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Chapter 145: Dame Love's Clerical Interrogation Training
Chapter 145: Dame Love's Clerical Interrogation Training
Lithstens Castle, Second Floor
As night fell, the corridor seemed to merge with the darkness, the only light coming from a row of ancient chandeliers hanging in the center of the hallway. Outside the windows on either side of the corridor, the trees of the castle and the distant cliffs seemed to have faded into the murky fog.
Currently, the young master of the Camberra Kingdom's Chamber of Commerce, his escort siblings, and the returned Fred were busy making preparations to receive the count on the first floor.
But before the arrival of the vampire, Count Palocas, the rest had important matters to attend to—
Namely, to interrogate and reform the captured Reborn Church priestess and extract complete intelligence about this shadow world from her.
Lanchi indicated that he was not skilled in interrogation. He had always been soft-hearted and couldn't bear to see others suffer.
Although the three clerics had long fought against heretical cultists, they had never conducted an interrogation.
Usually, it was challenging enough to defeat these enigmatic heretics, let alone capture them alive.
Even if they did manage to capture one, they were not allowed to privately interrogate the heretics. There had been cases where clerics had become too deeply involved in communication with heretics, inadvertently leading to their own fall from grace.
However, according to the professional legal guidance provided by Lawyer, in the shadow world, as long as one's safety was guaranteed, any method of interrogation was permissible!
Thus, to make up for the lack of skills of the three clerics, Lanchi invited an expert to guide them.
...
Outside Bedroom 202, where the captive priestess of the Reborn Church was held
"The executioner will be in charge of torture, the cleric will heal, and the paladin will be in charge of confession. Don't ask any questions, just gag her and practice on her for a good hour. No matter what she says, don't stop the torture, and then I'll come and question her myself afterward."
In the corridor, a girl's voice was crisp and bright. Her gray hair shimmered in the dim light, like the brightest starlight in the night sky.
Dame Love stood in the center of the hallway, with a historic mural behind her, as if telling an ancient and mysterious story.
"But why do we have to interrogate her this way?"
The three clerics couldn't help but ask, confused and troubled.
If you're not going to ask any questions, isn't this just pure torture?
Although Dame Love was a demon-type summon, since she was assigned by Lawyer as a trainer, she must be an expert.
Even if Dame Love were not a summon but a true demon, the clerics of the Goddess of Fate Church would treat her equally. After all, there had been demon clerics in history.
"You mustn't underestimate the elite members of the Reborn Church. She has undoubtedly undergone professional anti-interrogation training. When dealing with such prisoners, interrogations usually require a lengthy process to get them to talk."
Dame Love sighed and sat down on the windowsill nearby, explaining to the three clerics. She resembled the goddess in the painting, elegant and dignified, exuding a charm that made it hard to distinguish whether she was an angel or a devil.
"I call this lengthy process the 'prisoner's stubbornness'."
"So, since the prisoner will remain tight-lipped for a while, it's fine for us to gag her first."
"Interrogating and questioning at the same time is an inefficient method. This will only make the prisoner feel that they still have bargaining chips and room for negotiation."
"As interrogators, we must make the prisoner understand a principle—intelligence is irrelevant. Whether she chooses to speak or not, severe torture will be carried out. She has no dignity or value in our eyes!"
"And you must remember one thing: what a top-notch interrogator truly needs to give the prisoner is not pain but fear..."
"..."
As they listened to Dame Love's guidance, the three clerics' eyes were filled with conflict and worry.
"But, Miss Love, is this really something we clerics should be doing?"
The cleric couldn't help but ask after hearing Dame Love's instructions.
Although they could understand and found her teachings reasonable, they were concerned that learning such forbidden interrogation techniques might go against their creed as clerics of the Order of Goodness.
The more they listened to Dame Love's voice, the more their hearts wavered, and the more they feared they would stray from the right path.
"God is inherently cruel. They cannot interfere in the mortal realm but can take the life of one person through the hands of another."
Seeing the confused expressions of the three clerics, Dame Love gently curved the corners of her mouth, her voice as soft as a whisper,
"Gods must also enjoy doing this, for they do it constantly. Aren't we made in their image?"
Her whispers were alluring, like an irresistible spell, constantly echoing in the ears of the three clerics.
"Cruelty and torture are best viewed as a form of love. For you cannot control whom you fall in love with... So it is not your fault, but merely a means to uphold your faith."
"So that's how it is... This is love..."
The three clerics murmured, their eyes clouding over as if they were gradually understanding everything.
Their confusion began to lift, replaced by a renewed fervor for their faith!
...
In the corridor not far away, Lanchi and Hyperian were observing.
"Lanchi... Are you sure this is okay!?"
Hyperian's heart was pounding. What Lanchi was doing might be creating a huge sin!
"Providing professional and reliable skill training services to clerics is also a form of doing good and accumulating virtue. Rest assured, the quality of the teachings is guaranteed."
After briefly listening in on Dame Love's public lesson, Lanchi signaled to Hyperian that the two of them could leave.
Dame Love always had some inexplicable talents. It seemed that even Talia didn't possess them, or perhaps they were different in every way except for their appearance and race.
It could only be speculated that the magical material, the 'Poem of Compassion', had bestowed upon Dame Love too many peculiar characteristics.
"..."
As Hyperian walked away, she couldn't help but glance back a couple of times at Dame Love instructing the three clerics.
This issue of the shadow world was named "The Holy Evil Banquet," but in reality, it was "The Purgatory Corridor Academy II," and it was a five-day intensive training session led by the principal.
Hyperian now only hoped that during their winter break journey to the Northern Continent to seek out the extinct Bishop Askesang, they would not encounter these three clerics.
She could already imagine these three people holding the Lanchi Collection, singing international songs, and proclaiming that only by fighting heretics could the Northern Continent be saved.
(End of Chapter)
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