The Villain Saint is my secondary account

"No, no, Miss!"

Ye Xiao was on the verge of tears. He had genuinely wanted to wake Greta from her peaceful sleep.

"You can sneak away even when I'm sleeping right next to you, so you'll definitely be going out to find other women behind my back every night!"

The little maid pursed her lips.

"Not really."

Ye Xiao was speechless.

"A man's words are deceitful!"

Greta grumbled, "You abandon me the moment I'm not looking at you, you heartless man!"

"Where did you learn all these nonsensical words...?"

Ye Xiao scratched his head helplessly, but as they bickered, they had already arrived at the entrance of the island town's municipal council.

"who?"

"The guard at the city gate asked."

"Royal Agent".

Ye Xiao took out a letter from his coat and handed it to the guard, saying, "Come see the town mayor."

As he spoke, he inadvertently glanced at several knights in snow-white armor standing at the side gate of the municipal government building in the courtyard.

Templar Knights?

These people were clearly not assigned by Ella. In other words, someone else from the Sanctuary has come to this island in the last two days.

Meanwhile, the guard took the letter with surprise, opened it, glanced at it, and then frowned, "...Loren Environmental Ambassador?"

"Uh, sorry, I took the wrong one."

Ye Xiao turned around and, with a speed that the guard couldn't even see, immediately snatched the letter from the other person's hand and stuffed another letter into the other person's hand.

The guard unfolded the letter and saw the signature and seal of the Internal Affairs Commander, Isaac. His throat trembled as he swallowed hard and bowed. "Please come in, sir. Please allow me to take this document to inform the mayor."

Ye Xiao nodded in agreement.

This letter was a document Ye Xiao had Isaac prepare for him earlier. Since even the king was family, he created a lot of random identities to facilitate his actions under different names, some of which were even fictitious and did not actually exist in the royal family—such as this "Royal Spy."

As for "Loren Environmental Ambassador"... there really is such a thing. It was a title registered during the Skadi royal election for a certain political case, and it was given to Ye Xiao.

The town mayor quickly came over to meet him. He had never seen a royal spy before, but the signature and seal were genuine, so he dared not be negligent in the slightest.

"My lord..."

The town mayor had no idea what rank corresponded to a royal spy, so he could only bite the bullet and blurt out, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"I've never seen this before," the mayor thought. "Could this be some kind of secret knight newly established by the Queen, similar to the Aslan Empire's secret knights, each one highly skilled and dedicated to eliminating officials disloyal to the royal family?"

But the mayor asked himself honestly, he was completely loyal to the new queen, and at most he had been a little greedy "occasionally," so surely he shouldn't have been eliminated outright?

The town mayor stared at Ye Xiao, his nerves on edge, fearing that the other man would utter some of his ten major crimes and a declaration of execution.

But Ye Xiao simply shook hands with the mayor in a friendly manner, saying, "Mayor, there's no need to be so formal. I'm just here to investigate a case."

The case Ye Xiao mentioned was naturally the murder of the couple they encountered in the tavern before boarding the ship.

Ye Xiao had some recollection of it at the time, because the tavern owner mentioned that the couple had a little boy with them when they checked in.

They were recent arrivals, and they had brought a boy with them. The husband was significantly older than his wife... These characteristics were too coincidental, making it hard for Ye Xiao not to think of the couple with the merman boy.

"I know what you're talking about..."

The mayor wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was fine with anyone who wasn't there to mess with him, but then he seemed to remember something and slapped his forehead in regret.

"Oh dear, if I had known the royal family would send you, sir, to investigate, I wouldn't have entrusted this case to anyone else!"

"Commission?"

Ye Xiao frowned. "To whom should we entrust it?"

"The sanctuary."

The mayor sighed, "The other day, people from the Holy Church came to me asking me about someone. You wouldn't believe how arrogant they were. They slammed several large swords on the ground, brought portraits of the couple, and claimed they were heretics researching some evil power, and that they were coming to arrest them."

“I didn’t think too much about it. Besides, how could a small town like mine dare to argue with such big shots? So I just honestly handed over the case files to them and let them investigate.”

Did they say which sanctuary they came from?

Ye Xiao stroked his chin.

"what?"

The mayor scratched his head. "I didn't ask. I thought that since it was someone from the Holy Temple in our Loren territory, it could only be the Loren Holy Temple."

Ye Xiao didn't answer, but after a moment of contemplation, he said, "Okay, I understand. Can I also take a look at the case file?"

“That’s not a problem, but the archives where the files are stored are currently being used by the people from the Holy See…”

"Does it matter?"

"They've been occupying that place for the past few days... and they won't let anyone else in."

Is this really so domineering?

"Tell me where the library is."

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow. "I'll go and meet them."

……

Ye Xiao took the mayor's letter and walked through the city hall to the entrance of the library at the back. Sure enough, two Templar Knights in white armor stood there like statues, holding halberds.

Ye Xiao ignored the two metal cans and walked through the door, but the other person immediately blocked his way with a long halberd. "Stop!"

"what?"

"This area has been requisitioned by the sanctuary; unauthorized personnel are not permitted to enter."

The Templar Knight's eyes, hidden beneath his visor, were sharp. He wondered if this person had no sense at all, daring to enter a place sealed off by the Templars.

"Judging from your accent, you're not a local from Loren, are you?"

Ye Xiao looked at the knight, who was half a head taller than him, his gaze seemingly able to penetrate the thick helmet. "Which sanctuary are you from? Have you reported to the Loren Sanctuary when you come to Loren on business?"

"What does this have to do with someone like you who's just passing by?"

"I'm a citizen of Loren, entering my own country's territory, and you, a stranger, stop me? Huh? What gives you the right?"

This was the first time the two Templar Knights had ever seen someone so stubborn. Didn't they even know the name of the Temple of Light? Did they need to reason with them when they were doing things?

Seeing that Ye Xiao wouldn't budge an inch, the Templar Knight immediately shoved Ye Xiao in the chest, saying, "I'll make you step back!"

However, this push felt like hitting a mountain; the seemingly thin man in front of them remained completely still.

"You actually attacked me?"

Ye Xiao laughed heartily, "Then I'll have to defend myself."

Chapter Sixty-Five: The Trial Chamber

The commotion at the entrance quickly reached the library.

The two Templar Knights who had blocked Ye Xiao's path were lying on the ground, sleeping peacefully, each with a deep club mark on their tough steel helmets.

Ye Xiao rotated his wrist to relax, and tried punching the helmet's metal plate. It still hurt, but drawing his sword to slash the other party was not a serious offense. So he simply pulled out his staff from behind and swung it at the other party twice.

I must say, the force was just right, leaving you dazed but not brain-damaged.

"The way you're behaving as a mage is so bad that if the Mage Association sees this, they'll sue you."

Greta couldn't help but complain from the side.

Sparse footsteps sounded, and Ye Xiao raised his head, holding his staff. Several Templar Knights in white armor were guarding a young man in a white trench coat as he walked towards the door.

"Who are you?! How dare you attack a Templar Knight?!"

The white-clad man in charge didn't speak, but the Templar Knight at the front of his group started shouting.

"Is the Holy Church now operating in such a domineering manner?"

Ye Xiao calmly straightened his collar. "You forcibly occupied my empire's territory and attacked officials directly under the Loren royal family. Anyone who didn't know better would think that my Loren Empire was under the jurisdiction of your Holy Temple?"

Perhaps it was the two tin cans lying on the ground that demonstrated Ye Xiao's strength, or perhaps the other party realized that he was indeed in the wrong, but when the Templar Knight still wanted to argue, the young man in white put one hand on the Templar Knight's shoulder.

The latter immediately stopped speaking and tactfully took a half step to the side, giving the man in white space to face Ye Xiao directly.

“I apologize for my rudeness, sir. My two knights are both recently converted believers. They are young and impetuous and may have offended you slightly. Please allow me to apologize on their behalf.”

The man in white stepped forward, but neither bowed nor made any friendly gesture; he simply spoke in a light, airy voice.

Ye Xiao sized up the other person, who was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with short curly blond hair. He was quite handsome. At such a young age, he was leading so many Templar Knights to handle cases outside. He was most likely the son of a bishop or deacon in the Holy City.

In addition, the badge on the chest of the other party's gold-trimmed high-necked trench coat features a gold symbol of the "sun with eyes" representing the Temple of Light, and below it is a vertical cross-shaped two-handed sword.

The Knights Templar's emblem also features a sword symbol, but that sword is a sword and shield combination inserted into a shield symbol.

The single cross-shaped two-handed sword is the symbol of the "Court of Justice," an organization specifically responsible for tracking down and eliminating heretics throughout the mainland. It would not be an exaggeration to describe any member of the Court of Justice as "ruthless killers."

Ye Xiao had a lot of dealings with the Inquisition in his previous life. After all, most players were judged as heretics "from another world" by Ella, who became the Lord of the Sanctuary at that time, by the middle stage.

Back then, even sleeping in the city under a false identity meant worrying about waking up to find the Inquisition knights storming in.

Even though they were enemies in their past lives, and he has a saintess in his family in this life, Ye Xiao still couldn't give this group a friendly look. "If you know you're being rude, then move aside. Don't treat this place like your living room."

"What are you saying?! You know we are..."

The Templar Knight, who was in charge of the verbal sparring, was interrupted by the white-clad man who gave him a cold look.

Did I ask you to speak?

The latter's face immediately turned pale. "I'm sorry, sir."

Ye Xiao completely ignored their little drama. After finishing his speech, he brushed past the man in white as if no one else was there and walked into the library.

He walked with an arrogant stride, showing no intimidation whatsoever. His slender figure passed through the knights who looked taller and stronger than him with an air of nonchalance, and for a moment no one dared to stop him.

The short maid followed Ye Xiao, her chin held high and her chest puffed out, her little leather shoes clattering as she passed through the crowd.

"Anyway, we've seen pretty much everything we needed to see,"

The man in white watched Ye Xiao and Greta's retreating figures, then gestured to his knights to lift up their two companions who were still fast asleep by the door. "Finding people is a priority; don't waste time on this guy."

"As ordered."

The Templars under his command agreed in unison and then left along the corridor.

Ye Xiao was actually quite curious about the true intentions of these people.

However, since he and the other party are complete strangers, asking directly would be meaningless and might even arouse suspicion.

So Ye Xiao pretended not to care, but the crows that Ella had arranged around the island quietly followed the Holy Tribunal squad that came out of the municipal council.

The group of people, dressed in white armor, were easily spotted by the crows flying high in the sky, and soon followed them to a luxurious mansion in the center of the town.

Living in a Western-style mansion instead of a church? These people are quite extravagant.

Ye Xiao flipped through the files related to the couple while inwardly grumbling.

As mentioned before, most major cities in Loren have sanctuary buildings. Although the Mansa Islands are not as prosperous as Storm Harbor due to their limited area and resources, as they are an essential route on the Loren coastal waterway, they also have a small marine sanctuary.

When members of the sanctuary travel, they usually stay at the sanctuary at their destination. For example, when Ella went to Stormport in the name of the Loren Sanctuary, she stayed at the Ocean Sanctuary on Reef Hill.

However, this group didn't stay in the small chapel; instead, they stayed in a mansion, which suggests that their leader had some connection with a local nobleman.

Ye Xiao pondered, his hands still moving. He searched for a long time but couldn't find any relevant files, which made him a little surprised.

On the other side, the crow familiar lowered its position, approached the mansion, and landed on the windowsill of an open window on the third floor.

This is a bedroom. A blonde girl dressed in a white dress in the style of the Sanctuary sits at the table drinking red tea. Her dress is somewhat similar in style to Ella's, the same style as that of a Sanctuary Archmage, but with more gold embroidered sun and moon symbols, clearly indicating that she is a high-ranking Archmage.

By the way, Ella's arcane rating is beginner because her Holy Light spell, Water Apple, is very weak.

The crow had barely landed on the windowsill when there was a loud knocking on the bedroom door.

"come in."

The girl's voice was calm and languid. The door opened, and the white-clad man Ye Xiao had just seen entered the room carrying a stack of parchment. He bowed to the girl.

"Lady Agnes, the files have been brought over."