Chapter 1403: Confessional

Nothing happened on the way to the Forgotten Church. Along the way, apart from meeting the police twice and a carriage transporting petrification plague patients, only the idle talk between Xia De and Xilisi filled the blank time.

The old church, even though it had undergone preliminary repairs in the past two months, still maintained a relatively dilapidated appearance. Today's Xia De had already lost count of how many times he had traveled back and forth between here and his house in this southern city.

And after entering the main hall of the church, Xilisi took a step before Xia De. After the two walked along the carpeted path between the pews and passed the daylight shooting into the room from the dilapidated roof, the blonde girl stopped beside her father's corpse.

Xia De knew that her thoughts were complex at this time, and she must be thinking about quite a lot of things, so he didn't speak, just waited quietly.

And Xilisi didn't remain silent for long, she suddenly said:

"After this matter is over, let's move this stone statue away."

"Of course no problem, but where should it be moved to? How about the Lende Valley Public Cemetery?"

Xia De suggested, and Xilisi nodded:

"The opera troupe has its own cemetery, and most of my elders are buried there. At that time, just arrange a simple funeral."

She pursed her lips, looking at the sitting stone statue:

"After people die, no matter what, they have to return to the earth. The earth will eventually be with you and me."

After saying this, she and Xia De entered the second half of the church from the corridor at the back, which was the road Xia De usually walked. When Xia De first came here in January, the damage to the church was quite serious, and even the area around the basement had almost completely collapsed, forcing Xia De to use the witch's light to forcibly open a path out.

And the recent repairs hadn't completely solved those collapsed ceilings and collapsed walls, but at least the girls of the Golden Dawn had opened a path for Xia De that led directly to the basement.

As for the destination of the two this time, it wasn't the basement where Mr. Lasers left his last traces and had a hidden wall, but those areas that hadn't been cleared yet.

"I found out my father's last whereabouts."

The light ball of illumination floated with the walking of the two, and Xilisi's voice sounded very calm:

"That was last weekend. The great witches had already arrived, and Vanessa was also busy with the final battle. I visited the Prosperity Hotel where my father once lived in the city alone. The old shopkeeper who was getting on in years seemed to know I was coming, and gave me the things my father left behind back then."

"Left specifically for you? Did Mr. Lasers think about you becoming the next Guardian back then?"

Xia De asked softly, and Xilisi didn't answer this question: "Father left all the research materials about this church. He confirmed the location of the church only after purchasing the relic of a predecessor of the sect from the Cassandra Auction House. And that predecessor of the sect guided Father to the confessional in the church. This time our destination is there."

In other words, after Mr. Lasers arrived here more than ten years ago, he first went to the confessional, then found the basement, and after discovering he couldn't enter, left those messages on the wall.

"Then the location of the confessional..."

"In the materials Father left, there is a floor plan of the church. The confessional is in the collapsed area that hasn't been cleared yet. I originally wanted to come with Vanessa, but now this matter is not important, and she also has her own things to talk about."

Although Xilisi didn't sigh when she spoke, Xia De felt it was wrong no matter how he listened:

"You shouldn't have asked her, right?" "Indeed not."

"If you told her, I don't believe she wouldn't accompany you. You and Miss Bernice have known each other for so many years, you should know her better than I do."

Xilisi pursed her lips:

"Now you know her better."

This sentence seems to have different ways of understanding.

In short, according to the architectural drawings in Xilisi's hand, although the location of the confessional is not in the core of the collapsed area, it is not easy to forcibly open a path.

But fortunately, Xilisi herself is a 7th-Ring. Even if Xia De didn't follow, she could open the path without damaging the main structure of the building.

Thus, after some effort, the corridor behind the church was opened with a new branch, leading directly to the confessional.

The confessional of the Forgotten Church is the same as most other churches. The room is circular, and seven stone confession cabinets are placed against the wall. These are small cabinets less than three square meters, with curtains hanging on the doors. The inner wall full of holes divides the inside of the confession cabinet into two parts. The penitent kneels on one side and confesses to the priest sitting on the other side of the cabinet. They can only hear the voice but cannot see the person.

Although the corridor collapsed, the confessional was preserved quite well. Seven confession cabinets, only one was smashed, and the others, apart from being covered in dust, had no other problems.

As for other decorations and furnishings in the confessional, including the chandelier that fell on the ground, they had long since decayed with time and no longer had the necessity to be checked.

"The secret should be in the six confession cabinets."

Xilisi said, but she and Xia De could perceive very obvious traces of elements in those ancient places of prayer.

In other words, the secret is not something you can see after opening the door. "Let's go see together."

Xia De chose the one closest to the door. Due to the requirements of confidentiality, the exit on the priest's side of the confession cabinet is in another room, so he could only open the door for the penitent to enter.

With a light pull, the metal door embedded in the stone, which had already been slightly deformed, was opened, and the inside was a clean and tidy space, even with a well-preserved long wooden chair.

Xia De wanted to speak, but heard a vague male voice coming from the other side of the inner wall with holes:

"What do you want to confess? Walk in, close the door, and confess to me."

Xia De raised his eyebrows. He was very sure that there was absolutely no one on the other side of the inner wall. Just as he wanted to open his mouth, Xilisi held his hand:

"This is the road I want to find, I'll do it." "Alright."

Thus Xia De let go of the position, and Xilisi walked in and sat down. Xia De wanted to close the door for her from the outside, but the young girl pulled Xia De in as well, and then the door was closed.

Of course, the confession cabinet is usually only used by one person when used for normal purposes, so it was still a bit crowded for the two to squeeze in. But since he promised to accompany Xilisi to walk the last road of her father, Xia De wouldn't complain about anything.

"Father, I have sinned."

The young girl said softly in the darkness. She lowered her head, but her voice was very calm;

"I know my father has greater things to accomplish, but I still hate him for abandoning me."

And in the darkness on the other side of the inner wall, the vague man's voice continued to come:

"Longing for the love of parents is a very normal thing. It is also understandable that your father abandoned his family for the sake of the world. In this matter, no one is wrong. This is a joke of fate." "Fate?"

Xilisi was silent for a while: "I understand."

There was no sound from the opposite side. Instead, something was pushed over from the gap less than a finger wide where the two spaces communicated at the bottom of the inner wall.

Xia De bent down to light up the moonlight at his fingertips to look, and found that it was a fragment of a mirror. Judging from the size, it was about one-third of a mirror. "Let's continue to the next one."

The blonde girl said, but before Xia De tried to push the door to leave this narrow space, she asked Xia De again:

"I hate my father, is this really something that can be forgiven?"

"He did abandon you and threw all the responsibilities to you. Moreover, that's not hatred, but resentment. Otherwise, you wouldn't have insisted on pursuing Mr. Lasers' footsteps, just to make him say the purpose of doing this back then."

Although the confession cabinet was pitch black, because the distance was really too close, Xia De's dark vision completely helped him see the slight smile on Xilisi's face:

"Then, let's continue."

The six confession cabinets looked no different from the outside, so Xia De simply opened the next one in clockwise order.

Because the first one had no danger, Xia De, who was originally cautious, relaxed his vigilance. Unexpectedly, the door of the second confession cabinet had just been opened, and transparent silk threads like spider webs were sprayed out from the darkness.

Even if Xia De dodged to the side at the last moment, the left half of his body was still covered by those silk threads. In an instant, his brain felt as if it had been forcibly stuffed with a pebble, but fortunately, he had the experience of having his head forcibly stuffed with a "brick" when he first came to this world, so the dizziness and severe headache were forcibly endured by him.

But even so, his mouth still involuntarily said lines that didn't belong to him:

"I hate him, I hate him!" "Memory silk threads!"

Xilisi exclaimed, pulling Xia De's right hand and taking him back quickly. Then she summoned a transparent small knife with a spell, and quickly picked away the transparent silk threads that had already dissolved on Xia De's body like performing surgery.

"I'm fine, be careful, something is coming out!"

Xia De warned, he was supported by Xilisi, but his right hand still pointed to the direction of the door that had just been opened.

Under the silver moonlight, Xilisi Lasers, with a hateful expression, walked out of the second door that had been opened.

She didn't look at Xia De at all, but stared directly at Xilisi: "I hate him! I hate him!"

Saying this, she rushed directly at Xilisi. Xia De's right hand drew the moonlight greatsword and stabbed it into the ground:

"Xidun Seal!"

The golden shield with flowing light exploded toward the surroundings, blocking the "hateful" Xilisi outside. Although she was emitting black smoke and showed an extreme expression on her face, the combat power she actually displayed was far inferior to the real 7th-Ring Xilisi. ===== CHAPTER 1404 =====

As he spoke, he lunged directly at Siris, and Xia De drew the Moonlight Greatsword with his right hand and thrust it into the ground:

"Siddon Seal!"

A golden barrier carrying flowing light exploded outward, blocking the "hateful" Siris outside. Although black smoke was rising from her body,

and her face showed an extreme expression, the actual combat power she displayed was far inferior to the real seventh-ring sorcerer Siris.