"Are those soldiers Amyntas' men?"
"No, it seems that no one knows Amyntas."
Hilde suddenly realized.
When she returned to Athens, she investigated the files in Athens and found that the people on the ship she took to Byzantium did not match the people at that time. Logically, Hilde was accompanied by a team of centurions led by Amyntas. But in the end, Amyntas was uploaded, and the members of his team of centurions had changed a lot. At the same time, Amyntas once said that he had received an order from Pericles to kill Hilde, but he did not say that it was not Pericles who asked him to do it in person.
"damn it!"
Hilde gritted her teeth.
"I have been deceived for so many years..."
"Sissi."
Sophia thought about it and decided to speak out.
"Do you remember the letter that Lord Pericles sent you?"
"remember."
"Didn't you see it?"
"Well...I burned it directly."
Hilde was stunned for a moment.
"You read?"
"Not only did I read it, I also kept a copy. I knew that with your temper, you would definitely burn the letter directly, so I kept a copy and now put it in Byzantium. The content of the letter is actually... Lord Pericles is explaining to you that it was not him who murdered you at the time. His original intention was to let Amyntas escort you to Byzantium. Because there are people in Athens who want your life, but as the archon, he cannot show it, so when he knew about it, he kept looking for a chance to explain."
"..."
Hilde couldn't help but take a step back.
"Y-You're telling the truth."
"Yes, that's what's written in the letter, but I think Lord Pericles is lying. But you just discovered the problem, Sissi, so I dare to say this."
Hearing Sophia's words.
Hilde's mind was completely clear.
My guess turned out to be correct?
Pericles knew that the priests had forced Pericles to kill Hilde, and Pericles did not dare to confront the religious forces directly, so he wanted to send Hilde to the ship of Byzantium and pretend to arrange for assassins to kill Hilde on the ship, but he chose Amyntas. In fact, he wanted to escort Hilde to the distant Byzantium so that she could escape the sphere of influence of Athens. However, someone returned all of Pericles' candidates, and then told Amyntas about the murder in the name of Pericles.
Finally, this series of events happened.
"..."
"Sissi?"
After seeing Hilde's expression, it turned completely gloomy.
Sophia became a little worried.
"Sissi, what's wrong with you?"
"Go find the high priest."
"Sissi?"
Hilde rushed out directly.
Sophia didn't even react.
Now, the high priest of Athens is gone. He was directly removed from his position in the Parthenon by Hilde, and later lived in seclusion in Athens. Hilde also asked about the prophecy, and the high priest said that he was just listening to the request of his conservative competitors, and then deliberately said so to Pericles to make Pericles worried and unable to do anything. After all, Pericles was worried that his daughter was not his own, and he had been worried about this for a long time, so the priest felt that by doing this, Pericles would definitely panic.
Hilde believed this statement.
But now, everything is telling.
This priest is lying!
She hurried to where the priest was.
The Athenians on the street looked at His Majesty Basileus running wildly on the street and all tried to get out of his way.
No one knows what happened.
And Her Highness Basilisa followed closely behind.
"Long live your Majesty!"
Some Athenians immediately expressed their admiration.
But Hilde was in no mood to care about that.
She reached the high priest's residence as quickly as possible.
But when she just got here, she heard a woman screaming from inside.
"what--!!!"
Chapter 7 of the 9th chapter: The tragedy at the high priest's house
Hilde rushed in directly.
"Oops!"
"Sissi!?"
Sophia didn't care about that. She saw some patrolling soldiers and immediately grabbed one of them and said to him, "Now, mobilize the city's guards and come here!"
"Yes!"
The soldier looked and found that it was Her Highness Basilisa.
Naturally, I dare not neglect it.
Now, Hilde had already rushed into the High Priest's residence, but as soon as he entered, he saw a woman running out of the house crying. When she saw Hilde standing at the door, the woman was stunned at first, then her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground. Hilde hurried forward, supported the woman, and then asked hurriedly, "What happened?"
"Lord Niklas...Lord Niklas..."
The woman pointed inside the house in panic.
And she looked frightened, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying.
Niklas was referring to the name of the high priest.
Hilde helped the woman out first, and then walked into the room by himself. But before he got close to the room, he smelled a strong smell of blood and feces. Hilde frowned and opened the door. What he saw in front of him made Hilde stand there in a daze.
"This, this is..."
Niklas is dead.
To be precise, it was a tragic death.
His body was lying on the ground. Perhaps because of the intense pain before death, he had completely lost control of his bowels and bladder. His head was now missing. To be more precise, it had exploded. Minced meat, brains, and blood were scattered everywhere, from the ground, ceiling to the walls. It was like a postmodern painting. The blooming red and yellow colors seemed to tell people how violent the explosion had been.
Niklas's head was completely blown to pieces.
"Damn it."
This kind of death...
There is absolutely no way that the woman just now did it.
And there was no explosives in this era.
The most important thing was that when she finally found a clue and seemed to be about to get to the truth, the priest suddenly died. She quickly retreated from the room, and at this time, Sophia had already rushed in with the guards. Seeing Hilde's terrified face, Sophia hugged Hilde, then waved to the soldiers behind her and said: "Surround this place immediately!!!"
"Yes!"
The guards immediately surrounded the place.
And Hilde held Sophia.
"Don't go in."
"Sissi?"
“It’s disgusting in there.”
Hilde didn't want Sophia to see this.
"Sissi, what happened?"
"Niklas died, and died miserably. It's not something a human would do."
Hilde's words were filled with hesitation, but she quickly pulled herself together. Hilde looked around, and then her eyes locked on the woman who was kneeling on the ground and crying. So, Hilde walked up to her, pulled her up from the ground, and asked, "Tell me, what happened? Tell me everything!"
"me……"
The woman was terrified.
I was speechless for a while.
Hilde simply drew out his sword and placed it on the woman's neck.
"I'm telling you, my patience is limited!"
"I-I said!"
Under Hilde's intimidation, the woman stammered, "Yes, it was me. I heard the master's screams, and then I went to see what happened. When I got to the door of the room, I heard a loud noise. Then, I pushed the door open, and behind the door, it was like this... I, I really don't know anything! I really don't know anything! Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
"Ok."
Hilde let go of the woman.
Then he ordered the soldiers, "Take her down to rest, and seal off this place."
"Yes!"
Hilde walked out with a gloomy face.
Sophia followed worriedly.
"Sissi? What's wrong with you?"
"You know... I finally found the key clue, but it suddenly stopped here. Moreover, it stopped right when I found it." Hilde turned around and tightly grasped Sophia's shoulders. "You know, you know, this proves something I didn't dare to think about before. I didn't want things to be like this, but in the end, they really developed in this direction..."
"What's wrong, Sissi?"
"Yes, there is a force we don't know about, which is driving a series of events behind the scenes."
"The power of not knowing?"
Sophia was also a little panicked.
However, she knew that Hilde was also very emotional, so Sophia couldn't panic with her. She had to calm Hilde down. So, Sophia held Hilde's hand tightly and said to her gently, "Sissi, calm down first. Look at me. Don't be afraid or panic. I'm here. Got it?"
"Uh-huh……"
Hilde looked Sophia in the eyes.
The panic in my heart eased a little.
"I, I'm better."
"Well, let's go home first, okay?"
"it is good……"
Sophia looked around, then held Hilde's hand and walked towards home.
The surrounding Athenians didn't know what was going on. It was the first time they saw Hilde in such a panic. Her previous majestic image was instantly gone. At the same time, Nikolaus's mansion was surrounded by soldiers and was also discovered. Although everyone didn't know the truth, they could probably guess that Hilde's fear had a lot to do with what happened in the mansion.
Sophia and Hilde soon returned home.
Then, Sophia ordered the soldiers to guard all entrances and exits to prevent anyone from entering, and she took Hilde back to the bedroom and let her lie down first.
"Xixi, I'll go get you a glass of water."
"No, no need."
Hilde took a deep breath.
"I'm all right."
"But……"
"I'm just a little scared."
Hield rarely says she's afraid.
