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Chapter 388 Make Hope Happen (13)

When Ian went to the third floor to check the clues in Linda's room and the alchemy lab.

Sister Reflecting Light is taking notes for Steward Moda.

It sounds weird—the first-level executor of the Huaiguang Church, a nun who is not yet an official clergyman in Huaiguang, how can she have the power to enforce the law for a witness or even a tainted witness in a major case? Recorded?
But this is actually because the empire has its own national conditions.

Although the empire has its own law enforcement agencies, the emperor supervises noble officials alone, and the agencies that obtain intelligence from other countries include the 'Patrol Knight', 'Noble Tribunal' and 'Mirror Sea Guard', three completely different agencies that are independent of each other. violence department.

The 'Institute of Truth' and the 'Institute of Wisdom', which are in charge of managing the Ascendants, are two major factions among the empire's many factions, wrestling with each other endlessly.

But there are relatively few people who are really responsible for dealing with civilian-related issues.

The three departments of 'criminal law', 'jurisprudence' and 'inspector' are generally referred to as 'supervisory court' or 'court', and the executor is called 'supervisor envoy', which is regarded as the official name of the empire to deal with civilian complaints, and Institutions for all types of civilian criminal and civil cases.

Usually, the kind of robbers who rob, kidnap and extort, and ordinary people kill and flee, are all sent by the local city's governor's court to hunt down and investigate, and bring the criminals to justice.

But what to say...

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

One example, Port Harrison.

As early as 14 years ago, the chief justice of the local governor's court was killed by an iron shark, and the second term disappeared without waiting for his appointment. It is estimated that he was eaten by the aborigines.

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

And to be honest, even if it is really possible to control, if there is any major event involved in Terra, it must have something to do with sublimators and psykers!

But one thing, if it has something to do with sublimators or psykers, if you accidentally follow a line, you can find a strong person or a local noble.

Even if the opponent is an ordinary wandering adventurer and mercenary, but the adventurer and mercenary who can live well and make a big mess without being a nobleman's black gloves must be quite skillful.

It's not their turn to take care of something, let them take care of it.

What if something is really found out?
If it is found out, the chief of the local supervisory court may have to run over to apologize.

But Huaiguang Church is different.

Under normal circumstances, the Huaiguang Church will not take care of this kind of thing. Although they never care about the local laws and have their own logic to face the world, most of them are neutral, watching everything from the sidelines, let alone interfering the internal penal system of other countries.

But if, the Huaiguang Church really starts to make a move, and it really finds out something...

The ones who should kneel down and apologize are those nobles and local tyrants.

This is the stage now.

The case of disappearance in the Agate Stone Plain had already alarmed the Huaiguang Church, but the local inspectorate did not deal with it.

According to the usual practice, even if other law enforcement officers from Nauman City arrive later, they must wait for the Huaiguang Church to deal with the relevant issues before accepting the secondary scene and witnesses they have dealt with.

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

Unless they want to overthrow the results of Huaiguang Church.

If they dare.

The reason why Sister Reflecting Light did this was mainly to protect Steward Moda.

Baron Ryan has obviously been charged with a lot of vicious crimes such as 'unprovoked mass murder and hiding corpses', 'illegal human experimentation', 'illegal use of psychic energy to interfere with other people's will'. 'Illegal blood sacrifice' and various other offenses related to his property.

As someone close to him, the best outcome for Manager Moda would be implicated and beheaded, and the worst would be his family disappearing.

But he is not guilty.

At least according to the understanding of the Huaiguang Church, Steward Moda just fulfilled all his duties with all his heart, and this duty did not involve the lives of any other people - he just managed the castle for a criminal, because of the memory modification caused by psionic energy , to take care of the master and young master in his heart.

"Probably so."

After asking about almost all the details, Sister Reflecting Light took back the pen and paper.

She nodded to the decadent and tired old steward and said: "The transcript is over, don't worry, the local inspector won't do anything to you."

"……thanks……"

Raising his head vigorously, Manager Moda also knew that this time things must be a big mess. The deprivation of Baron Leanne's title can almost be said to be a certainty.

It's a trivial matter for him to lose his job, but what should Lai Anling do?

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 pleading for a sliver of hope.

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

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

Seeing Steward Moda's eyes wide open, with hope in his eyes, the Dragon Girl said slowly: "But if it's too dangerous, we can't let these children continue to live."

"According to your current situation in charge of Moda... Ira's psionic power belongs to the high-level spiritual power of the control level. Even if he does not resist accepting it at all, I am afraid that he will only be able to spend the rest of his life in the holy mountains around the holy mountain." living in a shelter."

"Other children are no exception. Their abilities are suspected of being artificially catalyzed, and they are all extremely dangerous... As long as they resist, the possibility of their survival is almost zero."

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

"Yes, we are Huaiguang." Yingguang replied seriously, red sparks flickered in the eyes of the dragon girl, it was the sparkling light of the fire element essence, representing the ups and downs of emotions in her heart.

This question has been asked by many people, including old men in ragged clothes, middle-aged men with despairing eyes, and mothers who knelt down and begged themselves in grief.

They all had hope for Huaiguang.

But Huaiguang is not hope.

Never.

Therefore, when facing Manager Moda, she still said in a soft tone: "I know what you mean, Manager Moda. Personally, 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 that they have committed great crimes."

"They are indeed pitiful, but those who died innocently, just in the handwriting I recorded along the way, there are hundreds of people who died."

"Not to mention, the two children who have disappeared in Chenxia Town in recent weeks, and the 'dead' who were 'captured' by the Sharp Claw Tiger in Yijinye Town—they have no parents, no children, no Relatives?"

"They just said goodbye to their parents and relatives with a smile in the morning, set off to spend a beautiful day, worked hard on the earth, and then disappeared from this world inexplicably, crying in fear, asking others where their children are, where are their husbands and wives? When I was there, I became a broken specimen in this room..."

"Tragedy begets more tragedy, and I am deeply saddened by it."

Huaiguang treats everyone equally, and will not think whose life is more important just because someone is more miserable.

What's more, isn't it tragic for those who died innocently?

This is the subtext that Sister Reflecting Light did not say.

"I know... I know my thoughts are evil and injustice...but. But..."

The steward, who was much older than the naked eye, knelt down slowly, hugged his head, and muttered to himself: "I just fell into a coma once, why, the world changed completely in an instant, and my past was like a false joke ..."

Yingguang did not answer this question.

Because psykers have such power... so terrifying.

and so.

Some fear it, others yearn for it.

——Is it a man-made psyker... The water behind this is too deep, and I don't know if the executioner of the temple will arrive in time before Baron Ryan really makes a big mistake...

Then again, it will be very troublesome when it really arrives... I originally thought that Baron Leanne was at most a cover-up cultist, and this is within the scope of punishment that Huaiguang Church can handle. The executor defeated the baron and escorted him Just hand it over to the relevant department 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 man"... Once Baron Lean dies, there will definitely be a bunch of imperial departments coming to argue, and the clues will also be cut off.

but……

Someone has to do it.

With such thoughts in mind, Yingguang stretched out his hand and pressed lightly on the other side's head when facing Steward Moda who was silently bowing his head to him and weeping silently.

The nun's fingertips shimmered, accepting the other party's confession.

She softly recited the ancient proverb: "The light of the sky cannot penetrate the darkness of the heart, and the scorching sun cannot purify the evils of the world."

"We are the apostles of the light, we are the watchmen of the sun, and our mission to walk in the world is by no means to eradicate darkness, nor to sweep away sins..."

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

Deng, Deng, Deng.

There were footsteps on the stairs.

Reassuring the spirit of the old man, Yingguang turned her head, and she saw the knight in alchemist armor walking downstairs with a thick stack of documents in his hand.

(End of this chapter)