The Kaslana Family Intelligence Department was extremely efficient. After Yaeji and Kallen had afternoon tea, they roughly investigated the whole story.
Yae Ji glanced at the information and handed it to Karen, while he chatted with Arthur beside him.
Arthur was able to talk to him about a lot, including the changes in the Holy See, the experiences of the Kaslana family, the welfare issues of the French Valkyries, and the recent Black Death.
"That little guy Otto is really capable. He developed the drug to cure the Black Death. Unfortunately, the production capacity is too low. If he wants to finish dealing with the Black Death... the Holy See will lose a lot of manpower."
The bird's beak mask, which was more exaggerated than the Crow Feather Mask, was put aside, and there was still a faint hint of mutant Honkai energy left in the breathing filter device.
Yae Ji stretched out his hand to pull it over, opened the valve and absorbed it into his body, only to be expelled again soon.
Arthur first glanced at Kallen who was sitting at the desk and carefully checking the information, and then signaled to Yaeji, and the two of them came to the balcony one after another.
"Actually, I want you to take the eldest lady to live in France for a while. The Holy See headquarters is too chaotic." Arthur opened his mouth and said without any scruples.
Yaeji: "What do Kallen think? And what do her two uncles think? Haicang is really in chaos."
"The people inside the Holy See are killing people without blood." Arthur looked at the Cathedral of the Holy See in the distance, with an indescribable loneliness in his eyes. "It would be great if the head of the family is still here."
Yae Ji was also silent. Black Abyss White Flower could "make flesh and bones", but could not "give life to dead people".
Francis was burned until only his body was left. Black Abyss White Flower was able to restore his body to its original state, but the other party did not have any consciousness.
Different from the "vegetative people" in the dream world, Francis' brain was burned out at the beginning, and even if he relied on the white flowers of the black abyss to reshape his body, he never woke up.
In desperation, we can only freeze it again and wait for the next opportunity.
This happened a long time ago, and Kallen knew it, but she didn't say anything in the end.
"By the way, I heard that Otto recently took up a position in the Holy See. What are the details? Between him and Ned..."
Arthur understood what Yaeji meant, turned around, thought of the two little guys in his mind, and subconsciously touched his thick gray hair.
"Ned seems to... How should I put it, in the center of the Holy See's power, he has suffered enough in the past few years. I think he is quite tired, and he does not want to argue with Otto. The two brothers'
The relationship is pretty good, and I saw them discussing the Black Death together a few days ago.
I didn't expect Otto to achieve what he has today. His methods were relatively immature and he had left many loopholes in many places. The archbishop secretly helped him settle things. He was very good at using indulgences to win over people's hearts, using a stick in one hand and sweet dates in the other.
He uses it skillfully, and the archbishop has high hopes for him."
"Is there any more?" Yaeji asked.
"Also...I heard that he adopted a little girl who was cured of the Black Death. Rumor has it that the little girl was his first cure. Otto planned to send her to the Valkyrie Army for training.
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"Oh?" Yaeji teased, "I thought he would stay with me to comfort me."
Arthur was still about to say something when he heard Karen's excited voice coming from the room.
When Yae Ji turned around, he happened to see Kallen walking into the balcony holding the paper.
"Aji! I just said I was right!"
Kallen handed the paper to Yaeji as if he was taking credit, and tapped a certain section with her slender index finger.
"The husband of the flower shop owner was a Black Death patient. He was found by patrols and transported to a quarantine area outside the city. He has died of the disease. He had not violated the laws of the Holy See before!
Then Victor just bullies the weak and hypocritically gives himself a lot of excuses! Today I will..."
Yae Ji interjected: "According to the latest regulations of the Holy See, anyone who suffers from the Black Death must be carrying sins, and their family members need to purchase indulgences to wash away their sins to prevent the deceased from being trapped in the abyss forever.
If according to the regulations of the Holy See, Victor is not at fault, as for how he goes about this process, haha~"
Karen's face turned red, not because she was shy, but because she was angry!
"They are the ones who are guilty! They use indulgences to make money and don't care about the people. They are evil ghosts living in the world!"
Yaeji asked with great interest: "So the Holy See is wrong?"
"If the Holy See does not issue indulgences, it is likely that it will not have the financial resources to carry out a war to maintain stability. As you said, there is no right or wrong." Kallen thought for a while and continued: "People like Victor rely on indulgences to make money and cause disasters.
Cai, he must be at fault!
The flower shop's business has been very poor recently, but they had a certain amount of savings, but they were all swallowed up by that vampire Victor! I will never forgive him!"
Yaeji nodded. Kallen did not analyze the essence of the matter too much and put the cart before the horse. This is a good thing.
"What are you going to do?"
Arthur was also waiting for the eldest lady's answer, his eyes full of expectation.
"Otto! That guy has taken refuge in Otto. I will go to him personally and ask him to give me an explanation! The wealth that Victor has absorbed from the people must be returned to everyone in full!"
"Then let's go find Otto." Yaeji grabbed Kallen's hand and dragged him a few steps before looking back at Arthur.
Arthur waved his hand, picked up the beak mask and put it on his face again.
"Miss, you must know how to use the conveniences that your family brings to you. No matter what, your family will support you. I still have things to deal with, so I won't accompany you."
After saying that, he glanced at Yae Ji again. He knew that with Yae Ji here, the eldest lady would not cause any big trouble.
...
Otto had an independent mansion in the Iss district, which was said to have been owned by a certain archpriest, not far from Ned's small manor.
After the guard notified the housekeeper, the housekeeper respectfully invited Yaeji and Kallen to enter the mansion.
After communicating with the housekeeper, I found out that Otto has been experimenting with things in Haicang District.
This intrigued Yae Ji. The florist mother and daughter lived together with Black Death patients and were not infected. Is this the real reason?
Victor is just a scapegoat.
But Otto did this too hastily.
Yaeji shook his head secretly in his mind. Kallen on the side was still angry, as if waiting for Otto to come back to argue with him.
Not long after, Otto hurried from outside, followed by a little girl.
She has long maroon shawl hair, light green pupils, and a petite figure. She looks to be only twelve or thirteen years old. She is not wearing a long skirt, but she is dressed like a little guard.
The way Yaeji looked at Otto changed.
'So your taste changes very quickly.'
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In the Yaeji timeline, it is now 1471, and Eleanor looks about the same age.