Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 56 - 49 Definitely Not Done by Qin Chu (1)

Chapter 56: Chapter 49 Definitely Not Done by Qin Chu (1)

Rose Vesper did not give chase.

How could she chase when she did not know where the other party had entered or escaped from?

She couldn’t even call out loudly and arrange for the Holy Knight Order to investigate, as among the stolen items were too many that couldn’t stand the light of day.

Rose Vesper felt as if all her strength had been drained, lacking even the thought to move a finger, and she was almost completely slumped on the ground.

She was on the verge of collapse.

Seven hundred million Mana?

That was what she had scrimped and saved over the years since becoming the Holy Daughter, using all kinds of methods, fighting tooth and nail.

Do you know how hard it was for her to embezzle that money?

And the three hundred thousand Holy Crystal Stones, which had cost her a great deal to collect, had been swept clean in an instant.

What troubled Rose Vesper even more were her notes and diaries, which could be considered the collection of the Holy Daughter’s darker aspects. Once exposed, they would surely have a huge impact on the good image she had painstakingly crafted over the long term.

It was nothing short of a scandal.

Among all the lost items, the most troublesome were the seven oracles.

As the Holy Daughter, just like her predecessors, Rose Vesper bore the duty of serving the Divine.

Serving the Divine was a very serious job, but not difficult to perform. It was merely about meticulously cleaning the Divine Statue, ensuring it was dust-free, then kneeling in front of it to pray devoutly, asking for the Divine’s protection.

It was said that occasionally one would receive an oracle.

However, it was something that couldn’t be sought after; many Holy Daughters never got the chance to hear the teachings of the Divine in their lifetime.

Rose Vesper was different. On her first service to the Divine, the seven statues shone brightly, and once the light dissipated, seven scrolls appeared on the ground.

With a nervous heart, Rose Vesper picked up the scrolls, and at the touch, she felt the mysterious and powerful strength contained within them.

It seemed as if a mysterious consciousness was guiding Rose Vesper in her advancement and practice. The Spirit Magic she mastered, the extremely delicate Magic Restrictions, all came from those scrolls. She hadn’t experienced the assault of mysterious spiritual power like Qin Chu had, nor had she been contaminated by any sinister filth.

She keenly sensed the immense benefits the seven scrolls could bring her. Because no Saint Heir had been selected in this generation and there was only her as the Holy Daughter on the scene, Rose Vesper did not want others to discover these seven mysterious scrolls. She did not wish to share the power within the scrolls with anyone else from the Holy Court, so she carefully hid them away.

Seven scrolls, recording countless mysteries, knowledge, and strength. Given enough time, as long as she could fully comprehend any one of the scrolls, her power would most likely far surpass that of Pope Augustus. She would surely be able to replace him, becoming the first female Pope in the history of the Holy Court.

It was only after the appearance of the First Generation Brave Hero Jie Luo that Rose Vesper threw herself into his cause, causing her research on the scrolls to slacken; otherwise, she would likely have been more than twice as strong as she was now.

After the death of the First Generation Brave, she devoted herself to finding a way to revive Jie Luo...

It can be said without any reservation that even the value of just one of these scrolls far exceeded the combined worth of seven hundred million Mana, three hundred thousand Holy Crystal Stones, and all the notes and diaries.

Who could have imagined that such priceless treasures would be stolen by that damned thief?

She was even more baffled as to how that accursed thief managed to enter when the entire Holy Court was enveloped by a barrier and patrolled by numerous Holy Knights.

Could it be... Qin Chu?

Perhaps due to her aversion to the Second Generation Brave Warrior inside her heart, Rose Vesper’s first suspicion was that Qin Chu might be responsible.

But soon after, Rose Vesper shook her head, dismissing that answer from her mind.

It couldn’t have been Qin Chu.

He lacked the capability.

Qin Chu was currently at the palace’s training grounds practicing the Star Flame taught to him by Catherine.

If Qin Chu had come normally, he would have been swarmed by a multitude of Priest Bishops as a Hero, leaving him no time to cause destruction here; and if he had snuck in, with his current abilities it would have been impossible for him to evade the patrols of the Holy Knight Order, nor could he penetrate the Barrier.

Most importantly, on her way back, Rose Vesper had passed by and glanced over, seeing Qin Chu still training. She even asked the guards at the door; Qin Chu hadn’t left the training grounds all afternoon.

He was training very diligently, with focus.

Although the guards deeply admired him and genuinely disliked that man, it seemed this incident truly wasn’t Qin Chu’s doing.

If it wasn’t Qin Chu, then who could it be?

The skill level of this thief must be quite astonishing. Could it be that they had reached the level of a Thief Saint?

On the Sky Dome Continent, the number of thieves who had reached the level of a Thief Saint could be counted on one’s fingers. If it were a Thief Saint, the chances of recovering her stolen items would be even more impossible.

Wait a minute...

Rose Vesper utilized her intelligence and calmness, checking her losses. All five storage rings had been stolen, and the Enchanting Love Potion from the drawer downstairs was gone, too. She was uncertain whether Maggie and Sana had succeeded, but even if they had, it was now pointless.

Rose Vesper couldn’t possibly gather the materials needed to concoct the Enchanting Love Potion within a week.

Meanwhile, Rose Vesper continued to ponder in her heart:

This act might not have been done by a Thief Saint.

She hadn’t had any conflicts with the Thief Saints of the Sky Dome Continent, so there was no reason for them to risk offending the Holy Court by stealing from a Holy Daughter known for her integrity.

Most importantly, her Magic Restriction was very sophisticated.

Even the Great Mage Asina from the Hero Team, who was nearly as strong as she was, could only glimpse her Prohibition but was unable to unravel it.

A thief could not possibly possess such profound magic skills.

Only a magician stronger than herself could have broken her Magic Restriction.

But what if the perpetrator didn’t actually sneak in without being detected?

Could it not be someone who regularly moved within the Holy Court?

In that case, it would explain how they were able to enter the Barrier and why they could avoid the patrols of the Holy Knight Order — because they were a recognized member of the Holy Court’s inner circle.

Even if the Holy Knight Order had spotted them, they wouldn’t have had any suspicions.

The Priests and Priests in the Holy Court, even upon seeing them, would consider it normal.

Add to that, the perpetrator needed to have a stronger mastery of magic than herself in order to break through the Prohibition she left behind...

Within the Holy Court, the only existence stronger than herself was...

The Pope, Augustus!

Could it be that all this was Augustus’s doing?