Miss Witch’s Devotion Has Gone… Twisted

During this period, Loren and the others had been cooking for themselves. The hotel room came with a kitchen, but unlike at home, here the kitchen used natural gas.

Seraphina had lived here before and was quite adept at using natural gas, but Mirrorheart also knew how to use it. Regarding this, Loren could only say that Mirrorheart truly lived up to being the original Mentor; she was skilled at everything.

”Master, people from the Church are here.”

During lunch, Movila gave a warning.

”The Church people are finally here.”

Due to the existence of vampires, the status of the Church in the Uridia Kingdom wasn’t as high as in other countries, but it was merely somewhat constrained by the vampires.

If the Church truly had any important actions, the vampires couldn’t interfere with them.

More often, the Church’s inaction regarding vampire activities was because they were colluding together. On the surface, it seemed like the vampires were opposing the Church, not giving the Church face, but in reality, the high-ranking Church officials behind the scenes were already profiting handsomely.

Logically, the Church should have come to find him not long after the epidemic broke out. Their lateness was what actually surprised Loren.

”What are they here for this time?”Anna’s mouth was stuffed with food as she asked, her words unclear.

She also knew that if it wasn’t something important, the Church wouldn’t casually disturb Loren.

But there had been a lot of things happening recently, and Anna couldn’t figure it out.

”To be honest, I’m not sure either.”

Loren truly didn’t know this point. According to common sense, the Church should have come to request his help in solving the epidemic problem, while also preventing the internal strife within the Bloodline from affecting ordinary believers.

”Perfect timing, let me teach you another principle.”

Loren once again entered life mentor mode. Anna also put down the food in her hands, listening seriously to Loren’s words:

”You need to understand, the Church is the Church, and the Church’s high-ranking officials are the Church’s high-ranking officials. They are not the same thing. The Church is not a monolithic whole; there are many divisions within the Church itself. This high-ranking official took money from the vampires, that one didn’t, another didn’t get enough money—their attitudes towards the vampires will be completely different.

”In any country, the Church’s power crushes other forces. If other forces can develop under the Church’s watchful eye, it means the Church is tacitly allowing it.

”Not to mention distant examples, look at the Church of Pain. Demons are to the Church of Pain roughly what vampires are to the Church of Night and Thunder. Most people within the Church of Pain despise demons, so even though demons have great power and long lifespans, they are at the bottom within the Church of Pain. If they want to kill, they still have to ambush followers of other gods.

”Yet the vampires have become the true rulers of Uridia, seemingly even above the Church in the open. But the reason they could reach this point is because the Church tacitly allowed it.”

Actually, there was another bloody example right before their eyes: the Witches. The racial advantages of the Witches far surpassed any other race. The lifespan vampires have, Witches have too, and without the side effects. The power demons have, Witches have as well. They have even completely become a superior replacement for the Elves, a complete coverage type.

Even though Witches are so powerful, under the Church’s targeting, they can’t even show their faces now.

Loren’s words provoked deep thought among the Witches. After all, Loren had lived two lives, so he truly knew a lot.

”So, the miserable state of Uridia now is all thanks to the Church? If they just did their basic duties, Uridia wouldn’t be this miserable.”

Laila was somewhat angry. After learning what was happening here, she wanted to transform into a Monster Hunter on the spot, but she ultimately calmed down. She knew Loren had a better solution.

Among the group of Witches, she was the one with the strongest sense of justice, but her sense of justice never interfered with Loren’s plans.

”You could understand it that way.”

When the upper beam is not straight, the lower ones will go aslant. Loren had always believed in this principle. His view was quite similar to the practice of the Church of the God of Vows and Wind: when something goes wrong and you don’t know who to blame, blame the higher-ups. If the higher-ups didn’t tacitly allow it, how would the lower-level people dare to do such things? Moreover, it’s hard for them not to see what’s happening right under their noses.

Just as everyone was talking, the doorbell to the room rang. The Church people had arrived.

They were somewhat slow. Movila had seen them long ago; they shouldn’t have arrived only now. Loren guessed they must have been struggling internally outside for a while. The matter they needed Loren’s help with probably wasn’t too legitimate.

”Master Mentor...”

The moment the door opened, the person outside drew a crescent moon over his chest. This was the symbol of the God of Night and Thunder, a form of etiquette.

He saw Loren was eating and immediately felt somewhat awkward. It was currently two o’clock; he had specifically chosen this time to avoid disturbing Loren’s meal.

”What do you need from me?”

”I am the Bishop here. It’s like this, recently the Bloodline Rebels have become increasingly rampant. More and more members of the Bloodline are falling victim, and even ordinary people are being implicated...”

”Pfft...”

Loren’s laughter interrupted his speech. In the end, the Bishop could only awkwardly laugh along.

”You see, I told you the Church and the vampires are in cahoots. Ordinary people have been ravaged by the epidemic like this, and they’re still worried about those few vampires who had incidents.”

Loren had some part in the recent increase of vampire incidents. To research the virus and improve the ultraviolet magic, he had taken action against many vampires who committed evil deeds.

However, this didn’t stop Loren from mocking the Bishop. Loren was very clear that what he was doing was good; the fact that the Sin-Burning Flames still didn’t harm him was proof.

Loren directly stated the shady dealings between the Church and the vampires out in the open, which made the Bishop’s face somewhat unable to bear it.

If someone else had said this, the Bishop definitely wouldn’t have let them live to see tomorrow. Even if such a secret was widely known, it couldn’t be spoken about openly.

”Master Mentor, I suspect the recent epidemic is related to the Bloodline Rebels. That’s why I’ve come to seek your help in dealing with the Bloodline Rebels.”

After organizing his words for a long time, the Bishop spoke again. This time, he spoke with righteous indignation.

”......”

Loren hadn’t expected this kid to actually stumble upon the truth like a blind cat finding a dead mouse. But Loren was certain he was simply trying to shift blame, because the real culprit, Aisaco, was still plastered all over the front page of the newspapers.

”What do you think the possibility is that this virus was researched by the vampires themselves?”

Loren suddenly thought of something. Recently, the newspapers had been constantly promoting the medicine researched by the vampires, and the newspapers were controlled by the vampires.

Moreover, Loren felt that Aisaco alone couldn’t have achieved all this. He was just a Count, and his subordinates couldn’t operate openly either.

Hearing this, the Bishop’s expression changed slightly. Loren knew he had guessed correctly.

”Truly digging their own graves...”

Loren suddenly laughed again. The vampires’ arrogance made them short-sighted. During this period, they had been making money hand over fist, but they couldn’t see what was behind it all.