After asking a few more questions and making sure that they could not get any more clues from Yeager, Roger and his group left his home. Walking on the country road, the four of them said nothing, all bowing their heads and thinking silently.
"I think we need to check it out separately." Roger broke the silence first.
"I think it's necessary." Randy agreed.
"Look, Randy, go to the temple on the island and see if there's anything wrong with that priest Lundit.
Matar before you go, let's take another look in the cave where we killed the Gathering Religion. Elfa will investigate the widows of those men. I will go back to the Earl's Mansion to see if they have any new discoveries."
Without further ado, the group decided on the direction and then separated. Roger went towards the Earl's Mansion while thinking about the clues he had learned before. The more he thought about it, the colder he felt down his spine.
"These people, what on earth do they want to do?"
As he was running, Roger suddenly had an idea. He took out the list in his arms and began to carefully screen those who were circled in red.
"Indeed there is!"
Among the Nords circled in red on the list, there is a familiar name: Noel, the one who fell into the water!
Seeing the name, Roger changed direction and galloped towards the dock without stopping.
"Are you talking about Noel?" The fisherman Oda was a dark-faced man. Years of fishing with nets made him look very strong. He was chewing the fruit he had just bought from the market while looking at the calm lake.
"I also found it very strange when he fell into the water last time. He was standing on the boat fine, but suddenly he turned pale and trembled all over as if he was sick. He sank very quickly. When a few of us who could swim swam over, he had already disappeared."
Roger sat opposite Oda, and the boat leaning against the shore was swaying slightly with the water, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. After listening to Oda's words, he hurriedly asked: "Does Noel usually make enemies with others? Arguing or fighting?"
"Absolutely not." Oda shook his head firmly. "Noel has a good temper and is popular with people. People on the island who know him like him very much, and he has a good relationship with Pastor Marco. You have to know that the status of the pastor on our island is very high. Who dares to mess with someone who can get on good terms with the pastor?"
"Marco?" Roger thought for a moment and continued to ask, "Does Noel have a good relationship with Pastor Marco?"
"Better than good. Let me tell you, when Noel first came to our town, he was fleeing with his sister. Because they were Nords, they were not welcome. Pastor Marco was a good person and often took care of him. Later, their relationship became better and better. Noel even married his sister Elizabeth to Pastor Marco."
"Isn't Marco's wife the one who got sick and died a while ago?"
"Yes, the girl was very beautiful. Marco treated her very well when she was alive. Later, I heard that she had scurvy, a disease that even the priest couldn't cure. I don't know how many times Priest Marco tried, but she still died in the end.
Pastor Marco has refused to bury her since her death. He even brought back a lot of ice from outside, saying that he wanted to preserve his lover's body. Although his intentions were touching, it was always a rule that people should be buried after they die.
She is going to be buried, ah, it's just his infatuation." Speaking of this, Oda also sighed, "Since her death, Pastor Marco seems to have changed. He used to be very cheerful, but now he is serious. He cried for days, and even his voice is hoarse now."
After the chat, Roger gave Oda two gold coins. Seeing how generous he was, the old fisherman was about to enthusiastically hand the fruit in his hand to Roger to eat. But before he could stretch out his hand, Roger had already run ten meters away, leaving behind only a cloud of dust.
The four of them agreed to meet at the Earl's Mansion. When Roger returned there, it was already evening, and the three of them had already returned.
"Roger, didn't you came back to the Earl's Mansion? Why did you run out again?" asked Martar.
"I went to the dock. I originally wanted to check on the guy who fell into the water, but based on what I learned from the fishermen, it seems that Priest Marco of the temple is more suspicious." Roger repeated to the three of them what he had just heard from Oda.
"There's something wrong with this Marco!"
Randy frowned and said, "From what I learned at the temple, there is no problem with Pastor Lundit. He moved here from Wanda, a village near Kulun, and has been a pastor here for five years. His background is clean and spotless. When I was chatting with several of their pastors, I heard them say that Marco is a very mysterious person. No one knows where he came from, and no one knows why he came here. The reason why Count Martin took him in was, first, because of his identity as a pastor, and second, because he is indeed very capable. However, the priests have always been wary of this priest who is not in the establishment, and they are contacting the Holy Land to send someone to investigate him recently."
"Well, I have some information here as well." Elfa nodded. "I just asked those women one by one. They said that when Marco treated their husbands, they were never allowed to watch. Moreover, every time he treated them, their husbands screamed in agony and seemed to be in great pain."
"Matar, what about you?" Roger said, and the three men turned their eyes to the female orc warrior.
Matar said nothing, but took out a crumpled piece of straw paper from her arms and slowly handed it to them.
The words on the paper were already blurred, and the people could only read and guess at the same time before they could roughly sort out the information in the letter.