Chapter 61 61 The Rose Society’s Crisis!
Chapter 61 -61- The crisis of the Rose Society!
As the largest religious force in the world of Miria, the Holy Royal Court has two extraordinary teams that are famous in the continent.
One is a large number of demon hunting centers with strongholds spread across cities and even key villages and towns. They are managed by local churches and are responsible for cleaning up monsters and protecting ordinary people.
Its status in various countries that believe in the Holy Royal Court is somewhat similar to the police station of the previous life of the Celestial Dynasty.
Official members of the witch hunt are called witch knights.
Rather than being feared or feared by others, the Demon Hunter more often gives ordinary people the feeling and impression of safety, justice and peace of mind.
Of course, the knights of Demon Hunt have a higher degree of freedom than the clergy of the church. Many of them also do some private work like freelance mercenaries or wandering knights on weekdays. This is also tacitly approved by the church.
Second, it is a trial house that is independent of the secular church of the Holy Royal Court and is directly managed by the clerical state.
Unlike the Demon Hunt, the Inquisition has its own top-down independent management system. It has offices in major cities in various countries and is responsible for supervising the church branches of various dioceses and judging heretics and evil forces.
Its status in Miria is somewhat similar to that of the Jin Yiwei in the history of the previous life in the Celestial Dynasty.
The most famous thing about the Inquisition is the Knights of the Inquisition.
Compared with the Demon Hunter Knight, who is relatively close to the people and is even regarded as one of the ideals of life by many children who have knight dreams, the reputation of the Judgment Knight is much worse in the world.
Even among the clergy of local churches, many of them turned pale when talking about it.
The average strength of the Judgment Knights is stronger than that of the Demon Hunter Knights, and their number is smaller, but each of them is a fanatical believer and shows no mercy to sinners, heretics and evil forces.
Believing lunatics, psychopaths, murderous mad dogs, religious hawks, cruel, bloody, ruthless... these are their labels in the eyes of the world.
The Judgment Knight... only recognizes faith!
The Trial Office is not deployed on weekdays, and its presence is very low.
But once they are dispatched, it means something big will happen and someone will be unlucky.
And every time, the result is either the downfall of a powerful priest, the downfall of a great noble family, or the complete annihilation of an underground secret cult...
Charlotte, who had already crammed in knowledge about the Holy Royal Court, quickly remembered the relevant information about the Trial House and stood up from her seat almost immediately.
"Don't panic, tell me slowly, what's going on? Why is Rose targeted by the Judgment? How many Judgment Knights are dispatched?"
Charlotte asked seriously.
"It's not that many. The old servant took a look from a distance. There were about twenty judgment knights in red clothes. Judging from the badges on their bodies, the highest one should be the second-level Silver Moon, and there were several of them. The trainee judgment knights were even more Many, I'm afraid there are hundreds of people..."
Quasimodo said quickly.
There is no third level Blazing Sun?
Charlotte was a little surprised.
It is recorded in the books that when the Judgment Knights are dispatched, they often come out in full force.
As far as she knew, the highest level of the Judgment Knights stationed in the Principality of Bold was the same as the Duke and the Grand Priest, who were at the third level.
"The fact that all the Judgment Knights are not dispatched... shows that the matter has not reached the point of no return..."
After that, she asked again:
"What happened? Why did the Tribunal take action against the Rose Society? The Rose Society is just an underground gang, and the one in charge is also the local leader!"
Only this time, Quasimodo looked a little at a loss. It was obvious...he couldn't answer this question.
"No... I don't know... The old servant just saw the team of the Judgment Knights heading towards the outer city with great momentum. On the way, they directly sealed up a Rose Club shop in the western city and arrested all the clerks."
Quasimodo said.
After speaking, he gritted his teeth again:
Moreover... the old servant also saw some people in gray clothes, they were probably the Inquisition troops! "
Inquisition troops...
Charlotte froze slightly.
The Inquisition Force is a secular force directly under the Inquisition Knight, composed of extraordinary people and ordinary people.
According to church documents, it was an ancient tradition left over from the history of the Holy Royal Court. When the Holy Royal Court conquered the mainland, it was the main force in the holy war.
At that time, they had a resounding name and were called the Holy Legion. They had strict discipline and strong combat power.
Of course, now that the Holy Royal Court is the well-deserved overlord of the Miria world, the Holy Legion has no meaning in existence, so it has been reorganized into a local religious trial force.
The local religious inquisition troops are nominally under the command of the Inquisition Knights and are responsible for assisting the Inquisition Knights in their work.
However, in practical terms, the Inquisition troops need the unanimous consent of the Inquisition Knights and the local church chief before they can be dispatched, so their presence is usually very low.
In other words... the high priest also agreed to the action against the Rose Society.
"Quasimodo, contact Frank and the others as soon as possible and ask them to move to Castel Manor as soon as possible. If the distance is too far, find a place to hide quickly, so as not to be a disaster!"
"Also... inform the Rose Club. Although they should already know, we still inform those who can evacuate to evacuate as soon as possible!"
Charlotte said seriously.
Since even the Rose Club's shops have been sealed, this shows that the Tribunal is likely planning to wipe out all of the Rose Club.
For Old Frank's peripheral personnel who were taken in by the Rose Society, it is very likely that they are also within the scope of the attack!
The girl was pacing in the study, thinking, and continued:
"There has been no news from Sebastian... I don't know if it is related to this."
"The good thing is that the Judgment Knights will only target extraordinary people. Frank and the others should only face the arrest of the Inquisition Force..."
"Bring more of our family uniforms! Let them change into them! Now everyone in Boulder knows that we are protected by the church, and even the Inquisition troops dare not mess around!"
Charlotte thought for a moment and said.
However, after hearing the girl's words, Quasimodo's face turned a little pale.
He gritted his teeth and said:
"No... you can't bring the family uniforms with you. You can only move them here as quietly as possible..."
"If the Inquisition troops see our uniforms, I'm afraid the family will also suffer!"
Charlotte frowned:
"Why? They still dare to take action against the nobles protected by the church? Even if they have been adapted, they were once a well-disciplined holy legion!"
Quasimodo hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to explain to the girl, but the black cat Ness suddenly jumped in from the window and said seriously:
"Of course they dare."
"Because... they are no longer the principled and disciplined holy legions you know from church books."
"It would be better to say...the reputation of today's Inquisition Army is much worse than that of the Inquisition. It is even said that the reputation of the Inquisition and the Judgment Knights were ruined by them."
Charlotte was stunned for a moment, then her expression condensed:
"How to say?"
Nice sighed softly:
"Everything will be corrupted one day, and the same is true for the Holy Legion..."
"They used to be the most proud jihadist legion of the Holy Royal Court, but after being reorganized into the local trial legion, many people lost their goals and motivation and chose to leave the legion. The attrition of the trial team became more and more serious..."
"Later, in order to maintain combat effectiveness, Nero IV, the 13th chief priest of the Holy Royal Court, reformed the local judicial forces and announced that sinners willing to atone for their sins could be recruited into the army."
"They are a group of people without freedom. They have signed a soul contract. They are also a group of cannon fodder. They are a group of prisoners, criminals and even former cultists who voluntarily became its members in order to escape religious trial!"
"Their joining has greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the Inquisition, even surpassing that of the Holy Legion for a time, but what followed was a deterioration in discipline..."
"The current local trial army is like a group of religious slaves. In the eyes of the trial knights, there is no human rights. The final outcome is to die in religious trials again and again..."
"If they go crazy like this, no one can restrain them except the Judgment Knights. They are a group of unscrupulous lunatics who are even more disgusting than the Judgment Knights!"
After hearing what Nice said, Charlotte's expression changed.
The boys and girls have not returned yet, and they may have encountered the local religious trial troops.
"Help me prepare the carriage, I want to go to the cathedral immediately to see the high priest!"
The girl made a decision immediately.
"As ordered..."
Quasimodo bowed and hurried out of the study.
"I thought you would decide to head to the outer city immediately."
Ness said unexpectedly as he jumped to Charlotte's side with a hee.
"I'm not that stupid."
Charlotte glanced at it and rang the bell to call the maid to change her clothes for the trip.
Of course she was extremely worried about the boys and girls and Frank and the others.
However, she knew that at this time, she should be calmer.
If she doesn't figure anything out now and heads to the outer city rashly, not only will she not be able to solve the problem, but she may also put herself in danger.
To untie the bell, one must tie it, and she had to start with the church.
Although the High Priest has no direct jurisdiction over the Judgment Knights, as the highest clergyman of the Holy Royal Court in the Principality of Boulder, he can still have a say in the divine judgment of local groups.
Not to mention, the high priest also has certain control over the local religious trial troops!
The high priest's bid to be the officiant still needs Castel's help, which is nothing more than spending more Quintana. As long as he is willing to spend the money, Charlotte is confident to persuade him to prevent the sacred judgment of the Tribunal.
After thinking about it, she took out a stack of parchment from the desk and put it in her arms.
"What's this?"
Ness, the black cat, poked his head around.
Charlotte glanced at it:
"I prepared the materials for the Whitening of the Rose Society. I wanted to fully use them later, but it seems... I have to use them in advance now."
Now that she has decided to take Sebas on as her housekeeper, Charlotte has of course already considered how to clean up the Rose Society, an underground gang.
After all, she was a noble, and the Society of Roses was a gang. It would be unjustifiable to get them mixed up, and it would probably become a lever for other nobles to attack her.
These days, she spends her free time sorting out these things. Fortunately, the Rose Club is also doing well. Although there is a lot of shit behind her butt, she has done a lot of good things, which is both good and evil.
It is not difficult for the keyboard warriors in the previous life to whiten the roses using Spring and Autumn brushwork.
This time I went to see the great priest, and I was able to deal with this matter once and for all!
Under the service of the maid, Charlotte changed into clothes suitable for traveling and specially selected a holy white dress.
Then, she boarded the prepared carriage.
"Meow! I'm going too!"
Nice called out and also jumped on the carriage.
Charlotte glanced at it and didn't stop it.
Although this guy is unreliable, no one in the whole manor can compare to it in terms of understanding the church. Taking it with you may bring unexpected gains.
The carriage drove, carrying a person and a cat, and quickly rushed towards the cathedral in the eastern city...
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