About three minutes later, the door was pushed open again, and Ivana, who had not been seen for a long time, walked in with a man with a broken arm.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker!" Ivana bowed her head slightly and saluted very respectfully.

Compared to the reserved and uneasy look she showed the last time they met, the girl seemed much more natural now. Most importantly, the blank look in her eyes was gone.

The man with the broken arm also lowered his head in fear. He originally wanted to kneel down. After all, the person sitting in front of him was the Speaker who was in charge of the entire Magic Kingdom. His status was roughly equivalent to that of His Majesty or the Pope. But when he saw that Ivana did not do so, he froze in place and did not know what to do for a moment.

"Good afternoon, Evina!" Lynn said with a smile. "It seems you have figured it out."

"You are right, Mr. Speaker. No matter how perfectly the church's lies are woven, they will eventually be torn apart..." Ivana's face was covered with dust, but her voice was very clear.

During her stay in the kingdom, she did not receive much preferential treatment, but was transformed together with the captured church clergy and imperial legions - under supervision during the day, she repaired roads in the city and built houses for the poor, and at night she made up for the basics in order to break feudal superstitions.

Although many of the nobles who were sent here kept complaining and cursing the parliament in secret, in Ivina's opinion, this was definitely not abuse.

Although it was tiring there, they could eat enough food. Some imperial soldiers even felt that being a prisoner was much better than working for their lord.

The most crucial thing is that after defeating the empire and the church, the wizards did not carry out massacres or sacrifice to evil gods as the bishops had advertised.

On the contrary, from what she saw, the city was innovating, the territory was developing, and everything around her was getting better.

If this is the end of the world, I'm afraid everyone will be looking forward to its arrival.

Listening to Ivina's narration, Lin En smiled. Although the development of the Magic Kingdom still had many flaws, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the new kingdom was more vibrant than Ella's Theocracy Empire, which was why he was confident that he could cleanse the church's faith through non-coercive means.

Of course, relevant publicity must also keep up. Lynn never rejects using some means to do the right thing.

“I wonder who this person is…” Lin En’s gaze quickly turned to the one-armed man. It was obvious that Ivana’s special visit to him was related to him.

"Reporting to the Speaker, my name is Bud, and I was...used to be an adjutant of the God's Punishment Army..." the one-armed man spoke very nervously. In the past, this identity had allowed him to enjoy endless glory, but now it has become a fatal thing.

"Do you have anything important to report?" Lin En asked.

"It's about foreign things." Ivana said solemnly.

"Foreign land?" Lin En was stunned for a moment, looking at the brown-haired girl in surprise, and his expression became more serious. "Are you referring to the world outside the space-time gate?"

Ivana turned her head and looked at Bard, who nodded, not daring to hide anything, and quickly told her everything he knew.

The foreign land is what the church calls the other world. Bard once heard Lord Gustav, the commander of the God's Punishment Army, say that it was the origin of all evil. Powerful monsters would often pass through these time and space nodes to reach the empire and harass nearby cities and people.

Therefore, the church selected elite troops from the God's Punishment Army, organized an expeditionary force to a foreign land, and took the initiative to enter and clear out the magical beasts gathered near the space-time gate.

Hearing this, Lin En's eyes suddenly brightened. He was racking his brains over how to obtain intelligence from foreign lands, but he didn't expect that the news would come to him.

"What does that world look like?" Lynn was extremely curious.

"The foreign land is very dark and cold. The last time we stayed there, we couldn't see the sun, moon, and stars for a long time..." Bard answered hesitantly.

Before entering the interior, these expeditionary forces must bless themselves with corresponding divine arts, otherwise they will easily freeze to death.

However, even with sufficient preparations, it is still extremely dangerous there, and every clearing operation will result in a large number of casualties.

"Can't see the sun?" Lin En was quite surprised, and immediately thought of what the crow had said before, that the Moon Goddess Diana took her plane away from the main world.

As for how to get out, Lin En doesn't know yet.

Could it be that it had deviated from its original orbit and taken the moon of the main world with it? This was most likely the reason why the sun and stars could not be seen in the foreign land.

A world without a star, without the source of light and heat, will undoubtedly become dark and dead. The most terrifying thing is the drastic drop in temperature, which will soon reach minus 200 degrees Celsius. It is almost impossible for any life to survive in such harsh conditions.

But the foreign land was obviously not that bad, otherwise Bard and the others would have been frozen the moment they entered, and even with the help of divine magic, it would have been impossible to save their lives.

It seems that before leaving the main world, the Moon God must have done something to slow down the downward trend in temperature.

While Lin En was thinking, Bard did not stop. He knew very well that this was his only chance to get rid of his identity as a remnant of the church, so he racked his brains to think of any useful information, such as the space-time gate that was opened for a long time would cause the gathering of magic power and attract many powerful monsters to stay. Another example is that there is a strange beast called [Sand Worm] in the foreign land, which will bury its body in the soil and attack any creature that enters the territory.

"Has the church established an outpost in that world?" Lynn asked, staring at Bud.

Even though there is now a more dangerous Lord of the Undead who needs to be dealt with, Lin En has not forgotten their old rival Ella. In a sense, the threat posed by the opponent is no less than that of the Lord of the Undead.

"I'm afraid not." Bard replied carefully. "The foreign land is too desolate and dangerous, and not very valuable. The expeditionary forces usually return with prey and results after clearing out the nearby monsters."

Lin En nodded. Ruling has a cost, and it is not cost-effective to establish a stable outpost in a world like that.

He guessed that the church had sent expeditionary forces into the area several times, and it should be more than just to eliminate the threat in advance. The corpses and blood of those powerful monsters were extremely valuable resources.

The resources for the church's baptism ceremony and the large-scale production of [Divine Grace Potion] are likely to come from here.

At this moment, Bud seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and an extremely conflicted look appeared on his face.

"What's wrong? Have you thought of anything else?" Lin En said at the right time. "Even if it's just speculation or rumors, you can tell me. It's my business to judge the truth."

With Lin En's promise, Bud finally spoke hesitantly. "Mr. Speaker, maybe it's my illusion, time seems to pass very quickly over there... No, it should be said that it passes very slowly."

When he went in, Bud felt like he had only been there for a few days, but when he came out, more than a month had passed.

Not only him, some of his colleagues in the expeditionary force also had the same feeling. Lord Gustav, the commander of the God's Punishment Army, seemed to know the reason, but he never explained it to them.

As Bud spoke, he looked cautiously at the young Speaker in front of him, fearing that the other party would suddenly accuse him of talking nonsense, because it sounded really unbelievable.

"The speed of time flowing is different?" Lin En pondered for a while. He certainly would not make a fuss about such a 'little thing'.

Time, like space, can be "kneaded" and "distorted".

The clock slow effect in the theory of relativity is an empirical example.

It’s a pity that Gustav died after the Battle of the Holy City. The cause of death was that the divine power bestowed on him was taken away. Otherwise, more information would have been extracted from the opponent’s mouth through torture.

Lin En felt very regretful and turned his gaze to the cage. Apart from Gustav, the person most likely to know all this was the Star Messenger.

The black crow was obviously still angry, and had already turned around, leaving only its butt facing him...

“Great Star Messenger, I didn’t expect that even you didn’t know about it?” Lin En shook his head regretfully, and then added with certainty.

"But this is normal. Not everyone is qualified to know the secrets of time and planes. Perhaps even the God of Life and Creation doesn't know. After all, our world is too special to have such a strange phenomenon as inconsistent time flow."

The black crow's feathers immediately stood up, and its high-pitched crow cry soon resounded throughout the room. "Bullshit, stupid native, that's just your ignorance. The speed of time between different planes is different. It will only be consistent after being completely captured by the main plane..."

"Then what is this capture based on? Is it covered by magic power?" Lin En continued to ask.

There must be a reason why Diana, the Moon Goddess, opened so many time and space gates on this continent. It is very likely that she wanted to capture the planes and transform them into her own divine domain.

However, the crow kept silent this time, its pair of black eyes rolling around without any intention of responding.

At this moment, Bard was surprised by Lin En's address. He looked at the black crow in the cage and didn't understand why a talking crow was called "the great star messenger" by the Speaker.

Ivana, who was standing by, was also a little surprised, and then she realized that although Lin En kept using honorifics in his words, she couldn't hear any respect in them at all.

And a great being obviously won't be kept in a cage...

Seeing that Crow didn't reply, Lin En smiled and didn't care. The intelligence just now was enough for him to sort out a lot of information.

"Thank you for the information you provided this time. It is very important for the parliament's next actions." Lynn did not hesitate to express his praise. He stood up and placed his hand on Bud's shoulder under Bud's terrified gaze.

[Shaping-body reconstruction]

A strong magical fluorescence appeared in the room.

Bud suddenly felt a piercing pain and almost thought that the seemingly kind Speaker had suddenly changed his mind and was ready to kill him.

Fortunately, this piercing pain only lasted for a few seconds, and was replaced by a numbing, itchy and comfortable feeling.

After the white light completely dissipated, Bud was surprised to find that his left hand that was broken off in the war had grown back. He was so happy that he immediately knelt down and expressed his gratitude in tears.

After Lin En comforted him for a few words, he let Bard leave first, and then looked at the brown girl. "You did a good job, Ivana, from now on you are free!"

The word freedom undoubtedly meant everything, which meant that they had ended their labor, redeemed their sins, and became free people of the kingdom!

Even though there is hidden discrimination in the selection of some high-end positions, such as affairs officers, the papermaking, iron smelting and glass workshops don’t care what you did before. As long as you are willing to work hard, having enough food is not a problem at all. You may even be able to buy a house and live a good life with meat every day.

For the poor of the empire, not being hungry, not being cold, and having clothes to wear was already a life like heaven.

Although Ivana had previously betrayed the church and delayed the attack of Ella's incarnation, buying time for his breakthrough, she was still an undercover agent of the church and a member of the God's Punishment Army. According to the laws of the parliament, she had to undergo long-term transformation.

Lin En would not use his power to grant exemption just because the two of them were familiar with each other. He would strictly follow the laws of the parliament and throw him into a labor camp.

By the way, Ivina was assigned a task, which was to find out which of the prisoners were undergoing reform and which were still harboring evil intentions and planning riots in secret. This was also an undercover mission.

At the beginning, Ivana agreed without any hesitation, because she needed an opportunity to truly see how the kingdom treated prisoners and the lower-class people of the empire.

"Take this letter of recommendation." Lynn took out a piece of letter paper from the desk, and ran his hand over it. A long string of words flashing with magical fluorescence appeared on the paper.

The last time the girl took the civil servant exam, she achieved good results, which made many examiners look at her differently. However, due to her identity issues, she failed to pass the assessment in the end.

Now that he has been in the labor camp for several months and has taken the initiative to bring them information about foreign lands, his loyalty is enough. If they continue to block his future because of his identity, it would show that the high-ranking officials of the Magic Kingdom are too narrow-minded.

It can also serve as a reward for the girl to report this important discovery in a timely manner.

Facing this precious letter of recommendation, Ivana hesitated and bit her lip before speaking. "Mr. Speaker, can I exchange it for another request?"

“That depends on what the request is…” Lynn put the recommendation letter aside and asked with interest.

"I want to find someone." Ivana looked at Lin En and said seriously. "My brother - Lotte!"

(End of this chapter)