Chapter 108 - Having A Good Conversation

Padre Bianco stopped smiling for a moment and stared at Abbot Eurico, he felt Emery and Levi's gazes on his face, as if they were measuring his reaction.

Abbot Eurico's opaque eyes showed no emotion and he still had the gentle smile on his face, Father Bianco had to look away. For some strange reason, he felt immense pressure as he continued to stare into the abbot's blind eyes.

"A dangerous prisoner has escaped from my older brother's castle. His men hunted this prisoner until they reached the abbey. That's why my brother asked me to come here. He wants me to look around to see if the criminal is hiding somewhere in the abbey"

Emery was surprised to hear this, again this was not in the original plot, but the book was not omnipotent as it was narrated from the point of view of three characters, Arabeth, Rutger, and Giovanni. So if these three characters weren't interested or weren't actually present in the scene, that sort of thing wouldn't be in the book.

"The human is lying…" Azarphy's voice rang in Emery's mind. "Watch out for this person, he thinks you like to play with young people because of Giovanni and that you would dare to take the poor prisoner.... He's not too wrong."

Azarphy said with some sarcasm, for some reason he felt a little irritated as if you can already see this bomb being picked up by Emery at any moment.

Author: Wow! Your spider senses are working well! Cough... Cough... I say your heavenly senses.

When Father Bianco had finished explaining the details of the alleged prisoner's escape, he looked at Emery as if probing the expression on the Bishop's face, which was very rude of him.

There is a difference between the Bishop and the Leader of the Holy Knights looking directly into the face of a little local priest and that same little priest doing the same thing, after all, there was the hierarchy of the clergy.

Of course, Emery had his eternal facial palsy, so he didn't show much expression in Father Bianco's eyes, though in his heart he was shocked. Emery turned his seemingly indifferent gaze to the other man, who felt incredible pressure as if Bishop Darcy could crush him with just two fingers.

This was Azarphy acting again, he already had to put up with Giovanni and Arabeth who had Emery's attention, yet another insect came looking too much for the human he was interested in. This was so irritating, he acted almost without realizing that he was annoyed and a little jealous.

"The Count is really someone very daring. You know you can't walk around the abbey freely, even though you're a priest." Levi replied in a sharp tone, he wasn't fierce just very cold.

Emery didn't comment, he was just a visitor. Even though he agreed with Knight Levi in ​​his mind. If anyone could wander into the abbey to investigate, the church would have long since lost power.

The church of the god of light has a hand in many countries in some they are the absolute religion as in the case of the Kingdom of Dawn, their power was tremendous, making the royalty to be polite and sincere to the clerics, of course, the two powers they were always probing each other and having power struggles behind the scenes.

In empires it was impossible for the official religion to belong to the Church of Light, above all the emperor (military power), secondly the nobles (political power), thirdly the economic system (money is life), fourthly the judiciary system, and fifthly the rulers (mayors, district leaders, and governors), there was no religion as a priority.

Of course, the Church of the God of Light still had a strong presence and had its own military force, which pacified countries that wanted to enter into conflict while keeping the emperor in check on how to use military power more "fairly". After all, if he carelessly used the military to subdue everyone, the church would just attack him from behind and it was all over.

To undermine the strength of the Church of the God of Light the empires established an imperial constitution where the empire would be Laic and many religions thrived on it, with some exceptions, such as the Witch and Warlock class, and of course the terrifying Necromancers.

Alchemists were disguised as doctors, pharmacists, or even followers of the Church of Nature, so the Church of the God of Light could only attack these figures in the dark.

Back to the troubled people in Abbot Eurico's office.

"I'm just doing my brother a favor. I do not intend to do anything that is harmful to the abbey. I know my place" Father Bianco said with a sigh, showing a forlorn face.

It's not like he wanted to be at the abbey to investigate, he didn't like to get involved in other people's domain, he was happy in his little parish earning his gold and having a hectic social life in his older brother's cottage.

"Since you know your place, then I don't have to worry about anything. You already know that you cannot search the third floor of the library or the second floor of this building. Of course, Brother Bianco cannot invade the guest rooms of this abbey, but you can kindly request them to help with the investigation. If they refuse, there is nothing to do and you must walk away"

Abbot Eurico kept his tone calm and closed his eyes as if in thought. Abbot Eurico tacitly agreed that Father Bianco should search the Abbey, but that he should maintain decorum and not cause a stir, especially not to disturb Bishop Emery and some guests who came from other churches, as dealing with the grievances of these little kings would be problematic.

"Thank you, Brother Eurico" Father Bianco politely joined his hands as if in prayer.

"Now, that you have already spoken for what has come. Brother Ricci will take you to the guest room"

Emery was surprised at how quickly Abbot Eurico dismissed Father Bianco. This showed that he wasn't very happy with Father Bianco's purpose, he didn't even want to know who the fugitive was or if he was dangerous.

"It must be just another toy that Count Bianco let slip. This man is very... A few times a year, he goes to play with these poor people, throwing them into the forest on his property to hunt"

As soon as Father Bianco left with Father Ricci, Abbot Eurico spoke again. Emery sat on a comfortable sofa near the fireplace, he didn't want to sit in the chair facing the abbot's desk.

Abbot Eurico didn't mind, he was well aware of Bishop Darcy's arrogant behavior and how he only likes comfort. His acting like that wasn't out of the ordinary, at least he was still polite when talking to the abbot.

Emery looked at the fire in the fireplace, even though it was morning the temperature was still hovering between 15 and 20 degrees which were a bit chilly thanks to the recent storm and now with the light rain falling now. As Abbot Eurico was an older person, so he was more sensitive to the weather, which is why he had the fireplace lit at this time of day.

Bishop Darcy kept his face expressionless, even though he was cursing in his mind how cruel and crazy the people of this world are. It was the kind of thing Emery wanted to avoid for his life and help Giovanni not fall into this kind of evil plot.

Once again the plot comes and throws in his face that this is a Dark BL world, where life is worth less than grass and beautiful people, but without power, they would only be toys, that no one cared to help.

"Brother Eurico, what do you want to talk to me about?" Emery asked, he felt very tense after hearing the abbot's comment, but his voice remained calm and placid showing no emotion.

"No big deal, I just heard that you took a novice under your protection. That's true?"

"Yes, the young man looks promising. I'm thinking of taking him to the capital of my home country"

"This is unheard of. Nobody thought that Brother Darcy was going to take a pupil. This young man must be very formidable! Congratulations, Brother Darcy!"

Emery answered everything in an indifferent tone, but Abbot Eurico seemed animated as he talked.

"But why is brother Eurico asking about this?"

"One of the brothers came to tell me our guest, Brother Rutger, was interested in being Giovanni's patron... How Brother Darcy had taken the novice with him and some malicious rumors were generated... This old man just thought that novice's beauty could be something demonic and I wanted to check on the young man personally, but as Brother Darcy has already shown pure intentions, I can have my mind clearer."

Abbot Eurico's voice sounded like a good grandfather who cares for the younger ones, but Emery knew he was probing his reaction.

The question is who spread these terrible rumors about Giovanni?

Was it Father Rutger?