Wearing a simple long dress and a thick shawl, she sat there alone, holding a book in her hand, her posture elegant, as if the noisy hotel hall around her didn't exist at all. Her long golden hair glowed softly under the firelight of the fireplace, and her profile was perfect, like a carefully carved work of art.
Hearing the footsteps, Victoria did not raise his head, but lightly turned his fingers over a page of the book.
Li Wen walked straight to her desk, pulled out the chair opposite and sat down. The chair made a slight scraping sound on the floor.
Victoria then slowly put down the book, raised his head, and looked at Li Wen with his disguised blue eyes. There was an indescribable light shining in his eyes, which seemed to have a trace of expectation and a kind of understanding of everything. A slight smile appeared on her face, and her voice was as soft as a whisper, "Miss Mephisto, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
"You know I will definitely come to you?" Li Wen's voice came out through the hood, calm and calm.
"It's just an intuition." Victoria smiled slightly, making it difficult to see through her true thoughts.
Li Wen didn't care about the meaning of her words, and didn't want to waste time on small talk. She said straightforwardly, "Have you heard of 'Eternal Life Blessing Cult'?"
Victoria's smile did not disappear, but the light in her eyes subtly faded for a moment. She did not answer immediately, but picked up the exquisite white porcelain teacup in front of her and took a sip, her posture still elegant and calm.
"An 'emerging faith' that spreads like weeds in Port Belen." There was a hint of imperceptible sarcasm in her tone. "Promoting eternal life and resurrection, promising wealth and salvation, it attracted many desperate people and people who were greedy for shortcuts. Its influence has almost reached a dominant level in the port area, especially among the lower-level sailors and workers. Why, Miss Mephisto is interested in this sect? Or... have they provoked you?"
Sensing that Victoria's attitude was a bit strange, Li Wen raised her eyebrows and changed her strategy, no longer trying to go straight to the point.
"I remember that Kingdom of Arthur had extremely strict control over folk beliefs and worship, and even introduced a religious bill for this purpose."
Victoria Put down the tea cup, the porcelain made a slight crisp sound when it came into contact with the wooden table.
"But that is aimed at pagan worship and evil beliefs. As far as Eternal Life Blessing Cult's current performance is concerned, they are just using their faith to cheat, but not to this extent. In fact, their core doctrines overlap with Radiant Churches in many places, and the kingdom has no room to interfere in this regard."
As she spoke, she looked at Li Wen with a profound look, her blue pupils looking directly at the shadow under the hood, as if she could see through that layer of fabric and see the reality under the cloak.
Li Wen's brows hidden under the hood frowned slightly. Victoria's attitude is a bit subtle. She seems to know something about Eternal Life Blessing Cult, maybe even deeper than Li Wen expected, but her position seems vague, even with a hint of... deliberate evasion?
"Isn't it enough?" Li Wen's voice came through the hood, with a hint of hardness that was hard to detect. "If they use extraordinary power to preach, and even use this power to eliminate and kill competitors and hostile targets, wouldn't such behavior be considered destroying the order of the kingdom and contempt of the king's law?"
Victoria His fingertips slowly traced the rim of the cup, and the white porcelain reflected the beating firelight of the fireplace.
"Miss Mephisto seems to think that Kingdom Investigation Bureau will go to war for a few lives? Port Belen There are many more people disappearing every day than you think. In the mud of the port area, what day does not How many anonymous corpses are buried?" Her voice was still soft, but it was like being soaked in ice water. "Besides, where is the evidence? Did you see the 'extraordinary power' with your own eyes, or hearsay? Investigation Bureau relies on solid evidence."
If Li Wen hadn't dealt with the Investigation Bureau in his previous life, he might have been deceived by Victoria at this time. Investigation Bureau is a mad dog that will bite you at all costs whenever it smells a suspicious "smell". The so-called evidence has no value in front of them.
So Victoria probably didn't want to get involved in this matter. So what is she worried about? Is it possible that the power behind Eternal Life Blessing Cult is far greater than Li Wen imagined? Or...
Victoria smiled slightly, slowly reached out and turned the book aside, with an elegant calmness between the cups. "Actually, Miss Mephisto, you still don't understand the current situation of Port Belen. The city is mixed, with sailors, adventurers, foreign sects, business groups, and even some passing mages and nobles. They... who don't have their own thoughts, but all pretend to be serious?"
"After all, this city is a newly built port city with a short history, so Radiance Church's influence has not yet touched it, and Kingdom Investigation Bureau has not had time to set up a branch in this mixed city, which gives some uneasy elements an opportunity to take advantage of. But..."
She changed the subject.
"Actually, the Investigation Bureau branch of Leicester received an anonymous report about 'Eternal Life Blessing Cult' more than a month ago, but you also know that not long ago, the incident that happened to Leicester took away Leicester branch has most of the manpower, so no one has been able to come to Port Belen for on-the-spot investigation. As of now, the report content has probably been sent back to the Investigation Bureau headquarters. If the nobles care about such a trivial matter, they might send someone to deal with it."
Li Wen was noncommittal, and she was vaguely aware of what Victoria was worried about. "The nobles of the kingdom can interfere in the Investigation Bureau's internal affairs, but you, as His Highness Princess, can't?"
"That's hard to say." Victoria blinked.
"What if Eternal Life Blessing Cult's intention is related to Soul Lord?" Li Wen said directly without any further intention of wasting time.
Princess His Highness' eyes narrowed, "Miss Mephisto What does this mean?"
"You don't know, right?" Li Wen said coldly, "Right here, in a certain area of this sea area, a Soul Lord was killed and sealed by the kingdom's Archmage. This matter was deliberately blocked by the kingdom's upper echelons for some unknown reason, but as Princess, there is no reason why you haven't heard of it... Otherwise, why would you avoid everyone's eyes and ears and come here disguised as anonymous?"
Victoria tapped his fingers on the table, his smile not fading, "What do you want me to do?"
Li Wen goes straight to the point. "No matter what method you use, let Investigation Bureau take action. No later than midnight tomorrow, they will send believers to take ships out to sea to Black Reef Bay No matter what you think, once the people of the Divine Religion are allowed to get there first, the seal will be broken and the trouble will be a thousand times greater than it is now. You don't want to see Soul Lord turn all the life in this port into undead and living corpses, do you?"