"Sorry, Regent. This was not my personal decision; it was the Inquisition's decision."
"Yes, I provided some ritual implements. They were evil, blasphemous objects I acquired over my long career as an Inquisitor. I kept them in my collection, but using them was not my intention."
Roboute Guilliman walked side by side with Inquisitor Eisenhorn through the warship's corridors, heading toward a secret room.
The route to the secret room was lined with sentries and patrols made up of Inquisitors, Ecclesiarchy Sisters, Space Marine chaplains, and new Thunder Warriors.
It was enough to show just how evil and blasphemous the thing Eisenhorn wished to introduce was.
As he listened to the usually taciturn Eisenhorn's various explanations and ramblings, Guilliman offered only one reassuring response: "You need not explain too much to me, because I approve of this interrogation."
Eisenhorn nodded and continued leading the way.
Before long, the Imperial Regent and the Inquisitor entered the room they sought.
Inside this heavily guarded chamber, Mathieu, the Ecclesiarchy's war apostle, stood with his attendants, armed with flails and other melee weapons, surrounding a daemon bound in chains inscribed with sacred Ecclesiarchy verses.
A blue daemon with blue feathers. There was no need to ask which master it served.
This Tzeentch Demon was the one about to be interrogated.
Interrogating a daemon was a fantastical notion, yet at this particular time, it seemed quite feasible.
It was a radical proposal made in secret to Guilliman by the Inquisitors stationed with the Golden Expedition Fleet—more precisely, the radical Inquisitors of the Daemon Inquisition.
The reason was that the Daemon Inquisition's Inquisitors believed something was wrong with the situation on Brumm. The enemy appeared to be deliberately carrying out some scheme, and under such circumstances, they could only try to seize something and ask