Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel

Boundary between Holy Capital's eighth district and ninth district, Red Top Tavern.

Ever since the "clergy apostasy" incident, the entire Holy Capital has fallen into a strange atmosphere, lacking the festive cheer and weighed down by an oppressive tension.

However, for taverns where commoners chat and relax in their spare time, business remains booming.

Rebellion involves the priest, chaos involves the church, but the ordinary people's lives go on regardless.

Patrons drink watered-down cheap ale while chatting and bragging about their various experiences.

And in the past couple of days, for the tavern in the eighth district, the hottest gossip is undeniably about the apostates in the adjacent ninth district being purged.

"Hey, did you hear? The Grey Swan of the ninth district has been sealed by the Judgement Court!"

A drunken patron said.

"Grey Swan? Isn't that the church's own orphanage? I remember the head is a young priest, backed by the Judgement Knight of the Judgement Court."

Another patron widened his eyes.

"They say he was involved in apostasy."

"Apostasy? That's impossible! I heard the head there is a devoted holy believer, handing out free bread to nearby poor children every day, with a reputation that even reached the Holy City."

"That's the very issue! Think about it, that's just a small church orphanage! Many orphanages barely manage to keep operating, where does the funding come from to care for others? Surely not from the priest's own pocket?"

"You mean to say..."

"Of course, there's a secret economic source behind it! How could a real orphanage have so much money? It's precisely because it's not a real orphanage, but a nest of apostates, that there's funding to maintain its operations and cover up under the guise of donations!"

"Oh! That's really terrifying! These apostates are so wicked, using innocent children as shields!"

"Innocent children? Haha, calling them children, actually they are a group of apostate cultists, heard they even fought with the Judgement Knights during the sealing, the head even incited nearby thugs to join, and there was bloodshed!"

"Is it really that terrible?"

"Yes, reportedly the children there were trained by the cult from a young age, each one a fearsome assassin! They kill without batting an eye!"

"Oh my! Truly terrifying, what happened next?"

"Of course, it was successfully sealed! They brought in the Judgement Knights, no matter how formidable these apostate cultists were, they couldn't match the Judgement Knights!"

"Praise the divine! Hope all these apostates are sent to the fire execution platform to face divine judgment! By the way, was that evil head captured?"

"Of course, she was a witch who could enchant people! Reportedly, she was arrested on the spot because it created quite a stir, angering the Judgement Court, apparently, tomorrow she'll be paraded and executed!"

"Wonderful! Where is it? I must go watch, and throw a few stones!"

"..."

The patrons gossip endlessly, discussing the "rebellion" in the ninth district, and soon the conversation shifts to the witch's parade and fire execution.

In a corner of the tavern, at a small table.

A mage apprentice in a robe sits opposite a tall knight squire, both listening in on the patrons' chatter.

"Tsk, after all these centuries, the Church Authority Country's way of dealing with heretical witches hasn't changed."

The mage apprentice sneered, sipped the ale on the table lightly.

But soon, he spat it out:

"Ah pff, pff pff pff—! This is water with a hint of ale, isn't it? I've never drunk such awful ale in my life, Master Cat!"

The knight squire remained composed.

He elegantly finished the ale in one go, contrasting sharply with his strong, intimidating image.

"You're just used to royal tribute ale, for commoners, the ale here is considered quite good, those taverns affiliated with the Rose Association were about the same."

The knight squire said.

The mage apprentice and knight squire naturally disguised themselves to investigate Nisi and Sebastian.

Both were spellcasters, highly skilled in magic, so disguising with a little spell was quite easy.

Since taking on the investigation task from Charlotte, the two have been secretly tracking the movements of the Sun Temple these days.

Initially, they investigated quietly in the Holy Palace, but the Holy Palace was heavily guarded, with many eyes watching Charlotte while also monitoring other members of Falling Star, eventually they had to leave the Holy Palace and disguise their identity from other angles.

Fortunately, maybe the "divine miracle" a few days ago truly stunned the crowd, and the high-ranking officials of the Holy Royal Court realized the existence of the "Sun Temple," these days the Holy Royal Court has been purging "apostates" within the Holy City.

This gave the two a lot of inspiration and channels.

Followed the Holy Royal Court, tracing the marks of these "apostates" and investigating the secrets of the Sun Temple.

For days, the two acted separately, using the holy power "bestowed" by Charlotte to disguise as priests and infiltrate the Judgement Court where "apostates" were held, and also disguised as noble outsiders to penetrate high-level secret salons and local community gatherings in the Holy Capital, they even posed as adventurers to engage in underground black market and intelligence trading.

After much effort, they have gained some results.

And today, is the day they agreed to exchange intelligence and summarize analysis.