Serious Witch's Travel Book

"Touch me, will you?" Marianne's eyelids slowly drooped.

"Also, tell me about the pharmacist... about the witch."

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Tips.1: The Highest Good Way - the central idea of ​​the Druid sect, seeking the development path of peace and harmony with nature.Some minorities in the Germanic peoples have an attitude towards it, and most of the time, the barbarians regard it as a cowardly idea, but not to the point of parting ways.In fact, believing in this way does not affect the combat effectiveness of the extremist animal and plant protection organization...

Tips.2: "Whole Spirit" - the Catholic Church believes that people with a whole body will be taken to the highest heaven after death, so priests and nuns will advocate burial when the situation is appropriate.

Tips.3: Retinue nuns——Each head nun in the monastery will have several ordinary nuns who serve her. They take care of the head nun’s daily necessities, are responsible for agency affairs, and sometimes play relaxing toys.A head nun does not have strict subordinate restrictions. Of course, it depends on personal ability to be able to support them and how many people they love.

Chapter 27 022. The Nun's Private Talk

Marianne knew that some things always had to be faced.

When providing her with the necessary relaxing massage, Noumelia really asked what she had worried about:

"I want to know how you persuaded Long to leave."

"..."

This is a question she must face, and it is normal for Numeria to ask it. It is better than being stabbed to the Church of the State Church, and then the trial court personally comes to investigate...

The age is not good, even the nuns are sometimes difficult to mix.

Marianne is well aware of the current state of the empire—the more it declines, the more troublesome and even strict rules prevail.

It has been about a year since the Catholic Church was officially established as the state religion. The empire, especially the Western Empire, has undergone several ups and downs in its rule, and now it has fallen into a less optimistic situation.

The Italian region in the Inland Sea is frequently harassed by the ghosts of Carthage, and the Gaul region adjacent to the Black Forest is also in danger.As the Germans moved further westward, and the various populations active in the Black Forest gradually increased, the monsters and ghosts from all walks of life did not know whether their living space was squeezed or they had more rations and they multiplied vigorously. They began to grow stronger than before. More frequent harassment of the empire's territory is miserable.

Witches, ancient wraiths, cultists, and highly intelligent monsters are different from barbarians whose brains are full of muscles, but at least act like humans. These weird individuals are almost completely incomprehensible to ordinary people. To deal with the extraordinary existence.

But the more evil the heterogeneous, what they want is often not as simple as satisfying their appetite or fighting for wealth. The actions of these things usually have certain complexity. They may use various means to confuse people's minds, or they may It tempts mortals to obey with irresistible bait, and even erodes mortal bodies to transform them into their own kind to achieve some evil purposes—whether active or passive, people controlled by these evil foreign bodies will More serious consequences for the empire than a straight-up invasion.

Ordinary people who don’t have any innate mental resistance and can’t get the blessing of magic element treasures can’t resist them. The citizens of the empire who become servants of evil will secretly assist them in realizing many terrible plans. In actual cases, the general betrayed his army , the senators willfully split the territory of the empire, and even the missionaries will be frequently used, no longer preaching the most holy gospel to the citizens, but chanting those incomprehensible, chaotic demons that are enough to break the spirit of any normal person whisper.

If the existence of nuns is precisely to resist these "great unclean persons" (Note 1), then the Tribunal was established to save the citizens of the empire who were used by them.

According to an extreme statement, "Everyone should spontaneously supervise any citizen around him, so as to prevent him from falling into a way that deviates from humanity."Marianne once thought she could understand and faithfully implement this edict, but now she finds it difficult to be "honest".

Does the dragon count as a "Great Unclean One"?

Almost counted.

The more powerful a creature is, the more likely it is to have extraordinary power. There seems to be no reason why something like a dragon can't order some messy abilities, so the possibility of it exerting special influence on mortals is almost a certainty. thing.

So... when she used her mortal body to fight against a terrifying giant dragon that was rarely seen in decades and successfully retreated, this incident itself was worthy of suspicion from everyone present. If the version of the story reached the ears of the Inquisition...

They might ask her bluntly: How did you survive?

Marianne was utterly incapable of explaining to the others: "I overcame it and ordered it to burn hundreds of orcs"—she couldn't, it was so grotesque that she couldn't even bring herself to say it. Kind of words.

Then what she did in that short period of time naturally became a doubt.

The Inquisition loves doubts, and they try to create them even when there is no doubt.

"Would you believe me if I said I couldn't remember anything?"

She reclined on the thick cave bear fur, enjoying the comfort provided by the soft and strong hands stretched from behind, and replied casually pretending to be relaxed.

"While I believe it, I'm still very curious."

Numeria is a pure-blooded Roman nun. She grew up on the warm central coast of the empire, gentle and tough.Marianne likes her hands very much, and she also understands Marianne's preferences. Occasionally, when she takes care of the important parts, it will be a little painful to pinch, but that is within Marianne's enjoyment range.

Marianne feels that the feelings brewed by their more than 20 years of coexistence are not vain. She is willing to try to trust Numeria in such a big matter, but she cannot trust her in such a big matter, because she cannot promise to be forever No accident happened, as long as the second person knows anything, it is very likely to be known by the third person—and then it may be passed on from one hundred to another—this is very dangerous for both of them.

The monastery has a continuous sitting system. The punishment of the head nun will affect the nuns in the audience. In the worst case, even the nuns will bear the same punishment. Marianne knows the rules very well.

"Okay then." Marian shrank her neck, the warmth of the fire made her very comfortable.

She can't talk nonsense.

"Think... the dragon cornered me, so I raised my sword, as I always do."

She gestured twice vividly.

"I slashed at her, chopped her nose...but she was...too hard."

Marianne suddenly had some wonderful reveries, which made her tone a little uncoordinated, but fortunately, Numeria didn't hear anything.

"'Sun halo' can't hurt her, it's a little weak in front of her, my dear, you should understand, no one can imagine such a monster..."

Even if she is already safe, Marianne will be involuntarily afraid if she talks too much.

She was swallowed by a dragon, facing the terrible fangs and throat, being teased like a lowly prostitute... She should feel angry, but as long as she thinks of that terrible red giant shadow, the little bit of resentment will immediately Turned into fly ash.

She couldn't resist that horrible thing, she couldn't.

"and then?"

Numelia tapped her chest playfully.

"I was swallowed, that's all."

She heard a small exclamation from the nun behind her.

"And I got between her teeth... imagine." Marianne took her fingers, brought them to her mouth, and kissed her nails. "Like a big dog, her teeth are jagged and some places are empty. She couldn't do anything with me, she tried to swallow me, but I escaped...It's terrible, its mouth It's almost like a cabin..."

Her vivid narration easily touched Numeria's emotions, and the subordinate couldn't help but stop. She conveyed her tension and concern in this way.

"After that, I picked up the sword again and wanted to fight her to the death, but she stopped at this moment and made a request."

"Require?"

"Yes, did you hear those dragon roars?"

"Ah."

"She was communicating with me, and maybe it's hard to believe, but she did."

Considering that the hateful dragon had said a lot of foul language, Marianne confirmed the "Dragon Language" to the holy guards immediately after she was out of danger.

The answer she got was that no one understood what the dragon said, and they only heard some meaningless growls outside.They were ashamed of themselves for not saving their lives, because the huge monster that fell from the sky almost terrified everyone. Its power seemed to have a kind of magical power that penetrated the heart. It was almost impossible to move normally for a while, and they were still hindered by the dragon wings and the scorching air waves. They couldn't see what was going on inside, and they didn't know how many people were trapped. Until the red dragon spit out Marianne, everyone Some people returned to normal.

But that's exactly what Marianne wanted, and she didn't blame anyone.If these people really let these people see her being held in the mouth of a dragon like that...she might have to really consider the issue of keeping her mouth shut.

What she said was a bit shocking, but nuns have frequently faced strange spirits who are out of the world, so although Numeria was a little stunned, she did not lose her composure: "Excuse me, it used magic on you?"

"I think so."

"It's dangerous. You should have a thorough inspection."

"Let's talk about it when we get back to the monastery. There are no reliable court mages here in Upper Germany. I will ask the dean to check it for me."

"Then, what is the so-called 'requirement'?"

"Find a woman."

Regarding this point, Marianne did not do anything to deceive, and it didn't matter if she didn't know about it.

"woman?"

"She said a beautiful woman... I'm a little confused, she—" Marianne suddenly remembered that the dragon had asked her about the word 'bride', she hesitated, and then swallowed back the words that she almost said: "There are so many beautiful women, it's hard for me to understand what she means."

"Pretty woman? Could it be courting?" Numelia had a sudden thought, but she suddenly realized: "No, you said 'her'? A female dragon?"

"Yes, female dragon."

"That's a little...wrong."

The retinue nun squeezed the head nun she served with a strange expression: "Could it be such a relationship?"

"It hurts—how is it possible, she is a dragon, looking for a woman? How do they live? Impossible. They can't have offspring either."

Marianne stirred up the muddy water with a guilty conscience. She thought of her own experience, but she muttered in her heart—it doesn't seem to be bad, with that kind of hand and tongue skills, even if it is a same-sex human spouse, at least the private life for the second half of life should be guaranteed. up...

"But I heard that these giant dragons are different from common flying dragons." Numelia nodded her lips and began to search her memory: "I have read some records about these big guys, and they seem to be able to use special the sorcery of transforming himself into human form, and..."

Numeria lowered her head and whispered to the head nun, "They impregnate other females by laying eggs, just like the harpies do."

"okay!"

Marian blushed and pushed away the followers who got too close.

oviparous?Is it a parthenoid race?

Then she... Thinking that she seems to be targeted, even though she is not the first target... Marianne feels ashamed and hot.

That thing insulted her and wanted her to lay eggs for her? ... Absolutely not!

In order to prevent herself from losing her composure due to unnecessary thoughts, Marian hurriedly said: "It's up to you to answer me, what happened to the witch who entered the refuge room with you? Governor Adria said she was a pharmacist, you And she's a witch, did she manage to trick a druid?"

"Probably not, because there is almost no sign of using magic on her body. Your Excellency Silver Oak may have made a wrong judgment because of this. She protected that woman and left her in the end. Maybe she thought we would treat her fairly. she."

When the matter of the witch was mentioned, the retinue nun also became serious.

"But I'm sure there's something wrong with her because she's showing symptoms of 'magic addiction'."

Marian also stopped stroking the servant's fingers.

"Magic Addiction" - generally refers to the abnormal state of the caster due to the lack of magic essence in the body.

Any intelligent race, animal, and even plants can contain magic essence, but the "capacity" of normal people is so small that they can almost ignore it, and even a little magic essence will not affect them.

But spellcasters are different. The benchmark for using magic is to have the smallest "capacity" that can resonate with the magic essence in the external environment. This level of magic essence stored in the body of intelligent organisms is enough to cause it to occur to a certain extent The alienation of human beings—in layman’s terms, it means that they will become somewhat less human-like. Many spellcasters have changes in their internal organs, while others are superficial. For example, their right hand may become particularly thick, strange patterns appear in their eyes, or their heads bald quickly... …What.

If a caster loses a large amount of magic essence in her body for any reason, her body will experience a series of uncomfortable symptoms, the degree of alienation may increase, and her spirit may become abnormal and become extremely aggressive. It is also one of the reasons why the empire has always strictly controlled spellcasters and unregistered spellcasters.

There is no sign of casting spells, but she is addicted to magic, which shows that she may be the kind of rookie who has the talent of a witch but has not yet entered the profession... Marianne thought that those border guards who had ten bastards and nine bastards arrested the wrong person again , it seems that they are at least a blind cat and a dead mouse.

She thought for a while, and said to herself: "Let's ignore Adria's affairs. Since the governor let her go, let's not pursue it too much. Let her go back to Belgica first. Now our opponent is These treacherous savages—the messengers sent before dawn will take at least two days to reach the nearest military camp, and in the worst case, they must be prepared to stand alone for a week...Numeria, please calm her down Yet?"

"I gave her some milk, and she fell asleep; now we have her guarded, do you want to see her?"

"I should go see her."

"Then wait for you to calm down."

"Ok?"

"I mean, little Marianne and big Marianne."

The retinue nun smiled and clicked on Marian's left and right sides.

"They're so energetic, they'll be noticed."

"...you'd better find me a thick shawl."

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Tips.1: "Great unclean person" - generally refers to all human and non-human things that use various spells privately.In the empire, only the recognized court mage system, nuns and some druids and shamans are allowed to use supernatural powers. As for other people or things, no matter whether they are voluntary or not, even talents are seriously illegal.

Chapter 28 023. Distress

When Gnicia opened her eyes drowsily, she thought she was dead again.

But this time she was lucky. What she saw was not the well-carved chapel with a beautiful lace stone patio that she was very familiar with, but a small narrow room with two rough wooden beams on top. Hanging a crooked woven flower basket.

She felt very tired, and most of the strength in her body was taken away, but at least her condition was much stronger than the overwhelming fatigue that accompanied resurrection after death. location.

Think about it, who is she, where did she come from, where should she go?

She's a witch from anywhere, going to Zurich.

Yesterday, she followed a group of death row prisoners to a military camp in the Gaul region of the Empire. After several attempts, she finally allowed herself to live until the next day, and then...

She remembered that the elf who pestered her in the middle of the night had left here.

Her name is...Adelia?Salazar Adria?

Although Gnicia felt that she shouldn't force anything, she still felt empty when she thought of the elf's departure.

She didn't know what Adria would think of what she had done, but to Gnicia, that elf was the first intelligent creature that had had such close contact with her since she came to the mortal world—remove The words of the werewolf who killed him several times.

She made herself very comfortable, and maybe she should do something to repay her... "reciprocate" and "eye for an eye" are one of the principles of dealing with things based on the concept of equivalent exchange that the sages specially taught her.

Do you want to do the same to that elf druid the next time you meet her?Or does the other party wish to do something else instead?

Gnicia didn't quite understand the specific social rules. After thinking about it for a while, she decided to get up first.