The Festival of San Gilles was the second only to the Emperor's Ascension Festival in the Empire. As the commander of the Expeditionary Force, Soshiyan naturally needed to record a holiday greeting that would spread to the entire army. However, this actually didn't take much time and didn't even need to make many drafts. For him, he was able to do it with ease.
The real problem is Villets' invitation—the purpose is also written very simply, Mass and Blessings.
After all, the State Church is also an important force in this expedition. It is difficult for Soshiyan to have any excuses to refuse, and the nuns suffered a lot of casualties in this battle. Putting aside Astarte's identity, as the commander of the expeditionary force, he should visit him in a reasonable manner.
After thinking about it, he finally decided to go there.
The nuns were now concentrated in the church of their warships, which had been decorated for the San Gilles Festival, and the walls were hung with portraits of the emperor and his sacrificial angel descendants, and the incense burned on the wall lamp, filling the whole church with the smell of spices.
Little angels wrapped in red robes and wearing red hats flew around, flapping their mechanical wings, playing harp, and singing chants with the megaphones in their throats.
Below the little angel were nuns who took off their armor and changed into black robes and wore white veils. Among them were combat nuns, clerical nuns and medical nuns.
Villets stood with her sisters, holding her hands tightly, and slightly lowering her head. Under her soft-soled shoes was a hard and cold stone floor.
On rows of benches behind were the senior expeditionary forces who were accompanying him, and Soshyan stood in an inconspicuous corner because the chairs were not suitable for Space Marines, and he didn't want to be too conspicuous.
But in fact his appearance was already conspicuous enough.
The bishop in a white robe stood on the podium at the end of the church, carrying a red tape on his chest and a golden teardrop badge on it, which represented mourning for the sacrifice of San Gilles.
Then, he raised his hands high, and although he did not use a loudspeaker, the voice easily passed through the entire church, allowing everyone to hear it clearly.
"..... The light has shone on the people who live in the dusty land. His glory shines on them. In the darkness of the earth, a ray of light appears in the sky, and His grace has appeared, covering the world!"
The bishop's voice turned low and his expression was solemn and focused. Everyone in the audience was frozen in their seats by the unique atmosphere. They followed the bishop to recite scriptures, and did not dare to act rashly, and even breathed slightly unconsciously.
Soshyan stood far away, watching coldly, and the soldiers behind him did not say a word. In addition to the three company commanders, Robin and Bahram, who followed him this time, they did not wear power armor, but instead changed into ritual monk suits and silver-gray burqa.
After Mass, sings were singing. The voices of men and women made by the little angels mixed with the voices of children. The center of gravity of the song rose and fell with the sings, from low to high, and finally slowly sinking.
As the hymn entered the second half, the sound of the organ also rang, and the nuns began to sing.
The chorus like nature seemed to be spread to the farthest corner of the universe. It was a sacred voice with indescribable beauty and brave will. Soshiyang listened to the song, and the voice seemed to promise redemption to his soul, just as if he looked straight into the emperor's eyes and was stared at him with great calmness.
When the chanting is over, the bishop will perform another mass, and the whole process will last for several hours.
It is tedious, boring, and almost doesn't make much sense, but this is religion. Even if Suo Shiyang is impatient, he has to suppress his temperament and wait.
At the end of the ceremony, ending with a separate ode to the fighting nuns, Villets became the lead singer, and even without armor, she showed her another side in a different way, both an ethereal angel, generous and kind, and an angry angel, tenacious and fierce.
His light will shine on the clear soul, and His seal will respond to calling His soul
See this immortal miracle before you, gloriously become a pious man, witness for him, and honor him.
God Emperor, your power will resound throughout the empire!
Even darkness cannot contain sin and heresy.
Our rain of bullets will carry out your holy will.
Give cowards anger and keep peace in their hearts.
We will convey your blessings and save mankind from evil—
At the end of the ceremony, the nuns gave the communion to everyone—that is, bread and red wine.
"I hope you won't be neglected."
Villets personally delivered the communion to Soshyan. Her beautiful long hair was now braided into a hair crown. She woven it tightly so that it would not take off, but unexpectedly she had a more gentle breath.
Soshiyang smiled slightly, reached out and picked up the dough and wine glass.
"How could it be?"
However, it was not yet time for the end. After all, Soshiyan was here. At the invitation of the National Church, he gave a brief speech, calling on people to be as pure and fearless as San Gilles.
Later, he led by Weiletz to visit the injured nuns, some of whom were too seriously injured and could only be amputated. Fortunately, the State Church had strong financial resources and mechanical prosthetics were not a problem. Soshiyang gave high affirmation of the bravery and fearlessness of these women. In the process, a strange nun attracted Soshiyang's attention.
The nun was always following Villets, but she always observed herself intentionally or unintentionally. Her appearance was very beautiful, but this was not the point. The point was that Soshyan always had a vague sense of familiarity, but she couldn't say it.
Originally, Soshiyan wanted to leave immediately after finishing these things, but as he was worried, Villets stopped him and wanted to "talk alone" with him.
He wanted to refuse on the pretext of something, but Villetz immediately brought out a killer weapon - if Soshyan refused, she would invite another person to come.
As for who the "other person" was, Soshiyang naturally knew very well, and in order not to cause any bigger trouble, he could only agree.
Villets' bedroom was not big, and Soshyan seemed a little crowded when standing inside, which forced him to keep a closer distance from the other party.
I have to say that although the simple and close-fitting nun robe on her body is not decorated at all, it highlights the eye-catching up and downward outline of Villets. Combined with the quiet and holy face, it has a unique charm under the slightly dim light, a sacred and plump beauty that is different from Veronica.
In a sense, Verletz is indeed more in line with the aesthetics of human beings as breastfeeding creatures than Veronica. After all, the preaching of the sacredness of the human body is one thing, and it is another to witness this with your own eyes.
After entering the door, the two stood silent for two minutes, as if listening to each other's breathing.
In the end, this silence was broken by Villets.
She raised her head slightly, stared at Soshiyang, crossed her hands in front of her abdomen, and whispered:
Chapter completed!