Chapter 277 04.0276: "He and She"

"I! Cato Sicarius! Destroyer of the Thousand Sons traitors..."

When the captain of the Second Company of the Ultramarines led his team aboard the pilgrimage ship, everyone looked in silence at these demigods in gorgeous armor.

The battle was over, and the Ultramarines' Second Company had arrived a full nine minutes late.

"..." Sicarius was speechless for a moment, then explained calmly: "The shameful Ash traitors delayed our progress."

Ravenno and his attendants cleared the other cabins in an attempt to intercept the bishop.

But when he and Horatio arrived, the bishop had turned into a withered corpse, and the gem was nowhere to be found.

Immediately, the two Inquisitors ordered a search of the entire ship.

"Where's Military Supervisor Hood and Military Supervisor Melina..." Inquisitor Ravenno frowned, his face full of worry. "I tried to call her many times, but there was no response."

As soon as she heard Melina's name, Farida's eyes began to well up.

"The last time I saw her was..." Several people followed Farida towards the central church.

Once inside, they saw the room filled with the bodies of naval interns and stormtroopers.

The bodies of these men and women were torn into pieces and died in such a miserable way that it was horrifying to look at them at first sight.

"God Emperor above..." The horrifying scene made the people who came in shudder with fear.

Valina took off her helmet and put on her red beret. Her lips moved slightly as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she said nothing. She just silently performed the Sky Eagle salute to her fallen comrade.

But somehow, the bodies had not been desecrated and showed no signs of corruption.

This was not the same as what Farida remembered seeing when she last left.

Relying on her memory, Farida walked to the place where Melina Military Prison last protected her.

The scene that came into view made her pupils shrink into needles almost at the same time as Inquisitor Ravenno.

In an inconspicuous place, even the light from the church's crystal chandelier can only illuminate half of the corner.

The female military supervisor, her white uniform stained with blood, lay motionless with her back against the wall.

Both hands had been burned into horrible white bones by some force.

She lowered her head, and there was no life in her already blurred pupils, nor was there any trace of the evil pupils brought on by corruption.

"Military Inspector Melina!" Farida came forward.

Ravenno stood there in a daze, letting the storm in his heart tear at his soul. A tear silently slid down from the corner of his eye, followed by the next one. The tears silently carved two lines of sorrow on his face.

The scenes buried in the memory raged in my mind, and gradually faded after seeing her body.

……

"Why are you so stubborn! Do you think you can stop me from doing what I want?" A group of teenagers surrounded the young boy who was trapped in the corner, and said jokingly and mockingly.

"Get out of my way! That's Melina's stuff, get out!" The young Ravenno pushed away the boy who was a head taller than him and was blocking him.

"You don't even know whose parents you are, bastard. What are you blocking for?" The tall man kicked the short and skinny Ravenno, making him spit out sour water.

"Hey! Just take it, why are you hitting him?" Melina, who was still a little girl, grabbed the boy's arm and bit it.

"Ah!" The tall boy screamed and slapped Melina in the face, causing her to stagger and her cheeks to become red and swollen instantly.

"It's you guys again!" The young Feiyi came out of the orphanage cafeteria and saw this scene. Without saying a word, he attacked the teenagers who were making things difficult for his companions.

Melina and Ravenno, who had gotten up from the ground, also jumped up together, and the two sides wrestled with each other.

"It's just a broken copper rubbish. If you don't want it, then don't want it! Who wants it?"

Although these tall men relied on their height and age to act arrogantly, their nature as paper tigers was completely exposed once they really started fighting. They soon abandoned the stolen bronze eagle pendant and fled.

"These guys are weak and can't stand a fight, bah!" Fu Yi spat.

Ravenno picked up the Sky Eagle bronze medal from the ground and returned it to Melina.

"Thank you." The girl puffed up her swollen face and thanked.

"Did your parents give you this bronze medal?"

"I don't know. This was hung on me when I was sent to the orphanage." Melina shook her head.

"Hey, hey, have you heard? Just now when I was having dinner, I heard from the nun that tomorrow Zhongsi Academy will come to the nearby orphanage to select some people to go in."

"Then you might be the one chosen. You are strong and tall, and you are a good candidate for the army."

"I don't want to be a soldier. I want to be the boss of a workers' club, just like Uncle Pickton. He can make money and treat us well, and send us delicious food every now and then."

"Then it should be you, Ravenno. You are the smartest here." Melina smiled.

"Who knows? We'll see tomorrow."

the next day.

A man wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a white uniform, breeches and long boots came to the orphanage with a group of fully armed loyal stormtroopers.

"Wow! So impressive!" The children's eyes widened, and they were eager to try, wishing that they could be taken away to become such noble warriors.

"We are the special conscription team of the Abyss Port Military Supervision Bureau. We will take some children from here to Zhongsi College for training." A military supervision committee member in his 50s or 60s had wrinkles all over his face, but he was full of energy and spirit. He majestically took out the certificate from his coat pocket and handed it to the orphan director.

"It is an honor for you to come here to select talents for the empire. Please choose as you like. The children are waiting." The dean said respectfully.

When the military supervisor came to the orphans standing in several rows, he first put his hands behind his back, walked around the periphery of the children's formation with a serious expression, and observed their queues and standing postures.

There is no doubt that those who stand in a sloppy posture will not be selected, such as Feuilly with a look of disdain.

Soon, he noticed a boy. He was not tall, but he looked energetic, with his back straight, his hands behind his back like him, and his legs apart, looking very majestic.

The girl next to him also maintained the same standing posture. Although she was not bad, due to the special nature of the Military Supervisory Committee and the cruelty of the mission, he would rather have a boy.

He walked around behind the boy without anyone noticing and asked coldly, "What's your name?"

The boy was startled by his quiet steps and said quickly, "Clarence Ravenore!"

"Yes." The military supervisor nodded: "It's you. We only take one quota from here."

"Sir, please wait a moment!"

"Do you have any question?"

"The one next to me is Tadashi!"

The military supervisor frowned and looked at the girl next to him.

"She has a Sky Eagle pendant. I read in a book that only soldiers of the Empire have it. I think it may represent her background!"

The girl stared at Ravenno blankly.

The military supervisor walked around, inserted himself into the queue, and came in front of the girl.

He picked up the Sky Eagle pendant hanging around the girl's neck and studied the workmanship and information contained in it.

"What's your name? Child."

"Melina."

The military supervisor looked at the sign, remained silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "It's you, girl."

The old military supervisor pressed the girl's shoulders and led her out of the queue.

Soon, the handover was completed.

Melina looked at Ravenno blankly, as if to ask, 'What are you going to do then?'

Ravenno smiled crookedly, put one hand in his pocket, turned his back and waved at her. No one knew what expression he had on his face that day.

Feuilly curled his lips and shook his head, muttering, "This idiot, you always save face. Who can't see that you like her? Hey, who knows if you will have the chance to say it out loud in the future. How stupid! She has been waiting all this time."

Later, a man named Gideon Ravenor, who claimed to be his ancestor, took him out of the orphanage.

From then on, the two people's life trajectories turned to the Inquisitor of the Anti-Foreign Order and the Commissioner of the Naval Supervisory Commissioner respectively.

Decades passed in a flash, and both of them were almost forty years old, but they were still single and had hardly ever met each other again.

Ravenno walked towards Melina tremblingly, taking out the instrument and confirming her vital signs again without giving up.

The infinitely extending horizontal line on the heart rate monitor was as dead silent as his heart.

"Inquisitor...are you okay?" Horatio, who was standing behind him, faintly heard the sobbing that was being suppressed.

Ravenno closed Melina's eyes woodenly with his hands.

"When we set out on this path, I knew that we would all die one day." His voice trembled:

"But death is not terrible. What is terrible is being killed by the devil and having your soul tortured forever..."

"Yes." Horatio took off his helmet and stood there solemnly.

He had no way to comfort the Inquisitor, because this world was so cruel. Those who were killed by demons would have their souls devoured and would never be reborn.

This is probably why the Inquisitor himself is so sad.

He looked tremblingly at the forbidden book "The Book of the Dead" that he had kept.

A terrible and blasphemous voice seemed to whisper to him:
'Open me, I have the means to save her soul.'

'Want to save her? Read me.'

Inquisitor Ravenno stared at the Necronomicon motionlessly, and his heart began to waver.

Horatio saw something and quickly stepped forward to hold the Inquisitor's shoulder: "Inquisitor, your duty is to destroy this copy, have you forgotten?"

Despite Horatio's persuasion, he remained motionless.

His mind was in conversation with the book.

Suddenly, the captured copy was wrapped in a ball of psychic energy, slowly floated up, and then was quickly hooked away.

Some people quickly turned around and looked at the alien that had appeared behind them without anyone noticing, and almost drew their weapons at the same time.

(End of this chapter)