The Great Magician sighed. "It was the Temple who did it."
"How did you know?" Lolo was a little surprised.
"In the north, someone could murder the Scarlet Sword's wife in such a way without anyone knowing, and cover it up so well that no one would be able to see anything wrong with it. It's definitely not something a few people can do, and it's impossible for it to be a spur of the moment plan. In fact, I can't think of anyone else other than the Temple who has the ability to do this," Rob said straightforwardly.
"Well, dad thinks so too. He said that the thing he regretted the most was that he sent someone to the royal city to invite Mother Teresa when mom's mental state was at its most unstable."
Archmage had never heard of this name before, so she should not be one of the higher-ups of the Temple. The teenager raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who is it?"
"Mother Teresa was mom's teacher in the cloister. When mom was still a candidate nun, Mother Teresa was very optimistic about mom's potential. She said mom was the best student she had ever taught, with the purest soul and a tenacious, brave, and fearless heart. Because mom was abandoned when she was a child, and was adopted by the Temple, Mother Teresa had always regarded mom as her own daughter. Later, mom chose to leave the cloister and marry dad, giving up on becoming a nun. Mother Teresa was the most disappointed one."
"So during mom's most difficult time after she was pregnant, the first person that came to dad's mind was Mother Teresa." At this point, Luoluo paused for a moment. "Although the relationship between Father and Granny Teresa is a little tense, Granny Teresa has always been very good to Mother. When she heard that her former disciple is now in a difficult situation, Granny Teresa jumped into the carriage without saying a word and rushed all the way from the capital to my house. When Granny Teresa arrived, Mother's mood improved significantly. At least, she no longer cried for no reason. Although she still locks herself in the room sometimes, she can occasionally cheer up and accompany Father to some of the less important gatherings."
"Dad was very happy at that time, thinking that mom's depression had improved a little. Although Mother Teresa still didn't give him a good look, dad didn't really mind. He thought that as long as both of them treated mom well, it didn't matter even if there were conflicts. Until mom's accident, dad carefully thought back to that period of time, mom's mental state probably didn't improve at all. She was just controlled by Mother Teresa."
At this point, Lolo, who had always been good-tempered, had a rare flash of anger in her eyes. "In fact, when mom died in an accident, Mother Teresa was also the biggest suspect. After mom gave birth to me, Mother Teresa almost never left her side. In other words, she was the only one who could have done something to mom without anyone knowing. Because of mom's master and apprentice relationship, dad always trusted her very much. Our family was not guarded against her at all."
"And she and dad were also the only two people who didn't attend mom's funeral. Someone saw her leaving the Bretton family's territory overnight with four unfamiliar church knights the night before the funeral. After that, she didn't return to her original monastery. It was as if she had vanished from the face of the earth."
"Mother's murder filled dad's heart with sadness and anger, but he did not choose to kill his way to the temple. Dad was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that he would not be able to avenge mom before he died. The Bretton family has a strong influence in the north, but compared to a giant like the temple, they still have no chance of winning. Dad knew that he only had one chance. Although Mother Teresa was the direct murderer of mom, with her position in the temple, she could not mobilize so many resources, nor could she carry out such a perfect murder. There must be someone behind her. If he wanted revenge, he had to first find the guy hiding in the dark, and then kill him before the temple could react."
The future supreme magus Your Honor nodded. "Your father's thinking is not wrong. Now that I look back, the forged will is very likely to deliberately provoke the Crimson Sword. The temple must have calculated all of this. No wonder the standard of your mother's funeral suddenly increased. The Choir of Hundred Colored Wings is not only good at singing. Before joining the White Wings, the group of people in the choir were outstanding paladins with an average strength of around grade five. The entire choir has a total of more than three hundred people, and with the addition of a cardinal, such a force is enough to take down a medium-sized city. If your father was really enraged and drew his sword on them at the funeral, then he would have fallen into their trap. But your father maintained restraint, so the temple could not make a move on your father without a good reason. "
Of the three major human forces, the temple was the strongest in the Sacred Alliance. In the Sacred Alliance, the pope had absolute authority, but the power of the nobles was still not to be underestimated. Be it the Bretton family or any other family, they were naturally not worth mentioning in front of the temple. However, the nobles were actually a group of people. They generally had their own circle, and it was difficult for outsiders to enter. Once you entered the circle, it meant that you had been accepted and recognized as one of them.
Although most of the time, everyone was scheming against each other and feigning civility, the nobles would often maintain an astonishing unity when it came to matters of principle. If the Radiant Temple suddenly made a move against the current head of the Bretton family without any reason, it would definitely cause a huge uproar among the nobles.
Even those who usually did not like the Crimson Sword would firmly stand on the side of the Bretton family in the face of this kind of thing, as long as they were not stupid.
The reason was simple. If the temple could make a move on the Bretton family this time, then they could make a move on other families in the future. This kind of thing had already touched the bottom line of the nobles, and it might even cause internal strife in the Sacred Alliance. Although the temple was powerful, they did not dare to go too far. Even the pope did not have the courage to go to war with all the nobles. This was also the reason why the temple did not make a move on the girl.
"If we want to find the real culprit, the most direct breakthrough is Granny Teresa. Later, father sent many people to inquire about Granny Teresa's whereabouts, but in the end, he could not find her. But in the process, father had an unexpected harvest. In the end, he followed another clue and successfully found the real culprit behind mother's death.
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