The Brooding Duke’s Guide to the Lie-Detecting Lady by Mayo Momoyo

Author:Mayo Momoyo [Momoyo, Mayo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cross Infinite World
Published: 2026-03-31T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5: The Ordination Ceremony

“WOW, it’s such a long procession!”

“The holy remains are inside the carriage at the front, which is surrounded by mounted soldiers. The pope is riding in the carriage at the rear. This is intended to signify that the holy remains are superior even to the pope.”

“A bunch of old bones are more important than a living person who’s working their hardest, huh?”

Bruno snorted at Ophelia’s innocent but tactless comment. In preparation for the Ordination Ceremony the following day, the holy remains were being transported from the Cathedral to the chapel inside the Royal Palace. Bruno had brought Ophelia to view the procession as a learning experience.

A large number of commoners had likewise gathered around the gate separating the Royal Palace grounds from the rest of the city, hoping to catch a glimpse of the procession transporting the holy remains.

“Is that so? The pope was really working that hard?” Bruno asked with a chuckle.

“That’s right, the pope was using a broom and tending to the gardens with his own hands,” Ophelia stated confidently.

In response, Bruno chuckled again and said, “I see. I suppose you have a point, then. ‘A bunch of old bones’ certainly aren’t going to clean anything.”

“Lord Bruno, do you want to get closer so we can see better?”

Bruno watched the procession draw closer, his eyes narrowed against the dust being kicked up by so many feet. At Ophelia’s suggestion, he turned to look at her with a puzzled expression. The movement caused his neatly trimmed hair to brush gently across his cheek.

“No, that’s not it. I was just thinking that if not for you guys proving my innocence, I wouldn’t be here now, watching this. It made me unusually emotional just thinking about it.”

With this, Bruno turned his back on the procession and muttered almost to himself that he needed to thank everyone again for gathering the evidence that exonerated him.

“All right, we should probably head back soon,” he said. “This will most likely be the last day of interrogations related to this case.”

They’d already determined that the target of the aristocrats Claudio and the others had been investigating was the Ordination Ceremony. Persistent investigation to track the whereabouts of the foreigners these aristocrats had brought in from other countries revealed that they frequently visited the National Art Museum and the Cathedral. Even now, mixed among the commoners outside the gate, were a number of foreigners intently observing the scene within.

Ophelia’s ability didn’t help when it came to guessing their exact objective. The investigation had determined that they were trying to interfere with the Ordination Ceremony, but the members of the Director’s Office would need to obtain a confession to learn any more than that.

Cancelling the Ordination Ceremony hadn’t been an option, so the Ministry of Safety had increased the number of guards for the event, and everyone related to the ceremony was being thoroughly investigated.

Bruno’s eyes caught on a few people not wearing uniforms scattered throughout the Royal Palace grounds, which theoretically shouldn’t be easy for civilians to infiltrate.

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