Paladin

Both Evan and Hewitt made a little disguise before entering the city.

Hewitt said: "The enemy is in the dark, and as you said, they have certain powers. We'd better keep a low profile."

"We have entered that secret room and buried those corpses. Will it scare the snake... I mean, it is doubtful?" Evan remembered this.

Hewitt shook his head: "He hasn't been there for two months. If he planned to clean up the site, he should have done it long ago. It seems that the place has been completely abandoned, and Leliana died not long ago, so the murderer must have taken it with him. She changed places."

Evan sighed: "If this elementalist is really the first victim, then he was imprisoned for nearly 20 years? He was killed recently..."

This fact silenced both of them for a moment.

It is unimaginable that a female elementalist who has received the honor of arcane arts will be attacked, raped and imprisoned for 20 years outside the city of Moa...

What kind of insane person could commit such atrocities?The abandoned female corpses in the secret room are already horrible, but he has never been reported. Could it be that his power position is really so terrible?

Hewitt used magic tricks to slightly change the color of his pupils and the shape of his face, turning into an ordinary businessman. Wearing a black bowler hat and holding a cane in his hand, he looked exactly the same.

And Evan's elf long ears are too eye-catching, and must also be used as a disguise.

The magic trick is a zero-ring technique, and the effect of the spell is limited. Hewitt gestured at him for a long time, but he could barely conjure up ordinary human ears, but he was not satisfied with Evan's appearance.

Evan was asked to keep a straight face and not move. After a while, he finally couldn't help but said, "It should be fine..."

Mr. Master stared at him for a while, and thought dissatisfiedly: Why is he still so handsome, this is so eye-catching.

After a while, Hewitt pinches a huge hooked nose on Evan's face.

Evan didn't know what he was doing, but he was not used to being constantly stared at his appearance. After learning that it was finally over, he pulled up his hood, and then entered the city again with Hewitt.

Based on the relics and Hugo's notes, they set out to find the victim's family.

Because of too long time, many families have moved away from their original places; some people don't want to meet strangers at all, even if they see their daughter's relics; Once had a daughter or wife.

When someone said "There is no such shameless woman in our family!", Evan finally couldn't bear such words, and retorted: "No, sir, they were forced, please don't insult a dead person like this... ..."

The man he faced shouted angrily: "She has lost her virginity! No matter what the reason, how can a woman be so shameless? Ah? If she didn't show her face outside, or seduce some man with her eyes, how could she be taken away?" Go, maybe you are willing to be a prostitute at all!"

"Snapped"!

With a blank expression on his face, Hewitt raised the crutch in his hand, mercilessly slapped the man's face hard, hitting him until his eyes were staring, and he fell straight to the door frame next to him.

The man supported the door frame and shook his head, feeling a little dazed for a moment, covering his immediately swollen cheeks and said, "You... what are you doing? How could you hit me?!"

Hewitt turned a deaf ear to it at all, and only turned to Evan and said: "Sometimes you are too gentle! This is not good. To deal with such an ignorant idiot, a fat beating will be effective."

As he spoke, he demonstrated to the paladin again: according to the other half of the man's face, he drew up another cane.

Evan: "..."

The man had half of his front teeth knocked out by Hewitt's extremely ferocious crutches, covered his bloody mouth, crouched on the ground with his head in his arms and shouted in fear: "Enough! I admit defeat! Don't fight, okay? stop fighting……"

Hewitt gestured at his figure twice, and then said to Evan: "I still have a kick to kick, do you want to stop me?"

The paladin thought for a while, looked up at the sky, and walked away pretending not to see anything.

Another exaggerated begging for mercy came from behind.

Hewitt came out again, well-dressed, still in the image of a polite businessman, and said to Evan, "I thought you would stop me."

"I'm not that rigid." Evan smiled slightly.

Then he frowned slightly and said, "Why do the families of these victims refuse to recognize them? They are the ones who have been treated cruelly. They should be sad and angry. They shouldn't...it shouldn't be like this."

Hewitt froze for a moment, looked at Evan for a moment, and said: "It seems that you... still don't know what kind of era this era is. Evan, it is clearly stated in the holy scriptures of the Holy See: a woman is a man. Bones. So these common people will naturally think that a woman is an accessory, born to belong to her man, and was made by the Creator after men, so of course her status is inferior to men. "

Evan fell silent.

After a while, the paladin said with hidden anger: "Stupid! Sad! Injustice!"

"It's always been the view in the Holy See. Evan, even the paladins can't refute such scriptures... These are the earliest batch of doctrines, called the decree of God the Father, and they can't be shaken at all." Hewitt said lightly. Said, "This kind of prejudice has also affected the church system, and it has been to this day: for example, priests who have not reached the level of a bishop can marry freely, but the highest female in the Holy See is no longer a bishop, and they must all be chaste. Once they lose their virginity, No matter what the reason is, they will be expelled from the Kingdom of God for life."

Evan said awe-inspiringly: "Such prejudice cannot last long. Huitt, if there is such a doctrine, it means that the doctrine has gone wrong. If it is the decree of the so-called Father God, it means that the gods have done something wrong—it Sooner or later, it must be changed; if it is not changed, it must perish."

Hewitt took a light breath, and said in a low voice: "This kind of words... are too fearless, Evan, when the whole world thinks this is correct, if you don't cater to them, you will become heresy. You will Being hunted down endlessly, spurned, terrified all day long, even to a three-year-old child, I can’t identify myself... I can only be a wanderer forever.”

"I would be happy to do such a heresy." Evan sighed, "Huitt, the extermination of mages and heretics is another unforgivable mistake of the Holy See."

They stared at each other in silence for a moment, and Hewitt suddenly felt the power in Evan's eyes, the power that once made the people of Emden tremble, and now he had to be touched.

In fact, the mage never understood the paladin's tolerance and tenderness towards everyone—even those who made mistakes, but when that tenderness embraced him without reservation, he finally felt that kind of warmth thoroughly.

This sense of security is indescribable, but Hewitt clearly knows that as long as he does not do sinful things, no matter what identity he becomes, what idea he supports, or what religion he believes in, he will always be tolerant and gentle. Enemies all over the world will support me without hesitation... He is so simple and decisive.

Only Evan could make him feel another person's loyalty so unwaveringly.

The two looked for the victim's family again, but they received almost undisguised expressions of dislike after expressing their intentions. Some people regarded their visit as digging their own scandals; Daughter and wife, but they don't want their future life to be disturbed by the dead.

If such a thing happened to a daughter of a family, if it is publicized, then the remaining daughters will hardly have a good home.

Evan and Hewett planned to search for clues about the murderer, and even testify in court if possible, but they had no way of forcing these people to admit to the case.

Hewitt analyzed: "This is not normal. I can understand if some people do this. But if everyone is unwilling to speak out, then they must have been benefited or coerced."

"The murderer can make a victim have the courage to report after 16 years, and also silence their family members, and may even take the victim's woman with the consent of these people in the first place... Doing so is simply Trample the laws and morals of the world." Evan sighed.

According to the current law of the Casa Empire, if the rape, detention and injury were committed violently, it is still possible to convict him; but if the victim's family forgives, or agrees with his behavior, or even defends him that it is the girl's fault, then There is no way for anyone to solve this case legally.

Evan was a little uncomfortable, and asked Hewitt: "Is the current law only like this? The rest of the people are satisfied, so you don't have to worry about the feelings of the victims? The suffering of the minority can only be judged by the opinions of the majority." buried?"

Hewitt was silent for a long time, then suddenly asked: "Even so, would you choose to give up?"

"No, Hewitt," Evan said.

The mage smiled faintly, and then said in a low voice: "Then, I have worked hard on this case, collected all possible evidence, and shaken the legal system time and time again, hoping to convict the murderer. Years, two years, ten years..."

Evan paused, faced Hewitt with a sad look in his eyes, and suddenly smiled at him.

Evan said indifferently: "Of course not. I just need to find out the person's name. Then I will kill him! If the law is so weak, it can't stop him, and of course it can't stop me. The doctrine can't stop me, and neither can the gods. Even if an army protects this man—I can break through the siege of tens of thousands of people, make him pay for everything he has done with blood, and let everyone know what happened to him!"

Hewitt was unable to make a sound for a moment, and then heard Evan laugh.

At that moment, the paladin showed a stern look of disdain for everything, even though it was gone in a flash.With absolute confidence in his own strength, he said: "I have this power, Hewitt, and that's the best thing."