The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Moreover, the danger wasn't just from the already out-of-control Astartes Chapter. According to Sissna, Soshayan was extremely skilled in diplomacy, and many Forge Worlds were colluding with the Star Knights. The orbital ports of the Nason system frequently saw ships from different Forge Worlds arriving. As for how deep the collusion went, Sissna herself couldn't say for sure, but it had already far exceeded the normal relationship between a Chapter and a Forge World.

But this series of events was nothing compared to what she later found out.

During the time when Roczim was "captured" back to the Chapter, Sissna settled in a manor in the capital of Nason IV. She bought the property with the money she got from her last trip to Crocodile City. Land prices on Nason IV were very high, so it cost a lot of money. If it weren't for the Crocodile City trip, she wouldn't have been able to afford it. After that, she kept visiting the common people, trying to learn more details about the Star Knights—not because she still cared about the Inquisition's duties. Strictly speaking, she wasn't an Inquisitor, but just an employee serving the Inquisition. After the death of the Inquisitor she originally served, she broke away from direct contact with the Inquisition. (Acolytes and employees don't receive salaries from the Inquisition; they are personal hires by the Inquisitor.)

All of this was purely out of curiosity and planning for the future—Roczim had once invited her to join the Chapter, but she didn't consider it much at the time. But now, she was considering whether to take a position in the Chapter.

But not long ago, Roczim suddenly came to her, saying he would take her to a "good place." Sissna was puzzled at the time, but when she arrived, she was dumbfounded—

Roczim had taken her to Eldar territory!

Although Roczim used to boast that he had been to Commorragh, Sissna didn't believe it at all. As an employee of the Inquisition, she had at least heard of Commorragh. A living person who walked into that place would have to be carried out in a box.

However, this time Roczim really took her to an Eldar world. At first, she thought she had come to one of those so-called Arks, the Eldar's mobile homes. But then Roczim told her that this was where the Eternal Court was located.

Okay, Sissna hadn't heard of the Eternal Court. Roczim just took her around for a while, and then returned to the ship, saying it was time to leave.

In fact, Sissna was confused from beginning to end. She didn't know why Roczim brought her here, what this Eternal Court was, how he got involved with the Eldar, and where he was taking her.

It wasn't until she got on the ship that she woke up from her dream and quickly grabbed Roczim's ear to ask what was going on.

But what Roczim said next opened her eyes.

If someone had told her in the past that a Chapter Master of the Imperium was having an affair with an alien, and not just an affair, but also... sleeping together!

Sleeping together!

Married!

Then Sissna's first reaction would be that this person was crazy, the second reaction would be that they were completely crazy, and the third reaction would be to shoot them dead.

So when Sissna heard Roczim say this, she felt like the entire galaxy had collapsed. She even had hallucinations, as if the guy in front of her suddenly had two heads, one to the left and one to the right, saying contradictory things.

At that time, she really wanted to hold her head and shout to the sky, this galaxy is insane!

And what was even more hateful was that Roczim only said a little and then stopped. When it came to Soshayan's private affairs, his mouth was unusually tight. He only said that Chapter Master Soshayan Aleksey had married the Eternal Queen and was now "working hard to promote the harmonious coexistence of humans and Eldar." Sissna didn't believe it. She basically concluded that this Soshayan was already a traitor, at least to the Imperium...

In fact, her heart was also very confused. On the one hand, all the education she had received was reminding her that a huge root of disaster was hidden inside the Imperium. This person was even regarded as a savior by the Imperium, just like Horus during the Great Heresy. On the other hand, she had been with Roczim for many years, and in fact, she had never been short of aliens around her. Roczim seemed to be a side of Soshayan. She even speculated that the two were true brothers, related by blood before being transformed into Space Marines.

She even suspected whether Soshayan was a Space Marine at all, otherwise how could he do such a thing!?

But there was also a potential chain of logic in her heart that was influencing her, that is, Roczim was not an evil person. Although he looked unrestrained and mixed with aliens all day long, in a sense, he was the only man Sissna had ever met in her life who possessed the quality of "pure heart." Then Soshayan, whom he was devoted to, should not be an evil person either.

But how could a Space Marine who was messing around with an alien queen not be evil!?

She was almost driven crazy by countless contradictory thoughts, so she could only choose to get drunk.

Of course, she still hadn't sorted it out, and didn't bother to sort it out. Anyway, she was already on the ship, so what else could she say?

"Huh? Why aren't you looking at the navigation instruments?"

Roczim walked to her side and waved his feather fan.

"Still not sober? We're in the Webway now, the instruments are useless."

"Webway..."

Sissna rubbed her forehead.

"Oh, we're going to Commorragh, no, what are you doing in Commorragh?"

"Tsk, I said it all for nothing when we were drinking."

"Annoying, tell me quickly!"

"I'm going to teach that little brat named Vect a lesson for my brother, and also play his ancestor."

"Ah? Ancestor?"

"The person in that painting."

Sissna turned around, saw Olrod's portrait, her eyes lit up, stood up, kicked Chonkillo, who was trying to pull the head of Bonecrusher IV out of Nanaue's mouth, and walked to the painting.

"Hmm, a very handsome man, and also has a kind of Eldar temperament. Is this Soshayan's ancestor?"

"Yeah."

"Looking at his face, he does look a bit like him. No wonder I heard in Terra that many noblewomen liked to collect his portraits, but what does his ancestor have to do with Commorragh?"

"This is a long story. Simply put, his ancestor came to Commorragh ten thousand years ago, and interrogated all the leaders inside. Vect was even his slave. Later, something happened... well, that's roughly it."

"You, are going to pretend to be him?"

Sissna looked around for a while, then chuckled and covered her stomach as she walked to a chair and sat down.

"Hahaha, you can't even fool Kron."

"Tsk, watch your mouth."

Kron also poked his head out from behind the portrait.

"That's right, I think the boss is fine, he looks a lot like the boss. My arms are so sore, do I still have to hold it up?"

Looking at Kron's bitter face, Roczim remembered that the other party seemed to have been holding the painting for half an hour. Roczim waved his hand.

"Put it away, put it away."