Contrary to the opulence of the common imagination, the living room of Privy Council Dominique in the Cathedral of the Holy Fire was housed in a dark room with only a small window in the shade, and there were no luxurious furniture from Rory and no expensive Oriental silk products, a small bed that could sleep comfortably for one person, and wooden tables and chairs from the second-hand market were all furnished.

"You can come to the humble house, it really makes the shabby humble room of your subordinates shine. ”

Sitting on the only chair in the room, with his elbows against the edge of the wooden table, Dominique leaning his head against his palm, smiled at the little girl who had broken into his bedroom early in the morning.

"Hmph! ”

Theoretically speaking, as the supreme ruler of the dark side of the Church, the Inquisitor can be regarded as the second-in-command of ecclesiastical power after the Pope, but in reality, the Inquisition, known as the Pope's Hound, is nothing more than a thankless pit organization.

"When people are old, sometimes they will oversleep and delay the major affairs of the church, and their subordinates really deserve death......

According to the rules, all clergy were supposed to get up and get ready for work before the rooster crowed, and the doors of the church were supposed to be opened to the faithful before the other laity shops, but in reality, with the exception of a few ascetics with strict masochistic tendencies, few of them would be foolish enough to comply with such troublesome rules.

"I heard that St. Lawrence College is going to hold a grand drama performance tonight, and I'm very interested in it, why don't you go and see it with me?"

Ignoring Dominic's jokes, the presiding judge took out a poster from his pocket that had just been printed not long ago, and the oil paint on it had not even dried up and waved it in front of Dominic, and in the middle of the poster, a smiling face was clearly printed.

"Sonya. ”

Seeing the poster in the presiding judge's hand, Dominic, who was still smiling playfully, suddenly frowned, reached out and picked up the silver bell placed in the corner of the table against the wall, and shook it vigorously and shouted.

"Here, my lord, why did you get up so early today......

A blonde girl in a nun's dress rubbed her sleepy eyes and pushed open the door and entered, having been selected by Dominique from the church's orphanage to serve as his personal secretary to serve his cronies. However, when the girl with braids saw the uninvited guest in the room waving the poster, her otherwise healthy and ruddy face turned pale to death.

"Sonia, there may be a few more people who know about Ellie, but why did the matter in the letter that Ellie passed on to you directly and then directly to me last night be known so quickly?"

Tapping the back of his hand on the tabletop, Dominic's sharp eyes seemed to pierce Sonya's thin body, reaching the girl's trembling soul.

"I, I don't know ......"

Sonia had been with Dominic for almost ten years, so she knew that when Dominique struck something with the back of her hand, even though her face was still very kind, in fact, his heart was already burning with rage.

"Don't you know? Sonya, you've been with me for so many years, and you know that I hate dishonest children the most. ”

Dominique consciously never treated this girl who had no relatives and no reason for him, it can be said that he treated this girl who now betrayed him like an adopted daughter, and even if he made a big mistake, he would hardly be angry with Sonya, provided that Sonia responded to him honestly.

"They forced me, my lord, I, I, I! I'm sorry!"

Looking at the old man who looked at her with disappointed eyes, Sonia suddenly felt that she must be a heinous bastard, even if the people of the Inquisition coerced and enticed her, but the fact that she betrayed Dominic, who trusted her most like a father, and had been taking care of her, would never change.

"Uhhhh

Pushing open the window of the table, Sonia screamed and jumped from the top floor of the Holy Fire Cathedral dozens of meters high, to apologize for her sins, this is the only way she can think of to find salvation in Dominic, even if the old man can forgive herself, Sonia feels that she has no face to survive in this world.

"Fool!"

Grabbing Sonya's bare feet in high-soled leather shoes, Dominic, who looked old and looked like he was about to spend his days in a wheelchair, miraculously burst out with incredible power, leaned out and pulled Sonia back, who had fallen some distance.

"Forget!"

Pointing to Sonya's forehead, who had fainted from the shock, Dominic used holy magic to wash away Sonya's memories of the last few days.

"It's just not a traitor, it's not a pity to die. ”

Taking advantage of Dominic's opportunity to save Sonya, the presiding judge sat down on the vacated chair, and the presiding judge smiled gloatingly with his feet dangling in the air under the high chair.

"Crossing the river and tearing down the bridge? ”

Sonya, whose breathing was gradually leveling down, gently put it on his bed, and Dominique tapped his head and sarcastically said that he still underestimated the Inquisition, or the determination of the little inquisitor in front of him to act personally this time.

"Your Excellency, do you want to sit first with me in this play?"

As if nothing had happened just now, the presiding judge suddenly twisted his hands and pleaded with Dominic like a coquettish little girl.

"I would rather be an ordinary audience, so that there is more atmosphere for watching the show, right?"

Dominique smiled and shook his head, flatly rejected the presiding judge's request, the invitation just now was an olive branch thrown by the presiding judge in the hope of reconciling with him, the Inquisition did not want to be an enemy of a privy council, if Dominic was willing to cooperate with them, the previous matter could be written off.

However, he was disgraced just now, and if he confessed it now, Dominic's years in the church would be in vain.

"This is the Yang Yan Empire, not Rory City, the Judge Lord, although his subordinates are old and useless guys, but Mr. St. Lawrence is different, even those who are good swimmers should not swim in muddy pools, because you don't know what kind of unfathomable abyss is under your feet. ”

Some things can't be convincing just by rumors, Dominic is a native of Yangyan, and he has been a neighbor of St. Lawrence College in the imperial capital for decades, so he clearly understands the strength of St. Lawrence College, especially the horror of the unfathomable college master.

"The empire is ruined by nonsense. ”

If Dominic insists on not cooperating, the Inquisition also has Plan 2, and what seems to be powerful is often inherently fragile, with the nobles of the south faintly rebellious, and the Duchy of Mosca in the north looking for an opportunity to expand its territory to the south. The Church could not allow a second Bretanian Puritanism to emerge, and now Dominica was in danger, so the best way was to nip the danger in its cradle.

Watching the presiding judge leave his bedroom, Dominique sat back in his chair with a wry smile, starting from the coup d'état ten years ago, the originally stable Yang Yan Empire seemed to have been injected with some dangerous factor, step by step into an embattled situation.

"Are you our savior, or our ruiner?"

Turning his head to look at the poster left on the table by the presiding judge, Nagi's portrait was still smiling softly, and Dominic's eyes showed a deep confusion after a long time.