Chapter Seventy One: Striking a Deal?

"Lord Vallus, I think you need to change the people working for you," commented Lord Nero snidely.

"While I had no idea she was a lady with a noble background, it doesn't excuse the fact that she belongs to this cult. I apologize for not handling her arrest with care," Vallus said regaining his posture.

"What evidence do you have?" asked Artemis.

"Several books written in an unknown language was found in her shop and on closer inspection..."

"They belong to the temple," came Maha's unmistakable voice. Everyone turned to look at her, never had she intervened in any of such discussions before.

"To the temple?" Vallus scoffed.

"Holy books stored in a seamstress shop? How am I to believe that?" Vallus said.