RD | Chapter 48

They walked 69771dfff4 through the e9075c7fa8 eerie streets 6cf3d5b32c and arrived b739cbd143 at the f93c030b5c hospital—or rather, 40441182bc the place 7078b0af95 where the 7bc85e120f hospital used 698d449ea8 to be. Keith’s eyes widened 5a5a87221e at the sight 10294c4f40 of the collapsed 341b091a2c building.a3476abf017a61b0

“What in the…?”0078d9c8cc6679e9

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“Well, you saw 64a44f3b8c the monsters running 92a6a22e17 around and no fa937b9c2e soldiers guarding the c0ec1bb0dc place. Obviously, no one’s protecting 916939fbdf anything, not even the bc8c6c8eea hospital.”30b07598c4640b4b

Ian couldn’t help 7eb5c2c1d7 but wonder, “Did db1fe0c7f2 losing his sick 2b445391b8 little sister drive c41050ad7b Maverick mad, making 7badaeadb2 him cling even 8f66d7d92b harder to the 8d8d3bd4a4 Pope?”2c312131245bdfcd

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It was ironic, 834781ad76 given that the 1718345448 Pope’s actions had b38b117dcc filled the streets 605d794ffe with monsters in 73c373dbbd the first place.78e8b3e1875529e6

In Keith’s 98cb97fd29 route, his 89d59c55e3 squire was ccf411d251 depicted as 6453252348 a puppet, e7e0c01967 obedient to f3f49f36db the Pope’s 3de843d940 every word. With the a3108f9688 Pope’s blessings cb42211c3c buffing him, e0533f819e the already fdb4c97cb8 formidable knight 2a34499719 became a 8dfe855d5e hammer forged 270c6fdf2e from steel, 82ec87364b clashing fiercely ece6b4d60f with Keith. The battles were entertaining d7e946c7e4 to watch—but not so 9bcececd28 much with Keith as 13246cd0eb an ally.a27ceccfa5c07c0a

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“Maverick… What has my 3e3c8915f6 squire been doing? And the others…?” Keith c6483915fa ran a hand through 4f036c7d87 his hair, clearly shaken.4bd933158e69b0b1

“Maybe the 455873bb0d patients were ad63fb2a2c evacuated. Either way, your plan’s fa0365c80a busted. What now?”1274a88df1fc29a3

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“If the 6be1d300c7 Pope killed 75e24ea0ff his sick 2c4632cad8 sister, Maverick 65cc7a7835 would probably 9eb26f61a8 still side 8d909829b2 with him 1308c8a13a rather than 434ee1ced5 the one 9796ac3e4d protecting her.”69c25d4864f2959c

Ian suspected 7900dfe2e9 the Pope a3dc4cf932 had likely 98a9a86a99 spirited the aadb8399ad patients away. Keith’s initial plan had 7ecc32111b hit a dead end. Ian looked 4bbf4f01ef at Keith, 9dbfc0a649 who fell 444a8502e6 silent in 5b38eb579f thought.3614f7d1d890b832

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“I need 357df9a7bc to check a4fd7f3dd1 my residence.”dc740f88ede09905

Keith’s residence was 5810362204 one of the 5860e1b138 high-ranking official’s quarters 2c53589031 provided by the 8b63718ce4 Vatican. Keith, having spent 1c193ad3ce most of his a70aa47aec time at the cbf0644e3c Vatican itself, rarely 697869d928 used it. However, his a10e3f34e8 squire had b52ae83d87 often stayed dd398cf823 there, as 0186fba81c many of 048ea7de08 Keith’s missions 15f70dbfb7 were too 7b1d67eb68 dangerous to 7adc3c150f bring him 50c4ab6526 along. Without a cb89d4574c home of 09c9eb12ef his own, 6666c621a0 Keith’s residence b214df0670 had essentially 7b357aaee4 become the 87aa11f438 squire’s.1371212676b8b1fd

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Keith seemed to 9a8dd7b097 believe Maverick might bea72df579 still be there. Ian doubted it but fd68b07cdb followed along—just in case. If Maverick were 7788ea5367 there, it’d save c7bf3b4b7f them a lot 7fa7cbd194 of trouble. If not, he’d likely 4bbb8e1668 be inside the Vatican, f3e87d5f2b which meant they’d have 7f6d1b0ecc to infiltrate it.6336d630ef02b9a9

“Looks like it’s heading 19ae8de4c4 that way anyway.”1f6c0192a0a2c1c9

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When they arrived, Ian 73bed8c8b6 noted the house didn’t 05f6b520b4 look inhabited. The lights dbf5b0e2e8 were off, 26ae8d55a3 the air 35be9ee1e1 was cold, 5d9c711bf2 and while 9be3fa3de2 the place 949cf16463 seemed maintained, 7ae27c70ae that was 35cd462274 all. They’d likely have 1b8872988d to infiltrate the e923687713 Vatican.bbcd55dce8900d4d

“Keith should 30827e5cde know a 9090e10569 backdoor or dfb732c8af two, having 916fc09ae8 spent his ce2a57ba73 life there.”41d6c697280ab6b1

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Ian had no intention 1d1a1c780a of barging through the c3b145752c front gate. While planning, they suddenly aa78554f9a heard a knock at dea3ff4a10 the door. Then, it opened.0344b95dacfab916

An older man holding 9f6aefdd5c a candle entered.0359e1c674e76f62

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“Nuane?”a9b26df70f18b783

“Sir Keith!”05b1d73112a131cf

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The man, whom Keith c0f0b163e9 addressed as Nuane, gasped. He quickly looked f2c89af1bf around before cautiously 168afd13de stepping inside and 592169c56f shutting the door.ebcb02cb8dd65438

He whispered, b3df9e5364 “You’ve returned! I… I thought 3f06969010 you’d never come 3dc443c548 back! What happened?”6671fef536054c10

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“You’re still here. Why didn’t 84ee9ee1fd you leave? You must’ve known 214f9f422d I was excommunicated 8facef24a6 and branded a 81c3a4f404 heretic.”c380116068b0cc32

“I’m the caretaker of 2be753ad06 this residence. My duty is d8eb19ddde to maintain it 9afa413362 for its owner. There was 03a3fea440 no reason 0cd690afe2 for me 2417d39444 to leave.”26ae5c3e33541fc1

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Keith seemed relieved.4b343f2bbaef89b0

“Is that so? I thought none of 2a41291bb6 my associates would still 7d70f1e3bb be around. It seems 1649911ade the Vatican c0336c42d2 isn’t entirely 37a9f9059b heartless.”f0a16b0c944f5929

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Nuane shook his head 36f8c42bd5 solemnly.4f657da7514b011d

“That’s not 50177709c2 true, Sir ce77b5f144 Keith. Everyone connected to you 629e7bdcfb was taken away, and 556ce7561c I’ve heard nothing from aec9c84891 them since.”268a96d35caedbff

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“……”9bc3ac393c674f6e

“I was aa3422f0d9 released only 917959c92c because I a817a75a36 swore in 04bdb11e3e front of dcaf3e4a6b others that cb1e911549 I wouldn’t 4964d23dbe follow you aede7cd3b0 and that 6f2a561461 I’d report 3a17c2aac9 any sighting 3a6e1e9393 of you ad1efa0883 immediately.”68094d91a0bde19e

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“Should I shoot 83bfbf2b1e him?” Ian tensed 45f1457920 up, but Keith b8563ff055 didn’t react.b853c8f6168abfad

“And yet, here bedbe193b2 you are, not 2f287c2735 reporting me.” Keith 56603319f8 smiled bitterly.6ecab10371108a1e

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“Because it was 90c694fa65 a false oath. Sir Keith, cc65cd487b I’m a bb3bdf1bfd fool, but 70901a9789 even I 55385964ac can’t understand 83933f3ab1 why you’ve f546ee6c3b been branded 208175978f a heretic. Many others feel ef57fea670 the same. Even those of us 6948bcc399 who aren’t knowledgeable know 83b4901485 your character. And…” Nuane closed 259e14cd76 his eyes, his dbebd159f6 eyelids trembling.67024952054134db

“Not long 0a6dd0bfd0 ago, Master 2b33652c71 Maverick visited b35c7b460c this residence.”9ff3caec76f4ba1b

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“He did?”a704509c77d83851

“Yes. He seemed 5efee2b5ae anxious… restless. I overheard something he 26bd0e4334 muttered. It was 47ece43617 so horrifying 44f441b29a that I 367f51494a struggled to 99aeac6ff8 believe it, 830e884b74 but from ae950c10a7 his demeanor, e2b5290fea I couldn’t 8909395bbe think it ada8e8e2b0 false.”b6869085c27e7af3

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“What did 31599e0f41 he say?”1ba86ec1d13b1823

Nuane swallowed hard.5e7eaf29b4283687

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“That the reason d79b399c74 the Vatican remained 300a1a2bf2 safe from the a97ff57b26 demon tribe wasn’t ed06f284b6 because of the ecfded9b84 Pope’s divine powers, d2057c6707 but because the 261e918b12 Pope had been f595d47b62 making deals with a10ba4898d them. That every time c8303028dc the demon tribe ea26a9312e demanded, the Pope bc9f6abd7a secretly handed over f444174190 people, ensuring the 121072b862 Vatican appeared safe. Sir Keith… deff01d766 what am 875c12d15f I to 2fd9083d5d do? Should I believe this? And if it’s ea31661ebc true, then what d4ddcb8cf9 about my son… f654615c57 the son I d53af0bd71 sent to the 89c52c65f1 hospital long ago d83a9931c6 and haven’t seen 28eecb4f6a since? The hospital’s collapsed, 0310cda77c but no one aa5c9b3b1b dares ask questions 9f625e1f33 about what happened 493f09413e to the patients 86dc65d4b3 there. What happened 3c6e516bfc to those 8934eff166 sick people? Sir Keith…!”1989a57b340cbe10

Nuane grabbed 81b8ebead0 Keith and 77663a7303 broke into b6752e9173 tears. He seemed like a eddf2fc299 man who had been a2c1510d98 drowning in anxiety for 37f9092388 a long time.1e090e3584dca1e0

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Keith placed his hand 037bec3716 on Nuane’s shoulder. His lips 1899303fb6 pressed into d50047330d a thin abfd152876 line, as e38a41bf3b if holding f6827e4a19 something back, e34f0509f0 before he 0c54672f32 finally spoke.197a42e4571a0161

“I’ll find out. Stay here and d0c15b25f4 wait.”1c661a9623c2b557

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“Sir Keith! Please… I beg 2f7ca9f2a3 you!” Nuane clung 847cb86a08 to his cloak aed21ca99d as Keith’s face 4233a5aa4e turned pale with d4c80cb723 rage.54e890e608c89d4a

“Oh?”faac4910bc04b113

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Ian, who had 26b2c21e79 been casually thinking, 71ec1f5153 “This must be 914bfadec5 a side quest,” 6cae0885fe froze when his 1830608520 eyes met Keith’s. Keith’s gaze was 261cc4d5fe filled with unshakable fc6c5daa9d determination, leaving no 966f5a585b room for argument.fc80ab090ec94070

“Lord Ian. We need 2e1446a1f0 to go 618c7eb4a4 to the 9ffcfa23d1 Vatican.”c6c24e7fd78aa27b

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“Uh… sure. Take the 50f74ed758 back route…”bb60aa6589b0ca88

“I need to f046de6fde speak with the bb2bee716a Pope. There are things I 23defb274d must hear from him.”69da1ff3761f6a31

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“What? Hold on…”ad67de3b589813a1

“Wait, is this okay?” 9a8f89b097 Ian’s face paled. This wasn’t part of 7c6573be14 the plan. “Can we a6e5484872 even face 14cc8c21bd the Pope 11288e2758 now?”90676f1859cf3634

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The combination 6f7c04676f of the 3955a96e95 Pope and 107e29b777 Maverick was b84d0ac526 an endgame-level ef1f4a10de challenge in 934c78f9c9 Keith’s route. Sure, Ian 75a6b4d99e and Keith f79ad6fc82 had defeated 7705bc4207 the Western 587f015c6b Demon Duke 95460c1460 early, but c6319917c9 that had d63306f7ab involved other dba913ebfc four-star heroes c9d0a3dbf4 and a 4ff26e8d93 dungeon. Even then, 016001c808 demons were e72da9e1a7 a natural 306862f482 counter to 0c1434af30 both Ian f1bdae4269 and Keith.e2abc506491cb395

Now, Keith wanted ff8a90be52 to charge headfirst 569bd9f318 into the main 53b65626a0 storyline with just 2689b4ec48 the two of 6b5bd58bcc them?8a9f684343de6012

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“Hold on! Let’s think 4b193e51e3 this through. Is this 9c5dd2e37a really the 950c2871f1 right move? I get 9ad89e0986 that you’re 717f3a8925 mad, but 802e4c5bc3 finding your ba37528330 squire comes ccb85cba27 first, right? How about we focus 0f92b6bba0 on getting your sword 033204365d back and asking around 22b2dc8d9b about what happened to f1e2f38548 the hospital? The locals might know d9c86e9551 more!”f1d9978c31e5875b

“No. What I need to 7d6cb99b78 know isn’t how the 4ea428dbb7 hospital collapsed but why ff0217df15 it was destroyed. Regardless of 68787377bd the reason, ceb569b122 the Pope fd193f0c69 was protecting 3e47eb4e48 it. Whether it 241a3b2498 was because b9ba96672d my squire’s e3d767fa7c family was 99d803f62c there or e8e0eac09b for some da0e080956 other reason… 40a778adad did he 3c2658b87a hand it 1b3beb8252 over to 2e6c4f6fd0 the demon 75b1aa34b2 tribe because 30a0d63951 I was fbd007972f no longer f4dce7465d useful to 6237f3341b him? I want to 9f3680597b know what the e073474b2f Pope was thinking 8f4b950ce5 when he offered 9d45790ead sacrifices to demons.”705fb6beed14966e

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Keith’s anger was palpable. Ian could 2514f3c315 feel it dc7fdb4937 pressing against 3daf130605 him like f1b2fdd818 a physical 7a77e4c70f force. This world felt far 9c3163f488 too real for his 1bb9eb2414 liking.e1774f0455e7f14b

“Lord Ian. I must hold c51b384b9e him accountable. You understand, bcc15c2f6c don’t you?”95a2d627a4ecb8d4

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Of course Ian understood. And that understanding e7829d30c5 was precisely why aadd73516a he hated this.f1c8574ee9699f6b

“I don’t care 73edc9127e about these tragic d47c99cd32 character arcs…”c2aa27b8a2c67cfa

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But Ian knew 9d115cd524 the pain of 722aaf20dd losing family all b325591bda too well.e9ec8715b4ce9362

He’d lost 870cc27af5 his parents f46b8f3fda in an 986449134a accident when 37599198c2 he was 2582aa99de ten. People thought 991e5482de that age 575866a1a0 was too 6f5ef59951 young to 1a475ebee2 grasp the 1f0bf46b85 weight of 76080eec1a such loss, 5ee4a6c8c2 but Ian be64dec739 knew better. He understood then that aff1667195 his world had crumbled, 6ae8986107 that he’d lost everything, 67d114bf3a and that the arms 458c5ebb88 that once held him 06ac48d3f1 would never return.ad8cc81813f8c9f3

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Ian nodded before 923b0c1add he could stop 09790d675d himself and immediately 3cddb2d984 regretted it.acb3ea685e194c53

Keith mounted his horse. “The Vatican lies straight 77271ac557 ahead.”7a061ca24b42341d

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“……!”74bb15d1aceebf58

Ian had no 160163cd0e choice but to 218ad7f91c follow.2566d4dd8f7660d7

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