In the medical room, Kia was examining Eshy's injured arm, and judging from his solemn face, Eshu's injuries were not optimistic. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"It's best not to move your arm for a few days." Kia pressed his hand on Eshu's big arm and slid it slowly, feeling the touch under the skin, his expression becoming more and more ugly, "There are cracks everywhere in the arm bones. In particular, your right forearm is the most severe, and although the bone is not broken in two, it is not far off. Oh my God," Kia sighed exaggeratedly, "were you slapped by a bear?" ”

"Before escaping Janos, I wrestled with the Ice Bear in the Colosseum, and I did get slapped by it in the end." Estheau's answer caused Kia to gasp back from his sigh and begin to look back at the young man his age in front of him: somewhere between burly and well-proportioned, the muscles beneath the skin as strong as a rock. It's hard to imagine Eshu wrestling with an ice bear who is nearly half a body taller than him, who can gnaw open his skull with just a low head. "As an inquisitor, I am skeptical of your claims. But as your doctor, I'll take it for granted. ”

"Can it be cured?" Essho looked at Kia, "He said he was looking for the best doctor in Sarion, but you're too young. ”

"You also look very young, and you don't look like a first-class martial artist." Kia shot back, "We all have a good teacher. The noisy man taught you martial arts for ten years, and I studied hard in the big library for three years, and I listened to the teachings of the curator myself. ”

"I've heard of Marions' Great Library, which is said to contain all of Pande's collection of more than 300 years."

"Yes, there are a lot of books." Kea recalls the towering shelves of the Great Library, a smile on his face. It was almost a sea of books, and the scent of ink wafted all year round. He spent the best three years of his life there with books as his companion and reading for pleasure. "In three days, you can have the capital to wrestle with the ice bear again."

"Three days, is that enough?" Eshu turned to look at the door. It was only then that Kia realized that Dante and Teresa had walked in at some point, but they didn't bother them all the time.

"You should have a week." Due to Kia's presence, Dante did not make his words clear because of his status as a prosecutor.

"A week? Is he still going to stay in Sarion? Kea keenly sniffed the smell of conspiracy from the vague conversation, "What to do?" ”

"The internal affairs of the Inquisition, Your Excellency the Procurator has no right to intervene."

Kia was disgusted by Dante's desire to cover up his official tone, but he was so stunned by the ghostly eyes that he didn't ask any questions, and bowed his head and began to apply expensive ointment to Estheu's arm, as if casually admonishing, "Sarion is now in trouble with internal and external troubles. I also ask the Director of the Institute to think twice. ”

"If you go outside, you must first settle inside."

Kia's hand stopped in the air, and Dante's words sounded in his ears with a thunderclap. Internal affairs? Anne? When these two words are entangled, they often mean a political struggle. But Dante is already the director of the Inquisition, and he is an equal to Archbishop Thomas in the Church, so does he still need to fight for power in the Inquisition?

No, status is not the same as real power, Dante has been away for many years, and the position of director has long been in name only. Although Kia was cultivating in the Great Library, he never completely cut off news from the outside world. Who controlled the Inquisition before Dante's return?

The answer is imminent: Ned Grace, deputy director of the Inquisition, whip of order.

So what was Dante's purpose in keeping this Esher Baranduc in the city? The ruthless character who can wrestle with the ice bear will not keep him sightseeing in Uptown, right?

A dark, terrible thought of blood flashed through Kia's mind for a very short time, but it left his mind blank.

Assassinate!

He didn't want to face this conjecture, but he had to start examining its possibilities. Why did Dante assassinate Ned Grace? Simply to seize power? No, it doesn't make sense, he was the head of the Inquisition, and the king had granted him the supreme right to act as king. The moment he returned to the city of Sarion, control of the Inquisition had already changed hands.

Kia had a vague sense that his train of thought had gone astray. Anne, that is, the eradication of dissidents, the king's deputy, represents the king's will. Dante's desire to attack Ned meant that the king also wanted to oppose him. But why did Ulrik V eradicate the whip of order? He is a pivotal nail planted by His Majesty the King in the religious institution, and behind him is the wealthy Grace family. Unlike the Tigers, who were extremely aggressive, the Grez family donated a large amount of dinar to the church in the city of Sarion every year.

So...... It could only be Ned Grace himself. Thinking of the trip to prison that he still has lingering feelings about, he seems to have sorted out the cause and effect, but he still lacks a reason to connect the two.

"Ahem." A dry cough pulled Kia's thoughts back to reality, only to find that the three of them were all looking at Kia's hand that had stopped in the air with expressionless faces, and the ointment on his fingers had already dried. Teresa sighed softly and took a step towards the door.

"Marions is really easy to stand out. The kid who came out of the big library was even more terrifying. After two sentences of me, I can deduce seven, seven, eight or eight. Dante shook his head and smiled, Kia was stunned for so long, and there were words in his mouth, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was thinking. Alright, Your Excellency the Prosecutor. I know what you're trying to ask. Is it a reason for me to doubt Ned? ”

"Yes." Kea answered honestly.

"Miss Elfwan, explain to your brother." Dante snapped his fingers.

When Teresa finished explaining the cause and effect, Chia immediately felt the urge to run away from the door, forgetting what had happened, only to find the doorway guarded by the nuns of hell. "Have you thought about the consequences? Even if he made a blood cross pact and carried the secret to the end of his life," he emphasized, pointing to Eshy, "If Ned Greyz dies, it will immediately cause a mega-earthquake throughout the country!" ”

"Earthquakes will only cost us, but if Ned is really involved in heresy, it will be doomed." Teresa said calmly, "Brother, when you start to play the words of the director, you have already been swept into this whirlpool. ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, who can really kill the deputy director?" With a look of disbelief, Kia turned to Eshua and asked, "How did you kill?" On a dark and windy night, break into Grace's mansion and hack him to death with a knife? ”

"First of all, I'm Esher Baranduk, not that one." Eishu's tone was tepid, "There are many ways to assassinate, and what you are talking about is actually the most straightforward way. And......" he hesitated for half a second, "I plan to do the same." A week is too short, and I have to recuperate for three days, and the rest of the time is not enough for me to thoroughly understand the target's travel routine. ”

"No, just kill like that, and run away after killing. Pretty good. Dante interjected, "It is to create the illusion of a madman committing a crime to others, so that it is easy to make a fuss." If he dies quietly, it is easy to breed unexplained conspiracy theories. ”

"So what if he is caught? I don't think the binding force of the Blood Cross Covenant can withstand torture. ”

"Impossible!" Dante spoke at the same time as Estheus, his tone being categorical. The former frowned even more: "Pay attention to your wording, Viscount! With that sentence alone, you will have to spend the rest of your life in the black prison of the Inquisition. ”

"What if it happens? According to you, we will not help him in any sense. No one cleared the lot, no one removed the guards, no one lured Ned out. He just walked in and chased people to cut it so grandly? Keia didn't give up, Teresa bowed slightly, indicating that Kia's concern was not unreasonable. After all, he hasn't proven that he is a super-first-class martial artist, and once Ned escapes, he is afraid that he will also suspect the director who has just returned to China. She said.

Ai Xiu thought for a moment and gave an inexplicable answer: "If I am really caught, even if I am planted headfirst into the wine jar, I will not speak." ”

"What?" Kia didn't know why, and Teresa was at a loss.

Only Dante understood Estheu's assurances and nodded: "Then we can rest assured." He took out the cross, which had been dripped with Eshy's blood, and handed it to Kia: "Take the oath, Your Excellency. You don't need a Blood Cross Covenant, just the most common oath of secrecy. ”

Kia looked at the pitch-black cross and didn't have the courage to take it for a while. He felt that he was standing at the juncture of so-called history. Whether he stretched out his hand or not, he was already caught in the whirlpool of conspiracy, and there was no way to twist the assassination that was inevitable. For the first time, Kea felt that the world was so dark, and there was a murky undercurrent surging beneath the glossy surface. The teacher is right, the essence of Pan De is not knives and swords, blood and fire, but the exhaustion of complex human hearts, sharper than divine weapons, and more terrifying than the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood.

Maybe that's why the teacher wants to get out of the big library by himself, right?

Kia let out a long breath, as if to expel the negative emotions of hesitation and confusion, confusion and insecurity from his heart. He picked up a knife, slashed his index finger, dripped blood on the cross in Teresa's stunned eyes, and said word by word: "In the name of order, my blood, the shackles of oath, the shackles of life." This covenant is with me until the end of my life. ”

Kia raised his head and looked directly into Dante's ghostly eyes, without fear: "And in exchange for the covenant, after this matter is over, I will give up my nobility in Sarion, and the second heir of the Elvwan family, and become a free adventurer." I hope that Your Excellency the Director can help me to overcome the resistance from all sides. ”

Dante looked at Chia for a long time, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "After seeing the dark side of the world, do you want to contact it more?" He put the cross away, "No problem." In the name of order, the Covenant was established. ”

Teresa stopped talking, but sighed softly. Kia noticed Teresa's reaction, turned her head and smiled comfortingly, "It's okay, sister." This is what the teacher expects of me, and I finally have the courage to take this step now. ”