Chapter 199: They caught an ancestor

Miss Yousitina, you don’t have to yield to their coercion.

I will definitely clear your name.

Qiao En hurriedly helped the girl on the ground to her feet.

Navarro wanted to say something but stopped.

Who exactly am I yielding to? Don’t you know in your heart?

Oh, it seems you really don’t know.

Fine… at least you’re the Hero, so I’ll give you face.

But speaking of which, how did the Demon Lord Li Ya end up hanging out with the Hero? Tsk tsk tsk, and she’s turned into that delicate little thing, sitting so close against his ear—really indecent.

The former Demon Lord has feminized into the Hero’s pet.

Yousitina must be super excited to see this, right?

Strange thoughts kept bubbling up in Navarro’s mind.

She extended her hands and cooperated as the two Holy Knights put on the Demon-Binding Shackles.

Only when the locks clicked shut and the Demon-Sealing Pattern activated did Lebron and Scottie exchange glances, their eyes asking the same question: Why did this girl suddenly confess?

“She seemed to confess only after seeing Qiao En.”

“Could it be she thinks Qiao En is handsome and wants some tragic, abusive romance between a Witch and an upright Holy Knight?”

“Impossible. That reason is too abstract. It’s more likely Qiao En is her regular client, and she knows his methods best.”

“Does Qiao En look like that kind of person?”

“Well, that’s true.”

The two whispered back and forth, discussing for a long time without reaching a conclusion.

They finally gave up digging deeper and decided to take her back first.

Qiao En, meanwhile, kept trying to verify the truth.

“Why did you confess? Are you really trafficking with Demons?” he asked in disbelief.

“Yes… yes, Black Knight. I’ve entertained Demon clients.”

Navarro’s mind worked quickly.

She hastily made up a charge for herself.

“Is that considered trafficking with Demons? Then the Succubus Shop would be a demon collaborator exchange.”

“Mm, Lord, that’s how Church Doctrine works. As for the Succubus Shop, the Dream Church takes a cut.”

“How absurd.”

Bloody gold coins, a vast and absurd machine.

Beneath the shiny morality and Church Doctrine, Qiao En lowered his head and sighed twice.

He once again felt the Church was just a…

When they returned, it was nearly dusk.

The Old City District Church stood at the end of Mingluoke Street.

A Gothic fence enclosed a large area of land.

The ancient, sturdy stone building stood proudly, bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Every piece of stained glass behind the rose window drank in the evening light, leaving the gray commoners’ low-rise buildings in the distance too envious to even look up.

At this moment, Bishop Icot was holding a celebration banquet with his good nephew.

He had ordered the kitchen to prepare a full table of fine dishes and opened a bottle of Secret Nightberry Wine from the Royal Winery.

The private feast between uncle and nephew was even more lavish than the Festival Banquet for the New Year’s Goddess worship.

“That Demon has been lurking in the Empire Capital for years. Recently, it seems to be short on funds and has borrowed quite a bit from outside. It must have accumulated a lot of malice. This time they went, it was like lambs walking into a tiger’s den—the death star is upon them.”

“Uncle, are you really that confident?”

Wen Sen eagerly poured wine for Icot.

“Nine out of ten.”

Icot smiled warmly and raised his glass to his nephew.

“Uncle, you’re formidable!”

Wen Sen quickly picked up his glass too.

The uncle and nephew drank the wine in one gulp.

“Pupu—”

“Pupu—”

Then they sprayed each other’s faces at the same time.

“No!”

Wen Sen lost his composure first.

He stared at the glass in shock and suspicion.

“Uncle! Uncle! Did you buy fake wine? What the hell does this taste like?”

Icot’s face also turned dark.

“Damn black-market dealer! Daring to sell me fake wine! Ugh—”

He retched for a long time before finally spitting out all the strange-tasting liquid.

“Disgusting! What is that taste? It’s like piss—”

“Uncle, please stop talking. I can’t hold it in anymore either… Ugh—”

“Eat, eat. Don’t drink. Just eat.”

Icot quickly urged Wen Sen to eat.

“Try this roasted Doron Young Beast. It’s very tender. Just the raw ingredients for one young beast cost four or five silver coins.”

Wen Sen forked a piece of meat, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed, and the more he chewed, the more serious his expression became.

“How is it?”

“Like… like what?”

“Like sewer water.”

Wen Sen hesitated.

“How could it be?”

Icot was angered by this assessment.

He angrily forked a big piece, shoved it into his mouth, and then—

“Ugh—”

Icot retched again for a long time.

After vomiting for a while, Icot wiped his mouth clean and stormed outside.

“General Affairs Nun? General Affairs Nun? Go call the person in charge of the kitchen here!”

“Bishop! Lord Bishop!”

At that moment, a series of joyful shouts came from behind him.

At first, Icot thought the voice sounded familiar.

The next second, he suddenly realized whose voice it was, and his heart shuddered.

Lebron!

The Apprentice Paladin he had sent to do the mission with Qiao En.

How was he back?

How could he possibly return?

If he was back, then that meant…

Icot turned around stiffly.

Sure enough, Lebron stood not far away, beaming with a brilliant smile.

“Mission accomplished!”

Lebron stood at attention, puffed out his chest, and gave a standard, serious knightly salute.

The fist he held to his chest trembled with excitement.

“We’ve captured the Demon Collaborator Yousitina! And forced her to confess!”

“Lord Bishop—”

“What—?!”

Icot was so shocked his voice turned into a whistle.

In the first instant, he thought he had misheard.

In the second instant, he wondered if he was dreaming.

In the third instant…

Overwhelming panic and terror finally enveloped him.

A Chosen Great Demon!

And a Cocoon Demon at that!

A Cocoon Demon was no mere Eye Demon that only played tricks with illusions!

The Cocoon Demon’s greatest strength was its ability to evolve according to the environment and transform into whatever form it needed!

She could be a seductive femme fatale who charmed men to death, or a terrifying butcher who reaped lives with blades!

“You motherfuckers didn’t die, and you actually brought this thing back to me?!”

Icot felt like the sky was falling.

“Cocoon Demon… where is the Demon Collaborator? Take me there now!”

His face turned serious.

He forgot all about his nephew and the celebration banquet, ordered Lebron to lead the way, and set off immediately.

“Where’s Qiao En? How did you capture her? She didn’t resist?”

On the way, Icot walked quickly while asking for details.

“Sir Qiao En is escorting the Demon Collaborator to the Inquisition. As for how we caught her… uh, it went pretty smoothly, I think. As for how we caught her… err…”

Lebron scratched his head dumbly.

“She didn’t resist either.”

“No resistance?”

Icot grew even more suspicious that he was dreaming.

A Chosen Great Demon, captured by three Apprentice Paladins? What kind of international joke was that!

Since it was used to imprison and detain Black Magicians and Demon Collaborators, the Inquisition was, by convention, built underground beneath the church.

Icot followed a spiral staircase corridor carved with murals praising the gods down to the basement.

As soon as he reached the first underground level, he heard noise and sounds of fighting.

But just a moment later, the fighting and noise subsided.

His expression turned serious again.

He stopped, wiped his hand across his face, and instantly replaced it with a kind, dignified smile.

Then he walked toward the Inquisition Hall.

Sure enough.

In the Inquisition Hall at that moment, a dozen Inquisition Knights lay sprawled across the floor.

A tall, handsome knight stood majestically in the center of the hall.

Needless to say, it was Qiao En.

And behind Qiao En were three naked girls covered in whip marks, clearly having undergone extreme torture.

In addition, there was the most dangerous Cocoon Demon—

A stunning face that made Icot’s heart leap with fear.

Yousitina.

The Chosen Great Demon!

She might not be the most combat-capable in the entire Demon Realm, but she was definitely one of the most troublesome existences!

Just one of her could smash the entire Old City District Church into pieces and leave no good bricks.

And according to church records, without four or five platoons of Holy Army fully loaded with Divine Grace, there was no way to subdue her by force!

There was only one thought in Icot’s mind:

It’s over.

We’ve brought the little ancestor home.

It’s easy to invite an ancestor in, but hard to send her out!