Part 8: Candle and Lion

George: My Lady—My Lady—!
Dikke: ...?
George: Are you leaving now?
Dikke: I am.
Dikke: So there are no more wrongdoings to be reported?
George: No, certainly not!
George stood tall as if to stand in her way, vigorously waving his hands as if to protest.
George: But where was your judgement?
George: No one was punished, for Brother Chester...
Dikke: I made my verdict, do you doubt my judgement?
George: But I don't understand...
Dikke: That the fearful do fearful things is in their nature ... they will bring their own judgement on themselves in time.
George: But what if—
George: They become afraid of me... what if they seek vengeance>?
Dikke: Should that happen, I will return to carry out a harsher sentence.
George: ...
Dikke: Oh, George... I left a reward for you. You will find it on the shelf in the tavern, the highest one.
George: Yes, My Lady—!
George: May the Lord watch over you, and have a safe journey!
The night had settled in.
The town returned to its usual peace and quiet.
Some things slowly decaying, as others grew unheeded.
Dikke: All is finished here.
Dikke: The specific cases and evaluations for each person are to be sorted and filed as follows.
Dikke: ...
Dikke: The numerous violations of trust by the monastery merit increased scrutiny and supervision of their order in the future ...
Dikke: The local congregation sadly are of an impressionable kind, and had been easily swayed by their fears and the machinations of those that manipulated them.
Dikke: They will need additional guidance and admonition to grow wiser and more resilient.
Dikke: ...
Dikke: Malachi, the monk in charge of the daily affairs of the monastery.
Dikke: Has proven a greedy, cowardly, drunken lout...
Dikke: ...As for Chester, an arcanist working in the guise of a monk.
Dikke: Multiple instances of privately dissecting corpses.
Dikke: His cause of death is most complicated.
Dikke: Smeared by rumors—
Dikke: Injured by the townsfolk—
Dikke: Neglected by his brothers, who preferred superstitious fear to grace—
Dikke: Yet ultimately, in trying to prove his convictions, he slipped and fell from the tower to his death.
Dikke: ...
Dikke: The book "Mysteries of the Human Body" has been transcribed and is attached at the end of this report.
Some time had passed, and at last Dikke completed her records.
The long night would eventually come to an end.
And the sun would rise once more.