Confess [Black Carnival of Cassendra]

When Constantine appeared in the hall, the man who was walking around stopped for a while.

His gaze was involuntarily drawn to the young priest.

Constantine's figure is not tall, even against the background of the large and gorgeous holy robe, he will look a little petite. There is no emotion on his young face, as dull as a black and white photo, and his dark purple eyes The eyes are the only color on that pretty face.

"Good afternoon, sir." The calm voice echoed in the empty church, and when it came to my ears, it sounded like a whisper from the sky: "May I ask what you want?"

The following questioning finally brought the man's somewhat dazed mood back to reality, and he nodded slightly at the priestly man: "Father Constantine."

Then, he walked towards the direction of the priest.

Different from the previous aimlessness, after determining the direction, the man's actions even revealed a certain calmness.He stood in front of Constantine, looking down at the young priest.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you. It was indeed my fault for letting the disobedient kitten slip into the church. I will make a special trip to repent to you afterwards," he said.

"But now, I have to take the kitten away, maybe you will know where the child is?"

There was an overturning sound in the confessional, heavy, which made the man standing in front of the priest look in that direction, but Konstantin didn't make any movement, as if he didn't hear the sound in the confessional at all. sound like.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Teresi." The priest said, "I have no right to tell you who has entered this church, nor can you take anyone away."

"Anyone who enters this church obeys God's guidance. Forcibly taking people away is against God's will."

"Oh--"

Teresi narrowed his eyes, and he looked up and down at the young priest in front of him.

He is not a Catholic, and as a profit-seeking businessman, he can even say that he has nothing that can be called "faith".

If anything, he only believed in himself.

Believe what you see, believe what you hear.

"If you violate the will of the gods, the gods will punish you." When Teresi was about to bypass the thin priest and walk towards the confessional, Constantine stopped him.Those purple eyes are like a lake without waves, deep and quiet, as if they want to swallow everything he looks at completely: "You don't need to have more worries, if the cat you are looking for is really You regard her as her destination, then she will naturally return to you after accepting the baptism of God."

"So it is."

Tracy rolled her lips and glanced at Constantine with interest: "I didn't mean to offend you, I was just thinking, if I can, maybe I should start to confess to my great god from now on."

"That's your freedom."

Constantine replied.

He didn't stop Terese from going into the confessional.

Teresi, of course, had no chance of entering the priest's part of the world where the little girl was hiding, but he was sure that the little guy who had escaped from the house against his orders was hiding there.So he calmly sat in the small cubicle opposite to the believers.

"I don't think you will forget the way to pay respects to the gods." Constantine's voice was clear and cold: "Wash your hands with holy water, and kneel before the gods in the confessional, and the gods will be very happy to listen to what you want to say .”

There was a soft chuckle from the other side of the window, and immediately, the man's slightly lazy voice sounded: "I'm really sorry, my dear Mr. Father, it seems that I am a little impatient."

"Although I don't want to waste more of your time, since this is your request, I don't mind doing it. After all, I have a lot of free time today."

Because the voice was too close, the little girl who had been huddled in the corner trembled into a ball at this moment.

Father Constantine glanced at the little girl's petite and thin body. He didn't speak, but reached out his hand to her, and took her small and soft hand into his palm.

The little girl looked up at Constantine in astonishment, her beautiful green eyes were full of disbelief.The priest's hands were very clean, without any blemishes. Unlike his usual icy attitude, his hands were extraordinarily warm, as if they possessed an incredible power that could calm people down instantly.

So the little girl finally calmed down.

"I am a not-so-successful father." The voice on the other side sounded again, still with an inexplicable calmness: "Because I have been doing business outside all year round, I have neglected to discipline the children at home, so that the children are not close to me. .”

"But no matter what, letting naughty children into the church and disturbing the priest's work is indeed my sin, so I should take the child home and teach her the principle of not causing trouble to others."

"No." The little girl who had been silent all this time suddenly said, she raised her face, her misty eyes were full of panic: "Mr. Priest, that's not the case."

"Shortly after that man got married to my mother, my mother died of illness. He always...always told me that when I grow up, I... have to live with him like my mother..."

The little girl's complexion was pale, and there was a red mark around her lips, obviously she had bitten too hard just now.Moisture hung on the slender golden eyelashes, making them look extraordinarily pitiful.

"Loria, look what you're doing." Hearing the little girl's voice, the man on the other side suddenly became a little more proud: "That's not where you should go, you should go back with me. At home, I'm leaving for San Francisco tomorrow to discuss a business deal, even if you don't want to leave Cassandra with me, at least you should take part in our farewell dinner today."

"Continuing to do such offensive things, Mr. Priest will be angry. Come, Loria, come home with me."

Probably feeling that the little girl's arm that had just calmed down was trembling again, Constantine squeezed the little girl's hand lightly, and then said to the man on the other side:

"Watch your words, sir."

"Perhaps I should remind you that you are in a confessional, and every word you say is a confession to the gods. God will only see your sins if you are pious. God will forgive you only if you are pious." your sin."

"There is no Loria here, only you and the god in your heart."