The warden who guards the witches

At the same time, in the Rose Prison.

Aiden was sitting in a projection space surrounded by gray fog, looking forward expressionlessly - there, four witches were staring at him, the last guest to come in.

When he was summoned this time, Abigail arranged him directly at the other end of the long table, opposite Abigail, while the other witches were still concentrated on the left and right sides of Abigail.

The distance arrangement of this seat was reasonable. After all, he did not join the witch gathering, but just joined forces with the witch gathering... or to be more precise, just used each other. If Abigail arranged him to sit with them "happily" like he did last time when he pretended to be Precia, he would feel uncomfortable.

This is the so-called "welcome party" held by the witches for his collaborator.

"This is the first time I have formally invited a man to a 'tea party'." Abigail started with her strange voice, "Welcome, Aiden Garrod."

"Well, I'm honored." Aiden put on a polite smile on his face - although he didn't know if the other party could see it, "Thank you very much for the two 'little gifts' you gave me before."

This is the truth. The word of order and the mercury ball are both rare good things for him.

"As long as you like it." Abigail replied lightly, "You take care of Precia and Delilau."

Vera, who was sitting next to him, snorted unhappily, but said nothing.

"And my missing 'disciple' is also with you. I heard from Chichimora that she is also with you. What a fate." Lamia added in a hoarse voice, with a forked letter flashing between her lips, "When will she be released from prison? I miss her so much. She disappeared without a trace before I could teach her a lesson about stealing my name."

"I'm sorry, given her crime, she will probably be in prison until she dies." Aiden shrugged.

There is basically no possibility of Mirujinu being reduced to the point where she can be released from prison. Even if there is, Aiden doesn't want to do it for her. Even if she stays in prison for a long time, she will sooner or later try to escape again.

But now it seems that after the matter of Avansha is resolved, it is not a bad idea to let Mirujinu go out - just give her to Lamia who wants to "rekindle the old relationship" with her beloved disciple.

Aiden looked around and said, "I feel like one of you is missing. Where did Miss Habinis go? Was she captured? Or... dead?"

From his angle, the figures of everyone in the distance were shrouded in mist, and the details were not clear, but they could be roughly identified by their outlines. Abigail and Lamia, who had inhuman features, needless to say, and Habinis's petite figure, which was similar to that of a child, was also highly recognizable, so it was easy to find her missing.

Habinis was also an S-level international wanted criminal registered with the Inquisition. It was said that she was good at enchanting props such as brooms and blankets with rare flying magic beast materials, so that they could carry people and fly in the sky. In addition, she was also good at taming winged magic beasts such as wyverns and griffins. In Aiden's eyes, she was also a rare talent - after all, there were no airplanes in this world, and the only man-made objects that could fly in the sky were basically hot air balloons and steam airships.

"The Inquisition will besiege the cult's base tonight. I asked her to monitor the scene from the sky." Abigail replied calmly.

"Tonight?" Aiden was a little surprised. "You are well-informed."

The Inquisition's actions were much earlier than he thought. When relaying the location of the base of the Mother Goddess of Plenty provided by the Witch Assembly, Aiden repeatedly reminded Rebecca not to underestimate the fighting power of the cult and to make full preparations.

The actions of the Inquisition are confidential, and they will never reveal the details of the actions to him. But the Witch Assembly can grasp the movements of the Inquisition. Is it Chichimora who is collecting intelligence, or...

"We found a way to push them from behind." Abigail responded as if she saw through Aiden's thoughts.

"Pushed?"

"I used the nuns of those guys to copy a man-made man and put him in that village to die." Lamia interrupted with a smile.

Aiden understood that the Witch Assembly deliberately created a "case" of artificial human deaths in the local area. In order to prevent panic from spreading among the local people, the Inquisition would definitely take action as soon as possible.

"You guys are really desperate to borrow a knife." Aiden commented.

The Inquisition should at least be able to successfully take down the cult's base, but it is unlikely to catch the main culprit.

First of all, the main culprit may not be in this base, and secondly, that guy is the master of the Word of God.

Even if the effect of the Word of God does not have direct attack capabilities, the Word of God itself can cause mental pollution to ordinary people, which is a very effective large-scale mental attack spell.

The Inquisitor team that acts as a team unit is generally equipped with props or personnel that can deal with mental pollution, but in Aiden's personal experience, the "Word of God" taught by the Saint-level Master of the Word of God can only barely do emergency treatment with ordinary methods. To eradicate the influence of the Word of God, either use the expression method or require quite complex mental treatment techniques.

The Witches' Assembly probably believed that the Inquisition could not catch the main culprit, so they let the Inquisition take the lead. After all, the witches other than Abigail were also targeting the divinity of the priest. They would not want the target to fall into the hands of others, including the Inquisition and himself as a collaborator.

"Before Habinis comes back to report the results, why don't we talk about the details of the cooperation first." Qiqimora, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke.

"Yes, why don't we talk about the distribution problem after solving the "Black Goat" as soon as possible to avoid fighting in the end." Lamia echoed with a smile.

"It's a bit too hasty to talk about distribution when there is nothing to do?" Aiden smiled, then changed the subject, "Besides, is it really meaningful to say this?"

His meaning was very clear. With his and the Witches' Assembly's originally almost opposing positions, even if they made any agreements, they would not have any binding force after the common enemy was gone. If you should break the contract, break the contract, and if you should stab in the back, stab in the back. Most people probably have a hard time maintaining their dignity when it comes to becoming a ruler.

"…That makes sense. I also like to speak frankly." Abigail nodded and agreed, "How about we be direct and exchange the information we have first?"