The Villain Saint is my secondary account

"Hounds of the temple, give thanks for the mercy of our Lord."

"To be an accomplice to the tyranny of light is the sin you bear."

"But by the mercy of our Lord, you too will be served as servants in building a new nation!"

The Templar Knights involuntarily swallowed, and Agnes, standing in the center of the group, looked particularly displeased. "What do you mean? I... I'm going to go and build your so-called new country too??"

"of course."

The girl in black robes said coldly.

"Wait a moment!"

Agnes cried out in a panic, "Why do I have to go too?! Didn't you say you'd let me go if I surrendered?!"

"what?"

The girl in black robes tilted her head slightly. "I only promised not to kill you, but I never said I would let you go back."

"What!?"

Agnes' eyes widened immediately, her voice shrill, "You lied to me!?? You damned..."

Before she could finish speaking, the Dark Shepherd follower beside her, draped in a black priest's robe, punched her in the stomach, leaving her completely unprepared.

"Woo..."

The high-pitched voice abruptly stopped, turning into a painful wail. Agnes' eyes were filled with tears as she collapsed to her knees in pain, her features contorted in agony beneath her disheveled blonde hair.

"You still don't seem to understand your own identity?"

The girl in black robes crossed her arms, her gaze sharp. "You don't still think you're some high and mighty noble lady from the Holy City, do you?"

She walked slowly to Agnes' side, pinched her chin, and lifted her head, which had drooped in pain.

Staring at Agnes's tear-filled eyes, her eyes, wrapped in bandages, revealed a deep and chilling coldness.

"Was I too friendly, causing you to have some unwarranted misconceptions?"

“I see you really want to see the resentment we, as ‘heretics,’ have accumulated since watching our brothers and sisters being slaughtered by the Inquisition.”

The surrounding believers immediately cast their deep, hungry gazes toward her, as if they were just waiting for the black-robed girl to give the order so they could rush forward and devour Agnes alive.

Agnes noticed that her tears and makeup had blended together, and her pale lips trembled, unable to utter another sound.

"Master Priest."

Just then, the hunched old man who had been following the girl in black robes appeared behind her, patted her on the shoulder, and comforted her, telling her not to act impulsively.

"Humph."

The girl in black robes then released her grip and glared at Ye Xiao, who was standing lazily to the side.

"Hey, I didn't say anything."

Ye Xiao shrugged. "I also praise life, okay? Don't make an example of me."

The girl in black robes said nothing more, then with a flick of her hem, she left with her followers and worshippers.

The old man in black robes stayed behind and began to arrange the specific evacuation work for the believers.

They were in a rush and seemed to be leaving the next morning.

The remaining few Shepherd followers led the Inquisition squad members into several cells located in the stone walls, one by one.

The facilities in the cell were naturally basic; a clump of dry straw the size of a square table spread on the dirty floor could barely serve as a bed.

But with five or six people crammed into one cell, they had no choice but to squeeze onto a haystack.

"Ugh."

Dekali, who hadn't spoken a word since entering the cave, finally let out a soft sigh as he watched the guard close the cell door.

"Relax. Imagine the lower steps as a theater, and where we are now is a private room."

Ye Xiao comforted her, "Doesn't it make you feel better if you think about it this way?"

"I don't know what's so comforting about this analogy..."

Decali gave a wry smile. "By the way, you're not actually Orphan, are you?"

"really."

Now even a fool like Decalli can see that Ye Xiao isn't the original Orphnoch, so Ye Xiao has nothing left to pretend about.

"But you don't seem to be one of them either."

Decari glanced at the busy Dark Shepherd cultists outside the fence. "This morning I was on guard against you getting close to Lady Agnes, but I never expected that I would fall into the ambush of these heretics."

"You figured it out a long time ago?"

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow. He had been wondering why Decari had been chatting closely with Agnes and intentionally or unintentionally hindering him from getting close to Agnes. It turned out that the other party had seen through him and was doing it on purpose.

"I figured it out last night. I was just trying to find out your purpose."

Dekari said softly, "But now that we're all prisoners, it's pointless."

Last night... Ye Xiao pouted. Was his disguise really that bad?

"Look on the bright side. Isn't Agnes a daughter of a prominent family? Could she be carrying some kind of tracking device that would make it easier for the family to track her?"

"You know she snuck out. With something like that, how could she have snuck out..."

Dekari sighed, "If we listen to them, we'll be taken off this island the next day. No matter how fast the Sanctuary is, they can't find us before then."

"Alright... what's done is done, we'll see what happens when the time comes."

Ye Xiao was quite carefree; he was actually quite interested in seeing what these Dark Shepherds were up to. "You can have the haystacks, I'll go find another one... wait, is that a sleeping bag piled up in the corner?"

Ye Xiao then noticed a black cloth bag in the dark corner. He walked over and turned it over with his shackled hands, only to be surprised to find that it was actually a petite girl wrapped in a large cloak.

The girl had her eyes closed, her small face tucked into her hood, and looked like she was asleep. No wonder the others hadn't noticed her at first.

The other knights in the cell also looked over at this moment, and their expressions immediately became quite interesting.

There was no other reason than that this petite girl, who had long been imprisoned, was none other than Iphie, the girl they had been searching for.

Chapter 89 Underground River

"Forehead……?"

Ye Xiao looked at Yi Fei, who seemed to be sleeping peacefully, and was rather speechless.

He turned to face the group of knights, then asked with a slightly complicated expression, "This must be... the person you're looking for?"

If we're to say that Iphie is in cahoots with the Dark Shepherd, then the treatment she's received in prison is far too poor.

But to say they're not in cahoots would be an a bit too peaceful for the little guy to be sleeping like that.

Decali was clearly struggling and didn't quite understand the current situation.

Fortunately, the girl's round, oval face, which Ye Xiao had been turning over, suddenly twitched, and her sleepy eyes slowly opened.

Those crystal-clear eyes, like a lake, reflected the figures of Ye Xiao and the group of knights, revealing a pure and innocent clarity.

"Huh!? Who...who are you people? Where am I!?"

"Your question seems simple, but it's actually quite difficult for me to answer simply."

Ye Xiao shrugged. "As things stand... just treat us as your roommates."

"...Wait, you are...you are that Templar Knight!"

Looking at Ye Xiao's illusionary Orfino face, Iphie suddenly exclaimed in panic, "Did you capture me?!"

It's no wonder that Ivy didn't recognize him at first, after all, Ye Xiao was now a prisoner with his armor removed and his hair disheveled, a far cry from the handsome Orfindo he once was.

Ye Xiao held up the shackles on his wrists and waved them in front of Ifi. "Are you serious? Do I look like the guard responsible for watching over you?"

"Forehead……"

Iphie looked around and saw several burly Templar Knights wearing shackles like Ye Xiao, and seemed to realize something.

If she was truly captured by this "Orfino," then it seems unnecessary for "Orfino" to put shackles on himself as well.

"Then why am I locked up here...?"

Iphie was somewhat confused.

"You'll have to ask yourself that question."

Ye Xiao asked Yi Fei, "What exactly happened between when you escaped from the tavern and just now that made you appear here?"

"I……"

Ifi looked at Ye Xiao warily. "Why should I tell you!"

Ye Xiao shrugged. "Because I caught your partner."

“Weixingtong and Duojian, are those the names? They’ve been detained by the other Templars I left in town. If you don’t give us some information, we can’t leave here, and they’ll be executed first thing tomorrow morning.”

Hearing Ye Xiao's calm and collected threat, Ifi's eyes widened in panic. "How could you do this! What does this have to do with them?!"

"I don't want to either."

Ye Xiao glanced at Dekari beside him, "Right, Captain?"

"Uh... um."

Decali didn't know what expression to make.

This guy pretending to be Orfindo is even fooling a child like this; he's completely disgraced the Sanctuary.

But on the other hand, they seemed to have no other choice but to let him try to fool the little guy to see if he could find a glimmer of hope.

"Bad...so bad!!"

Ifi's small body trembled with anger, but she was now just a subordinate in shackles, a prisoner, and there was nothing she could do about Ye Xiao.

"There's nothing I can do. I never imagined we'd be caught on such a tiny, run-down island. So you'd better tell the truth; it'll be better for both of us."

Ye Xiao said slowly and deliberately.

"Damn it... but... I don't know how I got to this place."

Helpless, Iphie finally muttered softly.

“There’s no point in you lying to me. Even if I wanted to believe you, your partner would be executed as long as I can’t get out of this cell.”

"I am not kidding!"

Ifi panicked, "I...I don't know why, but I always feel like I suddenly lose consciousness, and then when I wake up, I find myself in some place I don't recognize!"

"When I was arrested this time... I clearly remember running into the alley, but after taking a couple of steps I suddenly felt dizzy, and when I came to my senses, I found myself in a dark room..."

"Uh, sleepwalking?"

Ye Xiao asked, puzzled.

"If you put it that way... it does seem somewhat similar."

Effie looked down at her dirty little hands. "But it's like being forced into a deep sleep and then suddenly starting to sleepwalk... It's as if, as if there was another me acting while I was unconscious."

Split personality?

Ye Xiao's eyes showed pity. Poor child, I never expected that he would develop a mental illness at such a young age.

“I remember there were two Templars lying at my feet at that time.”

"Templar Knights? The two who were chasing you?"

"Maybe so. They were wearing helmets and there wasn't a sound of life in them... I was so scared that I thought they were all dead."

Iphie pursed her lips.

"I passed out again in the dark room not long after. It was a very uncomfortable feeling... I couldn't control my consciousness. No matter how alert I was, I would suddenly lose consciousness without realizing it."

"When I woke up again, I was in a drab, gray cave... But although it was called a cave, there were some stone steps and such around it, making it look like an empty sacrificial site..."

As Iphie spoke, she glanced outside the fence. "Ah, it's very similar to this place, but without that strange, large spherical statue."

Ye Xiao pondered, could there be another Dark Shepherd's sacrificial site on the island?

But the absence of Lydia's statue... is rather strange.

“Strange figures, like ghosts, would occasionally flash by there,”