Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first?-Chapter 405 - 20 Senior Resume

As the direct intelligence agency of the Emperor, the Blade Warrior Clerk Department held the largest archive in the world, second only to the Milan Database of the Church Court.

However, the Milan Database had been burned during the Magic Tide, so without a doubt, the Blade Warrior Archive remained the largest information storage institution in the world.

Through information retrieval by clerks and communication based on hidden extraordinary abilities, the Emperor, residing far in the northern part of Italy, quickly received all the information about The Azure Longsword:

Sixth Epoch, Year 241, May, The Azure Longsword Mercenary Corps was registered in the Mercenary Guild of Constantinople. freeweɓnøvel~com

Sixth Epoch, Year 241, July, helped Olympia City defend against the attack of the Latin Crusaders.

Sixth Epoch, Year 241, August, assisted Sparta City in handling the mutant incident at the Taigetes Mountain.

Sixth Epoch, Year 241, September, participated in assisting the Duke of Carinthia in resolving the mind mutant incident in Lunfield Town.

Sixth Epoch, Year 241, October, helped the Duke of Bavaria secure a victory in the Knight Fighting competition and resolved the plague rat mutant incident.

Sixth Epoch, Year 241, November - December, assisted Bavaria in defending Innsbruck City until after Christmas.

Sixth Epoch, Year 242, January, assisted the Sorren Family in capturing three small towns from the Count of Stuttgart and the city of Stuttgart, and resolved the green plague mutant incident within the city.

The Emperor set down the document about this mercenary group and silently rubbed his temples.

From the document, it was clear that The Azure Longsword was undoubtedly a seasoned mercenary group, possessing top-notch standards within the mercenary industry.

Just the extensive experience participating in various wars and mutant suppressions alone was enough to match the Steel Cross Mercenary Group.

Moreover, up to now, all the missions they had executed had not encountered any failures.

Even though they eventually failed to defend Innsbruck City, it was not their fault. In fact, it was thanks to them delaying the advance of the Wolf Family from the north that Bavaria could recover from the plague rat mutant incident.

The Emperor’s fingers unconsciously tapped the tabletop, and the Chamberlain next to him knew that this was the Emperor thinking deeply—a subtle shift had occurred in His Majesty’s heart, moving The Azure Longsword from "an unheard-of trash mercenary group" to "perhaps indeed the best choice for this mission."

Meanwhile, in the house where The Azure Longsword was staying, Aske had already quickly explained the current situation to everyone.

"In short, the main conflict is still between the Emperor Camp and the Church Court," Aske spread a blank paper on the long table and drew circles representing the "Empire" and the "Church Court."

"We assume that there are hidden powers within the Emperor Camp, and that is our target to locate and investigate," Aske drew another circle with a dotted line next to the Empire circle and labeled it "Hidden."

"The Devil attacked the Imperial Army, and it’s unclear whether they are allied with the hidden faction," he drew circles for "Devil" and "Marquina," the Enchanting Demon Queen, in a blank space. "It has been confirmed with Marquina that they are not involved."

"Purgatory’s Jailer followed the Devil, but also showed many questionable actions. Specifically, it seems they were targeting Medea’s identity."

A "Purgatory’s Jailer" circle was added next to the "Devil" circle, with a line indicating hostility between them.

"The latest news is that the Pure Blood Monastery hung a Governor of Venice, and the citizens of Venice suspect it was instigated by the Empire."

Thus, two more circles were added, "Pure Blood Monastery" and "Venice."

"I personally suspect that the Pure Blood Monastery is indeed connected to the Empire." Aske connected the two circles with a dashed line, only to hear Peggy say,

"Well, couldn’t I just ask my master to find out if there’s a connection?"

"If you ask her, she might not tell the truth," Medea interjected from the side. "It would also alert her that we’re starting to suspect the Pure Blood Monastery."

"Let’s all start with an analysis," Aske finally said. "The situation is too chaotic right now; it’s unclear who are the pawns and who are the players. We should find an entry point to discuss in detail."

"Firstly, there’s definitely something wrong with the Purgatory’s Jailer," Medea said. "I’m not trying to settle personal scores, but I read his mind incidentally."

"I read it too, and his mental activities seemed normal; indeed, there were no suspicious points," Nora raised her hand to say.

"No, no, no, the lack of suspicious points is the biggest suspicious point," Medea countered. "You should know that he called out my mother’s real name on the spot."

"So, I incidentally checked his thoughts and indeed discovered that those thoughts were encapsulated."

"Encapsulated?" asked Aske.

"It’s about the chain of logic," Medea explained. "Ordinary people’s thinking goes from A to B, then from B to C."

"Thus, in the Mind Body perspective, moving from A to B to C forms a loose, unidirectional causal chain connecting three thoughts. Any reasoning necessarily involves a unidirectional cause-effect relationship."

"However, in that priest’s Mind Body perspective, ’I have the Enchanting Demon Bloodline, the Enchanting Demon Bloodline is held by the Enchanting Demon Queen, I am the direct descendant of the Enchanting Demon Queen,’ these three thoughts form an interlinked circular chain; do you understand?"

"That is to say," Nora also seemed enlightened as she spoke, "these three thoughts were not derived by the priest through his own thinking..."

"...but were implanted by someone else," Medea said gravely. "From the beginning, the thoughts were interlinked and encapsulated, then planted within the priest’s Mind Body."

"Do you all understand?" As the two discussed the matter seriously, Aske asked the remaining girls.

The other girls looked at each other, speechless.

"I understood it," Sigrdrifa raised her hand to say.

"Then could you explain it in a language we can understand?" Aske waved his hand.

"Alright." So Sigrdrifa took on a serious expression, pondered solemnly for a moment, and then said:

"That Purgatory’s Jailer priest, his mind has been interfered with!"

Aske: .........

So everyone already knew this conclusion! What they wanted to know was the logical process behind arriving at this conclusion!

But since it was Sigrdrifa, they were all used to her unreliable thought process, so they did not pursue the question further.

After Nora and Medea derived their conclusion using a series of technical terms, Aske straightforwardly asked:

"If it involves thought interference, can you find out who is interfering?"

"If we catch that priest, perhaps we can," Medea said. "Assuming the interferer didn’t erase similar traces before the interference."

"What if they erased the traces?" Aske asked.

"In theory, there is no such thing as a perfect memory erasure action; there will always be traces left in the Subconscious Ocean," Medea explained. "It ultimately comes down to a contest of Mind Power, wherein the stronger party holds an absolute advantage, whether in hiding or in searching."

This meant that if the one who interfered with the priest’s thoughts had a higher Mind Power level than Medea and Nora, it was highly likely that no results would be found.

It seemed that they would still have to seek Marquina’s help in the end.

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