Chapter Seventy-Four: The Cathedral in the Rain
Humming a little song and holding two letters in her hand, Felisti scurried to Glynco's cathedral, and the two guards standing outside the church opened the door of the church as soon as they saw the little red-haired girl, and let her in.
"Gee, two pieces of good news, right?" The bangs on Felistie's forehead were getting longer and longer, and they tended to obscure her eyes. She grabbed a letter in each hand, ran to the High Priestess Golia, who was kneeling in front of the statue of the Holy Maiden, and handed it to her. The high priest in the black hooded robe slowly stood up, and behind her stood the leader of the Two-Colored Blade Mercenary Regiment, the first-class privileged mercenary of the Oguna Empire, Delia, but Delia looked preoccupied today.
Goliath took the letter, and this time she didn't let her sister read it first. After reading the contents of the first letter, she said to her sister, "There is progress on the Lunar Shield mercenary group, those people say that Josephine is missing, and some say that she died years ago, and no one has seen her body. When Goliath spoke of Josephine, her brow furrowed and her expression was sad, and even her gentle voice became sad, like the sudden death of a plant that had been tending for so many years.
Delia closed her eyes and said, "She chose that mercenary named Russell, and she chose the Republic of Marvil to be destined for this ending, there is nothing to regret." ”
Felisty's eyes widened as she watched them talk about someone she didn't know at all, and though it was a little boring, she listened quietly.
"In addition, this letter is probably related to the west side. Gloria did not open the letter, as if she had smelled some pungent smell, she suddenly tightened her hooded coat with both hands, and looked down at the main entrance of the cathedral. The entire cathedral was shrouded in dusk, and no one was walking around outside the cathedral except for a few close guards, and there were only the three women inside the church.
Delia took the letter from her sister and opened it to look at it. Her first instinct was to read the letter again, and it was only after reading it a third time that she raised her face with a shocked expression and looked at Goliath.
"How so?"
Felistie stood on tiptoe, trying to see what made Miss Delia so uneasy.
Gloria only nodded slightly, but her hand tightening her hooded robe did not let go. Delia handed the letter in her hand to Felisti, who was looking around, and she lowered her head in frustration and said, "Then sister, you are going to the west?"
"Yes, it seems that our plan has been discovered, and the other side has already acted. ”
"Could it be that the Holy Emperor also knows?" the Holy Emperor that Delia was referring to was the current Emperor of Oguna, Electrosomem IV, a thirty-one-year-old man who looked full of ambition.
Goliath didn't answer, perhaps because she herself couldn't be sure that the incident in the letter must have something to do with the Holy Emperor.
The red-haired girl Felisty looked at the only one line in the letter, she raised her head blankly, and the letter in her hand "broke free" from the girl's hands and gently floated to the ground.
"Uncle Xiumo, him!" Filistie didn't finish her words, she subconsciously covered her mouth with her hands, tears dripping from the corners of her eyes, and she cried quietly with a whimper from her mouth.
The letter, which fell on the marble floor of the cathedral, contained only one sentence: General Shumo had been defeated and disappeared, and the city of Doret was out of control at the same time.
"Since Xiu Mota's fate is uncertain now, if we don't rush to the west immediately, maybe we will fall short. Goliath said something that could not be questioned. She immediately told Felisti to leave the cathedral and rode to the city of Doret on the other side of the Divided Mountains of the Oguna Empire, where she arrived.
Delia picked up the letter, and after reading it again, she said, "If it weren't for the Holy Emperor's will, who would have the ability to make such a big change in the western realm of the empire?"
"If the Prime Minister Hollow, Grand Duke Petvic, Lady Purple, and the presiding judges of the Court of Adjudication join forces."
When Delia heard her sister say this, she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. "Those abominable old fellows!" said the female mercenary leader in chain mail, gritting her teeth, "sooner or later I will have to swallow Hollow's flesh raw!"
Goliath shook her head and said, "Don't be impulsive, you first have someone go and see the movements of Marquis Baldwin in Golden Hoof City, I have always been suspicious of him, and the last time he promised us was too smooth." ”
Delia nodded. Last time, she took advantage of the fact that the Kingdom of Sallins had just killed Baldwin's younger brother Baron Burns to sign a secret pact with him, but this time such a serious change happened to Xiumo, and the Golden Hoof City, which was next to Doret City, did not react, which had to make the High Priest suspicious.
"Also, I'll enter the palace to meet the Holy Emperor later, and you let your subordinates get ready first," Golia said in a low voice, even if there was not a single outsider in the entire cathedral, "those who are most loyal are arranged outside the city, and even if something happens, they can evacuate as soon as possible." ”
At night, it rained heavily in the Imperial capital, Glynko, and the streets were soaked with bean-sized dropdrops, and even Horlow in the Prime Minister's Tower couldn't help rubbing his knees with his hands - years of rheumatism and bone pain had made him restless. But tonight's rain came just in time. The prime minister, who was in his fifties, thought in his heart that this could take advantage of this heavy rain to wash away the blood of those enemies with different ambitions, leaving no trace.
Standing on the terrace of the Prime Minister's Tower, Hollow looked out at the pouring rain inside Greencoe, and this time he no longer felt a malicious eye snooping on him.
The door to the room was pushed open, and one of the servants knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to the Prime Minister, that the High Priest has left the palace, and that she seems to have left in the direction of the Cathedral." ”
Very well, let you see the saint for the last time, and then go on the road with peace of mind!" the prime minister thought to himself. He turned to the servant and said, "Go and tell Carlos that it's time to act." ”
In a few moments, several layers of heavily armored soldiers were on the periphery of the cathedral, and many knights of the Knights of the Lightning Knights patrolled the streets of Greencoe - even though the rain was pouring down, there was not a single civilian passerby.
The Prime Minister's son, Captain Carlos, kicked open the main entrance of the cathedral, and standing beside him was Count Kevin, the "Silver Hand", who had already rushed back.
"Arrest me, witch!" Carlos was the first to storm the cathedral, drawing his sword and pointing at the woman in the hooded robe with her back to him, "Take down this would-be rebel for me!"
"Silver Hand" Count Kevin followed, and he said lightly: "Your mercenaries have been completely wiped out by my army outside the city, and now you are the only woman left, even if you know magic as rumored, you will not be our opponent." "His genuine silver prosthetic leg announces that Count Kevin, who was supposed to be fighting the Kingdom of Cosai far away on the border, has returned to the capital.
The High Priest turned, her appearance was indeed Golia, one of the three mage descendants, but she had a thick layer of powder on her neck, trying to hide the gardenia tattoo.