Chapter 56: Walking into the Trap
The Delegate Officers who arrested the Deputy Director and Captain Martin wore black iron four-pointed star emblems on the outside of their uniforms, marking them as Disciplinary Officers from the Church Disciplinary Order.
If the Inquisition was the law enforcement force directed at the world outside the Church, then the Church Disciplinary Order was aimed inward.
They were like military police within an army, directly dispatched by the College of Cardinals to arrest bishops, knights, and inquisitors who violated Church law.
Leon realized that the newly appointed Director had already begun investigating Director Caron’s disappearance before officially taking office, and had obtained evidence of Caron’s corruption and abuse of power in Hamel Town.
Captain Martin and Deputy Director Theodore had likely handled some illicit funds and stolen goods for Caron behind the scenes.
Moreover, this investigation had not gone through the Hamel Inquisition, which meant that the newly appointed Director and Deputy Director possessed sufficient authority to mobilize other forces within the Church.
“Wait, sir, what is going on here?” Deputy Director Theodore dodged the shackles that were about to be clamped onto his hands and looked up to argue.
“Isn’t there some kind of misunderstanding?”
Director Aaron did not speak, but Bishop Beckett behind him smiled and opened his mouth: