Torture Officer Xiao Jie Just Wants to Fish

Unless it is Your Excellency the Holy Maiden... or...

His Excellency the Pope, or the illegitimate daughter of that mysterious elder?

The leader of the paladin squad felt his mind was in a mess.

But he shook his head vigorously to get those thoughts out of his mind.

"No, I can't think about it anymore... This question is too dangerous."

"I'll just have to pretend I didn't see it."

He picked up the long sword and looked at his subordinates.

"From tomorrow, we will temporarily take a week off... Your family leave should not be used yet, right?"

The squad leader asked, and the paladin nodded.

"It's useless...but why?"

"Don't ask, it's probably because the weather is about to change. It's better for guys like us to avoid it."

The captain replied.

He looked up at the sky, the sky of the Holy Lito Empire is always so blue on sunny days, dotted with a few pure white clouds, just looking at it makes people feel peaceful.

The same is true of the first-time believers below.

But the captain couldn't calm down.

In his view, the sky is full of invisible shadows.

When did it start...

Is the Pope no longer in public, or is His Majesty failing?

Did the Sixth Prince start forming a party, or was it that His Excellency the Holy Maiden and the leader of the oracle, Her Excellency Irene, were captured?

He couldn't figure it out.

But the appearance of these guys in gray robes from the Heresy Inquisition today made him finally realize...

The situation of the entire Holy Empire and the Church of Light has already reached the level of "turbulent undercurrent".

And even this group of "deceased persons" showed up.

Next, the undercurrent will slowly rise to the surface.

The wind, waves, and vortex will swallow up all the guys on the sea who thought it was extremely calm here.

And at this moment...

Rose, who helped Dorothy onto the horse again, looked at the spacious and flat avenue under her feet and the signs pointing to the city, showing a novel and happy expression.

"Should I say it or not, the infrastructure of this Guangming//church is pretty good!"

541 Strange Room

The nearest town of the Holy Lito Empire to the United Kingdom of Southern Sotua is called "New Dawn City".

Although it is located on the border, the scale of Shuxin City is not small. There are even high-level legions of the Holy Empire stationed here.

That is the territory of the Holy Empire, second only to the existence of the three major knight orders of the Church of Light.

There are only seven of them in the entire empire—the only difference is that these legions are not like the three major knight orders of "Charity", "Oracle" and "Judgment" that only obey the Pope in name, but at the same time. While obeying the orders of the Holy See, they belong to the royal family of the Holy Empire or certain empires.

The "Second Imperial Guard Corps" stationed here is under the orders of the lord of the four southern counties of the Holy Empire, the Duke of Kony.

In Xinshu City, the Second Guard Corps has basically replaced the functions of the city lord and patriarch, and is in a dominant position.

After Rose took Dorothy along the road and approached New Dawn City, she felt this very well.

Because it is located within the territory of the Holy Empire, New Dawn City does not have any city walls or other defensive measures, and the entire city is almost spread out like that.

And walking forward along the road into the city, you can see guard posts with the flag of the "Second Guard Corps" everywhere on both sides.

Although most of them are empty and no one is on duty, each sentry post is a closed pavilion with unactivated magic circle engraved inside.

Except for the town of Helanbeit, compared with any other place in the mainland, there is a rich and powerful person.

Dorothy looked at everything around her with some curiosity.

"It's really... extravagant."

Dorothy was so emotional.

She vaguely felt that apart from the place where she lived, the Holy Lito Empire probably had the most magic facilities.

It's just that Dorothy couldn't remember for a while, what the place she regarded as "home" in her subconscious meant exactly.

Rose nodded slightly when she heard Dorothy's words.

"The four southern counties are considered rich in the entire Holy Lito Empire. They are rich in fine gold mines, and the gold wires drawn from fine gold are excellent conductors... Most of the high-end weapons and robes of the Illuminati Church , armor and even the decoration of noble costumes will use fine gold and gold thread."

"In addition, Xinshu City has always been the base of the lords of the four southern counties, and it is one of the ports for foreign trade...so this place has always been in this 'ostentatious' style."

"After all, this is the face of the four southern counties, the Holy Empire, and even the Church of Light."

Rose casually popularized some common sense about local customs and customs to her disciples.

Although it was her first official visit, it did not prevent Rose's knowledge base from being rich enough.

That is a knowledge reserve that can even be compared to the civilization relic library of the Ailuo tribe.

Dorothy heard her teacher's casual words, although she couldn't understand them very well, she still showed some admiration.

"That's it!"

Dorothy said so, and then showed a thoughtful expression.

"Then are we going to visit the Duke or the head of the legion stationed here?"

Rose shook her head quickly when she heard Dorothy's words.

"That's okay, I hate dealing with those guys," Rose sighed, "This place doesn't want to be so glamorous on the surface."

Her understanding of the Holy Empire is not limited to local customs.

It is true that there are fine gold mines here, but there are so many guard posts, cities ruled by legions, noble dukes who combine politics and religion...

Under the spotless road, there is also compacted soil.

This empire is not as bright and holy as it appears on the surface.

If this is the case, the almost naive Holy Lady wouldn't want to "reform" so much.

But after Rose finished speaking, she realized that it seemed inappropriate to talk to Dorothy, so she added another sentence.

"The most important thing is to keep a low profile! We are just ordinary expatriate priests returning to the Holy Empire!"

Rose said so earnestly, Dorothy looked at her teacher's expression, and wanted to complain...

How low-key are you?

Along the way, apart from saying that he is an elite class and pretending to be a symbol, when encountering legendary enemies, he always draws out his staff and beats them violently!

But... there's nothing wrong with that.

Dorothy thought that her teacher was very cute!

Although this was a very presumptuous thought, Dorothy could not restrain it.

She seemed to like Teacher Rose's personality who was listless on weekdays, yet reliable at critical moments, and said that she wanted to avoid trouble, but even if she met by chance, she would help her.

My teacher is always so gentle and calm, and his personality is so cute that he is very touching.

Dorothy knew that this must be different from all the people she had met in the past.

Although I still can't remember how I met and got along with Teacher Rose in the past.

But she already understood... how she fell in love with the teacher.

huh?

I originally liked Teacher Rose!

Dorothy's heart skipped a beat as they walked on with Rose.

An emotion that was forgotten as the memory was sealed up came to my heart.

The girl felt the temperature of her body rise.

"I like Teacher Rose!"

The throbbing in the night in the camp and in the hotel in Guomu Town has a new interpretation.

This was the first thing Dorothy recalled.

In the past, I must have liked Teacher Rose so much.

Seeing Rose's back, who was still unaware, Dorothy bit her lower lip.

I don't know if Teacher Rose knew what she wanted before.

Have you confessed to her?

The girl's mind was in a mess.

The scenes of the roads on both sides could no longer enter the girl's field of vision, and everything that was clear and clean almost became Rose's background.

The same is true until entering the town and passing through the town.

Finally, it was Rose's voice that brought Dorothy back to reality.

"arrive."

"Ah-oh!"

Dorothy came back to her senses, looked at a small church in front of her, and showed a dreamy expression.

Rose looked at Dorothy who was in a trance on horseback, and couldn't help laughing.

"Has the soul gone out of the body?"

Helping Dorothy off the horse, and tapping her on the head lightly, Rose said rather reproachfully.

Dorothy also showed a look of embarrassment.