After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"What's wrong? Do children's words arouse your extra desires and affect the conversation? Pedophile?"

"...I beg you not to say such things."

Aize's expression twisted.

"To exchange information, it's best if there's no one else around. If there are children, they'll always be accompanied by their parents or servants, which would be even more troublesome, right?"

The little girl lowered her head and casually fiddled with the doll in her hand.

I don’t know if this is a performance that I am immersed in, or if I am really interested in this thing.

Then he raised his head and said:

"Indeed, but that's my problem, you don't have to worry about it. Instead of that, let's get to the point."

"Okay, what happened?"

The note that was stuffed over early in the morning said in code that an unexpected situation had occurred and they needed to meet at xxx, so Aize rushed here.

The little girl nodded:

"Last night, the brave warrior Leah was arrested by the Inquisition and imprisoned in a cell."

Aize frowned when he heard this:

"Again? Wasn't she detained before and hasn't been released yet? Why was she arrested again?"

"The situation is different. Originally, the Inquisition had decided to release her after negotiations with you failed. However, last night, the Hero Leah suddenly lost control of her emotions and assaulted the Inquisition officer who delivered the news, severely injuring and crippling her. As a result, she has been re-arrested."

The little girl said this, holding up the doll and looking at it.

"Originally, she was being held in a villa reserved for high-ranking officials under house arrest, but after what happened last night, she's said to have been thrown into the dungeon."

The dungeon of the Inquisition is not a fun place.

Aize had been in jail a few times for work reasons before, and his scalp tingled every time. If he was thrown in directly as a criminal...

It seems quite interesting to think about it.

Of course, what Aize cares about at the moment is other things.

"Why did Leah suddenly lose control?"

Although Aize had been tormented a lot by Leah in the past two years, he had a relatively good understanding of this lady's behavior patterns.

Although he is irritable, excited, has hyperthyroidism, and gets drunk from time to time, his loyalty to the so-called goddess is absolutely rock-solid and unshakable.

This also means that when she faces the church as an organization, her anger always comes and goes quickly.

They talk a lot and seem to want to bring down the entire church, but they never actually put it into action.

Being submissive to the church and attacking Aize harshly are all just empty talk.

Would she seriously injure the bishop?

Or when the other party declares her not guilty?

So what had she been doing a few weeks earlier?

Hard to imagine.

In response, the little girl just shook her head.

"No, that's still unclear. The church's leadership is in chaos because of this, and there's no definitive explanation yet."

"Where is the bishop who was beaten?"

"He was severely injured and disfigured, and he probably couldn't continue to work for the church. But thanks to the brave Rosaline's treatment, he managed to save his life."

"…Rosaline? She's here too?"

The unexpected name made Aize alert all of a sudden, and the matter also seemed to make sense.

Think again of the assassination case that happened in Tafia before.

same.

"Yes, she was there too. After returning to the Holy City, Rosaline first participated in the hearing at the Inquisition, urging Leah's release, and then went to meet with her. After that, what I mentioned above happened."

"...It really is just like always."

Aize shook his head and sighed.

Leah always listened to Rosalyn, that was for sure.

So, if there was anyone who could make Leah lose control of her emotions, she would definitely be the first choice.

But, it's still the same problem.

why?

If she really didn't want Leah to come out, she could have just not spoken up for her in the first place. There was no need to create such a mess and trouble.

After thinking for a few seconds without any results, the little girl looked up at Aize and added:

"There is a piece of news that may not be reliable."

"what?"

"The bishop who was beaten and crippled has reportedly been insisting on convicting Leah for the past month, leading to numerous clashes with Rosaline during the hearing."

Aize narrowed his eyes:

"You mean to say that Rosalyn deliberately incited Leah to beat him in order to take revenge on the archbishop?"

The little girl nodded:

"I think that's the only explanation."

"No... this doesn't make any sense at all."

Even if there is a conflict between the two, the core issue is still how to deal with Leia.

If we put the innocent Leah in jail in order to take revenge on him, wouldn't that be missing the point?

To give an example, it is like when you are eating bread and a fly flies over. Most people will chase the fly away.

Rosalyn's behavior was like picking up a piece of bread and swatting a fly against the wall.

The fly is dead, but you can forget about eating the bread.

If she really had the ability to incite or even manipulate minds, she could just incite any believer to do it like Tafia did. Why did she use Leah to do this?

So, this view makes sense.

But not much.

Aize said this inference, and the little girl listened silently, shook her head, and said:

"You're right, but that's just your opinion. Does that girl, that Rosalyn, really think that?"

"……what?"

"You've been trying to find a reasonable explanation for her behavior. Is it possible that there wasn't one from the beginning?"

Aize blinked, obviously not understanding what the other party meant.

The little girl continued:

"Is it possible that she doesn't need any reason to do things, but just does it because she wants to do it and because she enjoys doing it?"

The work that Aize often participates in, whether it is politics, military affairs, or intelligence, even if emotional factors need to be taken into account, is generally based on ideal operations.

Therefore, as long as the opponent thinks about the problem rationally, he basically cannot defeat Aize.

Except Rosalyn.

Generally speaking, this is because Rosaline's rank and level are higher than Aize's.

But is this really the case?

Is it possible that Aize was on the fifth floor and thought she was on the tenth floor, but she had actually been on the basement level from the very beginning?

There's no logic to her behavior because there was no logic in the first place.

This is the little girl's point of view.

After thinking about this for a while, Aize slowly shook his head.

"...I've considered the possibility that she's just a fun person... But I've dealt with fun people before, and even fun people have their own preferences."

Just like a perverted murderer in a random murder case, he also has his own favorite patterns and fun.

But Rosalyn didn't have that kind of fun.

Unconditional revenge on those who offended her?

Then why hasn't a new round of assassinations against Aize come yet?

Even when I was in trouble, she helped me a lot.

Do you like giving people hope and then pushing them into the abyss?

In her daily preaching activities, she helps poor believers with medical treatment and healing for free. There is nothing wrong with such good deeds.

To sum it up, only the word "contradiction" can describe it.

From words and actions to various things that happen, it is filled with unsolvable contradictions.

Multiple personalities?

There is no evidence to support this claim.

The remaining possibilities...

“Aa ...

Aize scratched his hair, looking a little crazy, which was rare for him.

Every time I try to analyze her behavior patterns, it ends up like this.

fed up.

Don't continue wasting time on this.

"Forget it, let them be for now."

After calming down, Aize sighed and shook his head.

"What's the difference between all that crap going on within the church and playing house? So what if they're arrested? They can't even spank Leah, let alone chop her up. How can we expect these losers to pull off anything?"

After all, the hero is the messenger and spokesperson selected and sent by the goddess from another world.

If he really wanted to fight, he wouldn't be spanking Leah's butt. He would be spanking the goddess in the face.

Do those old charlatans have the guts to do this?

If she had such courage, why would Leah be imprisoned for over a month without any explanation?

They even want to package this hot potato and throw it over here as a condition of exchange?

Laugh to death.

"Please continue to monitor over there. Right now, I have to focus on dealing with the problems here. There's still no progress on the blood plague, but the slave trader issue should yield results within a few days."

"Oh? Is there any clue already?"

Aize nodded.

"We've found their base near Tafia. According to Constantine, who's in charge of surveillance, they sent some personnel today to set up some outposts on the roads around Tafia."

"so?"

"So, the large batch of slaves they want to trade recently will probably arrive in Tafia soon. And as soon as they arrive, tsk tsk—"

Aize sneered, raised his hand, and slowly clenched it into a fist.

"It's time to take it all down."

Chapter 34 Just in time

The vehicles used by slave traders to transport their "goods" were a whole fleet of specially modified horse-drawn carriages.