<h4>Chapter 976 Crosscheck Interrogation Method</h4>
A short whileter, several soldiers arrived to escort the hiredborer group to the back of the camp where newly-erected tents were located.
Each tent was a separate survey booth.
As such, the hiredborer group''s members were all split into each unupied tent, which they thought was strange.
It became even strange when they noticed soldiers guarding the entrance, preventing them from leaving.
The solemn air immediately made it feel like an interrogation room rather than a survey.
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"Sit," Faelyn instructed the femaleborer from across the table.
Then, she took her seat without waiting for the femaleborer and flipped open the document on the table containing a list of questions.
The femaleborer was filled with suspicions.
But even if the femaleborer was suspicious of the survey, there was nothing she could do butply.
"What''s your name?" Faelyn started with a casual tone.
"I… I am called Sore," the femaleborer nervously stuttered, despite Faelyn not putting any pressure on her.
It was as if Sore could instinctively feel she was in trouble.
"What do you think of your present life in the North Remation Camp?" Faelyn asked with a warm smile to make Sore feel morefortable.
"My present life?" Sore paused in thought.
"There''s a bit of dispute here and there. However, the work is easy, and food ispletely provided. We don''t have to worry about our next meal. And if we wanted to, a luxurious meal only cost a few contribution points."
"The price is very generous. Even the past sects might not have better conditions than the current North Remation Camp. Overall, my current lifestyle is much better than before," Sore stated.
"I see. That''s great to hear," Faelyn nodded before jotting down everything on paper.
"Do you feel any difort about anything rted to your work? Is there anything you dislike in the North Remation Camp? What do you think the North Remation Camp is missing that could make your experience here better?"
Faelyn continued to ask Sore normal survey questions.
The other group members in the other tents were also being asked the exact same question. However, the situation waspletely different from Faelyn''s tent.
"Y-your Imperial Highness!" the maleborer uttered with shock.
"Yes, I''ve heard you for the sixth time now. Can you just answer the survey questions normally, please?" Leon requested with a helpless look.
"Y-yes, Y-your Imperial Highness!" the maleborer answered.
"Enough. Take it that I''m begging you, alright? You don''t need to keep addressing me so formally. Just answer the damn question," Leon was quickly losing his patience.
He wondered whether he should just skip the survey and move directly onto the main questions about the refugee''s religion.
If he did not want to see whether the refugees could still be redeemed from the religion, he would not have made the extra effort to survey them.
Nevertheless, the situation was even worse for the other two tents, which were actually being managed by the two Paragon-level Winter Cats, Rainshine and Snowscar.
Bang, bang!
Snowscar mmed his paw on the metal table in frustration after failing to get the maleborer to cooperate with the survey.
"Oi, So-leh! I''m asking you a damn question, So-leh! For the love of God and nine generations of your ancestors, what is your name?!" Snowscar spoke in a deep and manly voice, unbefitting his adorable furry appearance.
They were still stuck on the very first survey question. The maleborer sitting across the table from Snowscar was simply too shocked.
Meanwhile, the official assigned to record the hiredborer''s answers on paper for Snowscar could not help but smile wryly.
Anyone else would also be shocked if they were put in the same position as the maleborer.
Facing a Paragon-level Winter Cat was already quite the shock, let alone one that can talk in the human tongue so well.
However, the most shocking of all was its deep and manly voice, which wasparable to the most alpha male they could think of.
"Y-you can talk!" the maleborer finally uttered some form of response.
"Of course, I can talk! Why state the obvious? You got a problem with that, So-leh?! So what if I can talk? This isn''t a survey about me! It''s a survey about you! What is your name, So-leh?!" Snowscar thundered.
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Besides Faelyn, who was leading the survey, perhaps, Rainshine was the next to make the most progress in her survey.
"Can I pet you?" the femaleborer assigned to Rainshine asked after recovering from her shock.
"Will you answer all my questions if I let you?" Rainshine replied in a soft, soothing, and cute voice that invokes fondness from those that hear it.
Even the official assigned to Rainshine wanted to pet her.
"Yes!" the femaleborer nodded repeatedly.
"Great! This noble one will allow you to pet this noble one for each question you answer, human. Now, let us start over. What is your name?" Rainshine calmly inquired with a posh look.
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Nevertheless, as time went on, everyone managed to pass the survey phase and proceed with the interrogation phase.
"Great. You have a positive opinion about the empire and the imperial family. So why did your faith into something else? Don''t you think this is considered betrayal against the empire?" Faelyn asked Sore with a stern look, catching her off guard.
"W-what do you mean by that?" Sore asked with a trembling voice, intimidated by Faelyn''s sharp gaze and suffocating aura.
The good impression Sore developed disappeared in an instant.
"You don''t understand? We know you have joined a religion of unknown and dubious background. If this is not an act of betrayal against the imperial family, then I don''t know what is."
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"Y-your wrong, Your Highness! It''s not like that! This is different, Your Highness!" the maleborer defended himself after hearing Leon''s usation in his tent.
"How different? Now is your chance to exin to me about this religion," Leon pressed with a firm tone.
"Who knows, perhaps you can even convince me, the first prince of the empire, to be a believer of this religion. However, I must remind you that the others are also undergoing the same interrogation."
"If we see any discrepancy when we crosscheck your answers, we''ll know if anyone is lying. And there will be serious consequences for that."