High Above

When Ian heads to the third floor, he examines the clues in Linda's room and the alchemy laboratory.

Sister Yingguang is taking notes for Steward Moda.

It sounds very strange - how can a nun, the first-level executor of Huaiguang Church, who is not yet a formal priest within Huaiguang, have the power to enforce the law and act for a witness in a major case or even a tainted witness? Recorded?

But this is actually because the empire has its own national conditions.

Although the empire has its own law enforcement agencies, the emperor alone supervises noble officials and obtains intelligence from other countries. There are three completely different agencies: the "Inspector Knights", the "Aristocratic Court" and the "Mirror Sea Guards", which are independent of each other. Violence department.

The ‘Academy of Truth’ and the ‘Academy of Spiritual Knowledge’, which are responsible for managing the Ascendants, are the two major factions in the empire, and they are constantly competing with each other.

But there are relatively few people who are actually responsible for dealing with issues related to civilians.

The three departments of "Criminal Law", "Jurisprudence" and "Inspection" are generally called the "Supervisory Court" or "Court", and the executors are called "Inspectors". It is considered that the empire officially handles civilian complaints, and Institutions for all types of civilian criminal and civil cases.

Usually, when bandits commit robbery, kidnapping and extortion, or when ordinary people commit murder and escape, the Supervisory Court of the local city sends people to hunt down and investigate, and bring the criminals to justice.

But how to say...

Don't say they can't control it, even if they really can, will the local nobles let them control it?

One example, Harrison Harbor.

Fourteen years ago, the chief justice of the local Supervisory Court was killed by an armored shark, and the second one disappeared immediately before taking office. He was probably eaten by the natives.

From this we can see the status of the Governor's Court within the empire.

And to be honest, even if it can really be controlled, if there will be any major incident in Terra, it must be related to the Ascendants and Psychics!

But if one thing is related to the sublimated person or the psychic, you can accidentally follow a line and find a strong person or a local noble.

Even if the opponent is an ordinary wandering adventurer and mercenary, those adventurers and mercenaries who can cause big trouble without wearing the black gloves of aristocrats must be quite skilled.

It's not their turn to take care of things, and they won't care if they are asked to do so.

What if something is really found?

If we find out, the local governor's court may have to go over and apologize.

But Huaiguang Church is different.

Under normal circumstances, the Huaiguang Church will not care about such matters. Although they never care about local laws and have their own set of logic to face the world, most of them are neutral and observe everything, let alone interfere. The internal penal system of other countries.

But if the Huaiguang Church really starts to take action and really finds out something...

The ones who should kneel down and apologize are the nobles and local powerful people.

This is the stage now.

The disappearance in Agate Stone Plain has alarmed the Huaiguang Church, but the local Supervisory Office did not deal with the matter.

According to the usual practice, even if other law enforcers from Nauman City arrive later, they must wait until the Huaiguang Church handles the relevant issues before they can accept the secondary scene and witnesses they have handled.

Moreover, by this time, there is very little space for local law enforcement officers to operate, and they can usually only close the case according to the clues given by the Huaiguang Church.

Unless they want to overturn the results reached by Huaiguang Church.

If they dare.

Sister Yingguang did this mainly because she wanted to protect Moda Guanshi.

Baron Ryan has obviously been charged with a large number of vicious crimes such as "unprovoked mass murder and hiding of corpses", "illegal human experimentation", and "illegal use of psychic powers to interfere with the will of others". If the investigation continues, there may be a few more "connections with cults" illegal blood sacrifice' and various charges related to his property.

As someone close to him, Manager Moda would end up with, at best, being implicated and beheaded, or at worst, his entire family disappearing.

But he was not guilty.

At least according to the understanding of the Huaiguang Church, Steward Moda is just doing his best to complete all his duties, and this duty does not involve the lives of anyone else - he just manages the castle for a criminal, because of the memory modification caused by psychic energy. , just taking care of the master and young master in his heart.

"That's about it."

After asking for almost all the details, Sister Yingguang took back the pen and paper.

She nodded to the decadent and tired old steward and said, "The record has been completed. Don't worry, the local inspector will not do anything to you."

"……Thanks……"

After steeling himself and raising his head, Manager Moda also knew that things must have gone big this time, and it was almost certain that Baron Ryan would be deprived of his title.

It's a small matter that he lost his job, but where should Ryan lead?

the most important……

"What will happen to the master and the young masters?"

The old steward asked in a low voice, asking a question he already knew the answer to.

Just a plea for a slim hope.

Sister Yingguang thought for a while and cruelly told the truth.

"The baron may be punished by the noble court, and the result may be that he will be deprived of his ascendant and noble status and sentenced to death as an ordinary person. If these children go well, they will be sent to the Huaiguang Church for reform."

When she saw Manager Moda's eyes wide open and showing hope, the dragon girl slowly said: "But if it's too dangerous, we can't let these children continue to live."

"And judging from your current situation, Manager Moda... Ila's spiritual energy is a high-level spiritual energy that belongs to the control level. Even if he doesn't resist at all and accepts the admission, I'm afraid he will only be able to live in the holy places around the Holy Mountain for the rest of his life. Living in a domain shelter.”

"Other children are no exception. Their abilities are suspected of artificial catalysis, and they are all extremely dangerous... As long as they resist, their chances of survival are close to zero."

"But..." As if being hit by a heavy hammer, Manager Moda muttered: "Aren't you Huaiguang?"

"Yes, we are Huaiguang." Yingguang responded seriously. The dragon girl's eyes were flashing with red sparks, which were the flickering light of the fire element, representing the ups and downs of emotions in her heart.

This question has been asked by many people, including an old man in ragged clothes, a middle-aged man with desperate eyes, and a mother who knelt down to plead with her in grief.

They all have hope for Huaiguang.

But having light is not hope.

Never.

Therefore, facing Steward Moda, she still said in a soft tone: "I know what you mean, Steward Moda. In a personal capacity, I sympathize with the experiences of Baron Ryan and his three adopted sons and daughters, but this has nothing to do with There is no conflict between them committing great crimes.”

"They are indeed pitiful and pitiful, but the number of innocent people who died is in the hundreds just from the handwriting of my investigation and records along the way."

"Not to mention anything else, the two children who have gone missing in Chenxia Town in the past few weeks, as well as the several 'dead people' who were 'captured' by sharp-clawed tigers in Jinye Town - they have no parents, no children, no Relatives?"

“They had just said goodbye to their parents and relatives with a smile in the morning, set out to spend a beautiful day, working hard on the earth, and then disappeared from this world inexplicably. The family members cried in fear and asked others where their children, husbands and wives were. When I was here, I became a broken specimen in this room..."

"Tragedy begets more tragedy, and I'm deeply saddened by that."

Huaiguang treats everyone equally and does not think that whose life is more important just because who is more miserable.

What's more, aren't those who died innocently miserable?

This is the subtext that Sister Yingguang did not say.

"I understand...I know that my thoughts are sin and injustice...but. But..."

The steward, who was visibly older, slowly knelt down. He hugged his head and murmured to himself: "I just fainted once. Why, the world completely changed in an instant, and my past was like a false joke." …”

Ying Guang did not answer this question.

Because psykers have such power... and are so terrifying.

so.

Some people fear it, some people crave it.

——Artificial psyker... The water behind this is too deep, and I don’t know if the Temple Executor will have time to arrive before Baron Ryan really makes a big mistake...

Then again, it would be very troublesome to actually arrive... I originally thought that Baron Ryan was at best a harboring cultist, which was within the scope of the Huaiguang Church's punishment. The executor defeated the baron and escorted him away Just hand it over to the relevant departments of the empire.

But now the matter is too big, so big that the executors of the temple will definitely take action to kill the 'evil ones'... Once Baron Ryan dies, there will definitely be a bunch of imperial departments coming to argue, and the clues will be cut off.

but……

Someone has to do it.

With this thought in mind, facing Steward Moda who bowed to him silently and shed tears silently, Yingguang stretched out his hand and gently pressed his head.

The nun's fingertips glowed with light as she accepted the other person's confession.

She softly recited an ancient proverb: "If the light of the sky does not penetrate the heart, it will be dark, and the heat of the sun will not purify the sins of the world."

"We are apostles with light, we are the watchmen of the sun, and our mission in walking in the world is by no means to eradicate darkness, and it is by no means to clean up sin..."

"We cherish light... just to make hope happen."

Thump, thump, thump.

There were footsteps on the stairs.

After soothing the old man's spirit, Yingguang turned her head and saw the knight in alchemist armor walking downstairs with a thick stack of information in his hand.