Chapter 202 Royal Agent Aleister
In the evening, in the Hall of Silver and Tin.
It should have been dinner time, but the most prestigious people in Avalon were gathered in the tea room, seriously discussing something.
All except the Archbishop Judicial Arius were gathered here.
"The results of the previous on-site investigation are out."
The Great Guardian looked at the report in his hand and said in a deep voice: "The presence of shadow traces has been confirmed...it is indeed a shadow demon.
"However, the door to the secret room has never been opened. Furthermore, remnants of the Path of Love were detected within the chamber. Arius and I personally confirmed it, and it's flesh and blood magic."
"—That's transfiguration, a witch's magic. It's reasonable for a shadow demon to sneak in, but a witch could also sneak in... If I'm not mistaken, their way of entering and exiting should be the ventilation ducts."
The person who spoke this time was a young woman who looked to be in her early thirties.
She has long curly light blonde hair, dark blue eyes, fair skin, a plump figure, slightly pointed ears, and a face that gives off a noble and awe-inspiring feeling.
She is Shafiya, the Grand Inquisitor of Avalon, the highest-ranking leader of the Inspectorate, and a half-elf.
Because of her half-elven bloodline, Shafiya looked younger than her actual age. In fact, she was much older than the Great Guardian.
Even in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen, she did not sit very dignifiedly.
She crossed her legs, leaned back on the soft sofa, and said lazily, "Wasn't what I said before right? The ventilation duct is placed in the secret room, which is definitely unsafe.
"Even if the prisoner is sealed and can't escape, you can't rule out the possibility that someone might come in through the ventilation duct. Even if no one comes in, it's still possible that they could just release poison gas to silence him, right?"
“It really needs to be rebuilt.”
Queen Sophia nodded and admitted, "The previous dungeon chamber is too old. I think its location may have been discovered... Later, you can ask Isabel to rebuild a new secret prison. It won't be completed in a few months, so I won't be involved."
After that, she clinked glasses with Meg beside her.
Her glass was filled with red wine, while Meg's was at least three times larger than hers - filled with bitter stout.
Meg drank half the glass in one gulp and burped with relief.
The oldest-looking woman took a bite of the fried cod with the sauce and chewed it with her hands. As she did so, she casually asked, "Don't you want to drink, Shafiya? This pepper beer is really fresh."
"No, I'm pregnant."
The Grand Inquisitor refused, saying, "Let's wait until the child is born."
"Pregnant again? Just giving birth isn't enough."
Meg laughed. "You want the baby to get drunk on milk?"
"Tsk," the half-elf lady smacked her lips and said unhappily, "You're so long-winded."
"Okay, okay, I'll wait until you're done breastfeeding. Then we can go out and celebrate together."
Meg said with a smile: "If Sophia and I are not dead by then."
"Then you have to live longer. Don't drink too much... take it easy."
The Grand Inquisitor glanced at the two elderly women who were still drinking and were about to die. "I'm still trying to find a good godmother for my child."
Compared to the three casual guys here, the Great Guardian looks too serious.
But he was obviously used to this relaxed atmosphere.
Therefore, he completely ignored the two of them, waiting for them to stop talking before reading out his own words: "Traces of flesh magic were found shortly before the attack on the Supervisory Bureau. We can suspect that someone reached a cooperation agreement with Minister Droste before sending the Noble Red Society members who had been on standby to launch the raid.
"I even suspect that one of the reasons the prince was suddenly cursed was to create an opportunity to rescue Minister Droste."
"When it comes to the path of love, it's the iris."
Shafiya still tried to appease the Great Guardian a little, so that he wouldn't talk all the time. "But rescuing captured spies isn't the style of the Iris people."
"Indeed. If it were someone from Iris, they would have sent an assassin to kill him directly... just like they did with his secretary."
Meg nodded. "That must be the Star People—where did they find a 'witch'?"
"That's not surprising. The Path of Love is under immense pressure within Iris. On the one hand, they face assassination attempts, and on the other, their bodies could be stolen and transformed into Moon Children after death. It's not surprising that persecuted witches would flee to Star Antimony."
The Great Guardian said seriously, "But if that's the case... I think the lady codenamed 'Aleister' is very likely innocent."
A demon possessed by a shadow demon, is he an innocent person?
There was a brief silence in the tea room.
Afterwards, Her Majesty the Queen asked graciously, "You have some ideas, don't you?"
"That's right. We learned of Aleister's existence during the 'disappearance' case of President Lloyd. But we soon discovered that Inspector Gordon's intelligence was inaccurate—Aleister wasn't a man, and his origins weren't what he'd claimed. So, I wonder, is it possible that he wasn't a member of the Noble Red?
"We preconceived that Aleister was born into the Noble Red. So when he left the ring behind, we thought it was a provocation from the Noble Red—they have the ability to silently dissolve people into a secret room.
"And to verify this conjecture, I placed Minister Droste in the same secret room."
The Great Guardian said in a deep voice.
Shafiya asked, "So? Didn't she come too?"
"But Noble Red is here too. If their goal was to rescue Droste, they wouldn't have needed to send Aleister to assassinate him, because that could only be a mission from Star Antimony, and even if the rescue failed, they wouldn't be able to kill him personally. Conversely, if they wanted to assassinate Droste, there's no need to send so many people to rescue him.
"From this, I can tell that Miss Aleister isn't a member of the Noble Red—you could even say she's fighting against them. She left that ring behind to draw our attention to them."
The Great Guardian analyzed calmly.
Meg also became interested. "How did she get the ring? You mean, she killed a member of the Noble Red and took his ring instead?"
"No need to bother."
The Great Guardian replied.
He looked at Shafiya. "I checked and found that Chief Inspector Edward had previously altered the case records. A 'Noble Red' ring, which should have been found at the Pelican Bar incident, was missing. And only Inspector Haena and Aiwass were supposed to have been at that scene."
"Do you suspect Haena or Aiwass?"
Meg frowned, and her tone became a little unhappy: "We want evidence."
The Great Guardian immediately explained, "What I mean is... I suspect that the true identity of 'Miss Aleister' is actually Lily, Aiwass's personal maid.
"Her original surname was Lily Droste. I've been researching her background these past few days and discovered that she's Droste's illegitimate daughter, and her mother was assassinated by someone from Lloyd's—most likely an assassin hired by Droste.
"In other words, she happens to have a grudge against both Lloyd and Minister Droste. I looked up the tantra book she took from the Inspectorate, and it's the Spider's Silk Tantra, from the Adaptation Path. And 'Miss Aleister' only appeared after Iris's shadow-stalking assassin suddenly disappeared... That assassin was clearly also a transcendent from the Adaptation Path.
"Is there a possibility that the assassin secretly tried to kill Aiwass, but was killed by Aiwass and Lily. Then Lily obtained the shadow power from her - such as a secret book or an extraordinary item.
"That explains why 'Miss Aleister' showed up in Aiwass's dormitory. Because Aleister is Lily."
The Great Guardian analyzed it carefully.
Meg was a little impatient. "So you want to arrest Lily? Don't forget, there's another possibility—that Aleister is the assassin! Couldn't she have been captivated by Aiwass's beauty and chosen to abandon her mission and serve him instead?"
"Then Aiwass would have to be a succubus or a trapper. A human wouldn't be able to do that. This falls into the realm of mind control."
The Great Guardian complained, "And I saw even more direct evidence... When I left the Supervisory Bureau, I clearly saw Lily's shadow trembling. It was very light, but it was there. When they lived in my house, Lily's shadow would sometimes tremble.
"Not to mention, she disappeared for a while... When she returned, Minister Droste was already dead in the basement. It can be said that she had done almost nothing to hide her identity. And when Aleister first appeared, she happened to be near the Supervisory Bureau.
"—Of course, I don't intend to arrest Miss Lily. Because if Aleister is really Lily, it means she has done nothing evil and is completely controllable.
"So, is there a possibility..."
At this point, the blond man crossed his arms and said in a deep voice, "If the other party's character is not a problem, can we use the name of the royal family to specially hire 'Miss Aleister' as our agent?
"It's always the people from Xingbi and Iris who come to poach our people...it's time for us to poach theirs too."
"interesting."
Meg laughed at this and said cheerfully, "Then let me go—let me have a good talk with the master and the servant."
"when?"
Shafiya asked.
Meg replied, "Today is too late. Let's go to tomorrow. Tomorrow is Monday and he has to go back to school. I will go to his dormitory after school."
"As the dean, it's reasonable for me to talk to my students, right?"
"Then protect Aiwass while you're at it, Meg. Don't leave in a hurry at night. Stay in the dark and protect Aiwass."
Queen Sophia pondered for a moment before issuing an order: "I believe the Noble Reds have some kind of obsession with Aiwass. This may be related to Aiwass's background... They may return. The only place where they can ambush Aiwass without attracting anyone else's attention is his dormitory."
"Then why don't I go too?"
The Great Guardian was a little worried: "Maybe they will send a truly powerful person this time."
"Why, do you look down on me?"
Meg glared.
The frightened Great Guardian quickly apologized: "No, I didn't mean that..."
"I won't go. I'm taking care of the baby."
Shafiya yawned, feeling a little regretful: "Otherwise, I would like to join in the fun."
"Call Arius?"
"That old man might not be available," Meg replied. "It's better to call Master Janice. Her ability to spy is very useful."
"OK."
The queen nodded happily: "Then I will go and talk to Janice."
Chapter 2: About two o'clock
(End of this chapter)
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