Heavenly Inquisition Sword

Episode 1163. They are securing their recruits

in the Duchy of Aragon.

Acreon Territory.

Early in the morning, more than twenty knights on horseback entered the gates of Acreon.

Count Cardinal Paganus and his Luver Knights are chasing Elio’s party.

Count Cardinal Paganus dropped the knights at a nearby restaurant and took only a handful of escort knights to visit the lord, Count Euros Acreon.

Even though it was quite early, the Countess of Acreon was busy going back.

Seeing that, Count Cardinal Paganus tilted his head.

Viscount Ronan Barkley, commander of the Knights of Louvre, who was escorting him, asked.

“Why is that?”

“It’s not time to wake up yet, don’t you look busy?”

“It must have been the news of the Count’s visit.”

“Then it is even more strange. Aren’t the expressions too dark?”

The knight commander who was looking at the people of Count Acreon shook his head.

It’s not that it wasn’t, but everyone had a shit-chewed face.

It wasn’t because of an unexpected guest, it seemed that something had happened to the count’s family.

After a while, the butler of the Countess of Acreon jumped out and led Count Cardinal Paganus and the Knight Commander to the central hall of the inner sanctuary.

Introspective central hall.

The eyes of Count Cardinal Paganus, who saw Count Acreon, were young.

His face and clothes were not like the person who had just happened to meet him.

It was too much to say that it was because of the second call-up order.

When Count Paganus, a guest, looked at him as if observing him, Count Euros Acreon greeted him with an awkward smile.

“welcome. It’s unlikely that news of us has already reached you. Why did you visit?”

When the other person skipped the lengthy greeting typical of great nobles and moved on to the main topic, Count Cardinal Paganus nodded inwardly.

‘News from us… Something happened.’

He wondered what had made Count Acreon so serious from early morning, but now he had to put out the fire that fell on his feet.

“We are looking for knights from the north. If you are still in the Acreon Territory or not, you must have left not too long ago.”

For a moment, Count Euros Acreon’s eyes flashed strangely.

“Why are you looking for knights from the north, Count?”

Count Cardinal Paganus hesitated for a moment because it was related to his face, but Count Acreon’s eyes were not serious, so he frankly confessed.

“They attacked Baron Keenan Geyer. So I’m following them.”

He seemed petty when it came to pursuing him for breaking the wagon, so he put Baron Keenan Geyer at the fore.

After all, it happened while he was in the carriage, so he wasn’t lying.

“Why did they do that?”

“I heard that Baron Geyer attacked them for trying to pass through the Espana Territory checkpoint faster than they did.”

“Huh! They are really crazy.”

Count Euros Acreon shook his head excitedly.

Since the lord of Spain is a vassal of Count Paganus, it was probably a natural thing to do.

But attacking the nobility of the count family of Espana for that reason?

It was as shocking as the attack at Adabu Hall.

“Since the northern knights are using quadruped wagons, they must have stood out. If they left, I want to know when and where they went.”

“They are still in Acreon Manor. To be precise, the security forces are securing their recruits.”

“Are you safe?”

Count Cardinal Paganus looked at Count Acreon with bewildered eyes.

This is because the force of the security forces could not capture the northern knights.

“They were arrested on charges of terrorism yesterday afternoon. Of course, they say they have nothing to do with each other, but listening to the Count’s words, it seems certain that they did something.”

Earl Euros Acreon, who had been in trouble a while ago, was convinced by the sound that the northern nobles had attacked Baron Kinen Geyer.

It was clear that northern nobles were behind the terror.

Those who attacked Count Paganus also touched Acreon.

Cardinal Count Paganus did not deny it.

Otherwise, there would be no reason for knights from the north to come all the way to the Principality of Aragorn.

Rather, he went one step further.

“Could the northern kingdoms have revived their alliance with the southern kingdoms?”

Otherwise, there was no reason for the northern knights to attack the nobles of the principality.

“You’ll know when you do it. Now that you’ve been exposed to the attack on Baron Keenan Geyer, you can’t just deny it. Would you like to meet them together?”

“It is.”

Count Cardinal Paganus, who was pursuing the northern knights, did not decline.

Count Cardinal Paganus, who was crossing the central hall with Count Acreon, suddenly asked.

“But did they obey and get arrested?”

“I heard you didn’t resist.”

“That is a bit strange. With their force, they would have been able to break through the police and escape.”

“Where would you go if you ran away from the empire? It might be better to just say no. There is no evidence or witnesses yet.”

On that part, Count Cardinal Paganus did not raise an objection.

***

Acreon Territory.

police.

Investigator Baron Setin Pirat said, staring his opponent in the eye.

“Baron Fabian Cloud. If you say no, do you think we’ll just let you go? The Southern guy caused an explosion with an unknown device and killed himself. But the people at the scene were all people from the principality except for you. Anyone can see that it’s your work. is not it?”

Fabian let out a deep sigh as if frustrated.

“one! because it’s not If he did, he ran away. Why do you stay there and rescue people? Do you accuse those who helped you as criminals? Are you still not sorry?”

However, the seeds were not eaten by the investigator.

“If you did it with a pure heart, thank you. But that’s not it. You’re doing it to avoid suspicion. I would have done that even if I was with the culprit. It’s better to confess and stand before the imperial court. If you keep holding on, you can use mental magic.”

The inspector threatened Baron Cloud with mind magic.

Fabian then shook his head.

“Don’t even dream about that. If our Viscount is angry, only your estate will perish.”

“Are you going to destroy the Acreon territory? Do you have the skills to do that?”

“Because it’s a request, let’s not make a big deal out of it. It was because we were honorable that we obeyed the police force’s words. let me go on my way You can really get into serious trouble by blaming someone for a crime you don’t have.”

“There is nothing worse than having you arrested in Adabu Hall.”

“Don’t hold on to innocent people, just let them go. Big waves that you can’t imagine may come crashing in. They say that if you get swept away by that wave, Acreon will collapse.”

The investigator took that as a premonition of the next attack.

“Are you foretelling terrorism? OK then let’s move on to the next question. What caused such an explosion? It’s said to be as powerful as a magic cannon. What did you do?”

“No! tell me how many times! We went to see a performance and saw people dying, so we felt sorry for them, so we were arrested while helping them!”

“You don’t want to talk sanely? Use mind magic to find out, is this it?”

“Are you crazy?”

“It’s not me who’s crazy, it’s your northern nobles who carried out the terror. If it’s an alliance with the southern kingdom, why don’t you just join the war? Why are you terrorizing me from behind!”

The excited inspector yelled and slammed the table.

It was only then that Fabian knew that the other person truly believed that the nobles of the north were behind the terror.

‘It’s a headache.’

I thought I would be released after being investigated, but if this happens, I am worried about the future.

Perhaps they were trying to use mental magic as an excuse for the exhibition.

I followed you to the security guard to get over it quietly, but this is the end.

After completing the investigation, Fabian returned to his lodgings within the security guard.

Seeing him, Elio asked with a sullen face.

“what? When will you send it?”

“Well… things got weird.”

“why?”

“The investigators seemed to believe that we were behind the attack.”

“why not? what did we do? All I did was go to the show and help save people.”

“Excluding the terrorists and us in Adabu Hall, everyone is from the principality. He said that since the Northern Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom are allies, we will be behind it.”

“I’ll turn.”

Elio shook his head excitedly.

I proudly accompanied you because I did a good job, but I was cornered with a terrorist!

Earl Larva Omar, who had been listening to the story, spoke in a calm tone.

“There is ample room for doubt under the circumstances. Still, this is treatment that is not befitting the status of a count and a viscount.”

Fabian nailed it.

“The investigator said he would use mind magic if we didn’t admit our guilt.”

“Mental magic? It looks good because these things are still. Take out the mental magic sperm in front of me. Let go.”

When Elio was annoyed, the security guards came pouring in.

Then one of the soldiers spoke.

“Come out, everyone. The lord has come to meet you in person.”

Elio asked with a sullen face.

“I’m not going to let you go, but to meet the lord?”

“I don’t know the details. We were only instructed to bring them.”

Elio’s stomach was boiling, but he endured it because he wanted to find out what was wrong with the lower-level soldiers.

Still, since they weren’t bound because they were a group of great nobles, if they had tried to bind them, they would have beaten them right away.

***

Front yard of police station.

Marshal Baron Douglas Anton introduced the nobles of the north to Counts Euros Acreon and Cardinal Paganus.

“The far left is Count Larva Omar of Baylem, next to him is Viscount Elio Lagoa, and last is Baron Fabian Cloud.”

After speaking, the police chief took a step back.

Count Euros Acreon, the lord of Acreon, opened his mouth with a solemn face.

“I am Count Euros Acreon, Lord of Acreon. You have been arrested for destroying the Victory Hall built to commemorate the Battle of Acreon and killing civilians. But according to the words of the investigator… the crime committed is obvious, but you deny all charges?”

Then, Fabian couldn’t stand it and poured out his words.

“Your sin is obvious? We came all the way here after rescuing the wounded in Adabu Hall and asked to come with us! Is it also a crime to save citizens from the scene of an accident?”

Then the investigator next to Count Euros Acreon intervened.

“To call terrorism an accident! Shameless! Please know, Count, that the criminals are misleading the terrorism as an accident.”

“What are you misleading? Whether it’s an accident or a terrorist attack, we have nothing to do with it!”

At Baron Fabian Cloud’s reply, Count Euros Acreon frowned.

It was uncomfortable to see a baron from a mere kingdom raise his head stiffly in front of the great nobles of the empire.

‘What about the interest.’

No matter how many counts of the empire you were, you couldn’t arrest a great northern aristocrat with just your heart.

Then the real northern kingdoms could rise up.

As he hesitated, Count Cardinal Paganus took a step forward.

“I am Count Cardinal Paganus. Count Omar, ten days ago, attacked Baron Keenan Geyer, the butler of Count Paganus, and destroyed his carriage. Are you going to pretend that that is not the case?”