It’s not that Herodotus couldn’t feel the dissatisfaction of the people around him, he just didn’t care.
He even declined an invitation to have lunch with Sir Eddard, the head of House Raimondi and the master of the Scaled City.
Although he did not express his position publicly, he was always a strong supporter of Herodotus in private.
High Priest Martina never trusted High Priest Kirkeon from the beginning to the end. The reason why her plan was exposed and she had to flee the Scaled City was actually because she was betrayed by Sir Eddard.
High Priest Martina wants to use the power of the Raimondi family to fight against the Guards in the hands of Herodotus.
Unexpectedly, Sir Ed agreed and then told Herodotus himself about the matter.
If a mysterious person hadn't helped High Priest Martina at the critical moment, she would have been imprisoned together with High Priest Hesiod.
However, Herodotus had more important things to do at the moment, and he did not bother to appease his important allies.
He finally made up his mind to go to Iron Horn City and meet the maid next to Merlin in person.
Before leaving, he found Jin Tong and asked Jin Tong to lead people to keep an eye on several key targets in the city. If the target made any changes, he could arrest them first and kill them directly if necessary.
Afterwards, Herodotus announced that he felt the call of the goddess and wanted to go out of the city to find the key to victory in the next battle.
In the end, it was okay that he didn't say anything. After hearing his words, everyone in the city became even more uneasy.
Because Herodotus didn’t feel the goddess’s call long ago, and he didn’t feel the goddess’s call much later. He felt the goddess’s call just when the army was about to press the border, and ran out of the city. This behavior seemed to be a sign of the situation.
Oops, I plan to run away first.
Especially after seeing the rabble outside the city, more and more people in the city began to be less optimistic about the upcoming battle.
After hearing the news, Sir Ed didn't even eat anything, and took a carriage directly to Herodotus' residence. After that, he found that there were many people standing at the door, and they all looked at each other with big eyes.
After asking the guards outside the door again, they found out that Herodotus had left the Scaled City. Many people, including Sir Eddard, were laughed out of anger.
On the other side, Herodotus led four cavalrymen from the Guards Corps and traveled day and night. It only took him two and a half days to reach the Iron Horn City.
When they were almost outside the city, two of the horses even died from exhaustion. Even the cavalrymen of the Guards, who were all strong and skilled in riding, looked tired.
On the contrary, Herodotus, an ordinary person, although he was also disgraced, seemed to become more energetic and bright-eyed as he ran.
After entering the city, he went straight to the Grumpy Tavern. He washed his face there first, then ate a few bites of black bread to pad his stomach. When the carriage with the cross on the revolver appeared, he immediately got on it.
He squinted his eyes and took a nap in the carriage for a while. When the carriage stopped, Herodotus also opened his eyes.
The place he used to hide Clara originally belonged to his teacher, High Priest Reeves, and was secretly given to High Priest Reeves by a wealthy businessman in order to prove his piety to the goddess.
The latter reciprocated the favor and allowed the wealthy businessman's daughter to become a priest three years later.
As the most valued disciple of High Priest Reeves, Herodotus could no longer remember how many similar things he had seen, and he was responsible for handling many of them.
Because there are so many secret mansions, High Priest Reeves even forgot about this one in Iron Horn City. Anyway, he has never been there even once in so many years.
Speaking of which, Herodotus did have to thank High Priest Reeves, not only because the latter was his teacher, but promoted him to the position of high priest and put him in charge of managing the Guards.
And after the death of High Priest Reeves, Herodotus took over most of the inheritance left by High Priest Reeves.
These inheritances are not only huge wealth, but also the power that High Priest Reeves has painstakingly managed for nearly a hundred years and various intelligence collected.
The reason why Herodotus was able to get in touch with Sir Eddard and get Sir Eddard to side with him in his fight with the High Priest Martina was because he knew what Sir Eddard really wanted.
It was also relying on the legacy left by High Priest Reeves that he knew early on who in the seven-person meeting could be won over, who could be intimidated, and who would not give in no matter what, so he could use the fastest method.
Time controls the upper echelons of the church.
In short, Herodotus was very grateful to his teacher from the bottom of his heart, and planned to give his teacher a glorious funeral after everything was settled.
While he was thinking about it, he got out of the carriage. Aunt Naima was already waiting in the front yard in advance. When she saw Herodotus, she saluted him.
Herodotus also nodded to her and asked, "What about the child?"
"She is still embroidering in the house, and Ruby is accompanying her." Aunt Naima said, "I will go and get her right away."
Herodotus waved his hand, "No, you lead the way, I will go directly to her."
After walking a few steps, Herodotus stopped again, pointed to the Chinese characters on a tree nearby and said, "The divine pattern on it was also carved by that child."
"That's right, you told her that as long as she doesn't go out or contact people outside, we won't stop her no matter what she wants to do, so I let her carve such a blasphemous pattern.
"Not only that, she also embroidered the same pattern on her handkerchiefs, clothes, and even sheets to call out her dirty god."
"Then, did anything noteworthy happen?"
"Not so far, everything is as usual. It seems that her powers are also afraid of you and Pisiya."
When Herodotus heard what Aunt Naima said, instead of feeling happy, he was slightly disappointed.
Afterwards, he walked outside Clara's house and heard the laughter of girls coming from inside.
Herodotus reached out and knocked on the door.
The laughter inside immediately disappeared, and a moment later Ruby's voice sounded, "Is that Aunt Naima outside?"
"What are you talking about? It seems interesting." Herodotus said.
When Ruby in the room heard his voice, her expression changed slightly. She didn't dare to neglect and opened the door immediately.
Then he was about to salute, but was stopped by Herodotus.
Ruby took two steps back to make way for Herodotus to come in from the outside, and then took off the cloak for Herodotus.
Herodotus flexed his wrist and said to Ruby, "Okay, you can go."
Ruby hesitated for a moment after hearing this, seeming a little uneasy about Clara in the room, but when she met Herodotus's eyes, she couldn't help but feel shocked.
Although Herodotus had a smile on his face, his eyes had turned cold.
Ruby didn't dare to play any tricks and left the room obediently.
(End of chapter)
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