This Holy Knight is So Despicable!
Chapter 58: Casting a Stone to Ask the Way (3 more)

Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Casting a Stone to Ask the Way (3 more)

In the president’s office of the Holy City Commercial Street Federation, Lette and the Red Archbishop Delman sat quietly, enjoying the red tea personally served by President Grandet.

"Good tea! If it weren’t for coming with you, the host, I might not have tasted such top-grade red tea even with my status as an archbishop."

"Personally, I prefer green tea and black tea. In our hometown, green tea refreshes, and red tea nurtures the body."

Lette put down his teacup, raising an eyebrow: "So, you must have come not just for the tea, right?"

The archbishop chuckled dryly: "Are you really planning to oust Vanessa as soon as possible?"

"How is that possible?"

Lette rubbed his fingers: "I still need her to find out the mastermind behind the scenes."

The Red Archbishop also placed his teacup down: "So, you did say that intentionally back then..."

Lette smiled slightly: "When we left the scene, except for the Holy Temple Council members, everyone else followed us.

With so many people, it’s hard to ensure there aren’t any of their spies."

"And you had Taylor notify Adros... that was also to fish, wasn’t it?"

"Rather than fishing, it’s more like throwing a stone to ask for directions."

Lette straightened up, his fingers rhythmically tapping the tabletop.

"Though the First Empire is powerful, there’s never been any mention of their connection with the Dragon Clan.

Moreover, among all the Holy Countries, the First Empire is notoriously troublesome, having the worst relationship with the Church.

Under such circumstances, how could the Light Holy Dragon, second only to the Holy Light Goddess in the Holy Light Church’s worship hierarchy, appear there, and even sign a contract with Vanessa?

So, there must be some other force backing her, providing her with this Light Holy Dragon, and helping her successfully complete the contract.

But as to who this force is, it depends on what results this stone’s inquiry yields."

The Red Archbishop nodded repeatedly: "Do you have any suspects?"

"...Truth Remnants."

"I think the same as you."

The Red Archbishop gently tapped the table with his fingers: "Over the past two years, the First Empire has rapidly developed and recruited a large number of mages and alchemists.

Although there’s no concrete intel proving these people are related to the Truth Remnants from the Tower of Truth.

Yet seeing the yearly deterioration in relations between the First Empire and the Church Court, it inevitably leads one to suspect this connection...

You know, back during the battle to annihilate the Tower of Truth, the Dragons agreed to hand over several crucial Dragon Language Magic Scrolls because the Tower of Truth reached into the Dragons’ ancestral land.

The Dragon Tomb.

Based on my analysis, the Tower of Truth may have already touched the Dragons’ taboo back then!"

Lette nodded slightly: "That’s the first I’ve heard of it. It seems the archbishop can indeed provide some useful information."

The archbishop felt a bit irritated but suppressed his temper with tea.

Lette poured more tea for the archbishop: "Just a joke, please don’t mind.

Actually, just a couple of days ago, I was pondering why the Truth Remnants have been so quiet this time, only sending a few minions to disrupt things.

Now it seems, it’s very likely this foolish princess and her dumb dragon are the real big move.

Currently, for some reason, her Holy Rose Knights Order has not been able to come along.

Next, if she wants to bring me down by investigating Adros, she only has two options.

Either she consolidates the power of the Holy Temple Council, or continues to use the power of the mastermind backing her.

As long as I restrict the power of the Holy Temple Council, I can force her to reach out to the mastermind behind her."

The Red Archbishop cautiously observed Lette: "What if it’s really the Truth Remnants behind her... what do you plan to do?"

Light flashed in Lette’s eyes: "If it’s just to ensure the Holy Presence Ceremony goes smoothly, it’s simple, I just need to eliminate the troublemakers.

If you can’t do it, I will.

I have plenty of ways to let people live, but only just live.

I’m not afraid of any Dragon Island, or the First Empire.

But now, my primary goal is singular, and that’s to lift the Witch Curse from Joanna.

For this reason, I actually need to force the mastermind to come out, to extract all the clues related to the witch from their brain.

Their inaction has actually been troubling me.

Now that they’re taking action, I’m thrilled!

Therefore, you don’t need to worry about what I’ll do to Vanessa, at least not in the short term."

The Red Archbishop smiled awkwardly: "If possible, I also hope that you can ensure the Holy Presence Ceremony proceeds as normal as much as possible."

"Boss! I found out! I found out!"

Grandet ran in panting, constantly wiping the sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief.

"Boss, I found out! Our member in the Holy Temple sent back word, Princess Vanessa has completed the emergency meeting and has been appointed as vice president.

Due to the vacancy in the president’s position, she has been promoted to acting president.

Just as you guessed, exactly as you guessed.

Princess, your wisdom is truly..."

"Stop!"

Lette saw him getting carried away and quickly interrupted him: "Say something useful."

"Oh oh oh!"

Grandet took a deep breath, calmed himself, and then spilled all the information.

"After Princess Vanessa took office, she delivered an inaugural speech, stating that she would definitely restore the Holy Temple’s glory and reclaim everyone’s rightful power.

At the same time, she explicitly stated that... that..."

The Red Archbishop was getting anxious: "Go on and say it!"

Grandet glanced at Lette with difficulty: "Her words were somewhat offensive to the boss, I’m afraid to say..."

Lette waved his hand: "What she said isn’t what you said, so speak freely!"

"Yes! Boss, Princess Vanessa publicly stated in her inaugural speech that Lette is not invincible!

She has found a way to ensure your defeat! And she will liberate the Holy City from your tyrannical rule!"

Upon hearing this, Lette exchanged a look with Delman, and the archbishop asserted unequivocally.

"You no longer need to throw stones to ask for directions; it’s now clear that behind her must be the Tower of Truth!

From the War of the Gods to the Tower of Truth’s eradication campaign, countless forces have targeted the Holy Light God Church.

But those capable of achieving it, and indeed did so, were only the Tower of Truth!

According to records from the Red Robed Holy Hall, the Tower of Truth secretly conducted several projects targeting the Holy Light Church back then.

The most famous one directly led to the fall of the Legendary White Robed Archbishop and the Divine Crowned Pope, the [Holy Shackles].

If, if the war hadn’t ended so quickly! If the Tower of Truth had delayed it any longer!

Once other targeted projects matured, it would have been hard to say who would have won in the end.

Since Vanessa is so confident, she might possess some unknown method."

Lette instead laughed: "That’s great, since she possesses such an important method, it means the people backing her are definitely core figures among the Truth Remnants!

These are exactly the kind of people I need!"

The Red Archbishop looked a bit worried: "Lette, be careful, core members of the Tower of Truth are no pushovers!"

"Rest assured, Archbishop, I’m even harder to deal with than they are."

Lette beckoned to Grandet: "I just checked the chamber of commerce’s accounts for the past three years, and found there’s a significant expenditure each year for the Holy Temple Council’s building repairs?"

Grandet nodded repeatedly: "Yes, because the Holy Temple Council’s members are mostly political and social elites from various countries.

To ensure the thriving development of the commercial street, and the safety and smooth operation of various trade routes of the united chamber of commerce.

Every year, the chamber of commerce allocates a large sum to the Holy Temple under this pretext.

Said to be for repairing the building, this money is enough to build ten Holy Temple Houses of Representatives. In reality, most of it is to benefit the council members.

Some council clerks even enjoy VIP treatment on the commercial street."

"Very well, call enough people tomorrow and go with me to the Holy Temple House of Representatives."

"What is the boss going to do?"

"Demand debts! Tear down the houses!"

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