"Let's sort this out. Eluria first noticed that someone was spying on her, and she told Karov and you about it because you're the people she trusted the most. Not long after that, she began to hallucinate. At that time, she was terrified and became more and more neurotic. When she finally received the death notice, she calmed down again."
Rob glanced at Mother Teresa. "In the third stage, Eluria already knew who was trying to kill her. The other party was obviously very powerful, so she gave up hope of survival. This also explains why she didn't ask you for help again, because she realized that it would only put you in danger."
"So the one who killed her was the Pope?" Lolo asked. "Or one of the three cardinals?" Only those who stand at the top of the pyramid have the ability to threaten the Bretton Family, the richest family in the Northern Region. "
Among them, Van 'er the Fifth was undoubtedly the most suspicious, because he was the one who brought Eluria into the monastery and handed her over to Mother Teresa. The second-grade priest who had looked for Mother Teresa twice was also holding his keepsake.
"But there's something that can't be explained. If the Pope wanted to kill Eluria, it would've been most convenient to do it when she was still a baby. Why did he wait until 18 years later?"
"Because Mother married Father?"
Mother Teresa shook her head. "Eluria is just a novice nun. Although the Church doesn't encourage it, it doesn't forbid them from marrying. Moreover, His Majesty didn't tell me to make Eluria an official nun."
So the suspicious point was still Eluria's background. Almost everyone thought that she was just an ordinary orphan adopted by the monastery, but now it seemed that this was not the case.
Rob then asked the old man, "When did the people from the Temple find you?"
"About a month before Eluria was due to give birth, I was picking some calming herbs near the castle and went to a nearby village to treat a sick child. On my way back, I met two knights. It was very strange. They obviously didn't have any holy aura on them, but they had the First Paladin Order's Golden Investigation Order and a special permit from the Sacred Alliance. They came to me and asked me to secretly bring something into the castle, but because of what happened to Teacher, I rejected them."
Mother Teresa explained, "You may not know about the Golden Investigation Order, but it's the highest level that the Paladin Order can issue. Except for those above the rank of archbishop, all clergymen who see the Golden Investigation Order must cooperate unconditionally and are not allowed to ask anything related to the operation …"
Rob thought of the small team of Punishment Knights he met in the Heart of Adventurers. Although they didn't have the First Paladin Order's Golden Investigation Order, they had a special permit from the Sacred Alliance, which helped them to move freely in Andella Principality. The two people the old man met outside the village were most likely also Punishment Knights. The reason why they brought the Golden Investigation Order with them was that they wanted Mother Teresa, who was also from the Church, to help them.
There was nothing wrong with this deduction, but because of this, Your Honor, the future Supreme Magister, frowned. "It's a little strange."
"Why do you say so?" Lolo asked.
"This incident happened a month before Eluria was due to give birth, which means that Karov did a good job in guarding the castle. The Temple tried many times, but they couldn't infiltrate the castle. They had no choice but to find Mother Teresa, who was always by Eluria's side."
"Hmm … That should be the case." Luo Luo nodded.
"In that case, who was watching Eluria from the castle?"
The girl was stunned. "What you said is indeed contradictory. If the Temple had already infiltrated the castle, they wouldn't have needed to find Mother Teresa. But if they didn't, then why did Mother notice that something was wrong so early on?"
"If an ordinary person were to receive a death notice, her first reaction would definitely be fear. After that, she would try to verify the authenticity of the death notice. The fact that Eluria gave up resisting in the end shows that not only did she know the identity of the other party, but she also believed in it. But if the people from the Temple of Light didn't infiltrate the castle, how did she get the proof?"
Lolo was also confused. The girl thought for a moment, and her eyes lit up. "Wait … I remember that after Mother died, her maid also committed suicide to escape punishment. What if she was from the Temple?"
"No, that poor child is innocent," Mother Teresa said, shaking her head. Mother Teresa shook her head and said, "Eluria did not die of a cold, and the night before her death, Maggie had closed the window."
"How did you know?"
"Because I was a little worried in the middle of the night, so I went to her room to see her. I was afraid that she would catch a cold, so I paid special attention to the window before I left. Maggie and Eluria were very close. When Eluria first arrived, Maggie's father was seriously ill. It was Eluria who found someone to cure her father's illness. Even Karov didn't know about this, but Maggie has always been very grateful to Eluria. It's almost impossible for her to betray Eluria."
Lolo thought that after finding Mother Teresa, the truth of the incident would be revealed. But now, there were more and more mysteries, and more people were involved. Rob asked the old woman, "Do you know why the Temple kidnapped you and locked you up here?"
I know what you want to say, but what I want to say is that if you reach my age, you will understand that many things are not necessarily true. The Temple was indeed involved in the incident back then, but no one knows what role they played. After all, I am a clergyman. If it weren't for the fact that you might be in danger, I wouldn't have told you these things. "Granny Teresa thought for a moment and said," I refused to cooperate with the request of the holder of the Golden Investigation Order, which is equivalent to directly disobeying the orders of His Holiness the Pope. So it is normal for the Temple to arrest me. I was the one who betrayed my faith first.
Rob shook his head. "I don't think you're telling us the truth. At least, you haven't told us all the information you have. If it was just because of the investigation order, the Temple wouldn't have taken such a big risk to kidnap you under the nose of the Scarlet Sword, and they wouldn't have tortured you. You must have something else in your hands. If I may be so bold, this thing should have something to do with your teacher, Mother Bernice, and you don't want to get her into trouble, right?"
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