Roland swallowed the last piece of fried egg, wiped his mouth with a napkin, “After all that, you are worried that the witches will come to rescue her after hearing the news that she is not dead?”
“That’s the case, my lord,” Barov paused. “They are in a hurry. They should be on the way. If that witch is dead, it will be fine, but now she is still alive! Those crazy men steal even babies. , I’m afraid I won’t let go of a fallen partner.”
Roland is a little confused, he always feels something is wrong. Why do the assistant ministers and chief knights feel like a witch when they talk about witches?
The woman who is going to be hanged is a witch, right? She was so thin that she would fall as soon as the wind blows. If she has terrible power, why would she stand there and be slaughtered? No, she will not be caught at all. According to the church, she is the incarnation of the devil. In addition to the trial army, the mortal army will also pay a heavy price in front of the witch. However, this devil was caught by the residents of Border Town and tortured in every possible way until he was sent to the gallows, and the terrible power was not seen.
“How was she caught?”
“When I heard that it was a collapse in the Beipo mining area, she exposed her identity in order to escape and was caught by angry villagers.”
Roland thought for a while, um, this incident has the impression that it happened the day before he traveled.
”How was it exposed?”
”This…I don’t know too much,” the assistant minister shook his head. “The situation was very chaotic at the time. Someone should have seen her using witchcraft.”
Roland frowned, “You don’t even investigate this kind of thing?”
“His Royal Highness, resuming production in the mining area is a priority,” the assistant minister protested. “Border Town’s fiscal revenue is half of the iron ore, and the prosecutor also confirmed that someone died at the scene as a result of witchcraft.”
“What kind of witchcraft?” Roland became interested.
“As if it was melted, the head and most of the body are flat on the ground, reminiscent of a burnt black candle,” the other party looked disgusted, “Your Highness, you don’t want to see such a scene.”
Roland played with the silver fork in his hand, thoughtfully. In history, most of the victims of witch hunts were innocents. They were used by the church and ignorant people as tools for venting their anger, while a small part of them were killed by themselves. These people dress themselves up in weird ways, throwing all kinds of strange materials into the pot all day long, claiming that they can predict the future and make a conclusion of life and death.
And they did figure out some ways, such as using the flame reaction to claim that they had gained the power of the gods.
In the eyes of modern people, these are all chemical tricks, but at the time, it was easy to be misrepresented as an incredible phenomenon.
As for melting people, Roland thought of chromic acid lotion for the first time, but the preparation of this thing is troublesome, and the body needs to be completely immersed in use. The effect of corpse is also very different from candles. As for other strong acids, it is even worse. .
Then how did this witch do this?
If she relies on alchemy, then she is a rare chemist in the territory, if not…
Roland thought of this and made up his mind.
“Take me to meet her.”
“Wait…wait, Your Highness, are you going to see a witch?” Barov stood up in a panic and overturned the glass of undrunk milk.
“Yes, this is an order.” Roland turned around and smiled at the minister’s assistant. He was a little grateful to the fourth prince for his unreasonable style.
When walked to the door, he suddenly paused, “By the way, I always wanted to ask, why is the hanging?”
“What?”
”Why hanging? Shouldn’t witches be tied to the stake and burned to death?”
Barov’s face was inexplicable, “Really? But she is not afraid of flames.”
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There is only one dungeon in the town of Bianpi. The barren land cannot support too many prisoners. Most criminals will face trial within a few days after they live in—either release or execution.
Besides Barov who followed the prince into the dungeon, there were also the chief knight, the warden, the head of the cell, and two guards.
The dungeon has four floors, and the walls are all made of hard granite. Roland was the first time he came back to such a place. He noticed that the passage became narrower as he went down, and the number of cells was also shrinking. Probably after digging a big hole with an inverted cone, he built it up layer by layer with stones, he thought.
This kind of rough engineering naturally does not have good drainage measures. The ground is damp and muddy sewage flows like this, and seeps down the stairs.
The witch was locked up at the bottom of the dungeon, and the stench in the air became stronger every time she went down.
“His Royal Highness, it is too dangerous for you to do this. Even if she is trapped by the lock of God’s punishment, she cannot be guaranteed to be safe.”
The person who spoke was Carter Lannis. The chief knight rushed over as soon as he knew that the prince was going to visit the witch, and he did not stop on the way. Moreover, the king’s command was not effective for him-he refused to accept any instructions that would disregard the prince’s life, and it would be impossible to let him leave.
clearly has a cold and handsome face of a male god, why is it a chatter? Roland really wanted someone to sew his mouth. “If you dare not face evil, how can you have the courage to defeat evil? I thought you understood this.”
”To fight evil, we must do what we can. Recklessness does not mean being brave.”
”In other words, justice can be done when you encounter enemies weaker than yourself. Should you turn a blind eye when you encounter enemies stronger than yourself?”
“No, my lord, I mean…”
”Before I was afraid of a witch robbery, but now I am afraid of meeting a little girl~IndoMTL.com~My chief knight is really unique.”
Although the knight talks a lot, he is not good at arguing. Roland is naturally unable to resist when he encounters a strong mouth. Taking advantage of this effort, the group has reached the bottom of the dungeon.
The area here is much smaller than the upper floors, and there are only two cells in total.
His head lit the torch on the wall, the darkness faded, and Roland saw the witch curled up in the corner.
It is late autumn, and the temperature in the dungeon is so low that one can see the white breath he is exhaling. He is wearing a woolen coat with a silk lining inside, so naturally he doesn’t feel cold. But the other party only had a single shirt, which couldn’t completely cover the body, and the exposed arms and soles of feet were cold and bloody.
The sudden light of fire made her turn her head, her eyes closed slightly. But soon, she opened her eyes again and looked straight over.
It was a pair of pale blue eyes, calm as a lake before the rainstorm. There was no fear on her face, nor anger or hatred.
Roland had an illusion, as if what he saw was not a weak little girl, but a shadow that was devouring flames. For a moment, he felt the light from the torches on the wall dimmed a bit.
She tried to stand up against the wall, moving slowly as if she was about to fall at any moment. But in the end she stood up completely and staggered from the corner to the place where the light could be overwhelmed.
was such a simple action, but it made everyone wait and take a breath, and backed two steps one after another, only the knight stood in front of him.
“What’s your name?” Roland patted the knight on the shoulder, motioning him not to be so nervous.
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