Chapter 627 Are you fake Fire Moths?
Lina first sneaked into the island, but was caught by Chloe and Isaac. She escaped after leaving her body behind, and then went to the north, where she persuaded Count Bazel to open the Temple of Bones, almost causing a disaster that destroyed the entire continent.
Lina claimed to be the chief of the Fire Moths, but of course that was false, and Zeus didn't believe it at all.
But how come this chief is now recognized by the empire?
Will Candlelight endorse Lina?
"My Lord, you called me?"
The office door opened again and Richard walked in with a diary.
As soon as Hughes finished reading the letter, he called Richard over and asked him to bring Chloe with him.
"Chloe, are you the chief of the Fire Moth?"
"It used to be, but now Richard is the chief."
"Has Lina ever been chief?"
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Chloe was a little puzzled, while Richard pushed his monocle and asked with a frown, "The Lina you are talking about, is it the Lina who assassinated you in the courtroom before?"
"Yes, that's her. What is her role in the Fire Moth?"
"I recruited Lina. She was just a little girl from the Rhine slums. I saw that she had a high aptitude for learning and was quite enthusiastic about knowledge, so I took her in after a thorough investigation. She had hardly held any position in the Fire Moths, just a newcomer responsible for running errands."
Zeus nodded. "So where are all the members of the Fire Moth now?"
"Most of them are here, and some are in Blood Harbor. There were some scattered members of the Empire before, but they all came here to join us later."
"So, there are basically no Fire Moth members in the Empire?"
"Exactly, except for a few of Isaac's men lurking over there."
"Okay, so are you really the Fire Moths?"
“???”
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Chloe and Richard were filled with questions.
Xius pushed the letter in his hand over.
"Look at this. I just received a letter. The Empire asked me to help exterminate the Fire Moth." Zeus pointed to a few words on the letter.
"Look at this, 'Four Borders'. She said the Fire Moth is in the 'Four Borders' of the Empire. I guess this letter wasn't sent just to me. Isabella has appointed many border earls, and I guess they all received the letter as well."
Chloe and Richard both read the letter carefully. After a while, Richard raised his head with a strange look on his face.
"My Lord, this letter seems to indicate that Lina has assumed the identity of the Fire-Chasing Moth in the Empire, and now the Empire, no, the Candlelight Society, is trying to exterminate that 'Fire-Chasing Moth'?"
Hughes nodded.
This feeling was really strange. The two former chiefs of the Fire Moth were in front of him, and then the Empire discussed with him to let him exterminate the Fire Moth.
"Moreover, this letter was signed in the name of the Empress of the Empire. Although Beatrice is also the Pope, she did not mention this." Zeus glanced at the signature on the letter. The whole letter was written in beautiful cursive script, probably copied by a court clerk.
But the signature was written by Beatrice herself.
The image of that slightly youthful and shy girl emerged in Hughes' mind. After not seeing her for a while, she had already become the Pope and the Queen.
Although it should be just a puppet.
"The Border Earl is nominally a vassal of the Queen and needs to obey her orders, but what's the point?"
Now the North and the Duchy of Tis have openly declared war on the Empire, and the princes have completed their preparations for war. Hughes doesn't believe that other border earls are not prepared.
It is somewhat ridiculous to suddenly bring out the Queen's transfer order at this time.
"Could it be that the Empire is preparing to officially declare war on the Prince's side and force us to take sides?" Richard said uncertainly.
"What's the point?"
Richard fell silent. Hughes was right. Whether there was this letter or not, it would not affect Castel's position. Could it be that he would really submit to the empire just based on a letter from the Queen?
"Actually, there is another possibility."
Xius looked at Chloe's diary: "You say."
"It's simple. The Candlelight Society is really trying to warn us about the Fire Moth, or rather, what they think of as Lina and the Fire Moth. Look at this line—they even boast that the ashes can make the bones beneath the shroud dance. This clearly points to Bazel and the Bone Temple. This is not right."
Hughes nodded slowly.
"Are you saying that Lina is doing something that could endanger the entire continent, and the Candlelight Society discovered it, so they warned us and the surrounding border earls in this way?"
"Yes, the Candlelight Society's territory has actually shrunk significantly compared to Isabella's time. We've lost almost all of the eastern flank. Tis is in the hands of the prince, and we control the northern border. The southern continent is under the control of the Temple of the Unsleeping. Only in the western battlefield do they seem to be winning."
Most of the border earls are located at the outermost reaches of the empire, intersecting with surrounding forces. This letter, when sent to a border earl, is effectively sent to all the surrounding forces. Regardless of whether they're willing to exterminate the Fire Moths or not, at least they know about it.
That does make sense.
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"That's not right. What did Lina do to make the entire Candlelight Society fear her? Even when the entire Fire Moth was still on the mainland, the Candlelight Society didn't react this strongly."
"Furthermore, the Candlelight Society foresaw that she would do something even greater. Although they were reluctant to admit that there were things that the Candlelight Society alone couldn't solve, the Candlelight Society was the most powerful of the four major churches. If they couldn't solve something, perhaps no one else could."
Zeus thought that maybe not. They wanted to kill the queen, but wasn't Isabella able to escape and change her body?
"Maybe we should ask Isaac. He is said to have developed some power in the empire. Oh, by the way, there is also Bazel. He has contacted Lina in person." Richard suggested.
"By the way, how's Bazel doing? Will he come to Castel to work overtime in the future?"
"Bazel has always been the same. He's just waiting for Blood Harbor's energy supply system to be established. As for where Bazel will go, he should be in Blood Harbor." Hughes curled his lips. "He will definitely work overtime, but his future working environment may not be very good."
"It shouldn't be too cold, right? Beatrice really did become the Pope and Queen, so could Nini's report be true?"
Xius was speechless. Why did it feel like everyone had read Nini's report?
Zoe should forget about becoming a novelist, she can't compare to Nini at all.
"I've vaguely heard some news about Beatrice, but the source is not very reliable and the authenticity is unknown." Zeus said after thinking for a while.
Some of this information came from Isaac's intelligence network, and some came from...
The silk thread link comes from the worker Hughes, and Beatrice is also one of the members.
(End of this chapter)
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