Chapter 37 – This black robe, you don’t deserve it.
Chapter 37: This Black Robe, You Don’t Deserve It
The tower had nine floors, but the remaining two floors were not used to hold prisoners on weekdays because of their special role.
If you want to enter the eighth floor, you need the black-clothed archbishop to personally open it. If one wanted to enter the ninth floor, it would require the Pope and the three Archbishops to cast a spell at the same time.
Therefore, the seventh floor already held the most vicious and sinful group in the Inquisition.
But right now, they were just like those prisoners on the third floor, standing in the middle of the cage in a disciplined manner, with their legs spread out and their heads lowered, incomparably humble.
Even with the experience of the third floor, Flandre was as frightened as Emily, and it was hard to accept for a moment.
An originator level vampire was only locked up on the third level. It could be seen what kind of flooding beast the seventh layer really was.
The natural disaster level was considered the bottom line, the extinction level was very common, and even the havoc level wanted criminals were several.
Any one of these people casually threw out a terrifying creature that could cause a widespread extinction disaster. Right now, they were just keeping their heads down, not even having the courage to look at their own line.
No, it was the courage to even look at that man.
They were really curious as to what kind of heartless things Wright had done here in the two short years he had stayed in the Holy City to achieve this kind of effect.
However, Wright was already used to this scene, and he made light work of it like he was returning to his own home, leading the crowd to the last cell on the seventh floor.
Here, originally, was his exclusive room. Nowadays, there sat a different person.
He was dressed in black monastic clothing, with a disheveled head and lifeless eyes, sitting there dumbly.
Those who didn’t know, would have thought it was a statue that hadn’t been cleaned for too long.
Even when he heard the sound of footsteps, the sculpture was indifferent. Until Wright stood in front of him and bared his smile.
“Is this the best you can do, noble son of Holy Light? It’s a good thing that your group of little fan girls didn’t follow you here, or else the dreams of the young girls in their hearts would probably be shattered.”
“Wright …… you finally came.”
“You are waiting for me?”
“I’m waiting for the trial.”
“Good, for what.”
“For my dereliction of duty, which put the lives of my fellow officers in danger.”
“Joanna isn’t dead yet, and depending on where she ends up, you’ll be sentenced differently.”
Wright looked the other party up and down, “But I have a feeling that before the result on her side, you are already finished first.
What, is this some kind of new chronic suicide method you’ve invented?”
“I’m guilty ……”
Adeloth’s eyes were slightly red, but he couldn’t even shed a tear because he hadn’t dripped for so long.
One could only say that it was fortunate that the holy light had been supporting his vitality, otherwise he would have been dead long ago.
Seeing him like this, Wright sighed.
He familiarly pulled out a small bench from a shadowy corner of the cell and sat in front of Adelos.
“When I left the Holy Capital three years ago, a few of you went to see me off at the Eastern Main Gate. At that time, I gave you and Tyler a critique.
I said that while Tyler was a dumb cow, you were nowhere near as good.
I still remember how defiant you were.
What did you say at the time?
Oh, I, Ardross, have never made a single mistake so far. I’ve accomplished every task perfectly, passed every test with a perfect score!
I’m no better than this stupid cow.
Now, do you understand?”
Looking at Adelos’ still confused eyes, Wright sighed.
“Ardross, you are a sword made of glass!
Pure, unsullied, and incredibly sharp, but too fragile.
You can defeat Tyler a hundred times a thousand times or even ten thousand times, but he will still stand before you.
But he only needs to defeat you once, and you’re completely broken.
Defeat, for you, is the end, but for him it’s another beginning.
That’s you two, the most essential difference!
People can pursue perfection, because it is the pursuit of perfection that makes them motivated, that makes them strive, that makes them pay attention to details, and that makes them achieve great things. But your pursuit of perfection is not in conflict with acceptance of imperfection!
The large Holy Light Church, which has survived for hundreds of years, has created such a glorious day.
Wasn’t it also accomplished by countless imperfect people, one after another?
Without absolutely perfect people, hasn’t everyone come this far?”
After Leite finished speaking, the entire cell fell into silence. Flandre couldn’t help it and quietly spoke small talk to Emily at the side.
“So this person, is so reasonable? I thought he, would only mess around.”
Emily couldn’t help but think of her family’s thriving and positive dungeon, and shook her head noncommittally.
“Not a good comment, you’ll understand when you’ve been exposed to it for a long time.”
At this moment, the Knight Commander also hastened to chime in, “Yes, Your Highness Ardross! His Highness Wright is right, the world is imperfect.
It’s okay to be imperfect, and no one has ever blamed you for this incident.
There are still a lot of things that the Black Clothes Holy Church needs you to preside over, let’s go out first, shall we?”
Taylor also came over to advise him, “Adelos, I know you’re in a bad mood! But there are many solutions to being in a bad mood!
Seeing that Boss is back, why don’t we go to the old house for a barbecue together? Boss said it well, there’s nothing that can’t be solved by a barbecue!
If there is, let’s have another one!
I’ve got a piece of extraordinarily high grade dragon meat two days ago! And the Dwarf’s treasured wine!
Let’s get drunk! The next day will be a new day!”
In the face of everyone’s persuasion, Adeloth suddenly opened the two men’s outstretched hands!
“No! It’s not like that! It shouldn’t be like this! Wrongs should be severely punished! Discipline should be regulated!
It’s because everyone is like this! The Black Clothes Sanctuary has become a hideout! That’s why there are so many scum! Villains! People who are complicit!
I’m going to prove it to my father! I’m going to show him!
As a Black Cultist! As long as you obey the law! You must abide by the law! Always follow the teachings of the Cult!
Even if you don’t do those filthy things, you can still do your best!
I’ve worked so hard for so long, I can obviously do it! But I …… failed in a place like this ……”
Adeloth clutched his hair in pain, and the Knight Commander sighed helplessly at the sight.
Wright, however, suddenly propped his hands on his knees and slowly stood up.
Taylor trembled and hurriedly escorted the crowd out of the cell, “Go go go!”
“What’s wrong? What’s wrong?”
“The boss is a patient man, but not very patient. It’s over, Adelos is going to suffer a bit.”
Before the words fell, Wright in the middle of the cell suddenly hooked the small bench with his foot, grabbed it in his hand and then swung it violently at Ardross’s body.
With a bam, the latter was directly jerked away and hit the wall heavily.
Wright threw away the remains of the wooden bench, and seemingly feeling that it wasn’t too much, stepped forward to deliver another fierce kick.
The Knight Commander was so scared that he lost his color, grabbing the iron fence and shouting, ”Your Highness! Your Highness Wright! You must not be impulsive! His Highness Adelos is only because of his father’s matter ……”
“I know about his father.”
Wright paused and brushed the dying Ardross with two Holy Healing spells, followed by two kicks.
“I hit him because of that.”
Wright reached down and lifted Adeloth to himself, staring him dead in the face.
“The noble son of Holy Light really knows how to talk, doesn’t he? I thought it was just people calling for fun, but it turns out you really want to be a Sword of the Immaculate Conception yourself?
Do you know why I beat you?
Because you violated the teachings!
It’s written in the Book of the Holy Light, Chapter 3, Summary 7, that whiteness is the symbolic color of the Holy Light.
Why do you, as a member of the Holy Light, wear black all the time?
You haven’t even figured out what the meaning of the black-clothed congregation’s existence is, and you’re blabbering about it here.”
Wright threw him to the ground in disgust, “Sheep don’t need sheepdogs who love their fur, they want sharp claws! Sharp teeth! And the realization that even if they are covered in blood, they will fight to the death with the evil wolves!
Men, strip him of his monastic garb! He is not worthy of this blackness!”
(End of chapter)