"I'm sorry...Ms. Charlotte, the high priest said that he received divine revelation in his sleep last night. He will pray all day today and will not accept any visits."
In the cathedral in the eastern city, looking at the beautiful girl covered in dust in front of him, the young trainee priest's face turned red and he lowered his head apologetically.
Divine revelation?
Charlotte frowned slightly.
"Meow? Divine inspiration? Don't be ridiculous. This is the seventh time this year that the great priest has received divine inspiration. Isn't the great priest too favored by the great god?"
Behind the girl, Nice swung his ball-like body and said in a weird voice.
The trainee priest looked a little embarrassed.
He didn't know how to answer for a moment, but Nice already shouted in the church with a loud voice:
"Master High Priest! I am Nice! Miss Charlotte of the Castel family is here to visit you!"
"Regarding the previous blood demon case, Miss Charlotte has remembered some details and wants to report to you. They are about the evil of Thorns and Roses..."
Before the word of God could be shouted out from Nice's mouth, the door of the central prayer room opened with a buzzing sound, and the figure of the great priest Linus de Caen appeared in front of everyone.
With a dark face, he looked coldly at the black cat holding the word "god" in his mouth, and scolded dissatisfiedly:
"In this important place of the church, why are you making so much noise?"
Seeing the high priest appear, Nice immediately hid behind Sherlock with a cry, then pretended to look around and whistled to take in the scenery.
"My lord, the great priest."
Charlotte bowed to the high priest.
Seeing Charlotte, the high priest's expression was slightly unnatural, but he quickly returned to normal.
He turned into the kind old man again, smiling kindly and saying:
"Haha, it's Miss Charlotte."
"I wonder what Miss Charlotte has to do with the old man?"
He naturally ignored the matter of thorns, roses and the evil god.
Charlotte, who knew the ins and outs of this, did not continue to struggle with this issue, but went straight to the point:
"Master High Priest, I'm here about the Rose Club."
"I just got the news that the Tribunal has taken action against the Rose Society and launched the Holy Judgment..."
The high priest looked suddenly:
"Oh...so that's what happened."
As he spoke, he glanced at the growing number of curious eyes in the church, pointed to the empty prayer room behind him, and interrupted the girl's words:
"It's not convenient to talk here. Come in and talk."
After saying that, he entered the prayer room first.
The eager Charlotte was about to follow in, but suddenly stopped where she was.
Her eyes fell on the table in the prayer room.
I saw two empty cups already placed there.
An old crystal cup and an empty goblet.
Next to the goblet, there was a pot of still steaming milk.
Next to the table, what is placed is not the common confession mat used for prayer.
It was a soft bed and chair that looked big enough for two people.
Charlotte's eyes suddenly narrowed slightly.
"Miss Charlotte, why don't you come in and sit down?"
Entering the prayer room, the high priest sitting on the chair smiled gently and patted the empty seat next to him.
Charlotte, who has lived in two lifetimes and has rich experience in certain aspects of knowledge, immediately became vigilant.
She stood at the door, shook her head slightly, bowed to the high priest, and said apologetically:
"Master High Priest, thank you for your kindness, but... let's say it in the hall."
"What I want to say is related to the reputation of the Castel family. If possible... I hope that all the priests in the hall can bear witness."
As she spoke, Charlotte straightened her back, with a girlish expression on her face, like a sincere child who wanted to protect the honor of her family.
The high priest raised his eyebrows.
He took a deep look at the girl and suddenly smiled:
"Can."
He stood up slowly, walked out of the prayer room, and said:
"I heard... you went to the outer city to meet people from the Rose Club a few days ago?"
"Miss Charlotte, with all due respect, the Rose Society has been judged by the Tribunal as an evil group, so we must reduce our interactions with them!"
"Look what they've done over the years."
As he spoke, the high priest let out a long sigh and ordered the priest beside him to take out a roll of parchment and hand it to the girl.
Charlotte took it and her eyelids twitched immediately.
This turned out to be an anonymous reporting letter!
The report letter listed various crimes committed by the Rose Society in recent years!
However, Charlotte, who had received information about the Rose Club from Sebastian and was familiar with what the Rose Club did, quickly saw traces of familiarity in the information.
Like the whitewashing materials she prepared these days, these materials also used Spring and Autumn writing techniques, and some were even simply forged.
Charlotte understood instantly that someone was targeting the Rose Club.
At this moment, there was a trace of hesitation in the girl's heart whether she should continue to stand up for the Rose Society.
Now she just wants to wait quietly until she officially inherits the territory, and quickly leaves this place of right and wrong to live in obscene development. She doesn't want to get involved in any conspiracy anymore.
But she quickly put away this trace of hesitation.
Although the Rose Society is an underground gang, they have always done things in a measured way. In Sebastian's words, not touching the bottom line of the church and the nobility is their way of survival.
But now that she is being targeted, it is obvious that Rose will do something different from before.
Considering the recent trends in the Rose Society, the only thing that is different from before is that he has been in contact with her, the heir of Castel, and can even be said to be on her side.
This is no secret, just look at Sebastian's poor disguise.
Everyone turns a blind eye, but in fact they all know better.
This is for me!
The Rose Society has now formed some kind of protection for me, and those who secretly target the Rose Society must get rid of this protection!
They are probably the same group as the Blood Demon Cult that assassinated me before!
And once the Rose Club is eliminated, I'm afraid their next target will be me!
Charlotte's expression gradually became serious, and she soon came to this conclusion.
"How? Miss Charlotte, do you now understand how serious the situation is?"
The great priest sighed.
Charlotte was silent.
She was calculating quickly in her mind, and soon she had a calculation. Suddenly she sighed slightly and said:
"Master High Priest, this is slander..."
"oh?"
The high priest raised his eyebrows.
Charlotte took a deep breath and started talking nonsense:
"Master High Priest, these information are probably forged by the Blood Demon Order."
"Perhaps you don't know, but Sebastian, the president of the Rose Society, pledged allegiance to the Castel family ten years ago."
"The Rose Society, an underground gang in Boulder, is actually a peripheral force of the Castel family, and the purpose of establishing the Rose Society is to investigate the Blood Demon Order and avenge my parents.
"
"The Rose Society seems to be a gang, but in fact it has been maintaining the underground order in Boulder in recent years..."
"They are also the strength of Castel, and sooner or later they will also be the strength of the church!"
After hearing Charlotte's words, the high priest suddenly realized:
"Oh...it turns out that's the case. It's really my family who wrongly blamed my family!"
As he said this, he looked embarrassed again:
"But... I can't give direct orders to the trial office."
"Why don't you think about it like this? I'll write a handwritten letter to the outgoing Judgment Knights first, asking them not to kill anyone. After the misunderstanding is clarified, I will let the people of the Rose Society go. What do you think?"
"However, the Grand Knight who is stationed in Boulder at the trial is not an easy person to talk to. I think so. I will host a banquet for His Excellency the Grand Knight in the mansion tonight, and you will come over in person at that time, and we can have a good chat together.
Once the misunderstanding is clarified, everything will be easy to talk about."
The high priest said with a smile.
Looking at his kind smile, Charlotte's heart sank.
She could tell that the high priest was playing tricks on him.
He didn't want to stand up for Rose at all, and even said... he didn't want to stand up for Castel.
Not only that, he seems to have some special interest in himself...
And combined with the other party's various performances today, Charlotte realized a fact that made her hair stand on end:
The great priest... I'm afraid there's a big problem!