Chapter #126
The night before, Ronya and Jantzen had joined Zahid in his interrogation of the Aarantium worshippers. Normally, it would have just been the two of them conducting the questioning, but for some reason, Zahid had decided that he should do it himself this time.
They had already obtained all of the information that they needed, but Zahid wanted something more. They didn’t know what it was, but they followed along after him anyway as they were about to begin the interrogation.
The worshippers were being kept in an abandoned building outside of the palace. There were no inhabited houses nearby, and it was very unlikely that anyone would pass it.
The atmosphere on the way to the interrogation was rather cordial since Zahid and Aerta had made some clear progress in their relationship.
“So, does it look like we’ll be bringing an Empress back to the Empire with us?”
Ronya asked Zahid bashfully.
