temple years ago. I had long believed she had been under some influence there that was not good for her. Perhaps that influence was more than just on her, but me as well. I often felt I had to go to such lengths with Bella something I will be looking into should this body grant me mercy. If you look at the reports, the severity of the actions against the girls increases the more they go to the temple, do they not?"

  Lord Corvais's watched as the devotee to Naomi's temple looked through the attendance logs and compared them to the healing notes of Reza and the other healers who often dealt with the abuse cases. After several silent moments the devotee confirmed that this was indeed the case by nodding to the emperor. In truth Lord Corvais highly doubted that there was a real correlation between the two besides those like him expressing their displeasure of those they abused going where they could not be reached. He was, however, not above spinning such a tale if it could be used to strengthen his chances of escaping this trial less unscathed.

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  "It seems Lord Corvais that there could be some truth to this. I doubt though you would be implying that the goddess Naomi was influencing you against your daughter to strengthen her number of followers?" came the normally warm voice of the emperor now dangerously cold.

  "Of course, not emperor! I merely think someone saw an opportunity to harm not only me but the city in such away by swaying the girl's actions to the extreme. I would not be surprised if we dig far enough that this Reza has more of a hand in this than we think. In almost all the cases of those who have left with my daughter each had something to do with it as from my understanding with Reza as their primary healer. While a kunai slave she had leave to visit Naomi's temple as she saw fit? She may have used her magic and influence to orchestrate this plan without taking any risk as she has a history of running away it was only when she was enlisted to temple service that these attempts stopped."