"Sister Celine is not from the Temple. If it were other nobles, those from the Temple would definitely try their best to invite her to join. But Sister Celine is the biological sister of His Majesty Otta. The Temple does not have the guts to force her to join.
people!"
Mariana replied with a chuckle.
But from her tone, she doesn’t seem to be interested in the temple!
This made Clemont a little unexpected. It seemed that Mariana was also a member of the royal power party.
Speaking of this, Clemont found it very interesting.
The Otto Empire seemed to have borrowed the power of the Temple when it was first established, but after its establishment, Emperor Otto began to intentionally weaken the power of the Temple in the empire.
This is easy to understand. After all, no emperor likes to have someone standing on his head. Royal power and divine power have been opposed to each other since ancient times, and no one can tolerate the other.
Therefore, after hundreds of years, the power of the Holy Temple in the Ota Empire can be said to be very small. Even the candidate for the Holy Son of the Ota Empire chose a foolish guy like Francis.
During this period of time, I had also asked circumstantial questions about the criminals, but Francis didn't know anything about it.
Although his identity as the Preparatory Son is very bluffing, in fact it is just a comfort given to him by those in the temple for the sake of convenience, and it is useless!
He only knew that he, the Preparatory Son, was given to him by the Holy Temple because of his family's wealth. He didn't know anything else. He didn't even know where the Holy Temple's headquarters in the Ota Empire was.
"I see!"
Clemont nodded. He really hadn't expected Celine's identity as a magician.
Then Clement asked Grote about Fort Branco.
And Grote knew everything.
While a few people were chatting, the belated city guards arrived.
At the gate of the manor, looking at the piles of monster corpses inside, everyone including Andy stared wide-eyed and swallowed.
"Captain Andy, with so many monster corpses, aren't all the nobles dead?"
Hearing his men's words, Andy trembled and then galloped towards the castle.
But when he saw a group of nobles chatting at the gate of the castle, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing the arrival of the city guards, Surrey Upton, the owner of the castle, walked over with a gloomy look.
Although I don’t know the cause of tonight’s incident, the city guards are certainly to blame.
"I need an explanation!"
Looking at the angry Baron Surrey, Andy had a wry smile on his face.
No wonder the Lord Commander left this matter to him, these nobles are really difficult to deal with!
However, why does this scene seem so familiar?
However, when he saw a familiar figure in the crowd, he understood, and then he whispered.
"Baron Surrey, just hope you are okay! We have searched the surrounding area just now. The mastermind of this monster attack has been determined to be the black-robed wizards. Please think about it and see if there is any grudge against the black-robed wizards! That's why this happened
This attack!"
Andy is not stupid. This is not the time to explain to them, and he can't explain himself. In this case, he will take a preemptive strike.
"...The Black Robe Wizards' Guild? I have no grudges against them!"
Sally Upton was a little surprised. This black-robed wizarding society was composed of a group of lunatic wizards, among whom there were countless high-level wizards. They were found in almost every place on the continent.
But I have never provoked these madmen, so why did I attract their attacks?
"If it's not you, then it's probably one of you here! But don't worry, our city guards will definitely investigate this matter."
"Oh, Captain Andy, what a coincidence, it's you again!"
Just when Andy thought he could go back to work, the thing that worried him the most happened.
"Ahaha, Baron Clermont, I didn't expect you to be here too! It's great that you're okay!"
Looking at Clement coming over, Andy laughed.
Seeing a hint of uneasiness on Andy's face, Clemont stepped forward with a smile and pulled him aside.
"Captain Andy, it's been so many days, I should have found out what happened last time!"
Seeing that Clemont didn't tell him face to face, Andy breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a wry smile: "Baron, it's not that I don't want to investigate, but this matter is too involved. The wizard who attacked you didn't actually sneak in.
of."
After hearing Andy's words, Clemont suddenly became interested.
"What do you mean, is that wizard..."
"Well, that's right. During my investigation, I found that he has been living in the imperial capital for a long time, and has been with... and..."
At this point, Andy seemed to be in a dilemma, but in the end he whispered into Clemont's ear.
However, after listening to this, Clemont looked sad.
Because the nobleman Andy mentioned is someone he can't afford to offend now. Not only him, but even the Thacker family doesn't dare to offend him.
"And I suspect that these two things are related. The wizard who attacked you is probably also a member of the Black Robe Wizards Association!"
"Of course this is just my guess!"
As if he was afraid of being caught, Andy immediately added another sentence after finishing the first half of the sentence.
"Forget it, I won't make it difficult for you, but don't forget the compensation you should give me!"
Since I can't afford to offend him now, I'd better wait until I become stronger! This matter won't be settled like this anyway.
Hearing Clemont's words, Andy immediately nodded, "Don't worry, the compensation has already been prepared. I will deliver it to you personally tomorrow!"
Seeing that Clemont would no longer pursue the matter, Andy breathed a sigh of relief. This was considered the best solution.
Because compared to the two parties in this matter, he would rather offend Clement.
Afterwards, after the city guards registered the identity information of everyone present, they dispersed.
On the way back, Clemont kept thinking about what Andy said.
Such things could happen one after another in Santa Cruz. If there was no umbrella behind him, he wouldn't believe it even if he were beaten to death. Of course, he knew that it would be difficult to blame that person on the basis of these two unfounded incidents.
Why did he do this? What was the motive for doing this? Did Emperor Ota find out? Or are these all a conspiracy by other forces?
There are no answers to these questions.
Even if this matter can be taken seriously by Emperor Ota, given the identity of that person, it will be difficult to convict without sufficient evidence, and if it is not handled properly, it will be a disaster!
However, this matter is still full of doubts, and Clement will not dare to draw conclusions easily for a while. Let’s wait and see the subsequent development!
"No, we can't waste time here anymore! We have to find a way to graduate early, one year is too long!"
Although he didn't know the specific situation, he still felt a sense of oppression in his heart that a storm was coming.