But the old lady didn't stop here and ask with a concern voice "And I know it's really hard to forgive someone ,I know it's really hard to forgive someone who wrongs you from the deepest corner of your heart ,'that's why Goddess gave this heart only to the special existence ,just think 'you are the special one and left everything on the Goodness" that lady placed her hand on Iris's cheeks like a mother cherishing her child and said
"She who wouldn't let sleeping birds fall from the branch of the tree, will never let you ,who is her true believer or devotee, out of track".
Tears pour out from Iris eyes .She weeps some of them while saying" it's ok young man." To Iris . Now his worries subsided like there is nothing to be afraid of anymore, the warmth he felt in the hands of the old lady that he held just a while ago was really comforting .It's enough for him.
Then a worker approached both of them and said "Excuse me, priest Iris, the Duke is calling for you.
Iris turned his head towards the source of the mouthpiece and replied without thinking " I will be there in a minute Lady, I need to ?
lady ?
lady ?
But there was no one sitting beside him.
He asked the worker "Did you see someone sitting next to me?"
That Worker don't understand his behaviour .He tilted his head and shook it, in denial.
It was the first incident that happened to me,' Iris mumbled to himself while writing the whole incident into his diary. For the lineup he tried his best to collect some evidence regarding this scene unfortunately there was none ,at last he sketched that old lady onto a pocket diary size sheet as evidence and pinned that up with the 'First incident' pin on the lineup. He also named it 'The Lady' incident.
Even after engrossing most of the memories Iris could not remember that lady's appearance. There is nothing that comes to his mind, only the cape she was wearing and the cane that she held. Interestingly the cane she was helding contained a green and black scorpion Snake which was hard to find.
Iris remember How? It took him an entire month to find the link between the lady and the baron house hold historical cane which has been passed down within the descendents from centuries. Iris was unable to get intact directly with the cane as the Imperial palace itself protected the cane under Emperor Achilles privilege since the downfall of the Baron. It was such an interesting case to look out.
The high officials named it as 'The baron case' that's why it took the place in the sub-incident position within the lineups.
Previously Baron Household was one of the loyal houses that came under direct influence of the imperial palace which was ruled by Achilles's father or the former Emperor Johan. Baron Willem's loyalty and elegance was in the name of his wealth ,health and desire for Emperor Johan . But because of the greed that Achilles, his illegitimate held towards the Throne ,ruined the entire Olympia along with the imperial palace. The Olympia which was known for its 'Godly Awakening of DMON' by the Dummy Gods and Deity now referred to as 'The den of Demons'. Emperor Achilles is the exact second form to describe a living monster on earth. He killed his siblings to get the throne. But How is that possible? Neither he has enough skill nor any abilities. He was born with void abilities which means none .The void within Achilles was just a point size that made him useless to activate his awakening power .But He still got the throne. Who makes it possible? It was all due to Eunoia. The former Empress and a really dangerous Necromancer. Eunoia helped Achilles out of love or sympathy that doesn't have any meaning for Achilles.
After Achilles achieves the Throne with Eunoia's help. He corners all the officials who are loyal to the former Emperor Johan and proposes two ways for all of them whether they will confirm their loyalty to Achilles or die in the Guillotine. Other high officials and Baron have no choice but to kneel down against Achilles.
Achilles always wanted to slaughter those who might stab him on the back and Baron was one of them and this tragedy was committed by one of his mistresses Rubina. Although Achilles has more than 30 mistresses, in which only a few are highly cherished by Achilles. He ranked them from 1 to 10 after the Empress position that defines his legacy over eleven womens legally.
Rubina contains no power nor does she belong to a prestigious household like the other four mistresses from 5th to 8th rank . Rubina ceased the Baron's opportunity to secure her place within the palace. Which is more valuable than a daily prostitute . Rubina planted some species along with her trustworthy made 'sonay' within the Baron household.
It's the time when the Baroness was suffering from a chronic disease through which she cannot bear a child for the pedigree. Baron was highly pressured by his relatives to soon have an heir for the household.
"There was no more specific details regarding this matter just some evidences that ensures the down fall of the Baron household under the surveillance of imperial palace with the help of enough testimonies and evidence provided by Mistress Rubina in her name for this debate Rubina ceased the eighth mistress position for informing Achilles beforehand regarding the entire situation" Iris murmurs "But there was a conspire rumour that excludes the possibility that It was only Mistress Rubina. There was someone else too behind the Baron tragedy. This piece of news was smartly hidden by Rubina herself to avoid any misconception in her plan. Unless Rubina wouldn't open her mouth there is no way Iris can continue his investigation any further in detail but this case is also really important for the Temple not only for Iris because Lavender Temple has Rayniar who has the original inheritance of the former Empress Eunoia and He also has the right to achieve the Throne."
In the recent gathering of Temple Lavender prist Iris and Father Patricia discuss this matter with Iannae in the presence of Martha and pristine Java. To escape the citizenship of the Empire from Emperor Achilles Totalitarianism and form a reliable power distribution amongst the institutions that lead them to a new Revolution of this century in the name of our new Emperor Ryanair Lavender Evans. "That's was the main agenda of the gathering" said Iris walking in a steady pace from his desk till the wall of lineups. "There is only one person who can sneak into the palace and extract valuable information without getting caught by anyone.
Iris doesn't want to admit that to himself but he knows that there is no one other than her. He took a deep sigh within and said "Iannae, she can but I have to be especially cautious to hand her over , only this small piece of news ,so that she wouldn't gasp what I am up to.
Iris doesn't want to involve Iannae into the investigation for finding evidence against Emperor Achilles despite Patricia continuously nagging he don't change his selfish decision. Iris remember how much he regretted for taking in Iannae as the official member of Temple's meeting
The problem is that Iris doesn't trust Iannae enough. She already had a lot of information to begin with. Iris murmurs "It's better to be safe rather than sorry".
Iannae also doesn't coax Iris' judgement. Might be cause she was really busy finding the culprits behind the lake incident that can't get the hell out of her to take any more tasks assigned by the temple but after looking over the insufficient evidence and lack of sources to get information Iris could not think anytime else. Even if he tries to get information from other sources it might turn into a misconception for his plan and the news gets leaked by the extractors. In short it's a risky alignment to buy up.
Iris picks up the reference of the Barron case and leaves his office after resecuring his management for the lineups.
He walked straight from the corridor to the entrance hall which is the corresponding entrance , through which the large ground is visible near the ground where young Pristine and nuns practise their Awakening abilities .On his way he orders a nun to bring two tea with some refreshments over the abandoned plaza which is concentric within a pond. Although the training ground is always busy for the practice sessions of the recruiter healers and divine warrior division who went on war damages in the name of the Olympia Empire .Whose direct authority is in the hand of our Emperor Achilles. Right now it has ceased because of the national Awakening Day that is going to happen in a week. As for the lavender Temple that is going to take part in the ceremony along with the Ability Demonstration like every year right now engaged in preparing for the festival.
Iris steps were stopped in front of the staircase of the plaza....
To be continued