Chapter 241 (2/2)

Smiling at him, feeling sorry, I glanced at the little child sleeping in the cradle.

‘I see. He is the sixth High Priest.’

“May the blessings of life be with you. Welcome, Lady Monique. In fact, I have been waiting for you.”

“Sorry, Your Eminence. I came late because I checked your letter belatedly…”

“That’s fine. In fact, I was a little busy adjusting my schedule. Now, sit down here. ”

I sat down carefully on the chair offered by the High Priest, and bowed to express my gratitude.

“Thank you. Are you planning to leave as scheduled?”

“Well, I sent a message to him that if he wants to pray for my quick return, he would do so because I can’t leave for the time being. Maybe he is going to visit the empire sooner or later. ”

“Pardon? Then…”

I was surprised. Another High Priest visiting the empire? If that’s true, half the High Priests in the whole continent would be in the empire, including the baby in the cradle.

Watching me slurring, he said with a smile, “It is obviously unusual, but there is no other way than this. The top priests here might be complaining about me, but I decided to ignore them.”

“…I see.”

As I couldn’t respond anymore, I just looked down at the sleeping child. When I looked at his white hair, the exclusive symbol of the High Priests, I suddenly recalled my dialogue with my father this morning.

“What are we going to do now? Are you going to check it by yourself? ”

“Yes. I think I should ask the High Priest for help.”

“High Priest? Well, that makes sense because you can’t trust the royal doctors completely.”

“Yes. In case this top secret is leaked out…”

“I know. But you never know even what the High Priest thinks deep down. So, take special care.”

In fact, it was easy to find out the main culprit by investigating Ian Belot and the wines he handled until now. As long as they didn’t know Ian was caught, the suspects would try to poison the emperor again. But it was impossible to order the investigators to check for poison. If there was a mole among the investigators, all the things kept confidential would be useless.

As a result, it was safest to ask the High Priest for help. Not only did he already know about it, but also he was the least likely suspect except for me and my father. If he had been involved in the poisoning of the emperor, there would have been no reason for him to reveal that the emperor was poisoned.

‘I will be fine. I prepared a contingency plan just in case. Let me trust him anyway.’