Capítulo 364: Chapter 368: Chance Encounter and Reunion

Agatha checked the hidden compartment where the side portrait of the queen was concealed, and it was just as her subordinates had reported—merely a place for covert tributes to the Frost Queen, with no traces of residual Transcendent power.

She looked at the items that had been found during the search: a plaster statue, commemorative coins, a manual.

Fifty years ago, this would have merited a noose.

But those tense and terrifying years were behind them, and the current Frost authorities had to consider the long-term stability of the City-State and their public image of fairness. They couldn't make a big fuss over some secret tributes by the people—now, such harmless acts of remembrance would usually only result in a warning, or at most, a fine.

Moreover, even if there were warnings and fines, those were matters for the police to consider—not the church's responsibility.