readsfreenovel Chapter 490 Irene Fancikar
Chapter 490 Irene Fancikar
Lin Ci'an turned to the church archives. As the Son of God, he had the authority to access most of the information, including Chu Ziyu's family background.
According to the archives: The Chu family has been training Templars for the church for generations. The current head of the family, Chu Yuntian, is a high-ranking member of the Inquisition. The second son, Chu Ziyu, has a mother who is his late lover, Irene...
"Deceased?" Lin Ci'an frowned. The prediction clearly mentioned that "mother is still in the monastery."
He continued to read, and caught the key information among the dense text: Chu Ziyu did not volunteer to become the Holy Son Guard Knight, but was "specially recommended by the family." The recommender was Chu Yuntian.
A chill ran up his spine. If the file was fake, if Chu Ziyu had been planted beside him from the beginning...
His heart sank to the bottom. He had to confirm Chu Ziyu's room with his own eyes.
The knights' residence is in the west wing of the cathedral. Although it is not as luxurious as the Son of God's bedroom, it is also clean and comfortable.
Chu Ziyu's room was at the very end, with its window facing the training ground - a convenient position for observation.
Lin Ci'an easily pried open the lock using the power of darkness.
The room was surprisingly simple, with almost no personal belongings. The bed was neatly made as if no one had used it, the armor was spotlessly clean, and there were only a few tactical manuals and a leather-bound notebook on the desk.
He opened the notebook, which contained neat training records and a church patrol route map, without any suspicious content. Just as he was about to give up, a gust of wind blew open the curtains, revealing a glimmer of light under the bed.
It was a dagger hidden under the bed, with the Chu family emblem engraved on the hilt - a sword wrapped in thorns. Even more surprising was that there was dried blood on the blade.
"Self-harm?" Lin Ci'an recalled the scene he had seen in his foresight. At this moment, a folded piece of paper slipped out of the dagger's sheath.
There was only one line of words on the note: "Midnight, the third storage room in the underground forbidden area. Bring the sample."
The underground forbidden area is an area that the church has expressly forbidden anyone to enter. It is said that an ancient demon is sealed there. What is Chu Ziyu doing there? What does "sample" mean?
Lin Ci'an put the note back to its original place and left the room quietly. He needed to see the underground forbidden area with his own eyes.
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The cathedral was as silent as a tomb at midnight. Lin Ci'an wore a dark cloak and, with the help of the power of darkness, easily avoided the patrolling guards.
The underground entrance was hidden behind the sacristy room and required three secret spells to open. As the Son of God, Lin Ci'an knew two of them, but had never heard of the third.
As the sky grew brighter, Lin Ci'an returned to his bedroom first.
(The next morning, in the Son's bedroom)
Lin Ci'an woke up from a nightmare, his fingertips still feeling the burning sensation of touching the sun's brand. He didn't want to sleep, but he fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the bed. There was a neat sound of armor colliding outside the window - it was the Knights Templar on patrol in the morning.
"Someone come here." He called out to the empty bedroom, but the familiar silver-white figure did not appear.
It was not until the maid pushed the door open tremblingly that he learned that Chu Ziyu had been taken away by the court before dawn.
(Inquisition Dungeon)
Chu Ziyu was nailed to the rack, with twelve holy silver nails piercing his major joints. Blood flowed along the metal rack engraved with runes, forming a strange array pattern on the ground.
Chu Yuntian used the holy silver nails to pierce Chu Ziyu's joints, and blood was dripping.
Chu Ziyu (surface):
He was sweating profusely, his muscles were tense, but he said nothing and his eyes were stubborn.
Inner heart (to 6872):
"This old bastard is so cruel. If it weren't for the pain shielding, I would have been cursing in pain right now, right?"
6872: "Yes, according to the original plot, you should have fainted three times by now."
Chu Ziyu (continues):
"Tsk, should I cooperate and faint? Otherwise, I'll seem too strong, which doesn't fit my character of 'fragile but stubborn'."
6872: "...Were you thinking about how to look cool when you fainted?"
Chu Ziyu (with confidence):
"Nonsense, I have to faint so hard that my wife feels bad. It would be best if he hugs me and cries. Then I weakly raise my hand to wipe his tears and say, 'Don't cry, I'm fine'..."
6872: "...Are you adding too much drama?"
Chu Yuntian held a thorn whip dripping with holy water in his hand, leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Guess what? When the Holy Son finds out that his most loyal knight is actually an experimental subject sent by the Chu family... will he kill you with his own hands?"
(Synchronous scenes)
Lin Ci'an stood outside the courtroom, his pure white robe fluttering in the wind. The guarding knights knelt on the ground, but no one dared to let him in - even the Son of God could not enter the dungeon without the permission of the Chief Judge.
Deep in his emerald eyes, black flames were growing wildly.