"I want to make amends and atone, even a little bit."

Yodun caressed the towering stone tablet and said sadly.

He has been in pain since he was rejected that day, and he searched for a lot of information about the child.

His mother and adoptive father died, and he spent a miserable childhood in an orphanage... Vaguely, he also noticed some of the filthiness of the Rhine Court.

He had some speculation, but he didn't want to believe it.

But these only made the guilt buried deep in his heart become heavier and heavier.

Perhaps because he is getting old, he is gradually recalling his original intention and intention of leaving that wooden house.

And this memory was so heavy that it became increasingly difficult for him to breathe.

Until one day, he received a message from Amenlage. Although he had always looked down on this guy, in some cases, his role was unexpectedly great.

He had always wanted to do something, to do something for his guilt-ridden son, to make him live a better life, or to satisfy some of his wishes.

Quan should be a guilt-ridden father and try his last humble self-salvation!

The sudden changes on Rhine and Beto's side brought new changes to the situation, and also allowed him to see a new dawn with his fantasy of reconstruction and reconciliation.

But Yodon, a veteran of internal strife, could see through it at a glance that there must be some mystery behind it.

Sure enough, under his careful investigation, what Astor had done came to light.

Of course, he realized afterward that this was only the first level displayed by the other party.

But at the time, he thought it was no big deal. On the contrary, it was a rare opportunity.

He can use his power and power in the Vatican to make himself a pusher and push his guilt-ridden son into that position.

So he did spend a lot of effort on the Vatican's actions and decisions on this matter.

After the matter is settled and a win-win future is created, even if the truth about Astor as the culprit is exposed, it will become insignificant.

Therefore, he spent a lot of effort to control the intelligence collection behind the Central Office and the shielding of eyeliners.

But I didn't expect that Astor would actually be from the Millennium Earl.

Only this, only this, he had no choice but to look for opportunities to change or save.

So I could only watch the "Black Crow" take off.

And because his previous actions were exposed one after another, he was subjected to crazy suppression from the enemy in the Central Hall.

But it didn't matter anymore. After learning that the scavenger was setting off, he had begged many people.

Even if he allowed himself to take a last look...but he was rejected in the end and he could not leave this prison.

So he had no choice but to sneak out...

"How did you find the opportunity to poison those two patrol members?"

After hearing Snow's question, Archbishop Jotun blinked in confusion.

"Although I have done many wrong things, child, I will not attack innocent people. When I came out of the house, no one stopped me at all."

Archbishop Jotun didn't kill anyone?

This is different from what I found there before. It has reached this point, and Snow doesn't think there is any need for Yodon to lie.

Knowing his identity and still running out without permission, he must have made final mental preparations.

"Then...how did you find out that I was following you? You could accurately evade my pursuit every time and left me clueless.

Is there anyone else helping you?"

Snow continued to ask with some reluctance. He felt that Yorton should have helpers.

Hearing this, a somewhat embarrassed look appeared on the other party's face.

"Uh...actually, I think I need to explain.

Although I knew someone would be sent from the Central Hall, I didn’t try to escape, I... I just... got lost!!!"

After hearing the other party's somewhat embarrassing explanation, Snow almost couldn't hold his chin.

Jotun has been away from this land for too long, and has not left the cathedral alone for several years.

So when he traveled alone, it was natural that he got lost.

He couldn't figure out the direction and couldn't find an accurate route.

He could only follow the general destination, asking questions while stumbling to find his target - Astor's cemetery.

But few people outside the Rhine City know this kind of information.

And the most important thing is that the ship he was on changed the docking port without authorization, which made him even more confused.

So he could only ask while walking, knowing a general target, but he would always get the wrong direction, so that he would fly around like a headless fly in an area.

This kind of thing is really hard for an old man who is almost 70 years old.

After a lot of effort and countless detours, he successfully returned to the Rhine City.

But this is also the only time in his life that he has come here.

However, not long after he successfully reached the tombstone, Snow rushed over.

Listening to the other party's explanation, Snow's mouth almost turned into an irreversible O-shape.

He tried his best to plan various routes, predict and plan, but his target told him that he was just lost.

Is it any wonder that target positioning is so difficult to judge?

"That's... really surprising!"

Snow stood across from him and said dryly, "Let's stop this topic here, because Archbishop Jotun's actions will make him look stupid."

"So, you came here just to see him, even if you are willing to pay the price with your life?"

"Yes!"

Yodon said frankly that he made this decision based on many considerations.

For example, his opponents and the allies who once surrounded him, how can they be reassured by just being under house arrest.

At this point, there are too many people who want him dead.

Sacrifice of his own life in this way may also be his own atonement, but before that, he hoped to see Art.

That's why he chose to run out, so that the other party could naturally pin the blame on him. There was a reason that would make things easier to deal with.

But he didn't expect that the group of people would be even more ruthless, and even killed the patrol members on the periphery, just to clear the way for him to escape.

As always, I can't hold my breath.

"I have done a lot of bad things. Even if I am on the side of God, I will not use sophistry to change the nature of those things."

Yodon became more and more calm.

A large part of the brutal experiments hosted by the Central Office were originally promoted by them.

In the name of the gods, the bishops hope to win this holy war by subverting the cause or using other shortcuts.

But unfortunately, apart from hurting innocent people, they basically achieved nothing.

From that day on, Yodon clearly realized that their hands were stained with blood that could not be washed away.

Not to mention, there are other more dirty and despicable things.

And Snow is one of them.

The "Black Crow Assassination Team" expansion project was proposed by Rubelier.

The other party's original intention was to clean up those humans who cooperated with the Millennium Earl.

But behind the scenes, the high-level agencies headed by the Bishop's Office often use them to do some dirty private work.

Moreover, in the training of assassination team members, they are also extremely cruel to ordinary members.

The immature intensive surgery that consumes life is just the smallest item among them.

Very few ordinary members of the Black Crow Assassination can live beyond the age of 40.

As for Snow! He's a little better.

However, he remembered clearly that he seemed to be only about 12 years old when he committed his first murder... and it was an act of annihilation.

"So...I'm sorry, kid."

This is how many times Yodon has apologized to him.

But it is obvious that in his heart, Snow is just a microcosm of the objects of guilt in his heart.

"We pushed you into the darkness with our own hands, and so did Art.

And this retribution finally came to me again.

I have never resented you for his death, because I know that the root of the fault has always been on me, so I want to try my best to make up for it...

But in the end, I found that I had nothing but my life, and these were not compensation at all, but just comfort for my soul."
To be continued...