The Secret Code of Monsters.

Chapter 281 Ch.280 Diary
The thick book Rebecca Fiennes found held no secrets.

The cover is dark blue, similar to the colour of the afternoon sky in Bristol.

It is made of solid cardboard, and the spine is sparsely dotted with gold powder.

There are so many pages in it that it feels heavy in my hand.

This is a diary.

The line of cursive words on the title page is from the Book of Eden:
'The Benefactor turns all disasters into blessings.'

In the corner of the title page, there was a name crossed out: Brent.

Below is written in black ink, different from the blue cursive:
'It's mine now, old bastard Brent.'

'Ram Fiennes.'

Obviously, this diary came from two different people who should have known each other.

Fiennes was not the first owner of the diary.

Roland flipped through the next few pages and found something interesting:
Below the blue handwriting representing 'Brent', there is often a black ink mark representing 'Ram Fiennes'.

There are long and short.

But it’s not written every day, and the time jumps are very large.

——Sometimes a page is mostly covered with blue writing, and black writing will be written in large letters on the back of the page.

It’s like the conversation that follows, across time and space.

Very interesting.

The first page.

Neither color says much.

Blue reads: "Executive life is too boring."

Black wrote: "You complained too many times when we drank together, old bastard."

There is a large blank space below the two lines of text.

The second page.

The blue words read: "Marlott killed another person... no, I should say, burned him to death. I could clearly hear his wailing in the flames, his painful struggles, and the pungent smell that almost made me vomit on the spot."

"I will never forget that scene."

"but."

"I have no pity for those who are burned."

"His foolish behavior led to the death of his wife and two children. Although he knew nothing about it, he killed people out of ignorance and should die out of ignorance."

"Marlot did nothing wrong."

Next up, in black, is Ram Fiennes's lettering.

Very short.

"I never knew you had such a sissy past, old bastard."

Roland couldn't help laughing as he flipped through the pages.

The third page.

The blue one reads: "Today, a friend of Marlott's - I think he runs a tavern? His place was robbed, and three boys under the age of twelve were arrested."

"The benefactor is above!"

"It's not the business of the executive officer to be involved in this matter!"

"He knocked out all the teeth in those three kids' mouths!"

"I don't know. I don't know if it's the right thing to do, but that's Marlotte's friend..."

Write in black:

"What is an Enforcer? A police officer with powers far beyond those of ordinary people."

"If it were me, I would never show mercy to those who do evil, regardless of age or gender."

Page 4.

Brent – ​​That blue letter says a lot.

It takes up almost an entire page.

"I am becoming more and more confused."

"Since 'that incident' happened, the people in the Inquisition have been in a panic. Some people have never appeared again... I heard from Marlott that they left with the 'big sin'..."

"Or be put to death with him."

"Who knows?"

"We discussed it privately, but we didn't dare to discuss it too much. The new chief judge seemed to have loosened up the requirements for the executors, and most people were very happy about it. They needed some loose power, freedom, and a scale that they could control themselves."

"That's good...right?"

"I have no idea."

"Marlott beat a woman in the street today because she asked for three more shillings after serving him, saying it took too long..."

"She is not a cultist, benefactor..."

"Is this really a good thing?"

"We shouldn't have such authority, and we shouldn't do such things."

"Marlotte is wrong."

There is no black ink on the pages after this paragraph.

Next.

Page 5.

"Marlott is dead."

"Died at the hands of three cultists."

"When we arrived, he and the two women working there were wrapped in a piece of 'skin' - I can't describe what we saw when we cut the skin with a dagger." "The executive officer shouldn't have died like this."

"My captain shouldn't have died in the bed of two lowly women..."

"This is the fault of the cultists, and also the fault of Marlot, my captain. He was addicted to playing with the power that came from nowhere, and gradually lost his vigilance. He was more keen to listen to those flattery and false praises..."

"I would never do that."

Page six.

"I'm the captain now."

"I don't know if I can do this job well, but I'll try my best."

Page 7.

"To be honest, I never knew it was so easy to find an easy and well-paid job for my son."

"Marlot's former friend, the tavern owner, has opened a new tavern at the port."

"He thought my son was very suitable for this job and offered him a salary three times higher than usual."

"Why shouldn't I agree?"

"There is a glow of friendship between us."

Page 8.

"I hate it when people make fun of me."

"Really, I think I did a pretty good job, compared to Marlotte."

"I don't charge too much money, and I won't knock anyone's teeth out in the street."

"Why do you, the scum of the church, taunt me?"

"Just because I sold a cross for three pounds?"

"They use some stone carvings and pious expressions, listen to those nonsense without any reason, and then easily take a lot of money from the pockets of believers - we executives never do that."

"so."

"Three pounds, so what?"

"After all, I have a wife and a son. I need to consider more."

Page 9.

The handwriting on this page is very illegible.

"I have to be transferred."

"The reputation of the executive officer is getting worse and worse. He is almost like a stray dog ​​on the roadside."

"Damn it."

"Do those executives really have to make their reputations like this?"

"The Chief Judge did nothing. The authority that once belonged to us and was in our hands was taken away by the white-robed 'creams' of the church."

“That was originally ours.”

"I have to transfer."

"ASAP."

Page ten.

There is no blue ink on this page.

The whole book is written by Ram Fiennes.

"Old Brent is dead."

"During a battle with ghosts."

“It’s really eye-opening.”

"I actually witnessed the birth and fall of an executive with my own eyes - to be honest, this line of work doesn't require a lot of ambition, but it also requires the most basic firmness in belief: Brent obviously had it once, but then lost it."

"He lost himself in power."

"He should think that things that do not belong to him are his own - we do not need power, we do not need anyone's praise, we do not need anyone's worship."

"Things that will corrupt the justice and holy flame in our hearts."

"I, who was about to become the sword of the Benefactor, witnessed the birth of a fallen person."

"Soon, I will be promoted to a higher level under the captain's leadership."

"Of course I can guarantee that I will never be like him or like his Marlotte."

"I have a stronger heart than them."

"I will leave more records in this diary, recording my advancement, from the beginning of the apprentice until the moment of stopping - then, I think this diary will represent a devout believer's silent irony to the impious."

"Oh, that's right."

"This thick diary has a total of 480 pages."

"From today on, I will write one article every week until ten years later, when I hand it over to my apprentices. By then, I should have become the captain, right?"

"Ten years, I need to have at least four rings."

"I will never be like them."

"See you next week."

"——Ram Fiennes, a ritualist who will definitely be extraordinary in the future."

Wow.

Roland held the old paper and flipped through the pages.

All blank.

No, this is the last page.

(End of this chapter)