12. Homicide
(These days I work part-time, the time is too tight, and I always feel a little bad.) ++x+)
(I applied the film to my phone myself tonight, and it turned out to be messed up, and it was full of bubbles.) How can it be repaired!)
The next day, according to the original plan, should be a happy day, and Lilith is more willing to go out with Dolana to select the candidates in the civil society than to watch the same holy women candidates in the church pray.
However, a scream in the morning, I don't know whose it was, disrupted all the beautiful plans for the day.
It was the voice coming from the room of the group of candidates who knew only how to pray day and night. Could it be that someone fainted?
"Woo......"
Lilith suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head, but after that, the pain disappeared without a trace. The frequency of headaches is becoming more frequent these days.
"What's wrong?"
Lilith, who was a little shaky when she walked, barely made it to the door, but even if Alicia didn't speak, the scene was enough for Lilith to understand what was going on.
“...... Sister Anne, don't look at it. ”
It was just a moment, and Lilith, who reacted, immediately covered the eyes of Anne, who rushed forward slowly, "Hey, Jace, don't be stunned, send Anne away, send Anne away, do you hear that!?"
Anne must not be allowed to see such a scene, because it is a bit disgusting, and Anne should not see these ugly things that make Lilith feel terrified.
The only person who can maintain the same attitude here is probably Dorena, because even Alicia, who has been confused on weekdays. They all frowned tightly. And Arthur and Augie also had solemn faces.
More than a dozen candidates. All of them were nailed to the roof, and the drooping crosses were the props that held them in place. Their limbs, if you look closely, are not as complete as they appear at first glance.
The limbs are indeed well used in the body, but these are all cut off and re-used in a clumsy way. Some of the stitches even hung down because of the roughness of the technique.
The candidates who usually have holy expressions are now hideous, as if they have seen some "demon", and this "demon" is also very happy to keep their expressions as their last memorial in this world.
Sister Anne outside the door probably still saw the situation inside, and soon there was an instinctive scream, and Lilith also held back the discomfort in her heart and began to look at the situation around this hell.
These candidates for the Holy Maiden are certainly not fratricidal. It must have been a murderer, and after brutally killing the Holy Lady Candidates. Hang them on the cross with very low taste.
"Arthur, Augie, lock this place down now. ”
Dorana gave the order very calmly, as if she didn't care about the horrific deaths of these candidates, "Captain, Captain!?"
"Ahhh
"You go and report to the Pope immediately, it's not our authority to deal with it. ”
"Understood, understood. ”
Alicia probably sensed her gaffe as well, and quickly picked herself up and left the room with Arthur and Augie at a brisk pace.
"Lilith, you're ...... now"
"I don't have to command me, I know what to do. ”
After taking a deep breath, Lilith stepped into this hell because she found a letter in the hands of the statue of the god in the middle.
Happened to be there?
No, this letter was probably left by the murderer. After killing someone, he left a letter, is this a provocation to the paladins? However, why is there a murder in a heavily guarded church, and it is really strange that more than a dozen saints were killed.
"Dorana, here's a letter, I can open it first if I don't mind. ”
With Dorana's permission, Lilith tore open the envelope.
The faint aura of magic, and the first few words of the letter also made Lilith frown in an instant.
[Hello to the person who opened the letter, I am a "witch". 】
Witch!?
"Woo ......" seemed to have been calculated, and his head was in sharp pain again at this moment. However, this is not an excuse to stop yourself from reading this letter.
[Isn't the appearance of the Holy Maidens candidates very unbearable at the moment? Don't you also think that their appearance is very different from the nobility of the past?]
Damn, the witch is here!Who is it!?Is it his eldest sister, or is it Lis!?Or is there some new witch lurking in this part of the church and then making a killer after that?
But what good would it do her to kill the Holy Lady Candidates!?
[This letter has been sent by my "demon", and I hope that you will pass it on to the person it is supposed to give it to after this. If you want to say who it is, I believe that the knight of the paladin will know very well. Then, noble knight, think carefully about the hint I have given. 】
A letter forwarded to Alicia, who sent it out......
At the end of the letter, the self-proclaimed "witch" guy wrote the word "witch" in very fancy characters, and the handwriting of the letter was very messy, and it seemed that it was difficult to find the suspect through guò's handwriting.
"Dorana, any ideas?"
Seeing that Dorana's expression was getting colder and colder, Lilith also felt that this matter might not be so simple.
After all, this murderer killed the candidates of the Holy Maiden last night, although after that, it is possible to suppress this matter by closing the scene and making the witnesses shut up, but ...... There's no way to hide it forever.
Soon after that, it was the selection of the Holy Maiden, and at this time, the candidates were brutally killed by unknown murderers, and at the time of the selection, there were no more candidates.
"There are probably a few candidates who escaped the attack. ”
After counting the number of dead candidates with an expressionless face, Dorana said, "Lilith, this place is temporarily closed, please go out first, the current task is to protect the remaining saints." If the murderer's target is really to go to the Holy Maiden, then I think the survivors who escaped this catastrophe will be the next target. ”
“...... I know...... Woo. ”
There was another dizziness in her head, and Lilith forced herself out of the room, "Anyway, I'll go to Sister Anne first, and I hope I can help a little bit after that." ”
“...... Not for now, Lilith, you can protect yourself first. ”
Dorana's expression was a little unkind, "Either way, there will be the most rigorous investigation next." (To be continued......)