Chapter 688: I know life is full of surprises, but I hope they came in queue
It took me a while to calm down, and I felt like I was shrieking a little bit. Thankfully, it wasn’t a communication orb, so this Sagan person couldn’t hear my undignified noises. As I was busy fanning myself, a reply came.
’I’m not sure about the exact location because it’s in a code,’ it was quite a long text this time. ’But the diagram is clear enough.’
A code. I wondered what it was. Oh, I hoped it was something Aunt Nezja would know--maybe the Society’s code or something? Could Eruha or Lesta decode it if we got this diary? But oh--we really didn’t have much time! And what if it was nothing in the end? Oh, my mind was in a mess--this was why I needed Natha by my side!
’You can do whatever you want with it,’ the text came and Aunt Nezja patted my arm so I could pay attention again. ’Just stop these heretics plan.’
Heretics...
Wow. I didn’t think people on the church’s side would ever call themselves ’heretics’ even if it was to trick someone. At most, they would say ’son of bitches’ or ’assholes’--I don’t know, maybe because ’heretics’ was too close to home?
So, I had a high hope that this Sagan guy was genuine. I felt like there was no need for him to bait us with the Grand Church’s floor plan or the portal’s connection. Well...unless they somehow knew our plan and interest in that exact information. But if he knew about that, we had a whole different problem to think about, because that would mean there was a traitor in our midst.
At this stage, I truly hope there was no such thing plaguing our side.
On the other hand, there was a possibility that he wanted to lure us into the Holy Empire through this portal, or ambush us in the safe house.
In that case, well...what did it matter? As long as we could get some kind of clue, it was precious. We could just check the place while considering an ambush, and I was pretty confident about the shapeshifters’ escaping ability.
But truly...I truly hope he was telling the truth. Because I wanted this to be real. Because I wanted there to be more humans who realized that the church was no longer the Goddess’s people. Because I wanted more humans to have an open mind to communicate with other races without the contaminated teaching of those heretics clouding their minds.