Chapter 27: Inquiries from Church Counselors
Opeuichher raised his hands and slowly stepped back, and said to the dark-eyed messenger, "I don't understand what you mean, you don't look like a member of the church. β
"But we are," he said, unconsciously surrounded by four men dressed in the white robes of the church, one of whom whispered to him, "this is a little temptation. We have more questions for you. β
Ofeicher glanced at each other, who were dressed somewhat differently from the clerical staff of the Church, with a short shawl of dark brown animal skin on their robes, and a pendant around their necks with a fist hollowed out of the cross.
He paused and raised his voice a little, "You guys look suspicious, and you don't look like normal church people. β
The messenger snorted, his voice completely different from before: "The first time you've seen the Battleguard Priest? β
"There is no reason?" Orfeuicher still insisted, but the afterglow did not reach Cornelia's fiery red hair, "I'm afraid I'm going to refuse your unreasonable request." β
"The only thing that doesn't make sense is that we have only now been able to ask you to assist the church in investigating the secret incident of half a month ago. The messenger tilted his head impatiently, and the two Battleguard Clergy immediately approached Ophiecher from the left and right, "Do you understand? This is an order, not a request. If you dare to put up any resistance, you will be the prime suspect in the murder of the Courier in front of you. β
Is this a dead man? Can the church control the dead? The messenger I met yesterday was killed!?
A series of suspicions flashed through Ophiecher in his consciousness. The darkness in his eyes made him take half a step back, but he was pushed from behind by the Warrior Guard Priest and couldn't move.
He didn't say anything more, and quietly followed the other two Warrior Guard Clergy who led the way all the way to the church in the square.
He shook his head inwardly as he walked into the church: he didn't even have a means to make a mark or quietly signal, and it was no wonder that Finn used such an old-fashioned one-on-one stalking to master his actions.
The Warrior Guard led him through the side door of the Great Hall and down the hallway deep in the church.
The only place of light in the auditorium comes from the huge crossroads behind the podium, and the scene from which the light penetrates is like a holy light shining with holy light, giving people a sense of shock and worship.
However, as soon as you go to the rest of the church, the walls are slightly higher than the human area, and there are kerosene wall lamps and lamps at the intervals of the air holes, and the light illuminates the surface of the church building very transparently, and there is no shadow even in the corners.
The priest led him into the cloister in the corner of the church, and pointed to a doorless compartment in the cloister: "Here, Advisor Ramiro will ask you some questions first. The 'Night in Fork River' event is currently in charge of Chief Paladin Blanca, who may ask to meet you at a later date. β
Walking into the thick brick-enclosed cubicle, Ofeicher saw a fat man with a black beard and heavy black bags under his eyes, leaning loosely on a wooden chair behind a wooden table. The man's eyes were closed, and the index finger of his right hand and the middle finger were pressed against the right side of his forehead.
He must have been the priest's adviser to Ramiro... Because there was no one in the next two compartments. As he thought about it, Ofei thought it was a little strange that the church would need any other advisors to help investigate these hidden incidents, and that solving these problems shouldn't be a reflection of the church's hard power.
However, this is not the focus of Ofeycher's focus at the moment.
When Ofiicher sat down in the chair in front of the wooden table, the fat man removed his right hand and slowly opened his eyes. Ofiicher saw that the darkness almost overflowed in Ramiro's eyes, but it quickly dissipated.
"Oh, I didn't expect you to come in so directly. The obese advisor's jaw kept shaking as he spoke. He barely straightened up, pulled the wrinkled church robe a little, and tucked a brown glass bottle on the table into a drawer.
"Hopefully we don't get anyone wrong. Advisor Ramiro?" Ofeicher said in a questioning tone, seeing that the other man nodded, he continued, "Are you sure you're looking for me? What else could I do besides coming in directly?"
"You can do a lot of things, and maybe your master, Charlotte Goslar, and that Finn who is employed by you, can do a lot of things. For this young believer, the light could not shine into every corner, so the church had to hire an expert like me to look at the dark places for them. β
Ramiro looked back between the wooden table and Ofeicher as he closed the drawer that seemed to have been opened, "Well, nothing has happened so far. Well, that's a great start. Well, we're sure we're looking for you, though not quite sure your name - son, can you tell me your name?"
"Ofiicher Zottiakai. β
"Strange names, strange sex, it's a little hard to imagine a servant having a surname. So, you're over fifteen, are you an adult?"
"I do turn fifteen. And, now, serving my master, Charlotte Goslar, as an assistant to her. I hope we don't waste our time on these trivial issues. β
"Ha, I don't like wasting time even more. But your age can't be said to be unimportant, kid. I'm going to make sure that you, as a mature adult, know something cruel. β
It's really... It's a classical agitation method...... Ophiecher almost laughed, but continued: "My lord, you made me see a dead man who could talk, and used the dead man to test me inexplicably, and even implied that I was the murderer of that man. Could there be anything more cruel than that?"
Ramiro finished his chores, pulled down the sides of his mouth and looked at Ofiechim, rubbing his hands.
This person... Isn't it that I'm not used to asking people questions at all, I feel even funnier than when I was first promoted to management in my previous life... Ofei Yiche looked at the other party and couldn't continue to laugh, so he had to sneer twice.
Ramiro squinted at him and said, "Of course there is." For example, your master, Charlotte Goslar, is likely to be an accomplice in the vicious incident that caused hundreds of townspeople to lose their minds half a month ago. β
"Huh?" Orfeucher couldn't believe his ears, "God, she's a victim, how did you come to this conclusion!?"
"How do you know that your master is a victim? What do you see?"
Why, it's time to start the clichΓ© session? Ofeicher calmed down: "No, I don't see anything. I don't seem to be very conscious like everyone else, but I believe my master is good by nature and doesn't make ......"
"Oh, so you're starting to lie now. Ramiro interrupted Ophiecher with a snort, his face trembling, "Finn's report to the church clearly states that several of your servants of Charlotte were able to carry out limited activities during the incident because of the possession of the items she gave her with a certain amount of divine power, and some of them were killed as a result. β
Oops, forget that although Finn is an independent firm, he also serves the church and will not write meaningless lies to the church in the report.
Although this fat man has almost no questioning skills, the asymmetry of information alone makes it difficult for me to deal with it!
β... I saw that the young lady was taken captive and controlled by those demons and monsters. Ofiicher had to weigh his words so as not to be exposed again, "How can she be an accomplice in such a crisis?"
Ramiro smiled with satisfaction and leaned back in his chair again: "Regardless of what you say, you were indeed awake at that time. And you're afraid you don't know anything about secret rituals. Not bad, not bad, progressing quite well. Kid, even if Charlotte did play some role as an accomplice in that incident, it is unlikely that she would tell you servants the details. You are indeed an unaware, unsolicited witness who witnessed the scene.
"Tell me, kid. What did you see at that time?"