The atmosphere between Loki and Pure White became visibly tense.
No one else dared to speak, and the only one who could interrupt at this time was Aiwass.
"Actually, Cardinal Loki."
Aiwass tapped his chest three times with his right hand and said: "I am personally involved in this matter - because the bishop named Mercedes died in the cabinet in my room.
"And if Her Majesty the Saint hadn't had other important matters at the time, the first person to see her friend's body would have been herself. I would have witnessed all of this as a witness."
"so what?"
Loki asked rhetorically.
He looked as normal as usual, as if he didn't know anything about Pure White Ningba.
Aiwass raised his eyebrows slightly.
——Could this be Loki in disguise?
Is he pretending that he doesn't know about this matter, so that he can get away with being a suspect?
But at this moment, Chunbai suddenly spoke and said something that surprised Aiwass: "Cardinal Loki, Aiwass knows about that matter."
……Um?
Aiwass looked at Chunbai in surprise.
What does this mean?
Loki's expression was also slightly moved.
He frowned slightly, looked into his pure white eyes, and said in a stern tone: "You should know that you cannot tell outsiders about this kind of thing. Especially short-lived species."
"I didn't tell him everything just as I didn't tell him all the secrets about you."
Chunbai looked at Cardinal Loki equally seriously and seriously: "This matter only concerns me."
"That's not the case. Our affairs are related to the Theocracy itself, to you, to me, to all of us."
"But in the end, the matter itself is still my business."
The two senior leaders of the Theocracy turned into the Riddler and argued in words that outsiders could not understand.
——But Aiwass can understand it.
Because of this, he can easily discern information that others cannot detect.
...It sounds like Cardinal Loki already knew about Pure White Ningba?
No, according to what they said, the entire group of cardinals should know about this.
This is reasonable. With Chunbai's upright and trouble-free character, she probably doesn't seem to be the type to deliberately hide such things... Since there are still people who can use this to plot against her, it means that this secret has already been solved in a sense.
It's not a secret anymore. On the contrary, it's Loki. He doesn't want more people to know about this... What's going on?
Also, what Junshiro said about Loki's secret...
... Could it be that Cardinal Loki also has a secret that can even be compared with the pure white Ningba?
Is this related to the controlled fire? Is it related to his sudden death?
While Aiwass was thinking in his mind, Cardinal Loki looked at Aiwass again.
"I'm not the kind of person who likes to mention the same thing over and over again, so I will only say it again here. If you don't want to hear it, then I won't say it to you again."
Cardinal Loki said seriously: "The Theocracy will soon become chaotic - the time you came here was not very good. If I were you, I would leave the Theocracy first and wait until the end of the year.
return."
Chunbai on the side just interrupted: "I will protect him."
But Aiwass noticed that she did not deny that the Church would fall into chaos.
Cardinal Loki shook his head: "You can't protect him.
"——You can't even protect Bishop Mercedes, so you still want to protect Aiwass? The troubles surrounding him are much greater than Bishop Mercedes."
When she heard the first half, Chunbai frowned slightly - for Chunbai, who had a calm personality, this was already considered anger.
But when she heard the second half, she was startled.
The Pure White Saint temporarily put aside her anger at her friend's murder, frowned, and asked Cardinal Loki seriously: "What do you know about Aiwass?"
"My past is chasing me."
Cardinal Loki replied: "I will not be able to help myself."
Pure White frowned slightly: "When?"
"yesterday."
"Did you pray to Si Zhu?"
"I prayed to Him three times last night."
The corners of Cardinal Loki's mouth slightly raised without fear: "Now it seems that it is time for the soul to return to the sky."
Chunbai narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at him: "Then...why don't you come with me? I can also protect witnesses and criminals."
"I already said, that matter has nothing to do with me."
Loki shook his head slightly, turned around and answered.
"Did someone from Controlled Fire do it?"
"That's right."
Unexpectedly, Loki replied.
"Who is it?" Chunbai asked.
When Loki heard this, he turned back to look at her and spit out a name.
"Gloria Blue Rose."
Pure Bai's always calm and expressionless face suddenly showed a clear wavering.
Hearing this, Aiwass, who had been keeping quiet next to him, suddenly raised his eyebrows.
Because he has also heard of this name.
This is not a good thing.
"...So, where is Gloria?"
Pure White took a deep breath.
Loki glanced at her and then looked back at the mirrors.
He pointed to a certain mirror, and a girl suddenly appeared in the mirror.
The flaxen hair is very short, even shorter than Aiwass.
The next moment, her picture suddenly enlarged. It spread from a pair of mirrors to the entire wall, and originally only her face could be seen in the picture, but her whole body could also be seen.
Gloria was wearing a thin and breathable white robe. She was very short and looked like a little girl of fourteen or fifteen years old.
Under her clothes, one can clearly see gem crystals one after another, like scars.
Her palms, backs of hands, shoulder blades, collarbones, neck...are all covered with dense gem crystals. She even looks very stiff when she moves.
The most eye-catching thing is her right eye.
Her right eye has turned into a dark blue gem as beautiful as the starry sky, and there seem to be many stars in it. But there is no pupil or eyeball.
She was holding a thick stack of letters in her hand.
It was a "Confessions" written in slightly distorted handwriting.
It can be vaguely seen that what is written above is the murder of Bishop Mercedes.
She walked to the edge of the earth, which was near the edge of a certain ring.
Then, a golden glow ignited in her hand—perhaps it was also a particularly bright amber color.
Catalyzed by the light, those letters were activated one by one, turning into paper cranes one after another, flying in all directions at the same time. When the paper cranes dispersed, her whole body also fell forward and opened her arms.
Fall down.
"...Gloria!"
Pure White exclaimed.
She subconsciously took half a step forward and stretched out her right hand as if to grab it. But at the moment she was about to reach out, she slowly let it go.
"……when did it happen?"
"This morning."
Cardinal Loki replied.
The next moment, he waved his hand.
The picture suddenly changed.
It was a leafless tree twisted through horticultural techniques. It was originally used as a seat, but now it is scattered with many gemstone fragments, blue, green, yellow, red... The whole tree is covered with these fragments.
Sparkling with cracked gemstones.
Only a jeweled face with eyes closed fell in front of the tree. It was still broken into two halves, with only the part above the chin still intact.
"Candidate Saint Gloria."
Cardinal Loki replied: "Her coagulation disease has already reached the advanced stage, and she can only survive because of your talk to her. But she has been tired of this state for too long... Maintaining the status quo is also a twilight move,' Stop
Ningpa itself cannot stop Ningpa', this is a kind of paradox belonging to the elves.
"But it's obvious that she would rather have a short and glorious death than delaying Ningpa and finally having her soul frozen in those sculptures.
"How can you define what she did to Mercedes as a murder... rather than a rescue?"
Loki turned around and looked at Chunbai again: "As far as I know, Bishop Mercedes did not resist when she died. You are so sure that she wants to live and be with you...waiting for the future
Ningpa?"
But this time, Chunbai subconsciously turned her gaze away.
"Your Highness the Saint."
Loki said softly: "Only one of the dozens of candidate saints can be born. They are all your substitutes. When you encounter an accident, they may become saints.
"If you don't die, others will only be candidates for the saints all their lives. They will practice the skills of resonance with the Nine Pillar Gods all their lives, and survive in a high circle isolated from the world. How high is the probability of the candidate saints becoming amber, you yourself
You should also know.
"You said it's because the elves who are not prone to Ningpa have become professionals, so professionals are not prone to Ningpa. So let me ask you, does inheritance itself really not affect the probability of Ningpa disease? How high is the candidate saint?
Ningpa rate, the life and death relationship between each group of Pope's guards is almost bound. If one person dies, the other will follow Ningpo... and your former mentor, Betinadia Fanhua - these people
Does his death really have nothing to do with the inheritance itself?
"——You are a winner, you are a survivor, Her Royal Highness the Saint. Just like me. We are all lucky. But there are always some unfortunate people. Some people cannot become inheritors, and some inheritors die. Those who follow
Not all of my people are professionals - there are also some inheritors who have encountered the Ningpa crisis and are seeking change, treatment and relief. They are also elves.
"Now let me ask you, Your Highness the Saint——
"Controlled fire, is it really wrong?"
Facing the saint and the four papal guards, Cardinal Loki's words did not waver at all.
His eyes were as blazing as fire, and the red light burning in his pupils was like the setting sun.
The sun sets at dusk.
Chapter completed!