Gospel of Blood

Chapter 143: The Anxious High Priest

The Castell convoy stayed in Borde City for two days before leaving.

After that evening, Baron Sharon didn't bring up the same question to Charlotte again, and the matter of donating the land to the church seemed to have been pushed aside by him. From the vague attitude he showed, Charlotte speculated that he probably already knew she hadn't signed a contract with the church, realizing that she had only temporarily used the church's influence.

Since he didn't ask again, Charlotte didn't explain either.

No, even if he had asked, she wouldn't have explained, to avoid leaving any trace.

This was fine. At least the baron could bring back his attitude to the county, and it would temporarily reassure those vassals who had not met her.

With the convoy's departure, Castell Manor returned to its former tranquility.

After receiving the funds, Charlotte's first task was to send Casimodo to redeem all the items she had sold. She had been thinking about this matter and had promised Casimodo, so naturally, she wouldn't break her promise.

After that, Charlotte's daily life returned to its usual rhythm.

Prayers, exercises, learning...

Besides the training, which now included various newly acquired talents and magic, and the learning, which now included new information about the territory, along with spending time each day investigating and pondering methods to increase divine power... there wasn't much different from before.

But, as time passed, the death of the Grand Knight gradually became a topic of discussion, and the sighting of Charlotte's True Ancestor's Liberation was repeatedly mentioned.

She had to keep a low profile.

Especially when some extraordinary individuals concluded that the sighting that night was indeed after the arrival of the Flame Demon...

Then things got lively.

Despite the church's repeated reassurances, it inevitably sparked people's curiosity about the existence that defeated the Flame Demon that night.

There were speculations that it was a passing Legendary, some guessed it was a divine messenger of the church, while others speculated it was the incarnation of the God King Harald. But at the same time, some speculated it was a mysterious Evil God...

Even worse, some connected the two events, wondering if the death of the Inquisition Grand Knight was also related to that night's sighting.

For a while, all sorts of rumors were flying around.

However, one explanation had been confirmed by the church.

That was, the sighting that night was a plot by the Blood Demon Cult, but it had been thwarted by the church.

Meanwhile, with the exposure of the Dreaming Salon, the Duke's family also began to clean up and pursue related noble families...

The reasons for the cleanup were solid. Those involved with the evil Dreaming Salon, colluding with the Blood Demon Cult!

This inevitably shifted the residents' attention back to the nobles.

There were no citizens unwilling to watch the event of nobles, especially this kind of "anti-corruption and evil" massive cleanup.

For a while, the reputation of the Borde family soared with the continuous cleanup of the implicated nobles, especially with the Duke's son leading the way.

"Heh heh, master, it seems that the old Duke is laying the groundwork for the succession of Lord Leno. This move is really clever, not only can it strike the noble forces, protect the new Duke, but also enhance the new Duke's authority..."

"I even suspect now, did the old Duke already know about the Dreaming Salon affair and had such a plan."

Sebastian chuckled as he poured Charlotte a cup of hot milk.

Charlotte shook her head slightly.

"Let him go for now. Regardless of his real intention, cleaning up these corrupt nobles is a good thing."

"But it's not just about cleaning up corrupt nobles, my esteemed master. According to your orders, I secretly instructed the Rose Society to track those affected nobles. Most of them were indeed involved in the Dreaming Salon and colluding with the Blood Demon Cult, but there were also many innocent people."

"Clearly, the old Duke is taking advantage of the opportunity to suppress dissidents amidst the cleanup."

Sebastian said.

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"How are those affected nobles?"

Charlotte asked.

"Most of them were not clean to begin with, but there are also some decent ones among them. They were only suppressed by the old Duke because they oppose Lord Leno's succession, so these people... the Rose Society has helped them escape as much as possible."

"All the evidence has been kept?"

"Of course, it's all kept."

"Very good, after the inspection team from the Holy Court arrives, hand over those materials along with the ones including the High Priest to Captain Kara."

Charlotte said.

Meanwhile, after experiencing so many changes, the Holy Court did not immediately send down any Legendary clergies for inspection.

At first, Charlotte was a little puzzled.

She had prepared to deal with Legendary clergies, but many days had passed without a word.

It wasn't until through the "intelligence" from the High Priest that Charlotte learned what had happened.

It turned out that shortly after she thwarted the Blood Demon Cult's plan, there was a change of the District Bishop of the Holy Court's Crescent Diocese.

The handover of power between the old and new authorities inevitably led to some chaos.

Add to that the fact that although something had happened in Borde, it had been "successfully suppressed" by the church, and the High Priest kept sending signals above that "nothing had happened here," so... eventually, no one was sent down immediately.

But not sending anyone immediately didn't mean they wouldn't send anyone at all.

The sighting in Borde was well known, and it couldn't be concealed.

And after the new District Bishop issued instructions, the responsibility for investigating into the Blood Demon Cult incident in the Borde Duchy fell entirely on the shoulders of the evaluation team coming to the Duchy.

As for the evaluation team... they were the team responsible for the Holy Court's clergy evaluation, jointly formed by the Inquisition's Judgment Knights and the Church's priests, specifically to evaluate candidates for the position of Archbishop.

In other words, the evaluation team was here for the High Priest, specifically to assess whether the High Priest was qualified to compete for the position of Archbishop.

This was the last step before the competition for the position of Archbishop. As long as it was successfully completed and passed the vote of the review team, the High Priest might be able to realize his dream of becoming an Archbishop.

The High Priest was both happy and worried.

He was happy that after his efforts and a little luck, the Holy Court did not send a Legendary figure down for inspection.

But he was worried that the investigation would be handled by the evaluation team, which would only make the investigation into him more rigorous.

Although he had done his best to prepare everything, the evaluation team shouldn't have been too hard on him.

But the addition of the investigation task had suddenly disrupted his plans.

It was because the evaluation task was led by the Church's priests, while the investigation task was led by the Inquisition.

In order to balance their power, the diocese simply appointed a new head for the evaluation team, a just and experienced priest.

The other party was also a Third Tier, even stronger than the High Priest.

"Oh Majestic God Nyx, this humble Leonard prays to you for protection, to help me smoothly pass the evaluation..."

Facing the altar, the High Priest prayed respectfully.

After the prayer, he didn't forget to take out all the secret information he had collected from the church, reciting it one by one in front of the altar.

There was no other way, God Nyx didn't accept sacrifices (actually, couldn't), so he could only transmit information in this way.

After reciting the information, and looking at the flickering candles, the High Priest's heart felt somewhat reassured.