Chapter 39
The newcomer was wearing a white robe with simple patterns. His slightly androgynous face, coupled with his extremely capable short blonde hair, gave off a good impression at first glance.
"Augustin, you're finally here" Chris sighed in relief.
The person who came was one of Chris's good friends from the Church of Divine Grace, as well as the person he entrusted him with this mission, the Pope of Divine Grace - Augustin.
Behind him were two priests and three armored Knights of God's Grace. Each of them had received professional knight training, and each of them had been blessed by God, allowing them to unleash power beyond that of mortals.
"Church of Divine Grace, are you planning to shelter this sinner who killed the leader of Comoros?" Yadley coldly asked.
"The so-called crime was only decided by yourselves, no one knows the specifics of the situation. That's not very convincing, don't you think so, Grosk?" Augustin smiled and spoke in a very natural manner.
"That's right, Sir Yadley. I think so too." A slightly plump middle-aged man stood up from the side and said with a bitter smile and shyness, "If that's the case, it will make us feel very insecure."
Grosk, one of the merchants of the Interkam Kingdom that came to Reystromia. Wherever there were people, there would be influence, and this was the same for merchants as well. When it came to border trade, Grosk was the vague leader, or rather, the representative of all Interkam merchants.
In the end, these border traders or smugglers were still backed by the nobles of the Interkam Kingdom. After a series of power struggles, the representatives of these smugglers had no choice but to support the Church of Divine Grace and exert pressure on the ruler of Reya.
"We think so too." Another voice called out as a group of people wearing the same uniform walked out from the other side. From their facial features, it was easy to tell that they were people from the Royas Kingdom. Behind them was also a man who looked like a merchant, the representative of the Royas Kingdom's merchants.
"Did they team up because they exposed a lot of their strength?" Yadley frowned. This was the situation he didn't want to see the most. In this region of Reystromia, Negri's forces were naturally the strongest. But if the forces of two kingdoms joined forces to deal with Reya, it would be very troublesome with the support of two kingdoms.
"The most important thing now is for my master to survive the dormant period, not to mention the situation just now." Yadley recalled the scene of him blurting out those words involuntarily. He snorted coldly and said, "Regarding the death of the Comoros leader, we will investigate it separately. However, as the suspect, Chris must be restricted until the truth comes to light."
"No problem. Let's stop fighting for now." Chris nodded. Negri's strength was unfathomable. Although he really wanted to take advantage of his so-called dormant period to attack, with their current strength, it was difficult to guarantee success.
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"Then please stay in this courtyard. If you go out without permission, it will be taken as you admitting to your guilt. Reya's enforcers can execute you immediately." Yadley locked Chris up in one of the courtyards. It wasn't that he didn't want to directly capture him, but with the support of the Church of Divine Grace and the Interkam merchants, Yadley couldn't do as he wished.
"I hope you can catch the real murderer as soon as possible." Augustin stood on one side with a gentle smile on his face: "May the Comoros leader rest in peace."
A few moments later, a knight of the Church of Divine Grace brought Isabella and her daughter into this small courtyard. The young knight stared blankly at the streets that had quickly regained their prosperity.
Even in the capital of the Interkam Kingdom, quite a few people still died of diseases. The priests of the Church of Divine Grace had the [Grace of Salvation], which could cure the majority of diseases, but there were only so many priests in the Church of Divine Grace who could obtain the [Grace]. Even using the [Grace] required a lot of stamina and energy, so they couldn't use it every day to heal the civilians for free.
What made the knight even more curious was that when he went to pick up Isabella and her daughter and strolled around Reya, he didn't notice that most of the people here were healthy, as if diseases didn't exist in this place.
"Myerson, what are you thinking about?" A voice startled the young knight out of his reverie. As he turned around, he saw a priest in the group, Augustin's disciple, Luen Donner.
"Oh, it's Luen. Thank you for coming with me to heal those poor people" Myerson sincerely thanked him. He was born in the slums of the capital, but after being found to have a constitution suitable for the [Grace], he was able to leave the slums.
But even now, he still remembered what happened during that period of time. That year, the capital was ravaged by a plague, the areas most affected by the plague were the slums, people died every day, rotting corpses were everywhere.
At the time, Myerson was also on the brink of death. To suppress the plague, the priests of the Church of Divine Grace entered the slums to clean up the area. It was during that time that Myerson was saved and discovered his potential to become a Knight of Divine Grace.
Unfortunately, his [Grace of Salvation] was a [Grace of Combat], so he couldn't adapt to the [Grace of Salvation], so he could only become a Knight of Divine Grace. After he finished his studies, Myerson would return to the slums whenever he had the time to help those who couldn't.
He would also invite priests with the [Grace of Salvation] to the slums to perform voluntary healing, but most people weren't willing to waste their time. Healing those nobles would also earn them a lot of money, but the slums were dirty, messy, stinky, and filled with feces and even corpses, so how could a priest who considered himself a Superior be willing to go there?
"That is what I should do, the glory of the Lord should not be limited to nobles and merchants" Luen Donner replied with a smile. Unlike Myerson, Luen Donner was born into an aristocratic family, received a high degree of education, and was extremely devout towards the Lord. With an extremely confident and ambitious smile on his face, he continued: "If I can be elected as one of the higher-ups of the Church of Divine Grace in the future, I will definitely set up a rule to include voluntary treatment as a priest"
Compared to Myerson, Luen was born in an aristocratic family, so he was much more passionate about power and authority, but Myerson could also sense that Luen truly wanted to spread the glory of the Lord to everyone.
"Then Luen, you have to work hard, I'm looking forward to it" Myerson said very seriously. Because he had a good family background, as well as being the disciple of Cardinal Augustin, his own abilities weren't bad, many people believed that he would become a high-ranking official of the Church of Divine Grace in the future.
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