Chapter 239:

Chapter 239:

Isaac had taken the trouble to obtain Camille’s data because he, too, knew almost nothing about the Nameless Chaos. The information he had about it was only the surface-level details expressed in the game, thanks to the Church’s Censorship Department’s obsessive removal and seizure efforts.

Even the agents of the Nameless Chaos knew nothing about it, so the Censorship Department’s diligence could be considered impressive.

Until the inquisitor’s smuggled documents arrived at his quarters, Isaac headed to the orphanage at Ultenheim Cathedral.

“Holy Grail Knight!”

A priest who cared for the orphanage children approached with a surprised look. Behind him, a few small children hid and watched Isaac. He felt a strange sense of nostalgia.

“Hello, Father. I was concerned about the children being frightened by recent events, so I came to check on them.”

“Oh... yes. They were quite scared. I never imagined Cardinal Camille would be involved in such....”

The priest, bewildered, patted the children’s heads. The fact that the news had reached even a low-ranking priest meant the rumors had spread widely. It was only natural since Camille’s personal artifacts were found inside the monster.

“I was also shocked to hear the news. I never thought the monster I beheaded was the respected Cardinal....”

Isaac’s gaze shifted to a girl who was staring at him intently. She was the girl he had rescued from the pyre.

Isaac spoke to the priest.

“For that reason, Father, I am concerned about the safety of the children here.”

The priest looked distressed.

The Ultenheim Cathedral’s orphanage was one of the best facilities for orphans in the empire. If even this place, considered a rearguard, wasn’t safe, where could be considered safe?

However, since monsters had appeared in the cathedral a few days ago and killed several priests, he couldn’t simply ask for trust.

“Then....”

“If it’s all right, I’d like to move the girl I entrusted to you to a safer place.”

Even though Isolde had carefully found a place for her, the possibility that the Church could use her as a hostage made him reluctant to leave her here.

Isaac planned to send the girl to the Issacrea estate for protection.

The priest explained various procedures and circumstances, looking troubled. He wasn’t worried about losing the child but genuinely believed that leaving her at the orphanage was the best option. Although Isaac knew the priest meant well, he couldn’t trust the Church’s upper echelons.

Furthermore, since Isaac intended to continue walking a dangerous line, he was even more cautious.

In the end, the priest couldn’t sway Isaac and agreed to let the girl go.

“Hmm, if that is your decision, there is nothing more to be done. Ah, we haven’t yet performed the ceremony to annul the death insurance contract. The cathedral scheduled to conduct the ceremony was severely damaged....”

Isaac was taken aback to learn that the death insurance contract had not been annulled yet, but he couldn’t wait indefinitely.

“There are priests in my estate, so I will ask them.”

“Hmm, then please take care of it.”

The priest, crouching to the girl’s level and patting her head, spoke.

“Angela, when you go to the Holy Grail Knight’s estate, you will live in a better place than here. Don’t forget to pray daily to the Codex of Light, read the scriptures regularly to purify your inner soul, and....”

Isaac felt a surge of anger watching a Church member, who had almost put the girl on a pyre, telling her not to forget to pray to the Codex of Light. In hindsight, it had been a mistake to leave her at the cathedral, but the insurance contract had left him no choice.

‘Whether it’s the Immortal Order that put death insurance on a child or the Codex of Light that tried to burn her at the stake, they are all filled with madmen.’

“Is the child’s name Angela? Does she speak?”

Isaac interrupted the priest’s lengthy instructions. The priest, flustered, nodded.

“Ah, she can’t speak yet, but I needed a name to call her by, so I named her.”

The name felt strongly religious. Isaac nodded and approached the girl, extending his hand.

The wandering monk patted the priest’s shoulder before gripping it tightly.

“Brother, as long as the angels’ wings blaze in the heavens, the balance of power has never wavered. Even the Elil faction was part of the grand plan towards the Millennial Kingdom.”

The priest winced at the strength of the grip and barely suppressed a groan as he replied.

“Y-yes, I’m sorry. I was just concerned.”

“You seem to be apologizing a lot today. Perhaps we called you to the Watchers’ Council too early.”

The priest began to apologize again but stopped and bowed his head quietly. The wandering monk nodded, seemingly satisfied by his silence, and released his shoulder.

“Brother, young priests, the Pope, Cardinals, none of them matter. Remember, we are the only ones in the Church who hear the angels and carry out their will. Our role is to ensure these prideful and greedy sheep remain within the fold.”

“...I will remember.”

“I’m glad you understand.”

The wandering monk stood up. The priest, bewildered, rose with him and asked.

“Where are you going?”

“I must meet this Holy Grail Knight Isaac in person. Surely he wouldn’t turn this feeble old man into a monster.”

***

Isolde had gone to Isaac’s quarters but couldn’t find him.

In the courtyard of the VIP accommodations provided by the palace, carriages were lined up, ready to depart for Issacrea territory. Baggage was packed as if they were about to leave, but Isaac was nowhere to be found. Isolde finally spotted him hanging upside down from a tree in the garden.

“What are you doing?”

Isaac opened his eyes at her question.

“I am trying to understand what the tentacle is thinking.”

Isolde thought he must have lost his mind from hanging upside down for too long, but she tried to understand his words, glancing at his left hand.

“Since the tentacle is attached to your left hand, you’re trying to understand its feelings by hanging upside down like it does?”

“Precisely. But it doesn’t seem to be helping.”

Isaac sighed and climbed down from the tree.

Despite the absurdity of his actions, Isolde found herself annoyed that he looked handsome even after hanging upside down.

“Why are you suddenly concerned about the tentacle’s thoughts?”

Isaac silently pointed to a pile of documents stacked beside the tree. Isolde examined them and quickly realized they were Inquisition documents, causing her to jump in surprise.

“These are materials about heretics!”

The contents were disorganized, but they ranged from information about the Nameless Chaos, rituals of ancient dead gods, to barbaric legends from apocryphal texts about exiled beings. Among them, the materials on the Nameless Chaos were the most abundant.

“Why do you have these?”

“I read a bit about the events, miracles, and rituals conducted by the Nameless Chaos’s cult before it was eradicated. But even after reading just a little, it made me feel uneasy. The contents were bizarrely cruel and infuriating.”

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