Episode 168 Crime and Punishment (7)
The next morning. The entire Indulgentia Nursery School fell into astonishment.
Buildings all over the place.
But for some reason, everyone who slept through the night testified that they hadn’t heard anything.
It’s like having a dream.
Naturally, the whole world went into an uproar.
The students of the Colosseo Academy, who had come to volunteer activities in the ruins where countless people came and went from the morning, stood in despair.
“No, what the hell is this situation?”
“It’s truly amazing.”
“Why didn’t we hear anything while the buildings collapsed?”
Tudor and Sancho Piggy looked around blankly.
Now they are going back to the academy, but somehow their steps weren’t falling easily.
It was only natural that the place where I had stayed and volunteered for the past 10 days had become a mess.
at that time.
“They said the night hound came this morning.”
“It’s scary. While everyone is sleeping…”
Bianca and Sinclair appeared.
The students who came to volunteer work talked about the terrifying villain who raided the place last night.
Do you think that if they did something wrong, they could have been the target of that killer…
“What a waste! It was an opportunity to prove the quality of a great hero by catching him!”
“Since he hides behind a mask and only goes out at night, he must be a petty thief. As long as he gets caught by me…” ”
Hey guys. Wouldn’t it be a bit scary though? How many people have already died at the hands of that villain.”
“What are you afraid of? As soon as you appear, I’ll hit you with my arrow!”
“I think he’s a villain worth researching because he’s interesting.”
Everyone seems excited.
Meanwhile, while the puppies are gathering and howling.
“Academy students are returning to school from now on. Please gather in one place. And those from Quo Vadis, please come here separately.”
Saint Dolores was restoring destroyed buildings and counting the casualties.
Surprisingly, despite the pre-dawn disaster, no one was particularly dead or injured.
However, only a large number of remains of boys and girls around the age of 13, which were commonly found in all places visited by night hounds, were found.
That too, right under Quilty’s quarters, head of the Indulgentia family.
Numerous reporters came and covered the horrific scene.
The same was true of the academy’s newspaper staff.
Dolores did not particularly block their coverage. Rather, it was a kind of encouraging attitude.
Meanwhile, Quo Vadisga also sent an investigation team early in the morning.
Young priests from the New Testament sect came and diagnosed the children’s health conditions, and also thoroughly searched the scene of the disaster.
The priests from the Old Testament sect also tried to look at the scene.
“The saintess hasn’t dropped your investigation yet.”
The New Testament archbishop and Heretic Inquisitor, Mozgus, was blocking the Old Testament investigation team.
Some priests belonging to the Old Testament sect protested.
“Aren’t we the same Quo Vadis! Are we discriminating based on factions!?”
“Old Testament priests also have the right and duty to investigate the scene of the disaster and save neighbors in need!”
“Archbishop Mosgus! Holy Lady! What are you trying to do now! Get out of the way right now! If you tell this to Cardinal Humbert, he will immediately give you a big shout…!”
However, Mozgus just shook his head, blocking their way with a giant wall like a castle wall.
Mozgus then turned to Dolores, who was out in the middle of the scene, and said,
“Saint girl! Stop going back to school now. I’ll take care of this.”
“Yes, Mr. Mozgus. Please.”
They were talking as if they didn’t care about the Old Testament priests.
Dolores whispered softly as she placed her hand on Mozgus’s arm.
“I’m sorry about your brother.”
“…Although they were twins, they grew up separately from birth, so there was no special closeness. Moreover, their beliefs were very different from each other, so it’s okay.”
However, the look on Mozgus’s expression when he said that was deep.
He seemed shocked by the fact that his brother was being used like a puppet under the name of ‘Ephebo’.
Quiltiani Dantalian and the four undead he commanded were completely annihilated and plunged into the depths of the collapse.
The Quo Vadis family will now begin a large-scale investigation.
Mozgus looked back at the excavation site and spoke in a low voice.
“Quilty… he was suspicious from the beginning. I still think the night hound is an untrustworthy person, but at this point, you can’t help but trust his sense of smell. Raiding the clan tribes is unforgivable, but …… In a way, they are cutting out the rotten parts of the family so wonderfully, in fact, I am personally grateful and feel refreshed.”
The twisted principalist Mozgus even said something like this.
Mozgus had also watched how hard the Night Hound worked for relief during the outbreak of the Red Plague, so even though the horse did this, he was friendly with him.
Dolores nodded.
“Archbishop, please sort out the situation here.”
“Yes. Is the saintess going to school right away?”
“No. I have one thing left to do.”
“……which?”
At Mozgus’s question, Dolores simply smiled.
Suddenly, Mozgus thought that Dolores was much more energetic than before.
Before that, if it was the image of a teenage girl who was strict and resolute but conflicted and troubled behind the scenes, now…
‘She has become even more solid.’
As if she had shed a layer of skin, she was shining brighter and more energetic.
Her face also had a strangely refreshed expression.
It is also true that Dolores was in a state of peace due to the soul resonance phenomenon with the hound last night.
Even though it was a temporary phenomenon, it was a very pleasant and uplifting experience to merge with someone in body and mind.
Dolores listened to the sighs and sorrows of the people of the world, but could not lament her own heart.
She was very excited at the thought of being understood by someone for the first time and comforted by someone for the first time.
Is that why?
“……Quo Vadis, everyone! Attention everyone!”
It was Dolores who dared to do something (?) that she could not normally do because she noticed and agonized inwardly.
Before long, the eyes of Quo Vadis and the clergy all turned to Dolores.
Volunteers belonging to the academy were also sending a curious glance.
…knock!
Dolores swallowed once.
Faith chant QuoVadis.
A prestigious clerical family that has been in charge of ancestral rites by helping the government as a priestly family for a long time since before the founding of the country, where the entire family is affiliated with the Church of Rune.
What she was about to do from now on could have been an act of breaking that lofty pride.
But she also firmly believed.
‘If I truly have pride, I will stand on top of this too.’
Her last night with the Night Hound changed a lot of things for her.
Dolores no longer noticed, hesitated, and agonized inwardly to herself.
She is no longer afraid of the world that criticizes, oppresses, and compels her.
“Saintess! Why are you stopping us!?”
“Come on, send us into the investigation!”
“Can you discriminate like this just because you’re from the Old Testament? Aren’t all of Rune-nim’s siblings the same!”
“Dolores-sama! If Cardinal Humbert knew about this…!”
Dolores stands in front of the clamoring Old Testament priests.
Fluttering—
she took several pieces of paper from her chest and held them up.
A postage stamp attached to the envelope and letters with the addressee and sender written on it. Even the seal of the Indulgentia family.
It was a letter sent by the Indulgentia family to the Quo Vadis family, which they handed over to Dolores last night before the Night Hound left.
‘Use it in a useful place.’
He left with this one word and disappeared.
Before long, Dolores took out a document from her bosom and began to read it.
“Dated 0/0! Sales of indulgences and indulgences!”
Her voice was trembling, but it never stopped.
“Sender! Quilty Lune Indulgentia! Recipient! Cardinal ‘Humbert Humbert L Quovadis’!”
Both sides of the letter Dolores is holding are crumpled under the force.
< Indulgences Sales Statement >
Viscoin Becoin: Murder parents who will donate rather than pass on the inheritance to their children, steal the inheritance after disguising it as an accidental death = all sins are forgiven by paying 1.5 billion gold in donations.
Baron Lageso: Cowardly and murdered twin sisters who were working as maids. Black burial in the sewer = Forgive all sins by paying an offering of 200 million gold.
Sir Finigig: Murdering a partner and taking all the investment money The family of a partner commits mass suicide at the end of life and pays 800 million gold in cash for forgiveness of all sins.
Count Eisel: Accusation of massive tax evasion Tax evasion alone is close to 100 billion gold = All sins are forgiven by paying 300 million gold as an offering.
Quokar CEO: Suspicion of stock price manipulation Driving more than 10,000 ant investors to suicide = All sins are forgiven by paying 5 billion gold in offerings.
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It was a secret ledger containing the details of the indulgences that Quiltiani Dantalian had sold to nobles and merchants who had visited the festivals of the Old Testament.
Tax evasion, stock price manipulation, sex crime, contract murder, arson, assault, murder of an ascendant, etc. All sorts of illegal and criminal acts immoral
and anti-humanitarian… The world has conclusive evidence that the Old Testament faction of religious chant Quo Vadis was closely involved in all kinds of dirty crimes. has been applied
With the hands of the Quo Vadis family saint herself.
