Chapter 15: Redrick
Julius had come to have lunch with Rafael. The servants placed the documents on the table and withdrew one by one. Julius walked over to Rafael and picked up a book from the bookshelf. While flipping through it, he said, “The Feast of Divine Grace is in two days. As usual, Florence will be organizing a large-scale celebration. Have you decided who will be in charge of the festivities?”
The Church hosts many different festivals throughout the year, including the birthdays and feast days of various patron saints, as well as days of significance related to God, with special meanings and symbols. This included the Pope’s birthday, and Rafael’s birthday for this year had already passed. Nevertheless, there were still dozens of circled dates left on the ecclesiastical calendar.
Rafael glanced at the specially made ecclesiastical calendar on his desk. The Feast of Divine Grace was marked just a week away.
This was a celebration of the first day God came to earth, marking the new birth of the world. Afterward, God created all things, distinguished between men and women, calling them ‘my children’ and granted humanity consciousness as the firstborn of God.
The festival would be celebrated for a week, with the Holy Church distributing food and drink, day and night. The gas lamps in Miracle Square would shine brightly throughout the night, and the streetlights would illuminate all of Florence, turning the holy city on earth into a heavenly paradise at twilight.
But at the same time, those huge expenses and purchases were no small burden. The likelihood of drunken brawls would increase significantly during this period, and Florence’s crime rate would be much higher than usual, making public safety a major concern.
Choosing a suitable person in charge was necessary.
In the past, entrusting the task to Julius would have been the best and most appropriate choice, but…
Rafael felt a dull ache in his right leg, interrupting his thoughts and causing him to frown impatiently.