Night of the Soulless Heathens – 342



#342. Northern Qi’s Ascension to the Throne 2

“It is clearly written in the report but… as you know the bishop….”

Sir Gareth was embarrassed by the bishop’s excuse.

‘He is a political writer unlike any dwarf.’

Azadin smiled as he watched Gareth make excuses to get away.

Gareth tells Azadin ‘It’s not that I hate you I’m doing this because I have no choice because of my position.’

‘I didn’t want to do this but I was pushed by other high-ranking officials.’

He kept making excuses that even a child like me wouldn’t be fooled by.

Considering that there are many who show such contempt and even show such indifference to Azadin a messenger clan Sir Gareth was a fairly cultured and polite person.

So Azadin did not hate Sir Gareth regardless of the truth of his words.

Sir Gareth also noticed that Azadin was knowingly being deceived.

‘You’re a friend who can communicate. You’re a talented person. If you weren’t from the Herald Clan you would have already become a central figure in the Knights. Why is it that you’re from the Herald Clan?’

Gareth felt sorry for Azadin who was from the Herald clan.

The current reputation of the Herald Clan is worse than ever. Now that the Herald Clan has joined hands with the Nagas and is clearly acting as traitors to humanity… there is no way their reputation can improve.

At that time two women came to see Azadin and Sir Gareth.

Niselda and… surprisingly it was Lord Heine the leader of the Mercy Church.

“Ah Sir Azadin. And… Sir Gareth. Heine of the Order of Mercy salutes you.”

Sir Heine bowed to Azadin and paid homage to him not caring what others around him might think.

The deference shown to Azadin is unusual even though she is higher in the Knights’ hierarchy.

“Sir Heine. What brings you here?”

“I heard that a meeting of the clergy was being held so I tried to come as soon as possible but the opinions of the upper echelons of the church did not match so I had a hard time persuading them.”

Heine smiled as she said this. Her eyes turned coldly to Sir Gareth.

“So Sir Gareth what has the Order of Courage concluded?”

“The conclusion is that he is innocent.”

“Then mercy courage and wisdom all agree that he is innocent. That’s good news.”

Then Niselda who was next to Heine said:

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“And… I have some sad news.”

“Sad news?”

“Bishop Sehnath was just… knocked out of Fireglyph.”

“Haven’t you passed away?”

“Oh that’s right.”

“….”

Sir Gareth was speechless when he saw two women from the Order of Mercy reporting on Bishop Sehnath’s death.

Of course Bishop Sehnath was old but as a great nobleman the blood of the Yaegas tribe flowed in him.

Even though he was showing signs of old age his body was not in a condition to die easily.

Naturally I couldn’t help but think of the Mercy Sect’s backroom operations. Or was it the work of the Northern Qi faction?

If Bishop Sehnat were to be attacked by an unreasonable seditious assembly he might say something to protect himself.

If that were to happen it would have been difficult for the Northern Qi so they might have killed him in advance to silence him.

Either way if this is true Sir Gareth should return to the Order quickly. There aren’t many people in the Order of Courage who are even slightly intelligent. There’s no telling what the Order of Courage might do while Sir Gareth is here.

“That is the case. We must return to Fireglyph quickly Lord Azadin. The Order of Courage accepts your defense. The inquisition is closed. It was not our intention to cause you such an uncomfortable experience during the inquisition. Do you understand?”

“Of course.”

“Thank you! Then I hope you have a good time!”

Sir Gareth left Sandokar with his men keeping an eye on Azadin until the end.

“…What a scary person.”

Azadin evaluated Sir Gareth like that. He showed a timid and opportunistic side until the very end but that is exactly what proved that Sir Gareth was a formidable person.

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After Bishop Sehnath’s mysterious death the three Knights of Wisdom Courage and Mercy all concluded their séance with Azadin’s innocence.

It was a very rare event in the history of the Knights Templar that a target passed the scepter without incident the first such event in nearly a hundred years.

In this case the authority of the person who established the council is naturally undermined.

However the incident was hushed up as Bishop Sehnat who had founded this council died suddenly.

In fact the Wisdom Sect that actively pushed for the Samunhoe and the Courage Sect that secretly took advantage of it…

‘Ah we tried to stop the Samunhoe but Bishop Sehnat pushed for it so strongly.’

‘How can I refuse the will of Bishop Sehnat?’

In this way the responsibility was placed on Bishop Sehnat who was already dead.

The situation was hushed up like that because the dead do not speak.

however….

Sir Gareth arrived at Fireglyph to retrieve Bishop Sehnath’s body and was in for a surprise.

Because the King’s Church’s flag was hung on the fireglyph.

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Prince Kalintz Chapter Master of Fireglyph was fidgeting.

The man standing in front of him had the knights of the King’s Church on his left and the warriors of Northern Aragatha on his right.

In addition to that he also has Triodana Celestials from the Wisdom Order and Elves from Asander so this place is practically his court.

The king of Assander Cohen of the North had personally come here.

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“Yes. What about Sehnath’s signature?”

“It’s a heart attack. No toxins were detected and there were no intruders so I think it’s old age.”

When Prince Kalintz answered like that Cohen Lionaire let out a hollow laugh.

“Haha. You still have a long way to go my child. What was your name?”

“…It’s Calintz.”

Kalintz smiled bitterly as he looked at his father whose name he didn’t even know.

“Yes. The usual method of detecting poison by sticking a silver needle into a corpse is only useful for light poison or the blood poison of snakes that rot the blood. However there are toxins in this world that are not detected by such methods.”

Cohen Lionaire said this and took hold of Bishop Sehnat’s corpse’s hand and cut off a finger with his dagger.

“what!”

Although Calintz was taken aback he threw the severed finger to one of the elf warriors.

The elf put the finger in his mouth and began chewing.

“…What do you think?”

“It seems to be octopus poison Your Majesty.”

“That’s right. It’s a poison that the Arangians often use. It’s not detected by silver needles and can kill people painfully even in small amounts but it loses its toxicity in just one day when exposed to the air. You have to be careful when handling it.”

Bukje Cohen smiled bitterly.

“It’s the poison that the Mercy Church likes to use.”

“It’s just a guess. In the first place you can’t show this verification method to others right?”

No sect would tolerate feeding the corpse of a bishop to elves in full view of everyone.

However King Cohen of Assander did not take such an outrageous action seriously.

“Anyway I will collect Sehnat’s body and hold a funeral.”

“Are you going to reincarnate me as a Celestial?”

“Huh?”

A strange light flashed in Cohen’s eyes. For the first time he showed interest in a child whose name he did not even know.

“Were you in a position to know that Kalintz?”

“I’m not stupid. I have my own information network.”

“Okay. Then I’ll ask. I heard there’s a guy here named Azadin.”

“yes.”

“They say he has Aurelia Dunn. Is he… a disciple of the Knight of Wisdom Planck? How did you conclude that with your intelligence?”

“I don’t know if he is a disciple but he is definitely the last one to receive the ordination from Lord Planck. Otherwise too many things would be inexplicable.”

“Is that so? The Herald Clan is the flower of chivalry?”

Cohen Lioner smiled bitterly.

I could sense a subtle heat of anger towards him in Kalintz’s voice.

Even in the cool air of midsummer the only thing burning hot inside Prince Kalintz was his hatred and anger towards his father.

“I want to meet you.”

“I will arrange a seat for you. However I don’t think it would be good for Dadam to be seated in a place with so many troops.”

Those brought by Bukje Cohen are all veterans and formidable men. No matter how great Azadin and Chadra Ogel are Cohen’s subordinates cannot allow them to meet in such a situation.

Cohen might kill Azadin.

What if the Northern Emperor Cohen disregards the Chapter Master of Fireglyph and murders the Paladins under Fireglyph? Who would dare hold Northern Emperor Cohen accountable?

No one will be held accountable. This situation is unacceptable to Kalintz.

Not only was this a stain on his career as Chapter Master but Prince Kalintz liked Azadin better than his father who could not even remember his own name.

If we were to have Azadin and Bukje Cohen meet it should have been at least one-on-one or at least fewer in number.

“Yes. I see. I understand. Arrange a meeting.”

Cohen Lioner asked Kalintz to arrange a meeting.

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“The North Je Cohen Lioness wants to see me?”

On the walls of Sandokar Azadin was sharpening his arrows when he was startled.

“Yes. They came to retrieve Bishop Sehnath’s body and are calling for Lord Azadin.”

Captain Jan who had come as a messenger for Prince Calintz was watching Azadin closely.

Azadin lifted the arrow he had sharpened aimed it at the sky and closed one eye to make sure the arrow was straight.

A snowflake landed on the tip of the arrow.

Even though summer is ending and fall is approaching snow is already falling from the sky.

Azadin shook his arrow smashing the falling snowflakes and putting the arrow into his bow.

“Are you asking me to come to Fire Glyph? Is it difficult? I can’t leave my seat right now…”

Sandokhar was experiencing massive numbers of refugees and continued attacks from cult mutants.

The security was being disrupted by cults hiding among the refugees and the worship of the gods of the Kurt pantheon in the Sandokar refugee camp.

In such a situation Azadin singled out the traitors and cultists who were hiding executed them and killed the monsters that were rushing in.

At night the vampires pretended to attack but no vampire came near Azadin who had Aurelia Dawn.

They just pretend to attack nearby and then disappear. Perhaps the vampires that came under Griselda’s orders are lingering around unable to directly attack Azadin and Aurelia Dawn.

No one could deny that Azadin’s role in defending the Sandokar Gate was very important.

“Would it be very rude of me to ask Cohen Lioner to come here?”

“It is so rude that it cannot be tolerated.”

“Then it’s decided.”

Azadin said with a bright smile.

“Tell them to come here.”

“…….”