Under the eaves, Gloria holds a dark brown lacquered wood door frame with one hand.

"Come in."

She maintained her coldness as a senior sister, and casually let the two of them enter the door.

After closing the door, Gloria hurriedly ran to Sigrid with some concern, her tearful eyes as if she had missed her for a long time.

Such a skillful face-changing made Ranch feel worthy of being brought up by Sigrid.

"Are you alright, Bishop?"

"It's not good, but Asquesan suffers just as well."

Sigrid replied briefly, she didn't hide anything from Gloria, as a martial artist in the same lineage, Gloria should be well aware of her current aura state.

Gloria looked at Sigrid and the Son in surprise.

Although the bishop had not told her where the two of them had been for more than a month, the mere words were an explosion of information to her.

In the living room, Gloria invited Sigrid and Ranch to sit on the couch, while she stood by like a squire.

Sigrid sat down gracefully on the couch, her usual languid posture, and Ranch naturally sat on the other side of the same couch as hers.

This made Gloria just want to say something, but suddenly stopped talking.

Although no son or daughter of a cardinal has ever been so arrogant as an equal to the bishop, Gloria realizes that as a student, she should not teach the headmaster to do things.

Then, with proper servant manners, Gloria went to pull down the heavy dark floor-to-ceiling curtains in the living room, and when she returned, her eyes could not hide her anxiety and worry.

"Your Excellency, you're finally back."

The spacious living room becomes an intimate space for the three to communicate, and the soundproof magic guide insulates the noise of the outside world and provides a quiet backdrop for the conversation to come.

"What's wrong?"

Sigrid frowned in confusion and asked, she and the Holy Son had indeed been separated for a long time, but the Imperial Capital didn't seem to have much of a problem at the moment.

"In the more than a month since you left, a lot has happened south of Protos."

Gloria sat on the sofa on the other side, her face obviously not very good,

"You have been prosecuted by the Imperial military, who suspect that you carried out a massive massacre in the north and brutally murdered many of the Empire's inhabitants along the way."

Gloria also pulled out a summary of the information and intelligence she'd gathered in the Deception branch over the years.

In addition to various investigative evidence and obvious traces of the battle of the Catholic Church given by the northern provinces, there are also some afterimages of video crystals.

Judging from these images, it is the Catholic Church that is destroying the town and killing its inhabitants, while the Bishop of Silence is struggling to defend and protect the town.

"There is now all kinds of evidence that you have traveled to the northern frontier province to find Askesan in the city-state and engaged in a series of battles that can be called massacres without regard for the safety of the inhabitants."

Gloria added palely.

The feud between the Catholic Church and the Bishop of Silence is known to many, but this is the first time that they have fought so wantonly in an imperial city-state.

Since the northern border front is where Askesang is stationed, it must have been Sigrid who took the initiative to find it and started this big battle.

And the Deceptive branch in the various branches of the Protos Empire is already in a hurry.

The reputation of the Resurrection Church is already poor, and if you can take this opportunity to denounce the Resurrection Church, many high-ranking officials and nobles of the empire will not let it go.

As the saying goes, when the wall falls down and everyone pushes it, once an opening is opened, the enemy's enemies will also rush up.

Finally, some of the recognized Decepticon clergy in the south have once again been ostracized like never before, and even gradually have the intention of expelling them, while the Decepticon clergy have already embarked on the route of common prosperity with the residents, and can no longer use a tough attitude towards the residents.

The loss of trust is the most fatal for their direction of development.

"Asquesan......"

Sigrid looked at the various news reports of this period of time, and her face gradually turned cold.

Asquesan probably contacted the Imperial Capital directly as soon as he was in the wake of that battle, and began to reverse black and white, blocking all her paths, and even wanting to completely erase the existence of the Overlord Branch.

If she and the Holy Son are successfully captured by the Annihilation Branch in the north, the next step, I'm afraid that Asquesan will send all the main forces to the south to hunt down the clerics of the Overlord Branch.

"There are also many guys from the Silent Annihilation Branch or other forces, disguised as our priests and deliberately harmed the residents, and there are also those who disguised themselves as residents and deliberately led the rhythm to cause conflicts, in short, many places have been recruited, so that they can seize this opportunity to continue to discredit the clergy of our Tyranny Branch, and even lose a lot of colleagues."

Gloria's expression was resentful and bitter, but she could only say helplessly.

Although for the Empire, the truth remains to be judged and considered, but for the inhabitants of the Empire, it is not needed, and public opinion is everything they see.

Fueled by the fire of the Silent Branch, the pressure has already rushed over like a flash flood and tsunami.

Knowing that this is a war of public opinion, and it is also the Silence Branch that is planning everything, but even the Tyrant Catholicism himself who is being pointed at is not there, and the clergy of the Tyrant Branch are even more difficult to fight back, so they can only try not to make the situation worse, and pray that the Tyrant Catholic Church will come back soon.

Gloria knew that the Bishop wouldn't kill innocent people in the city-state with Asquesan on impulse, but now that it was the case, they couldn't argue with Asquesan if it was Asquesan's conspiracy.

Sigrid put down the page in his hand, the calm in his eyes seemed to be unprecedented anger, and the killing intent on his body made Gloria on the side feel frightened.

Even if the bishop's current aura is not even as strong as hers, but only that spiritual will that has been tempered for thousands of years, she will always be like a little girl in front of her.

"Don't worry, I'm here."

Rankie's gentle voice soaked Sigrid's manic thoughts.

She looked at Lan Qi in astonishment, and the murderous aura on her body instantly dissipated.

Ranchi's face was as calm as ever, and he nodded at her, which made her unconsciously feel relieved.

Those calm emerald green eyes will give people a feeling of incomparable reliability, making her feel that as long as this man is around, all problems can be solved for her.

"Wouldn't it be better if Asquesang felt that he had the advantage right now?"

Ranch leaned back on the couch and smiled naturally, as if he and Asquesan were running in both directions.

“…… You wouldn't be afraid that Asquesang wouldn't dare to come to the imperial capital to participate in the election in a week, right? ”

Sigrid looked at him, narrowing the corners of her eyes.

In the previous battle in which the north was defeated by three losses, neither the Silent Bishop Askesan nor the black-robed man could see the true identity of the Tyrannical Son.

According to common sense, the Holy Son and Holy Daughter of the Resurrection Church were not long ago disgraceful figures, and their true social identity must not be too ostentatious, so it is impossible to bring much influence in the empire.

Originally, this was supposed to be an absolutely neutral place that would not favor any of the branches of Annihilation, Domination, or Mourning.

But Asquesan had one thing he never dreamed of—

This Son of Deception is the most talked-about figure in Helrom today, Rocky McCarthy.

(End of chapter)