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107 – Hyde brings nobles and witches to justice! # One

Walpurgis.

There were many witches in the witches’ coven.

Among them, witches, known as the ‘Five Pillars’, were a symbol of fear for people.

People like curse witch Bokor.

however-.

There was also a witch who was considered an object of fear, not just by people but by all witches.

“Taboo Witch” was exactly that.

A witch who visits, condemns, and punishes those who break the witches’ precepts.

Should I say that he is like an interrogator for witches?

“Hecate, the taboo witch.”

I would never have thought that such a being was living an ordinary life in a rural village near Barakhan.

Moreover, he was acquainted with Alter Archibald?

The sun has already set.

I was having a very uncomfortable time sitting on a chair in the living room of my country house. As for the chair, it was roughly made of wool spread over a wooden box.

━Meeee-.

━Mee-.

The country house was full of sheep and even had a dog.

It looks like a shepherd’s house, not a witch’s house.

“Is that woman really a ‘witch’? She looks like an ordinary shepherd woman. In fact, she is a taboo witch, one of the five pillars of Walpurgis… !”

Psyche, who was sitting with me, trembled.

Could it be because the sight of a woman stirring a ladle over a large stove to cook dinner looked so ordinary?

She looked more like a housewife than a witch.

Looking at her lively appearance, I don’t think she was associated with a scary witch.

but-.

Originally, heretics and heretics hide their sharp fangs in plain sight.

It was common even in the 21st century for a person who appeared to be ordinary and good to actually be a heretic and a cult.

My friend just suggested, “, why don’t we join a movie club?” We joined the club together, and I heard that there are many cases where everyone but me is a member of a cult.

Approaching with friendliness.

It was a commonly used strategy.

I spoke to the alter sitting across from me.

“Alter. I didn’t know you were holding hands with witches behind the scenes.”

I didn’t feel disappointed either.

Because I thought that the only people in the world I could trust were the pious and faithful Hyde and his wife Psyche.

Guys like Alter who pretended to be good in front were highly likely to be plotting something behind the scenes, and in reality, Alter was the witch’s minion!

“We didn’t hold hands, we just got to know each other. Hecate is a trustworthy person.”

You can trust a witch!

It’s completely gone!

All witches are bitches who speak with their two mouths!

“… … .”

For a moment, it felt like the above story would come out of my mouth.

Perhaps because I spent so much time as Rust in the “Council of Deadly Sins” spreading sins, my condition seemed to have become a little sharper.

So, while I was quiet, Psyche frowned and asked me a question instead of me.

“Can a witch be called trustworthy? Lord Alter. I thought you were a trustworthy colleague, but I am so disappointed in you!”

I know yeah!

You’re eating a witch and a friend.

It was something that I, Hyde, who was a more faithful priest than anyone else, could not even imagine.

A well-behaved cat goes up to the stove first – what is that?

Sze-.

It was then.

The witch Hecate placed a large pot in front of the chairs where we sat.

“Alter and I are not friends, but rather a relationship where we help each other where we can. I hope you don’t misunderstand. And since this is a stew made with lamb, eat it.”

They might have put something poisonous in the stew!

That’s what I thought, but dinner was more ordinary than I thought.

After finishing the meal-.

Alter started talking about various things, and Hecate, a blonde shepherd woman, frowned.

“Are you asking me to be a witness to accuse Rehoboam? it’s crazy? The moment I enter Barakhan, my hands and feet will be tied and I will be burned at the stake?”

That was correct.

No one in their right mind would accept our offer.

For a witch to stand on trial at the Barakhan Church was as foolish as a tiger pulling out all its fangs and claws and walking into a trap.

Is persuasion difficult?

When I was thinking about that, Alter spoke.

“Hecate. If this thing goes well, I might be able to get acquitted. Then you can be forgiven for your sins as a witch and live a normal life. Just like your teacher Obedo.”

Indulgence.

Hecate’s hands, which were sewing a wool carpet, trembled slightly as she heard that story.

“Indulgence-.”

An indulgence, an object said to forgive sins.

There is a rumor that if you possess it, any sinner can go to heaven.

Actually, it was a lie.

If you could go to heaven with just a piece of paper, you wouldn’t have a difficult life of faith.

However, indulgences had some influence on the people of the church.

It doesn’t eliminate the sins of the soul, but it allows you to avoid the punishment of the church.

This meant that the ‘witch crime’ written on the court would disappear.

“Hecate. You also told me that you wanted to live a normal life. I can’t live forever in fear of interrogators coming. Now is your chance. It’s all a fresh start.”

Alter persuaded in a serious voice.

From the looks of it, this type of persuasion had already taken place several times.

Pot-.

Hecate went outside the hut.

Alter, who saw that, spoke to us.

“I’ll go out for a moment and convince you and then come back.”

# # #

Meeee-.

There were many sheep in Hecate’s hut.

These sheep flocked to Psyche…

According to Hecate’s words, “sheep are innocent and recognize good people.”It seemed like that.

In fact, Psyche seemed to be floating like an island in a cloud world, surrounded by sheep with fluffy white fur.

Psyche smiles while looking at the little lambs.

“Hyde! Aren’t the sheep so cute? I think I know why the Bible refers to people as lambs!”

Psyche among the flock was like a painting.

Was Stephanet, the girl who appears in Alphonse Daudet’s short story ‘The Star’, as beautiful as the current Psyche?

no-.

No one can match Psyche’s beauty.

“Wow!”

Someone shouted loudly.

Soon the sheep ran away, and Milione laughed as she watched them.

“I’m finally feeling a little lighter now! Lambs! go away! Get out!”

They scream and chase the lambs away.

Wherever Milione goes, he has a very bad attitude. Is it really right to have someone like that as my second wife?

Compared to Milione, the taboo witch Hecate looked like an angel.

Soon Psyche spoke.

“I always thought of witches as women with scary horns and claws. But Miss Hecate seems to be a more ordinary and good person than I thought.”

“Is that so?”

“It was a little shocking. Because I thought heretics were human beings like us. They also have daily lives, precious things, and dreams… .”

Psyche had a good heart.

He sympathizes with and tries to understand the heretics he has to deal with.

Kuuk-.

Psyche clenching her fist.

“I thought that helping lost people recover their faith and soul is what I should do. I guess that’s why Lord Alter maintained his friendship with Hecate, right?”

In response to Psyche’s question, I looked out the window.

Through the window, I saw two shadows gesturing toward each other or talking.

Could it be that the reason Alter did not immediately accuse or punish Hecate was because he wanted to persuade her and lead her to the right path?

Psyche asked Milione.

“Miss Milione. When and where did your brother Lord Alter and the witch Miss Hecate meet?”

“I don’t know either. This is the first time I found out that Alter is friends with a witch.”

Even Milione didn’t know.

This may be because Alter thoroughly hid his friendship with Hecate in many ways.

Rattling-.

Then the cabin door opened.

Alter and Hecate came in, and Alter shouted brightly, showing his white teeth.

“They say Hecate will testify!”

oh-.

Alter guy.

You were better at persuading me than I thought, right?

I thought I would have to step forward anyway.

Hecate with her arms crossed.

She said, turning her healthy tanned face to the side.

“Alter, you definitely promised me indulgence. And the only thing I will testify about is Rehoboam’s identity. I can’t do any more than that. And my safety is guaranteed unconditionally.”

“Don’t worry. Trust me.”

As expected, you decided to be exonerated instead of standing on the witness stand.

In other words, it could be seen as a judicial transaction.

I’ll get rid of your crime, so report the others – it was the same story.

“Do you think you have become unable to bear the life of being chased by interrogators? A witch is trying to sell out heretics for indulgences.”

Milione asked.

It was a very blunt question and seemed somewhat sarcastic.

Soon Hecate did not lose and opened her narrow eyes and spoke.

“The reason I became a witch is simply because I was picked up by a witch. If I had been born to good parents and lived as carefree as you, our positions might have changed by now.”

no.

Hecate was wrong about this.

Milione is a mean girl who grew up with good parents.

This meant that it was yellow from the beginning.

Jeopuk-.

Alter Archibald came towards me.

He spoke softly to me.

“Even if he is a wicked person, he does not give up on the salvation of his soul. Hyde, you told me. I want to help Hecate. Because she didn’t become a witch because she wanted to be one.”

“Really? Do you really think so?”

I looked at the taboo witch Hecate with narrow eyes.

I didn’t become a heretic because I wanted to.

Can we really trust such a story?

Even if that were the case, would other people tolerate such stories?

Will people really accept the statement, “It’s my environment and the world’s fault that I committed a sin?”

no.

The world isn’t that beautiful.

I was confident that I knew the answers to these questions better than anyone else.

“Alter. I thought about it carefully, and it would be better to just pretend that this witness never happened. I’d better handle the story about Prince Rehoboam on my own.”

“Why? I’ve already made an appointment with Hecate. If you come now and tell a story that never happened, Hecate won’t want to come forward and talk about anything.”

“… … .”

Alter’s will seemed firm.

I felt the stubbornness of the man in front of me, like Archibald Medici.

Now that things are like this, no matter what I say, it won’t be persuasive.

Time passed with that feeling.

We left the rural village early in the morning and headed to the church.

The guards at the church were knights wearing black armor, and Alter pretended to recognize one of them.

“Was Sir Roland on duty today? Lord Roland. This is Hecate, the witness I told you I would bring today. Do you mind if we go inside?”

“Arrest the witch Hecate!”

Hecate was unable to cross the gate of the church and was surrounded by people.

Hecate frowned at the story that Black Knight Roland shouted at the people.

“What is it? What? Aren’t you supposed to guarantee my safety? Alter! Explain what’s going on!”

“I think it’s probably because of the procedures. Sir Roland! Hecate visited the Holy See not as a witch but as a witness! I decided to guarantee Hecate’s safety!”

Alter spoke as if he was trying to explain this or that, but Black Knight Roland moved his hands as if he was okay with it.

“Sir Alter, there is no need to act like that anymore. Thanks to you, I was able to easily catch the taboo witch called the tip of the five pillars. A big reward awaits. Then everyone, take Hecate with you!”

“Alter-. Did you trick me?”

Hecate, the taboo witch, asked calmly.

He didn’t seem angry or protesting.

In response to that calm question, Alter Archibald put his hand on the sword at his waist as if he could not bear it.

“Sir Roland! Free her!”

At the same time, Roland and the Black Knights also pulled out their swords from their belts.

Sreung, sereung, sereung-!

“Lord Alter! Be careful about pulling out your sword in front of the King’s Office!”

“Are you dissenting from Sir Roland’s judgment?”

“It is clear that Paladin Alter Archibald fell for the witch’s trick!”

The number of armed knights was well over twenty.

In comparison, there are four of us.

He was clearly outnumbered.

In this situation, I felt like that was it.

I thought things would work out too easily.

And because they acted so directly, I felt like the fog in my head had cleared up because I could tell who was on whose side.

“Sir Roland. Have you decided to side with Prince Rehoboam? Why? I don’t think Sir Roland is the kind of person who will fall for candy. What were you promised?”

“I am not on anyone’s side. If you see a heretic, you will be arrested and detained. I’m just following that simple command. Then, take Hecate and interrogate her about what she is doing.”

Hecate was dragged away by the knights, her hands and feet bound and her mouth gagged.

Seeing that, Psyche grabbed my side.

“Hyde. What on earth is going on?”

“Now let’s find out.”

what-.

It was obvious what was happening.

Rehoboam must be trying to prevent Hecate from being used as a witness.

I had a feeling it would be like this.

I had no idea that Rehoboam had captured the black knight Roland.

money?

honor?

What did you trick me with?

no.

Black Knight Roland wouldn’t be a man who could barely move like that.

I’ll have to see for myself what’s going on.

“Sir Roland. May I participate in the interrogation of the criminal?”

“… … .”

“I believe that Hecate, the taboo witch, is innocent of witchcraft. If you torture and interrogate an innocent person, wouldn’t that also be a big crime?”

“Taboo witches are not just heretics, but the five pillars of Walpurgis. Do you want to say that such a person is actually not a witch and is innocent? Hyde. Even you wouldn’t be able to perform such a miracle.”