Chapter 419: Chapter 328: Shadow of the Demon

Baptism presented a tangible representation of a demon.

The conductor of the Holy City choir, who had once reported excessive entertainment devices on her ship while traveling to the Ashen Church’s colony for a preaching performance on aboard Baptism’s flagship, was deemed by Baptism as the most evil demon in the world.

He was a middle-aged man with a Mediterranean hairstyle, rigid and boring.

Based on this feature, Baptism indicated that baldness was likely one of the important physical characteristics of demons.

Jiuyue, from a scientific perspective, expounded her understanding of demons.

She believed that demons should not naturally equate with evil. From a biological and genetic perspective, demons should be intelligent beings similar to humans, with a wide membership, including many subspecies, among which ogres were one of the core strengths of the demons.

Facing this student with a strong scientific spirit, Duan Mingyuan picked up Jiuyue’s tail, quieting the fox in this manner.

After engaging in slander and defamation, Jiuyue also strove to make the naive Baptism accept her view on demons. She classified the choir conductor among the hard-boiled egg demons, characterized by their balding troubles upon reaching the age of thirty.

This distinguished them from regular humans.

Just as ogres cannot control their desire to eat humans, bald demons cannot control showing themselves in their bald state.

When Baptism curiously asked Duan Mingyuan how many people he had eaten so far, he realized he might need a gag, which would help Jiuyue stay quieter.

This was actually a very interesting discovery in the study of fox demons.

It is well known that fox demons have a strong biting ability. Jiuyue, when serious, could bite through the armor of Long Branch Guards but could never break a plastic-made gag.

"Mr. Mingyuan, I think you should be a bit more astute,"

Jiuyue said, "We’ve been in this godforsaken place all morning!"

"This is not a godforsaken place, but the sacred Holy City Library."

"Fine, we’ve been in this godforsaken Holy City Library all morning."

Even a patient fox demon would feel bored.

She had tried to flip through some Ashen Church scriptures but all the content invariably made her sleepy, and many of their views were outright nonsensical, in complete defiance of common sense.

She really did not want to stay in this dreadful place any longer.

However, Jiuyue had already learned to be clever long ago. With her strength as a frail woman, it was simply impossible for her to shake Duan Mingyuan, this formidable demon. After all, even among all demonkind, ogres ranked among the most powerful.

Therefore, without hesitation, she pulled the young Baptism into the fray, "You promised to install a full set of home entertainment equipment for her, even an ogre kidnapper shouldn’t break his word."

"I think Sister Jiuyue makes sense. Every invention needs time to settle, it’s time for us to leave!"

The two immediately formed a united front.

The Eyeball Robot said loudly in its synthesized electronic voice, "Anyway, the content of the books has already been scanned into the database, so you can still view them once you’re back!"

"Keep your voice down, the librarian is watching you,"

Duan Mingyuan reminded the other.

The young librarian had always been too intimidated to speak out against the actions of Baptism.

This was clearly an abuse of the power of the Judge.

However, Baptism remained unmoved. The Eyeball Robot turned towards the librarian, showing a vicious expression, "What are you looking at? I leaked these documents myself, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the Baptism Judge!"

The speech, which seemed to flout the law, immediately made the librarian shrink back in fear.

"I can’t pretend I didn’t hear that."

But not everyone was afraid to provoke the Judge, a bald head peeked out from between two rows of bookshelves not far away. He wore a black clerical robe and a pair of delicate gold-rimmed glasses, striding towards the table like a priest.

This was Duan Mingyuan’s first encounter with the middle-aged man, but his evident racial characteristics already revealed his identity.

It was the Bald Demon race.

No, he was the Choir’s conductor.

Duan Mingyuan reflected internally, realizing he too had been led astray by Jiuyue and Baptism.

"Baptism, you are as indecent as ever."

The man looked down imperiously at Baptism and the pile of snack wrappers in front of her, his tone dripping with sarcasm.

Through the conversation between Jiuyue and Baptism that Duan Mingyuan had just heard, he knew the Choir conductor held a rank equal to that of Baptism. Therefore, even though she thought this bald man was the most evil person in the universe and had reported the entertainment equipment on her flagship, she was powerless against the Choir conductor.

This time, Baptism again fully exhibited the traits of a keyboard warrior.

Her face, previously sharp, now averted guiltily, and the brash Eyeball Robot seemed deflated as well.

Timid in person, but fierce behind the screen.

Duan Mingyuan had no doubt that if the two had met online, Baptism could have berated the Choir conductor into submission using her keyboard.

Of course, this was provided that the forum allowed for nicknames and anonymity.

There was nothing more embarrassing than this. The discussion between Jiuyue and Baptism was not quiet, and the Choir conductor was less than ten meters away from them; no doubt hearing every word about demons and baldness loud and clear.

"Regarding your act of leaking the Church’s secrets to heretics, I will report everything to the Pope."

After saying this, his gaze, sharp as a hawk’s, fell upon Duan Mingyuan.

Duan Mingyuan felt that perhaps internal auditing within the Church would suit this man with a formidable presence better than conducting a Choir.

"I must state in advance, I had no intention of eavesdropping. It’s just that your conversation earlier was quite loud, making it hard not to hear."

The atmosphere in the library was incredibly tense, as if a fight could break out at any moment.

Just as Duan Mingyuan thought the Choir conductor would pin a crime on him and judge him like the previous Iron Blood Bishop had, the man suddenly said, "Although you are a heretic, according to doctrine, the Choir has an obligation to educate anyone about the dangers demons pose to this world... Tonight, the Choir has a performance at the Holy City Cathedral, and many important figures will attend. Perhaps it can answer your questions."

Leaving those words behind, the man turned elegantly and strode towards the spiral staircase.

Only after making sure the man had left, did the keyboard warrior Baptism reignite her fighting spirit.

"You’re not really planning to attend the Choir’s performance, are you?"

"What’s the problem?"

"Don’t be fooled, it’s just because the Choir’s performance is so terrible, they can’t sell tickets. That’s why they resort to such tactics to lure people in!"

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