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Chapter 117: Inappropriate
"Send them to each city. The Celestial Destiny Empire will not allow black blood to flow in the world."
Helena expressed her attitude, and after that, she had no worry anymore.
The Light Judgment Hall is professional and invincible; hardly anyone dares to harm a Light Judge, for that’s a crime more severe than regicide, a blasphemy so grave that even skinning and bone extraction cannot offset the sin.
The blasphemer’s entire race would be implicated, and even death would be a luxury.
Such sinners are usually burned by the holy fire for forty-nine days to cleanse their sins before descending into hell for continued suffering.
The Light Judgment Hall has acted many times throughout history. Initially, some dared to organize resistance, but as more people screamed in agony from holy fire torture, fewer dared to resist the Light Judges.
In modern times, it’s been 150 years since anyone dared to defy the enforcement actions of a Light Judge.
Even the most vicious people, driven to desperation, only dare to choose suicide when cornered by Light Judges, thus ensuring a peaceful departure without dragging their families down with them.
"I’ll start arranging it right away. Within three days, I’ll ensure Light Judges are spread across the Celestial Destiny Empire. However, as discussed, for those deemed guilty by the Light Judges, we must take thirty percent of their wealth, with the rest being nationalized by my sister, and my sister must pay the price you promised us."
Seeing Helena’s resolute attitude, Sifrin naturally wouldn’t persuade her otherwise. Yet, the Judgment Hall has its rules; though it’s essentially doing commissioned work, the rule of taking thirty percent of illicit money has been an extra condition retained for nearly two thousand years. Anyway, it’s based on a voluntary principle; employers can cancel the action any time before it starts, with the Light Church Court only charging a ten percent fee as a penalty.
"Money is not a problem, as long as the job is done well. Don’t wrong a good person, and don’t spare a bad one."
Helena is quite affluent now; after the confiscation of the possessions of the Celestial Destiny City’s nobles, her treasury has multiplied by hundreds compared to the Late Emperor’s time. It’s estimated that even the combined treasuries of the other Seven Great Empires would be no match for hers, as they don’t dare to wield the knife against all nobles.
"You can rest assured, sister. Light Judges are adherents to absolute justice. If they were to commit corruption or misconduct, there’s no need for you to intervene; they would be consumed by heart fire, suffering for three days and nights until they perish."
Sifrin patted her ample chest, indicating her subordinates could definitely be trusted. Don’t be fooled by her occasional carelessness as a leader; the reliability of Light Judges has withstood a millennia of tests.
"Then, sister, you should arrange it quickly. The sooner it is implemented, the less suffering for the empire’s people."
Upon Helena’s words, Sifrin promptly saluted her and left with her people.
After Sifrin left, Helena sighed heavily, as if the massive burden on her shoulders suddenly lightened greatly.
Afterward, she didn’t linger long in the Golden Hall but returned to her chambers for a bath and applied a relatively elegant makeup before dismissing her attendants and went alone to find Lynn.
However, as soon as she reached the palace she arranged for Lynn, she heard tumult inside even before entering.
It seemed Natasha was arguing with someone, as her dragon roars could be heard through the door.
"You’re meddling too much! If you don’t want to wear it, then don’t, why bother me about wearing it! Since the Saint Emperor likes it, I’m definitely going to wear it for him to see!"
Just as she pushed open the door to the palace, Natasha’s voice came through. Helena looked up and saw Natasha standing with her hands on her hips, confronting Catherine fiercely. Catherine, holding a cat in her arms, also glared at Natasha with equal stubbornness. Even the cat in her arms bared its claws towards Natasha, displaying the boldness of a newborn kitten unafraid of dragons.
"You... uh."
Since Helena and Natasha were knight partners, and she had a decent relationship with Catherine, she wanted to mediate upon entering. But upon speaking, she noticed Natasha wearing a very short skirt, with her two long legs encased in black stockings.
Natasha’s figure was already good, and wearing black stockings highlighted her beautiful legs, making them even more attractive. Upon closer examination, those black stockings even had lace trims, evidently high-quality items.
As a noblewoman from the royal family, Helena was naturally familiar with the stockings recently popular across the continent, though she had never worn them.
It wasn’t that she thought these were bad things, as they were so-called demonic items from the Demon Realm; mainly, she hadn’t had a man to wear stockings for to please him before.
Now she had such a man, yet unexpectedly Natasha had already taken the first step.
"Helena, you’re here! Come judge for me; this is a gift from the Saint Emperor, which I really like, so I wore it. What’s wrong with that? But Catherine says my dragon nature is exposed and calls me a lewd dragon. Can she talk like that?"
The atmosphere in the palace was initially tense, but Helena’s unexpected appearance broke it. Seeing her good partner coming, Natasha immediately approached, seeking Her Majesty the Empress’s support with grievance.
"Uh... Of course, Catherine was wrong to say that. However, based on your character, I can roughly guess what you just did..."
From the bottom of her heart, Helena favored Natasha a bit, and Catherine’s words were indeed a bit harsh.
But based on her understanding of Natasha, and seeing Lynn covering two children’s eyes, she indeed couldn’t completely side with Natasha.
If her guess was right, Natasha didn’t just like the gift and wore it; it must have been because Lynn liked it, so she changed her skirt to stockings in front of everyone, including the children...
If it were privately worn for Lynn, or even for some playful reason, there wouldn’t be anything to say.
But doing so in front of the children was a bit inappropriate. You can’t completely ignore the impact simply because the children are all little girls; this negligence can easily lead children astray.
Catherine’s anger is understandable, though she shouldn’t have called Natasha a lewd dragon because she knows Natasha well—that aside from Lynn, she never had any thoughts towards other men.
"What’s the matter, Lynn immediately covered children’s eyes. Moreover, I was wearing underpants, there was no exposure even when changing skirts and stockings."
Natasha was stubbornly arguing; among the Dragon Race, doing such things was never as cautious as the Human Race. What could children learn from watching? In fact, Dragon Race’s children are inherently ’bad’ from birth in this regard...