Chapter 677 Chapter 135 Waiting
Count Robert’s gaze shifted slightly, landing on the golden-haired girl in the white nun’s habit beside the young man.
Verafia knew what he wanted to say and immediately raised her head: “You guessed correctly, this idiot’s flame also originates from me.”
Since there was no need to hide anything, and doing so would only invite suspicion, she might as well admit it directly.
She raised her cheek and stuck out her tongue slightly: “I know what you want to say… Although I really want to admit it, I am indeed not the Fire Saint you speak of.”
Count Robert fell silent for a moment and nodded, “Then, Miss Verafia and Lord Ig, are you disguised as nuns and priests to come to this church at Sirius’s request?”
“This… constitutes part of the reason. However, more importantly, we wish to stop Trist’s conspiracy.”
Well, if possible, she really needed to borrow Mistetinn’s Staff from Cardinal Bro, even if she couldn’t take it away.
“If, as you told Gatos… Azer, he does seem to be the key figure in this conspiracy.”
Count Robert spoke, “Miss Verafia, Lord Ig, if you need it, I can take you to him. However, please continue your disguise as nuns and priests for now.”
“Eh. You agreed just like that?”
The young girl said with some surprise. She had thought Count Robert wouldn’t fully trust them yet and that she would need to spend more effort convincing him. After all, he couldn’t be sure if Shiel, and the others, were truly colluding with the Frost Calamity and deceiving him with lies.
However, Verafia thought again, since Count Robert himself harbored doubts, taking them to find Azer would naturally provide confirmation.
Verafia was about to express her thanks with a touch of haughtiness when her golden eyes suddenly moved slightly.
Ig noticed the anomaly in the girl under her nun’s hood and called out, “Veer?”
Verafia shook her head, her eyelashes fluttering, revealing her golden eyes: “Just now, Cardinal Bro went towards Azer.”
“Miss Verafia can sense the movements of a Saint Rank Cardinal?”
“Not exactly… However, Mistetinn’s Staff is in his hands, and it is indeed moving in Azer’s direction,” the young girl replied, shaking her head.
“Is that so.”
Count Robert pondered for a moment. If, as the girl said, they rushed to the prison, they would simply run into Cardinal Bro. He raised his face and asked for her opinion:
“Then, Miss Verafia, what is your intention?”
“Please take us there,” Verafia said.
If Cardinal Bro, truly was as she imagined…
The young girl’s small hand gently clasped a magical amulet, a spell for marking coordinates, which Tais had given her, asking her to find Azer’s place of confinement and then crush it.
However, now was not the time to use it.
Count Robert looked at her expression and nodded.
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According to Robert, Azer, as a spy colluding with the Frost Calamity, was imprisoned in the Inquisition of the Church. However, it was somewhat unexpected that the church’s Inquisition was not built underground but in a tower adjacent to the Bishop’s residence.
“What a creepy place…”
Verafia raised her eyes and surveyed the surrounding environment. Compared to the sacred church, a place for judging and torturing criminals was naturally filled with gloom and a sense of solemnity.
Moreover, compared to other places, the Inquisition’s defenses were undoubtedly much tighter, with Inquisition priests in black cloaks serving as enforcers everywhere.
However, Robert’s authority was not low. Seeing him approach, these priests, though appearing somewhat surprised, did not stop them.
“Miss Verafia, Azer is in the deepest part of this Inquisition. The last time I saw him, he was by Lord Trist’s side, and I did not have the authority to enter directly,”
Count Robert said to the young girl.
Verafia nodded. She crushed the magic in her hand, and a strand of secret silver light flowed from between her fingers, blowing out the window with the sound of the wind.
“Is this the magic Sirius gave you to contact? However, this Inquisition has magical isolation, and normal magic cannot pass through.”
“There’s no need to worry about that. This magic was given to me by Irene.”
On the Aer Continent, a Saint was quite rare, with no more than a dozen individuals in total. Therefore, the rank of Star could almost be considered the strongest in an entire region.
What’s more, even in Verafia’s eyes, Irene could be considered a rare powerhouse within the Star realm.
As the other party had said, this Inquisition had magical isolation, but that clearly could not stop the spells of the Silver Moon Elves.
Robert had obviously heard of Irene’s name, so he nodded.
“Then, Young Lady, what are your plans next?” Ig suddenly asked from beside her.
“Mmm… We should still go inside,”
Verafia said. She raised her eyes and smiled gently again: “Thank you, Lord Robert.”
Tais’s initial request to her was to find Azer’s location and then leave. She also knew that asking a powerless girl to accompany a battlefield on the verge of explosive combat was asking too much.
However, Verafia did not think so at this moment… She had a feeling that both the flames and the Frost Calamity would clash on this battlefield. As a deity of flame, she naturally could not leave.
“…”
Ig looked at her, but did not speak to stop her. Although worried, since she had made up her mind, he had little reason to persuade her otherwise.
All he needed to do was protect the young girl.
Muttering in his heart, Ig slightly tightened his grip on the hilt of End.
Verafia glanced sideways. Even the Inquisition had windows open. At this moment, the night sky was casting its shadows, and although the cold, frosty wind seemed to freeze the ice shards, whistling and stirring on the ground.
However, the moonlight was still visible, as if the peaceful night remained.
Suddenly, Count Robert, who was in charge of the judgment, stopped. He turned his face and looked at the young girl: “Miss Verafia, you told me earlier… Hyde, he would prepare to eliminate me.”
“What’s wrong?”
Verafia blinked in surprise. She didn’t believe that with this young man’s intelligence, he wouldn’t understand the reason she said that.
Robert shook his head.
“Hyde’s actions are faster than you thought. It seems he wants to take this opportunity to directly execute me. Perhaps, after I met with you, he gathered his soldiers.”
He drew his sword, his gaze fixed in the distance. That was the place where Azer was imprisoned for judgment, but now, it was separated by darkness.
“Now, we can’t wait for your friend.”
As if echoing his words, a flame lit up, and a tall, thin noble youth, surrounded by knights, appeared in view. His laughter echoed in the darkness.
“Robert, oh Robert, I really didn’t want you to be here.”
Verafia’s golden eyes narrowed. The noble youth walking towards them was Count Hyde. The staff he held flickered with a faint blue light, illuminating his elegantly raised face, but his gaze had become fierce.
“Randomly coming to a place where important criminals are held—Robert, are you, like Sirius, being deceived by a witch’s servant?”
