Release that Witch

3. Chapter 3, Witch Anna (below)

    Roland swallowed the last fried egg and wiped it with a napkin. “That’s so much. You are worried that the Witch Cooperation Association will hear that she is not dead. Will it run over to save her?”

    “It’s like this,” said Barov, “They are in a hurry, they should be on the road, if the witch is dead, but now she is still alive! The madmen are stealing even the baby, I am afraid that they will not let go of a partner who has already fallen. ”

    Roland is a bit confused, he always feels that something is wrong. Why does the Assistant Minister and Chief Knight feel like a big enemy when they talk about witch?

    The woman who is going to be hanged is a witch? It seems that the weight will fall when the wind is blown. If she has terrible power, why should she stand there and let him be slaughtered? No, she wouldn’t live at all. According to Church’s, she is the embodiment of Devil. In addition to the Judgement Army, the mortal army will pay a heavy price in front of the witch. However, this Devil was caught by the Border Town’s residents, and was tortured until it was sent to the gallows. The terrible power was not seen.

    “How did she live and live?”

    “When I heard that it was a landslide in the Northern Slope Mining area, she ex-exposed her identity in order to escape and was caught by angry villagers.”

    Roland thought about it, um, this thing has an impression, which happened just the day before.

    “How to expose?”

    “This…this…”I don’t know too well,” the Assistant Minister shook his head. “The situation was very confusing at the time. It should have been seen that she used witchcraft. ”

    Roland frowned. “You don’t investigate this kind of thing?”

    “His Highness, regaining the mining site production is a priority,” the Assistant Minister protested. “Border Town’s half of the revenue is based on this iron ore stone, and the prosecutor also confirmed that someone died at the scenecraft.”

    “What kind of witchcraft?”Roland has come to the interest.

    “Like being melted, the head and the majority of the body are flat on the ground, reminiscent of the burnt black candle,” the other side looked disgusted. “You don’t want to see such a scene.”

    Roland is playing with the silver fork in his hand, thoughtfully. Historically, most of the victims of witch hunting were innocents, who were used as a tool of venting anger by Church and the ignorant, while a small part of them died. These people dressed themselves in a strange way, throwing a variety 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 doorways, such as using flame reaction to claim that they have gained the power of gods.

    In the eyes of modern people, this is a chemical trick, but at the time, it was easy to be misrepresented as an incredible phenomenon.

    As for melting people, Roland thought of the chromic acid solution for the first time, but this thing is troublesome to prepare. It needs to completely soak the human body, and the corpse effect is far from the candle. As for other strong acids, it is even worse.

    So how does this witch do this?

    If she relies on alchemy, it is a rare chemist in the territory, if not…

    Roland thought of it and made up his mind.

    “Take me to see her.”

    and moreWait, Your Highness, are you going to meet a witch? ”Barov stood up in a panic and overturned the cup of unsalted milk.

    “Yes, this is the order.”Roland turned back to the Assistant Minister and he was really grateful to Fourth Prince for his unreasonable style.

    When he walked to the door, he suddenly paused. “Right, I always wanted to ask, why is it hanging?”

    “What?”

    “Why is it hanging? Shouldn’t witch be tied to the stake and burned to death? ”

    Barov’s face is inexplicable, “Is it? But she is not afraid of the flames. ”

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    Border Town has only one dungeon, the poor land can’t afford too many prisoners, and most criminals live in a few days before they face trials—either released or executed.

    In addition to Barov, who followed the prince into the dungeon, there were Chief Knight, the warden, the prisoner and two guards.

    The dungeon has a total of Four floors, and the walls are all made of hard granite stone steps. Roland returned to this place for the first time. He noticed that the narrower the passage, the smaller the number of cells. Probably after digging a large pit of inverted cones, he used a layer of stone to climb up, he thought.

    Naturally, such rough works will not have good drainage measures. The ground will be damp and the turbid sewage will flow like this, and will ooze down along the stairs.

    The witch is locked at the bottom of the dungeon. Every time you go down, the smell in the air is even stronger.

    “His Highness, you are too dangerous to do so, even if she is trapped by the God Punishment Lock, it is not guaranteed to be safe.”

    The person who spoke was Carter Lannis. The Chief Knight knew that the prince had come to visit the witch and came over the first time to discourage him from stopping. Moreover, Wang’s order was ineffective against him—he refused to accept any instructions that ignored the prince’s life and wanted him to leave.

    It’s a long, cold and handsome male face, but what is it? Roland really wanted someone to sew his mouth. “I dare not face the evil, how can there be the courage to defeat evil? I thought you understood this. ”

    “It’s also a matter of fighting with the evil. Recklessness is not equal to bravery.”

    “That is to say, if you encounter an enemy that is weaker than yourself, you can achieve justice. If you are stronger than yourself, you should turn a blind eye?”

    “No, Your Highness, I mean…”

    “Before I was afraid of witch and I was afraid to see a little girl, my Chief Knight is really unique.”

    Although Knight has many words, he is not good at defending himself. In the face of the gun, Roland naturally has no power to fight. Taking advantage of this effort, the group has already arrived at the bottom of the dungeon.

    It is a lot smaller than the above several floors, and there are only two cells in total.

    The head ignited the torch on the wall, the darkness faded, and Roland saw the witch who was curled up in the corner.

    It is now late autumn, the temperature in the dungeon is so low that people can see the white air that they exhale. He wears a fluffy coat with a silk lining inside, which naturally does not feel cold. But the other party has only one single coat, and it can’t completely wrap the body. The arms and soles that are exposed outside are frozen and bloody.

    The sudden light of the fire made her turn her head and her eyes closed slightly. But soon, she opened her eyes and looked straight.

    It was a pair of pale blue eyes, calming like a lake before the rainstorm. There is no fear on her face, nor can she see anger and hate.

    Roland has the illusion that he is not seeing a weak girl, but is consuming the shadow of the flame. For a moment, he felt that the light on the wall was faint.

    She tried to stand up against the wall and acted as slowly as she fell at any time. But in the end she stood up completely and walked from the corner to the place where the light could be done.

    Just such a simple action, but let a group of people wait for the mouth to cool down, have to step back two steps, only Knight one person flashed in front of himself.

    What is your name?Roland patted Knight’s shoulder and motioned that he didn’t have to be so nervous.

    “Anna,” she answered.