Hearing Dorothy's response, Nephnesse shuddered, then looked at the newspaper on the table that said the church investigation team would be arriving soon, and a hint of worry appeared in her eyes.
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The Dove Hotel is a hotel located next to the Ningshen Church, the largest church in the foreign residential area of Kankedal. Due to its proximity to the church, the church's special envoys to Adus were arranged to rest in this hotel after arriving in Kankedal. Now that the special envoys have returned from Adus, this hotel has once again become their resting place, but this time, only Vanya is left staying there.
After the stabbing, not only the two "murderers" were arrested, but the entire crew of the Desert Arrow and the injured special envoy guard were controlled by the Kankedal City Guard and imprisoned on suspicion of serious crime. As for Vanya herself, since she had saved people at the scene and stopped the murderer, the guards could not arrest her directly, so they sent her to this hotel, strictly restricting any form of going out and keeping her under surveillance around the clock.
Even in the eyes of ordinary people who were influenced by the propaganda, Sister Vanya should have nothing to do with heresy because she saved people. She was just implicated and was a poor nun with bad luck. Therefore, the Kankedal authorities did not think of using rough treatment when treating Vanya. They just put her under house arrest and continued to treat her with preferential treatment.
Vanya stayed peacefully in the hotel for several days in a row, spending almost every day in prayer, and the authorities of Kankedal did not continue to do anything to her. But now the situation is a little different, because the real investigators and judges of this case, the investigation team of the Church's Inquisition, have arrived at the port of Kankedal. After they arrived here, their first stop was to the Mi'ge Hotel.
At dusk, under the setting sun, several figures appeared on the road leading to the Dove Hotel. There were roughly a dozen of them, and almost all of them wore uniform attire, wearing red and black priest robes, masks and cloth crowns, with swords hanging on one side of their waists and thick scriptures hanging on the other side. Some people also held long poles and hung long scrolls of laws in the scriptures on the poles, displaying them like flags. The team moved forward in the setting sun, and everyone was silent, looking dull and depressed.
At the head of the team, a leading man walked there. He was also wearing a black and red priest robe, but the style was more complicated. He looked to be about 40 or 50 years old, with no mask on his face, no pointed cloth crown on his head, and no hair at all. The sun mark of the church was printed on his forehead. Even without any expression, his face looked fierce. Next to this leading man, another tall figure stood respectfully. He was the captain of the Kankedar City Guard, Hajeta.
Leading the team behind him, the bald man went all the way to the Yige Hotel. When the city guards at the hotel entrance saw him, they immediately made way for the team and let them enter the hotel. In the hotel lobby, the bald man looked back at the team behind him and then gave orders.
"You guys stay here now."
"yes."
After a simple response, the team stood still. After seeing this, the bald man glanced at Hajeta beside him, and then said in a slightly arrogant tone.
"Lead the way."
"Please come this way, Your Excellency the Inquisitor."
As he spoke, Hajeta led the bald man all the way up to the hotel. After reaching the third floor of the hotel, they stopped in front of the door of a room. After signaling to the two guards in front of the door, one of them immediately took out a key and opened the door. Then Hajeta led the bald priest into the room, and then they immediately saw the nun Vanya kneeling on the ground praying in the hall of the luxurious room. After hearing the noise, she turned her head and looked at the door in surprise.
"Senior Deacon, Vanya Chafillon, I am Senior Inquisitor Clifton. I have been ordered by Grand Inquisitor Krama to come to Kankedal to investigate the case of the heretical corruption of the Holy Church by the Salvation Sect. According to evidence from all sides, you are now suspected of being corrupted. Get up now and follow me."
Facing Vanya who was kneeling on the ground praying, the bald judge named Clifton spoke in a stern voice. Vanya was slightly stunned after hearing his words, and then spoke.
"Your Excellency the Inquisitor, I have not been corrupted by heresy. On the day of the assassination, I did not participate in the assassination. I stopped the assassin and saved the person who was assassinated..."
"Hmph, the most cunning heretics are often good at hiding. In my eyes, your actions are far from enough to clear you of suspicion. Only after going through the interrogation of the Inquisition Bureau can your innocence be proven. So follow me immediately. Otherwise, you will be treated as a heretic for refusing to cooperate with the investigation!"
Clifton spoke sternly, his tone already threatening. Hearing his words, Vanya couldn't help but panic. Just as she was about to say something, an ethereal voice sounded in the room.
"You are so powerful, Lord Clifton. With your aura, I'm afraid you can capture any cardinal here."
Hearing the voice, Clifton's expression changed, and then he immediately turned his head to look in the direction where the voice came from. What he saw next was a shadow slowly appearing.
It was the shadow of a female nun, she looked to be in her early twenties, and like Vanya, she was wearing a dark-colored nun's uniform, with chest-length golden hair extending from between the nun's hat. Her originally gentle face revealed a hint of sarcasm. After seeing this ghost-like nun, Clifton's expression froze, and after a long while he spoke slowly.
"Mrs. Evi... you are here too..."
"Since I've been here, Sister Vanya has always been recognized by Her Excellency Amanda for her character, so after the assassination of the Kankedal heretic, she has been paying attention to it. In order to keep abreast of the progress and trends of the case investigation here and prevent any violations from happening, she sent me here."
Facing Clifton's words, the nun named Evie replied indifferently. Facing the nun's answer, Clifton shifted his gaze to Vanya, who looked a little panicked, and then spoke.
"I am now taking Sister Vanya back to the Torch for questioning. This is routine. Please do not stop me, Sister Evi."
"Since it's not just an inquiry, then you can ask it anywhere. Your burning cell is fine, and so is this place. Why go so far? Reverend Clifton, just ask whatever questions you want here. You don't have to make multiple trips."
Facing Clifton's words, Evie continued to answer indifferently. Hearing the answer from the virtual nun in front of him, Clifton's face darkened and a hint of anger appeared in his eyes.
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