Rise of the Inquisition (Arcs 7-9)

Chapter 198: Troubles

Sometime after the meeting finished. Jingks opened up the door into Evius' Library, and he saw Evius, sitting in the same chair she was sitting in from the day before. Her long legs were crossed, looking down at the book she was reading for only a few more moments, before she closed her book and turned to look at Jingks.

"Jingks, good timing."
"Evius, I was told by Clerius that you needed me for something?"

Evius nodded her head.

"Indeed I do. Come here Jingks, let's have a discussion about some things."

Jingks fully walked into the room, and he shut the door into the library behind him. He walked over to Evius and sat down in the chair next to her.

"Discussion about what?"

"About what me and the rest of the Council spoke about after you left, concerning what the Council plan on doing with Mordred and the Inquisition."

"What specifically did you all discuss? Have the Council finally decided to see things the way that the Inquisition sees it?"

"No... I'm afraid not. The Council has instead opted to test the Inquisition."

Jingks placed his left hand on his chin.

"Test the Inquisition? How do they plan on that? And why would they? Aren't they worried about the Legion of Death."

"The Council is worried about the Legion of Death, and they want the Inquisition to help High Garden when the time comes. However, they do not wish to lose what would be gained by having Mordred punished. Now. Tomorrow, they plan on having the trial start again. They will request the Inquisition and Mordred herself to show up. This new trial will not be public as the last one was, it will only be kept to a small amount of people who King Arthur trusts. Concerning what the Council wishes to accomplish. The Council wishes to see how far the Inquisition is willing to go."
"So how do they plan on testing the Inquisition, and seeing how far we are willing to go during this trial?"

"King Arthur will at first be starting with light stuff; Mordred's execution--"

"That isn't light stuff--"
"Sanctioning the Inquisition, deporting the Inquisition out of High Garden - without Mordred, and also considering sanctioning the Kingdom of Orion."

Jingks sighed deeply. Everything that Evius had just mentioned wasn't light stuff, nowhere near it.

"So what's the heavy stuff?"

"The extremes that they are willing to threaten the Inquisition with includes - but not limited to; invasion of the Kingdom of Orion, the annexation of Anvil, attacks against the Inquisition in the Kingdom of Orion, or attacks against establishments in the Kingdom of Orion who work or do sales with the Inquisition. And much more."

Jingks sighed deeply. Everything that Evius just mentioned wasn't heavy stuff, it was all things taken to the extreme. Even though the Inquisition could defend establishments in the Kingdom of Orion from High Garden, the threat alone would make establishments across the Kingdom of Orion stop working with them. Everything else besides that, the Inquisition could deal with.

"Is this definite?"

Evius nodded her head.

"The Council's plans are indeed definite, since they have already decided to head down this path there is no chance they will go back on it."

"Will their test turn into something more?"

"To be determined Jingks. But from my understanding, if they fail at getting the Inquisition to allow Mordred to receive some form of punishment, they will hide the fact the trial ever happened and will end up using me to fix their reputation with the Inquisition - that would be shattered by testing the Inquisition in this way."