard, and soon I'll buy back my children and join the Family... Praise Harmonia!】

Stelle: "What the hell!"

Stelle: "What kind of monster is this?"

Stelle: "He sold his own children into slavery?!"

March 7th: "Hmph, absolutely... utterly inhuman!"

Potiore: "His precious? This guy's even a man?"

Potiore: "He's truly a coward!"

Furina: "Selling land, selling houses, selling family property—I can understand that."

Furina: "But selling children... that truly crosses every line."

Hu Tao: "Someone like this deserves to be caught—how dare he come here to repent?"

Paimon: "But... but he said the children would starve if they stayed with him?"

Ying: "I think it's a lie."

Ying: "He has a house and land—how could he really not afford to feed two children?"

Miss Qingque: "It sounds more like he heard Penacony was a place to make big money, and then bet everything on a risky gamble."

Sango: "Heh, a bastard who'd abandon his own family."

Sango: "No matter his excuses, he cannot be forgiven."

Silver Wolf: "The problem is, Sunday still let him off."

Truth-Doctor: "This is the Confessional of Concord, a place that embodies Concord's spirit of tolerance."

Truth-Doctor: "Clearly, anyone who comes here will be forgiven by him."

Truth-Doctor: "Even if he himself may not wish it."

Botiao: "Tsk, even the family is that hypocritical."

Stelle: "Only the Hunt remains truly pure!"

Stelle: "Everything else is just fleeting clouds!"

Botiao: "Hey, I like the sound of that."

Botiao: "But if you ask me, your Explorers are no less impressive than our Hunters!"

Stelle: "Hehe, mutual praise."

Silver Wolf: "What a nice bit of commercial flattery... still."