They came to arrest a swindler, and you called him a swindler to their faces, confirming the charge...
Alice, you really are my Mr. Wolong!
Cui Ciyou ranted furiously inwardly.
On the surface, however, his expression remained perfectly composed.
He raised a hand, signaling for Alice to be quiet.
At the same time, he took half a step forward, placing himself in front of his companions and the carriage.
His mind raced at an astonishing speed, rapidly piecing together and analyzing countless fragments of information.
The Holy Knight Order... is the Holy Country's strongest armed force, but it isn't a united front.
It has two branches. One answers directly to the Pope, judging heretics and crusading against monsters. Called the Judgment Knight Order, it is the sharpest sword of the religious authorities.
The other is controlled by the Archbishop's faction. It guards the major temples and holy sites and maintains order within the dioceses. Called the Temple Knight Order, it is the strongest shield of the religious authorities.
The Latoreia Family? I remember Paul mentioning them. That's Zenith's mother's surname, and they're a pillar of the Archbishop's faction. So are these men from the Judgment Knight Order or the Temple Knight Order? In that case...
At that thought, Cui Ciyou's gaze abruptly sharpened, and he looked up to meet the knight captain's eyes.
"Then, sir knight, may I ask whether you belong to the Judgment Knight Order or the Temple Knight Order?"
The knight captain replied arrogantly, "I am the captain of the Temple Knight Order's Ninth Team, First Squad."
Upon hearing the knight's answer, he thought to himself:
Temple knights?
*Then here's the problem. The Temple Knight Order's duty is to protect. Even if a criminal needs arresting, that should fall to the Judgment Knight Order, which handles punishment.