After that, the Pure White Saintess soon arrived with an entire squad of twelve Pope Guards—the highest military force in the entire Theocracy, one could say.
But Iver was not given any trouble. Under Pure White's arrangements, Iver went straight home.
According to her, the investigation would soon be over.
Regardless of the result, she would have Yanis inform Iver of it before sunset that day.
Even if the item could not be found, Iver could simply pass the lie detector and repeat everything Cardinal Loki had told him. So the problem was not that serious.
Iver even suspected that the information Cardinal Loki had deliberately told him before making his move was meant to ensure that Iver would not be troubled after killing him.
—Although some of it might have been lies, at the very least, this was indeed all the information Iver knew. Together, it accurately and completely formed Cardinal Loki's chain of motives.
He had been pretty considerate, too.
It was not until the afternoon that Lily returned with Freya.
"Mr. Oswald didn't come?"
Seeing Lily return, Iver closed the book he had been reading on the living room sofa and casually asked her.
"No. Did something happen on your side, young master?" Lily replied.
She did not seem too worried. After all, Iver had returned safe and sound.
As long as nothing happened to Iver, she did not really care what had happened to Cardinal Loki.
"How did you know?" Iver asked in surprise.
Had Cardinal Loki's death already reached Oswald so quickly?
"I guessed."
Lily shook her head and answered softly, "When I came back just now, I noticed that some people on the street seemed uneasy."
"The Fifth Ring?"
Iver nodded with interest. "Interesting."
After something happened in the Eleventh Ring, the Pope Guards