Chapter 47: Forty-two - s: Freshly Baked Investigator
Below the abandoned fortress, someone had slaughtered everyone, and Colin had no idea what this mysterious figure’s intentions were—after all, he could not regard two thousand gold pieces as mere dirt, much less pull out any Thanan and expect them to view money as worthless.
Did they want to maintain a sense of mystery? Or was it inconvenient for them to show themselves, or perhaps, was this merely the most boring infighting imaginable?
Let’s not joke around, Colin was merely a Priest who enjoyed detective novels, not the Divine Detective from books; this brain-burning task should be left to the friends from the Church of Justice.
As he stepped out of the underground area, the young man lit a cigarette for himself; his recent craving for tobacco had grown, uncertain if it was the influence of the novels he read or his own haze about the future.
Margaret has been his childhood friend, growing up together in the Church—a privilege no one could take from him. However, as they grew older, Colin often wondered, could an orphan without a father or mother like him truly find happiness?
The cry of an eagle came from the sky. Colin raised his left hand, allowing the Church’s messenger to land on his arm, then he pulled a message from the small tube attached to its leg—a message from his mentor.
The content was brief, its essence was to have Malin see blood... This made Colin reflect on himself. Several years ago, when Malin was about his age, during an incident of Chaos infection, his mentor had asked him to lead a team to handle it. Due to his improper handling, it resulted in three deaths and one injury: two Punishers and one Proxy, all fathers with beautiful families.
Just because he had shown a flash of compassion for the Chaos-infected young had led to their untimely deaths.
It was precisely because of that experience that Colin understood, mercy differs depending on who it’s for.
He ignited the letter in his hand, allowing it to scatter in the wind, and glanced at the Punishers nearby, setting up a defense perimeter.