Roland swallowed the last fried egg, wiped her mouth with a napkin, “So much said, you are worried that Witch Cooperation Association will come to her when she hears that she is not dead?”
“That’s it, Your Highness,” Barov paused. “They are in a hurry. They should be on their way. If the witch died, then she’s still alive! The lunatics are stealing babies, I’m afraid Will not let go of a partner who is already fallen. “
Roland is a little confused, he always thinks something is wrong. Why does Assistant Minister and Chief Knight feel like the enemy when they talk about witch?
The woman to be hanged is witch, right? Was thin as if the wind would fall. If she has terrible power, why should she stand there for slaughter? No, she will not live at caught at all. According to Church’s, she is the incarnation of Devil. In addition to Judgement Army, the mortal army will pay a heavy price in front of witch. However, this Devil was caught by the residents of Border Town’s and tortured in various ways until it was sent to the gallows, and the terrible power was not seen.
“How did she live caught?”
“When I heard that it was the collapse of Northern Slope Mining area, she was arrested by angry villagers in order to escape from expose.
Roland thought for a while, Yeah, this incident has impression, which happened exactly the day before when I crossed it.
“How about expose?”
“It’s … I’m not quite sure,” Assistant Minister shook his head. “situation was very confusing at the time, and someone should have seen her use witchcraft.”
Roland frowned, “You don’t even investigate this kind of thing?”
“His Highness, it is the priority to resume the production of mining site,” Assistant Minister protested, “half of Border Town’s‘s financial revenue depends on this iron ore stone, and the prosecutor also confirmed that someone died at the scene from witchcraft.”
“What kind of witchcraft?” Roland was interested.
“Like being melted, his head and most of his body were laid flat on the ground, reminiscent of the burnt-out black candle,” the other side looked disgusted, “Your Highness, you would not want to see such a scene.”
Roland thought about playing with the silver fork in his hand. In history, most of the victims of witch hunting were innocent people. They were used by Church and ignorant people as tools to vent their anger, and a small part of them were killed by themselves. These people dress themselves up strangely, throwing all kinds of strange materials into the pot all day, claiming that they can predict the future, and decide on life and death.
And they did figure out some ways, such as using flame reaction to claim that they have gained the power of gods.
To modern people, these are all chemical tricks, but at the time, they were easily misunderstood as an incredible phenomenon.
As for melting people, Roland thought of chromic acid solution for the first time, but the preparation of this stuff was troublesome. It needed to completely soak the human body, and the effect of carcassing was very different from candle, as for other strong acids.
So how does this witch do this?
If she relies on the alchemy technique, it is a rare chemist in the territory, if not …
Roland thought of it and made up his mind.
“Take me to meet her.”
“Wait … wait, Your Highness, are you going to see an witch?” Barov stood up in a panic and knocked over the glass of undrank milk.
“Yes, this is an order.” Roland turned back and smiled at Assistant Minister. He now really appreciates Fourth Prince‘s unreasonable style.
When he walked to the door, he suddenly paused, “Yes, I always wanted to ask, why is hanging?”
“What?”
“Why is it hanged? Shouldn’t witch be tied to a torch of fire and burned to death?”
Barov‘s inexplicable face, “Really? But she is not afraid of fire.”
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Border Town has only one dungeon. The barren land cannot afford too many prisoners. Most criminals live in come in and will face trial — or be released or executed.
Along with the prince who entered the dungeon, in addition to Barov, there are Chief Knight, warden, prison head, and two guards.
The dungeon has a total of Four floor, and the walls are all hard granite stone steps. Roland was the first time he returned to such a place, and he noticed that the passageway became narrower and the number of cells was shrinking. It was probably after digging a large pit of an inverted cone, and then layering it up with stones, he thought.
Naturally, this rough project will not have good drainage measures. The ground is wet and turbid. The turbid sewage flows like this, and it flows down the stairs one by one.
witch is locked at the bottom of the dungeon. Every time you go down, the smell in the air becomes stronger.
“Your Highness, You are too dangerous to do this. Even if she is trapped by God Punishment Lock, it cannot be guaranteed to be safe.”
The person who spoke was Carter Lannis. The Chief Knight knew that the prince rushed over immediately after visiting the witch and discouraged him from stopping. Moreover, Wang’s order did not work for him. — refused to accept any instructions that ignored the prince’s life and wanted him to leave.
It’s obviously a cool and handsome male **** face, but why is it a saying? Roland really wanted someone to sew up his mouth. “Dare to face evil directly, how can you have the courage to defeat evil? I thought you understood this.”
“Fighting with evil is also within your means. Recklessness does not mean bravery.”
“That is to say, you can reach justice when you are weaker than yourself. Should you turn a blind eye when you are stronger than yourself?”
“No, Your Highness, I mean …”
“I was afraid of witch robbery, but now I am afraid to see a little girl. My Chief Knight is really unique.”
Knight Although it has a lot of words, it is not good at arguing. When it comes to Roland, it is naturally overwhelming. Taking advantage of this effort, a group of people have reached the bottom of the dungeon.
This area is much smaller than the upper floors. There are only two cells in total.
The torch ignited the torch on the wall, and the darkness faded. Roland saw the witch who had been curled up in the corner.
It’s late autumn. The temperature in the dungeon is so low that people can see the white gas exhaled. He is wearing a fleece coat with a silk lining inside, so he doesn’t feel cold. However, the other party had only one single garment, which could not completely cover the body, and the exposed arms and soles were frozen.
Suddenly the flames turned her head to her side, her eyes closed slightly. But soon, she opened her eyes again and looked directly.
These are pale blue eyes, calm as the lake before the storm. She could not see fear on her face, nor did she see anger and hatred.
Roland has an illusion, as if you are not seeing a weak girl, but are eating the shadow of flames. For a moment, he felt the light of the torches on the wall dimmed a bit.
She tried to stand up against the wall, moving slowly as if she would fall at any moment. But in the end she stood up completely, hobbled from the corner to where the light could cover.
With such a simple action, it only made a person wait for the breath to cool down. They took two steps back, and only Knight stood in front of himself.
“What’s your name?” Roland patted Knight on the shoulder, signalling that he doesn’t need to be so nervous.
“Anna,” she answer said.