"Guardian Knight? What a nostalgic title. It's not that easy to become the Princess's Guardian Knight..."
The young ancient Dead Apostle said as he snatched the report back and carefully read the rest of it.
"Hmm... Summon the Red Moon, cancel the phenomenon... Kill Zepia independently... This strength may not be as good as the stupid 'Black Knight' and 'White Knight', but it is barely qualified to protect Her Highness the Princess."
"You're not angry?" The girl's tone revealed a hint of surprise.
"Why should I be angry?" Mei Lian asked back, "Wouldn't it be great if Her Royal Highness found a qualified guard knight? Someone would take care of her, someone would protect her, and I could relax a little bit."
The girl was speechless again.
Just now he acted like a pure boy in love, but now that his crush has another man around him, he is not jealous at all and is actually happy for her. As expected, it is difficult for humans to understand the thoughts of Dead Apostles.
So the girl decided not to cause trouble for herself and decisively changed the subject.
"Do you think he really killed Zepia independently? Look here, the intelligence department marked it as doubtful. Even if it is no longer a phenomenon, Zepia is still the ancestor."
"It's not a feeling, it's a confirmation. Look here—"
Meilian pointed to a line in the battle description paragraph.
"—Her Highness summoned the Red Moon. With Her Highness' current status, this is already the limit of what she can do. Without anyone else's help, this is the only answer."
As Zhu Yue's direct dead disciple and Elquet's collaborator, the boy knew Elquet's current status very well. Therefore, even if the major forces who knew that "Valachia Night" was destroyed believed that it was mainly Elquet's credit and doubted Shinji's strength, Meilian would not doubt it.
"So, this boy named Matou Shinji already has the strength of a 'Zu'? According to the information, he is only fourteen years old?"
"This is what's interesting about humans. Despite being clumsy and having problems of all kinds, they have endless possibilities. If it weren't for this, humans wouldn't be able to become the masters of this world."
At this time, Mei Lian finally showed the maturity and experience that was consistent with her status.
"Besides, how do you know the information is accurate? It's clearly written behind Matou Shinji's name, the Magic Association's headquarters is in the Clock Tower. It's not surprising that they can do some intelligence manipulation to hide it from the church."
"That's true."
After hearing what he said, the girl also reacted.
"The Magic Association, which has been at odds with the Church for so many years, is capable of training such a talent. This fourteen-year-old is most likely just a disguise. He might be a monster like you."
"A monster... maybe. Whether it's a monster or he's really only fourteen years old, this person is worthy of attention. Maybe we'll meet him in the future. In addition, I have another guess. This guard knight who suddenly appeared beside Her Royal Highness the Princess is likely to be related to the 'Second Magician'. He... Sigh."
Speaking of this old man who truly stood at the top of the world, Mei Lian sighed helplessly. The master he admired, Zhu Yue, who was more perfect and powerful than God, was once the "Son of God". The Moon King who he could not defeat even if he spent his life was destroyed and killed by Kishuya Zelrich Shubain Aogu, who was still a human at the time. However, the servants, including himself, had no way to deal with him, and did not even have the desire to retaliate, because of the desperate difference in strength. Although they were all "Twenty-Seven Ancestors", every "Ancestor" knew that the one, like the first "Primate Killer", was an existence of a different dimension.
"'Second Magician';... How confident are you?" The girl's voice became more serious.
"I've already said that this is just speculation, and of course I'm not sure, but the director forwarded this report to me because he wanted me to investigate the background of this knight."
"So I am your spy? After all, the only ones who know your true identity and your relationship with that woman are the director and I."
"We are monitoring each other. How can the director let you have it so easy?"
The members of the "Burial Agency" are all a bunch of freaks. In order to prevent them from not performing their tasks seriously or even going berserk, a unique task mechanism has been set up within the organization, where one person performs the task while the other monitors. As long as it is determined that a member has the slightest possibility of deviating from the order, the mechanism will punish them.
The advantage of this mechanism is that it makes these monster members cautious and avoid causing any big trouble. However, the disadvantages are also obvious. The "burial mechanism", which is already an elite organization, is even more short-handed, so there is "mutual surveillance".
As the name suggests, "mutual surveillance" means that members have different tasks, but because their destinations are close, they each get what they need and monitor each other.
Having said that, Mei Lian glanced at the girl with a smile on her face.
"Why, haven't you figured it out yet? Her Royal Highness has left the castle. This is an important sign in itself. Over the years, she has only left the castle for one reason."
"You mean, Roya!!!"
The girl's originally gentle expression suddenly turned ferocious.
"Yes, the only one who can wake that woman up is Roya. The director has a good plan to maximize our value."
"But you wouldn't turn down a mission like this, would you?"
"I won't. Roya must die, and I must kill him, for my father, for my mother, for all the people who died at my hands, for everything that happened to this body..."
"I don't know how to do that either, so I'll just say thank you to the damn director for once."
The cold murderous intent emanating from the girl formed a sharp contrast with the warm smile on the boy's face, making the atmosphere in the room increasingly weird.
"Go to Japan first and meet the author of this report... Lizbefe Stolindobarry, the leader of the Knights of the Inquisition, is a well-known figure in the church and has some connection with you."
"What does it have to do with me?"
"You have defeated the same number of vampires, and you are both experts in the use of the holy scriptures. The higher-ups say that you are the twin stars of the new generation of the church. You must have heard of this."
"It seems that there is such a saying, but it is meaningless. I joined the 'Bury Agency' with only two purposes, to kill Roya and to atone for my sins. Everything else is unimportant."
"This kind of life would be very boring. I don't want to say that the dead are gone, but your life is still a long way from over."
"From the moment I was possessed by Roya, my life was over." The girl had an indifferent expression and a desolate look in her eyes.
"Really? You're still so stubborn."
The boy stood up as if he had lost interest.
"It's up to you. Xier, hand over the work at hand, and then we'll set off. I remember your previous mission seemed to be to examine candidates?"
"yes."
"I heard that this candidate submitted his application voluntarily."
"yes."
"Haha, I haven't encountered such a guy who seeks death in many years. Didn't you tell her that the previous candidates were either tortured to death or crazy?"
"She did, but she insisted, and she was only one step away from success, as long as she could get past the director."
"So you already recognize her? Interesting, interesting, what's her name?"
"Kallen, Kallen Aldessia, the dark nun who sold her soul and body to the devil."