Devil's Bible

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Since he's hiding so much about this matter, what about the rest?

Isabella initially didn't quite believe that Nemus could be so cold-blooded, since he killed Zovin's entire family after he escaped.

But now, she is increasingly leaning towards that possibility.

"No, I have to figure this out!" After a period of silence, Isabella's resolve hardened.

If Nemes really did so many things, then his flaws will only become more and more apparent.

If you just look carefully, you can always find some clues.

And indeed, there were some things that Nems couldn't completely hide.

“Sissy Mary…” Isabella found another file.

Chapter 220 Where is he?

All people remember about Cecilia is her arrogance and her tragic fate.

After committing the crime, she broke out of the church-controlled prison, and when she was caught again, she was mentally impaired.

This person then seemed to have been left in the prison and remained there without any further movement.

Logically speaking, if a family member had become mentally unstable, the Dartmanley family, based on their privilege of treating nobles well, could apply to bring Cecilia back to the family and place her under house arrest instead of imprisonment.

However, since Dartmanley did not come, Cecilia was naturally imprisoned by the church.

Then...

"Where is she?" Isabella asked the guards as she stood in front of the cell.

The trainee pastor awkwardly touched his nose, unable to say anything more.

Cecilia, who was in prison, has disappeared.

Furthermore, judging from the surrounding environment, it has been uninhabited for some time.

However, despite such an obvious loss of personnel, there were no reports of it at all during this period of time, and everyone in the prison seemed to have been completely unaware of it.

Information on all kinds of people was readily available, but upon checking, the people were nowhere to be found.

"Where did they go?" Isabella asked, barely suppressing her anger.

However, the answer was that no one knew.

Isabella then investigated further and was so angry she laughed.

This disappearance of prisoners is not an isolated incident, but rather a widespread phenomenon.

Nobles do have certain privileges. If they commit a minor offense, such as accidentally killing a commoner, they may be punished, but they can be exempted from punishment by virtue of their privileges.

For example, one could avoid punishment by staying home for a month or by giving a gold coin.

However, even with this privilege, they still felt it was beneath their dignity, since it required the use of the family name.

Therefore, cases of fake imprisonment have occurred.

He was nominally imprisoned, but in reality, he only appeared in the cell that day at most, and then quietly left that night.

If you keep a low profile during this period, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Simply put, it means that nobles, despite having privileges, dislike the loss of face that comes with using those privileges.

They then used their privileges to get the church prison to turn a blind eye to their escape attempts.

In short, because such things are not uncommon, as long as one is a member of the nobility and someone sends money to them to take care of so-and-so.

Then, problems will arise with the other party's supervision that night.

The same goes for Cecilia.

Some time after she was brought back, someone handed her money, and one night she was taken back to Cecilia.

“So, during this process, someone from them will definitely contact you. Tell me, who is it?” Isabella awaited the result.

If church prisons have been able to operate without major problems for so long, then this system must have had sufficient verification procedures.

If there aren't enough verification procedures, wouldn't anyone who knows about this issue be able to arbitrarily remove people from prison?

“We saw the Dartmenley family seal.” One of them, feeling uncomfortable under Isabella’s gaze, finally revealed the crucial information.

"Because it's illegal, members of the nobility generally won't show up on their own. They'll send someone with a seal that's hard for outsiders to get their hands on. We'll only let them pass once we see the seal."

“You also know it’s illegal.” Isabella felt a heavy responsibility; the church was rotten, and it wasn’t just the Redemption Department that was corrupt, but every department had its problems.

Twelve hundred years ago, a great catastrophe struck the earth, and people moved to live on the backs of floating whales. This changed the situation from one of polytheistic coexistence to one of dominance, which is one of the reasons.

One of the reasons is that the God of Discipline has neglected the church over the years.

After taking a deep breath, Isabella led her people to the Dartmenley family's manor.

The damage caused by the previous battle between Datmenley and Nems has already been dealt with.

When Isabella arrived at the Datmenley family, Datmenley happened to be available.

Upon seeing the head of the family, Isabella did not hesitate and revealed her purpose.

"? I didn't order anyone else to bring Sisi back." Dartmanley was also confused; he certainly hadn't given any such orders.

Dartman then inquired around and confirmed that no one else had made the decision on their own.

Besides, even if she made the decision on her own, once Cecilia returned, she couldn't possibly escape him; he should at least know about it.

So either someone impersonated the Dartmanley family to bail her out, or some members of the Dartmanley family coveted Cecilia and chose to secretly take her out and raise her outside.

This is also possible, since it's not a secret to some members of the family that Dartmenley wanted to refine Cecilia into a humanoid golden elixir.

Isabella was more perceptive than Dartmenley; she could sense the general emotions. Dartmenley had gathered many family members who might have done these things, but when they heard about Cecilia, most of them seemed bewildered.

In that case, most of these people can be ruled out as suspects.

"Then, patriarch of the Dartmenley family, I wonder who else besides you could access the family seal and take it away?" This noble seal not only symbolizes the family's honor, but also requires the seal to be affixed to many family-related interests before they can be mobilized.

Therefore, this thing is not only difficult to counterfeit, but also generally very rare for people to come into contact with.

“The entire family only has five or six people.” Dartmenley was very cooperative in response to Isabella’s question.

Because at this moment, he had realized that since Cecilia had little connection with her own family, her connection with Nems was growing stronger.

The clearer Isabella's investigation becomes, the more serious Nems's problem will be.

Furthermore, it's possible to win Isabella over as an ally later to fight against Nemus together.

Soon, everyone who had come into contact with the seal during that period received orders from Dartmanley to return to the family and be questioned.

After asking around, no one was found to have any obvious problems.

At most, some people used the seal to seek personal gain, becoming parasites within the family, but this did not involve Cecilia.

"Is there anyone else who hasn't arrived yet?" Isabella asked.

“There’s one more person!” After thinking for a moment, Dartmanley actually found someone who could access the seal.

“Nell’s uncle—Byrne!”

Previously, Byrne had stood firmly on the side of the Dartmenley family, completely disregarding the lives of his sister and nephew, and only wanting to curry favor with the Dartmenley family.

And he actually managed to get in touch with him. Byrne had a good business sense and was in charge of many of Dartmanley's businesses, so he also had access to the seal.

Chapter 221 Is this how you become a human being?

Although Byrne has not yet appeared, the suspect has been basically identified.

Byrne is a pure profit-driven individual.

When he was young, he discovered that his younger sister was in love with a nobleman, and he did everything he could to help her.

Later, when Nair caused trouble, he basically sided with Dartmanley.

When Nemes first arrived in Tailtail, Byrne even came to visit as a lobbyist.

Later, in order to target Nemes, Byrne even approached the Scavengers, an organization on the periphery of the Fictitious Protocol, and asked them to target Nemes's smuggling caravans.

However, because Isabella had not advanced to the Iron type, and the environment at the time did not allow her to use her spiritual power to perceive things, it was impossible to be completely certain of Byrne's identity, and there was no way to hold him accountable afterwards.

On the surface, Byrne is a staunch supporter of the Dartmenley family, and all his status, position, and wealth are bestowed upon him by the Dartmenley family.

However, if we look beyond appearances, we will find that Byrne is only loyal to his own interests; everything else is just empty talk.

Given this, with the Dartmenley family and the Nemes having their positions reversed, what problems arise when Byrne seeks refuge with his nephew?

On the contrary, this is perfectly normal.

Or rather, Byrne had wanted to join Naims a long time ago, but he was hesitant because Naims was still holding onto old grudges.

So if Nemes just beckoned with his finger, Byrne would immediately run to him.

"Byrne, what is he doing?" Dartmanley tried to locate Byrne, but all he knew was that Byrne had gone to discuss business with a certain chamber of commerce.

Then they sent people to look for him, but found that Byrne could not be found.

Isabella remained calm upon receiving this answer, showing no significant emotional fluctuation.

Dartmanley's face darkened. He knew his family had serious problems, but he hadn't realized they were this serious.

An outsider who doesn't even share the same surname is able to access the seal and then swagger out to act on behalf of the Dartmenley family.

Most importantly, after the other party did it, the family did not notice anything unusual.

It took outsiders to come to the door and investigate step by step to find out the other party's problem.

It was a silent humiliation that everyone in the family seemed to be manipulated by the other side.

Faced with this situation, Dartmanley wanted to get angry, but he managed to hold back, and at the same time, a certain idea in his heart became more and more firm.

“Ms. Isabella, as you can see, we did not bring Sissi back.”

“I understand.” Isabella was certain that Datmenley was not lying at this moment, and then took her leave.

Given the current situation, it seems that she is no longer suitable to stay.

After seeing Isabella's departing figure, Dartmanley could no longer contain his anger; the entire family would indeed need a thorough cleanup.

Isabella was about to leave with her servants when she saw a young man practicing in the distance.

He waved the sword in his hand while breathing.

The speed wasn't particularly fast, but you could tell his hands were very steady and his movements were perfectly fluid.

This is a common breathing technique practice. While breathing, swordsmanship training is carried out. By using breathing, the muscles throughout the body are mobilized, thereby driving changes in numerical values.

However, the reason this exercise was able to attract Isabella's attention was because of the strength that the other party unintentionally displayed.

The sword blade was lowered slightly, and the breath exhaled momentarily brushed against the fine grass on the ground.

At the same time, a powerful life force emerged, and the surrounding vegetation and insects all died.

This is life squeezing life.

This usually occurs when a player's life level is overwhelmingly superior, but their own control is insufficient, or they are not intentionally controlling it.

"A steel-type?" Isabella could tell that the other party wasn't very old.

To become a Steel-type at such an advanced age, barely even an adult, demonstrates an abnormally high level of talent.

"Bloodline experiments?" Isabella had no choice but to think this way, after all, the Dartmenley family had a history of such experiments.

However, Isabella quickly abandoned the idea. After the boy finished his training, he looked over and had a simple and honest feeling about him, just like a tree growing in the forest.

This kind of temperament, even if it's an experimental subject, it's not an ordinary experimental subject.

While Isabella was still thinking, the boy had already arrived in front of her.

"Auntie?" Naim looked at Isabella with curiosity in his eyes.

Although he had been cramming on a lot of knowledge about humans during this time, he still had a lot of curiosity about them.

"Can you tell me how you did it?" the Holy Son asked. "You give me a feeling that is completely different from other humans, like... like animals and plants."

Isabella was taken aback, unsure of how the other person was describing it.

Before Isabella could figure it out, the Holy Son immediately spoke up again: "No, you don't seem like an animal."

“You are like something higher.” But what that higher thing was, the Holy Son could not say.