That's Ancient History Now (Continued)

The priest on the platform waved his arms, and his strong body language seemed to gradually make his absurd claims more convincing.

"... Do they even know what they're doing?"

Kallen clenched her fists tightly. Otto had no doubt that if he handed Kallen a knife now, Kallen would plunge it into the chest of the preacher on the stage.

"That's precisely why I did it."

Otto said softly.

"But these words are clearly a bit excessive..."

Kallen's face darkened because the whole thing was immoral, while Otto's face darkened because of the latter's last sentence.

What's this?

Did they use indulgences as a license to commit crimes?

Otto himself found this claim utterly absurd.

Otto, on the other hand, didn't seem to care much about indulgences—they had done this more than once a hundred years Schicksal.

Kallen might find this somewhat novel, but for her? She actually thought this was the normal reaction of Schicksal.

(Father does seem to be getting anxious...)

"Otto, Kallen, look around."

At this moment, Liu Bai also whispered a reminder in their ears.

Around?

Otto and Kallen were taken aback. They turned their heads and glanced around, only to be surprised to find that there were quite a few Schicksal Knight around the missionary on the stage. They hadn't noticed this because they were so focused on the missionary.

While it's normal to send guards to handle something as risky as selling indulgences that could easily incite public outrage, sending fully armed regular troops to back up the operation is...

Aoruo raised an eyebrow, as if she understood something.

Hey! You over there! Why haven't you bought your indulgences yet?!

The priest stepped down from the platform, sizing up the surrounding crowd with a menacing look, and then spotted his target—a frail mother and daughter.

"Priest, please grant me a few more days..."

After realizing she was being targeted, the mother looked at the perpetrator with a pleading expression.

"A few days... just a few days will be enough..."

"A few days?" The priest grinned, looking at the timid girl in the woman's arms. "Instead of waiting a few days, why don't you let your daughter work at my church for a while? That way, your sins can be redeemed."

As he spoke, the missionary disregarded the woman's wishes and went directly to pull the girl from her arms.

"Bastard! Let go of me!"

Bang!

Unable to bear it any longer, Kallen punched the missionary in the face, sending him flying backward.

If it weren't for the fact that I've grown up over the years and gradually realized some things, five years ago, Kallen's punch would have blown his head off.

"Who!"

"How dare you!"

"Take... take..."

The Schicksal Knight, who were about to surround her, stopped immediately upon seeing Kallen's attire.

They didn't recognize anything else, but they couldn't help but recognize the pure white clothes and the golden emblem of Schicksal on the collar.

Valkyrie...

"I'm sorry, Lady Kallen, we..."

The captain of the knights recognized Kallen's identity first, upon seeing Kallen white hair.

Unlike the original timeline, Francis is still alive in this life. Although Kallen family, doesn't manage affairs, Francis has passed down everything that the Kaslana family should have. The Kaslana family has been completely passed down to Kallen.

In the original timeline, Kallen seems to exist only as a surname, with no real presence of the Kaslana family.

Therefore, when faced with Kaslana, a pillar of the military Schicksal, the Knight Captain could only show a troubled attitude.

Take it down?

That's impossible.

Despite being a group of burly men fully armed, in the eyes of the Valkyrie, they were no different from ordinary people on the street.

"Let's call it a day, you can't handle this."

"Yes, Miss Otto."

Having recognized Kallen, the Knight Captain naturally recognized Otto as well. After hearing what Otto said, the Captain thought about it and agreed.

This involves the head of the Kaslana family; how could it be the business of a nobody like me?

So the knight captain waved his hand and led his men away without stopping.

"Do you know what you're doing?!"

The missionary staggered to his feet, his eyes blazing with fury as he looked at Kallen.

"I?"

Kallen raised an eyebrow, completely surprised that the other party would dare to question her in return.

"I don't know what I'm doing, but I saw you committing violence against innocent women and children in broad daylight. I'd like to ask you, what are you trying to do?"

"What we're doing now is cleaning up your mess, isn't it?"

"Ha?"

"Hmph... You suffered a defeat outside, but you're quite arrogant in front of your own people, Lady Kallen." The missionary gave Kallen a mocking look.

"Does he think Kallen wouldn't dare kill him?"

Liu Bai looked at the familiar-looking missionary with a strange expression.

To challenge a hot-blooded young man in a high position? Are you taking advantage of his honesty?

"Killing people in the street is a real problem..."

Otto looked at the missionary and shook his head.

She knew this person.

Viktor was not only a missionary but also a nobleman.

Of course, these things alone are nothing special.

The key issue is that... the other party is a direct descendant of the Apocalypse Family, a staunch and loyal member.

As far as Otto knew, his father had entrusted many confidential experiments to this missionary, and in terms of status... Otto felt that he might not be as important as this Father Viktor in his father's eyes.

It's quite ironic.

But perhaps that's what gives them the courage to retort to Kallen.

Otto tugged at Kallen's hand, signaling Kallen to calm down.

"... For Miss Otto's sake, I'll let it slide today!"

Viktor turned his head and pointed at the mother and daughter next to him, angrily rebuking them.

"You have three more days!"

After saying that, Viktor covered his face and staggered away.

Are you all alright?

After watching Viktor leave, Kallen turned around and comforted the mother and daughter beside her.

(If I remember correctly, this girl is a Stigmata Awakener...)

Liu Bai looked at the girl in the woman's arms and shook his head.

Oh well, what can Stigmata Awakener do? They just want to live a peaceful and ordinary life.

"...Sorry, we are closed."

The woman gave an irrelevant answer and led her daughter back to the flower shop, closing the door behind them.

"..."

Kallen looked at the closed flower shop door and sighed softly.

"... Has Schicksal really become like this? And what that guy said..."

"He's just using a fallacy to mislead people. To be honest, the issue of indulgences may have started several years ago."

Otto shook his head. "It's just that their failure in the Eastern Expedition has made them even more ruthless... They've even resorted to forced buying and selling. Ha, does this guy sleep well at night?"

"... That's right, judging from how skilled he is, it doesn't seem like it's the first or second time."

Kallen completely failed to grasp the hidden meaning in Otto's words.

"..." Otto looked at Kallen and sighed slightly, "But I'm quite surprised that you were able to control yourself."

"Well..." Kallen scratched her head, "Wouldn't it cause a lot of trouble if I left him lying dead on the spot?"

"You've become smarter," Otto praised.

Even setting aside factionalism, the fact that the Valkyrie of Schicksal killed Schicksal missionary in the street has a sufficiently negative impact, especially for a religion.

In addition, no matter what, Kallen is a defeated general, so she should avoid causing trouble if possible.

"But if you really want to kill him... you can sneak in at night."

Otto cut to the chase.

You prey on the people during the day, so it's only natural that someone would sneak in and slit your throat in the middle of the night, right?

As for the security forces of the nobility?

Sorry, Kallen is a true warrior who can take on ten thousand men in battle, let alone a noble mansion. In a direct confrontation, Kallen could even break through a secular military fortress.

"... Killed?"

Kallen fell into thought.

Although Kallen usually has a high sense of morality, Kallen couldn't muster any moral sense when faced with someone like Viktor who has absolutely no sense of morality.

"That's fine... but it seems he has a close relationship with your family, doesn't he?"

Before leaving, the other party used Otto as a way out, and Kallen wasn't really stupid, so she naturally understood something—or rather, there were no truly stupid people in the Kaslana family.

"It has a close relationship with my family, but what does it have to do with me?"

Compared to Kallen's mindset that there's no need to reason with Viktor about morality, Otto directly revealed his own lack of morality.

My silly best friend, you don't really think that I and my family are the same kind of people, do you?

If Otto were given a magic lamp right now, Otto first wish would definitely be for his father and all his brothers and sisters to die suddenly.

However, Otto still had to consider his best friend's moral compass to some extent.

"... Something just feels off?"

Kallen scratched her face. "What did the Lord God say?"

"I think it's great to kill people, then rob the rich to help the poor."

Liu Bai doesn't like that guy either, does he?

If it weren't for the greater good, Liu Bai would have encouraged Kallen to kill someone in the street.

Not only are you selling indulgences, but you're also forcing people to buy them, and while doing so, you're even planning to abduct young girls.

Liu Bai felt that it would be a moral lapse not to kill this kind of person.

If you don't die, who will?!

"Rob the rich to help the poor?" Kallen's eyes lit up. "That's a great idea! That guy must have collected a lot of gold coins!"

"Alright, let's discuss this matter tonight."

Otto looked up at the sun.

"It's getting late, let's hurry and see our dear bishop, he must be getting impatient."