Hope Occam's mouth was wide enough to fit a fist into. "...What? A secret society?"
"you are not willing?"
"My dear Lord, this is no joke!" The dentist jumped up suddenly, "This is not a question of whether I am willing or not! You must not do this... For the sake of Gaia, please forget it as soon as possible. This is a ridiculous idea. Even if you are a lord, you cannot-"
"I am a lord." Danlfien said, "Is there anything I can't do in the Ice Territory?"
"Just because you are the lord, I don't want you to be harmed."
"It's not easy to hurt me. You mean the church? They don't have as many Crusaders stationed in Venevoise as there are two teams of the Silver Eagle Legion." Danlfien came to the Ice Territory for nearly a month, not just on a whim. She had already considered these things. "If we use magic to cover up the characteristics of your nameless ones, and then place your base in the wild, this team will become a real secret. Only I know your existence. Demon hunters will not come looking for you, and you will be absolutely safe."
"Leave the city? But... how can we solve the living needs of the unknown people? Moreover, the ice territory is freezing and the wilderness is not safe."
"Is your magic useless?"
"You praise us too much!" the dentist yelled. "Using too much demonic power will turn us into demons, and it itself is not omnipotent. Our magic has a mysterious power beyond fire." , but it really doesn’t go much beyond that.”
In order to make her give up her idea, Hope directly used herself as an example: "Take me for example. I was originally a mysterious creature who returned from studying medicine in the royal capital. I barely lit the fire, but the demonic power allowed me to use the magic and feel that I could only gain after changing jobs. The flow of magic even amplifies the original mystery, and the effect is comparable to that of a high-level one. But that’s all it can do. I can’t control it to increase my strength, let alone control the wind and rain. Maybe others can use magic to do this, but I can’t at all. Get the appropriate knowledge.”
"That's all? Then why are people afraid of you?"
"It's not us they're afraid of." Hope lowered his voice. "They're afraid of the evil dragon Winserspoon. Have you forgotten? We are just vessels, and sooner or later we will become the apostles of hell."
"I can send people to deliver supplies..."
"...Then it wouldn't be completely safe," Hope pointed out. "Once the church or patrolling knights discover this shelter, they will be overjoyed and then hunt us all down."
Only then did Danlfien realize what he had taken for granted. "Forget it." She apologized, but felt awkward saying it. "Let's put aside the association thing for now. I just... I just think that Winnie Watts was purged because of the unknown people. If these people can be managed, it might be good for us."
"I'm afraid it's good for you." The dentist smiled weakly. "You want to watch over us, right?"
"Everyone needs to be restrained by the law. The Nameless Ones should not be an exception. I just hope that before you become demons, you can be treated equivalent to the creatures of order." Danlfien explained, "You were in the incident of the Broken Moon God descending. Helping us has made me change my mind about the Nameless Ones a little bit. And people have seen the consequences of radical actions, and the Weniworth Massacre left the Ice Territory devastated. If we can find a more peaceful way, maybe... ...Perhaps people will accept you too." She coughed, "In any case, the Nameless Ones are also Venetian people and are my people."
Hope Ockham looked at her long and hard. "You are so kind, my lord. Ordinary nobles would be regarded as aliens if they care about the lives of common people, let alone a noble person like you... You are as worthy of our love as your mother. But the nameless one is different. , I am not your subject, but Knox’s enemy. Yes, the war has ended for a thousand years, but this does not mean that order and chaos can coexist peacefully. Peace! Who doesn’t like stable days? It’s the best place in the world There may be a paradise for the unknown that demon hunters cannot go to. I don’t deny the possibility, but... Sir, I’m sure there are many people who have thought about it this way, but only in the Ice Territory there are very few.”
Maybe he thought so too before becoming the Nameless One. Dandelphin pursed his lips. In fact, she also understood that the attitude of the people in Venice towards the Nameless One would be far worse than that of other places. "But if we do nothing, the bad situation will be even less likely to get better on its own. Do I want the hatred to continue?" she argued.
"My lord, you don't understand. What separates us is not hatred, but contradiction."
contradiction. The word shook her. Delphine could not help but think of Gavin again. If she didn't need to inherit the Ice Territory, would he still hate me? Since Gavin doesn't need me to die, will Four Leaf City suffer from the undead? Who can tell?
"I won't ask you anymore." She finally compromised, "Association or peace. It's up to you. I hope you can understand what the Nameless Ones think of themselves."
The girl stood up straight. "In short, I promised to provide you with protection. This is the promise of Lord Dalfion Lancaster of the Ice Land. Hope Ockham, you don't have to tremble in my castle, it will protect you until you The day he fell.”
Likewise, Hope was struck by her promise. Tears welled up in the dentist's sentimental eyes. "Thank you, Lord Lord..."
"You're welcome." Danfion made the promise and felt filled with a sense of responsibility. She waved her hand so hard that she almost knocked over the ink on the table. "Now go back and see your patients, and don't get in my way."
…
The bed in the inn was stuffed with feathers, and Hitarian almost overslept. Ever since she left Yotsuba City, the nightmares had become intermittent. She was lucky enough to have a good sleep yesterday.
When Hitarian got dressed and crawled out of bed, he found his sister Ruth scribbling on the table. She was playing, of course, for a real painter would never choose to dip his quill feathers in ink and smear them everywhere. Anyway, the silly girl seemed happy, and Hitarian let her do whatever she wanted.
Boom, boom, boom. Suddenly, someone knocked on the wooden board outside the door. "Ladies, is it convenient for me to come in now?"
Before Hitarian made a move, Ruth cheered and ran to open the door. I told her to be careful, she thought angrily, and then she had no choice but to catch up. She is a fool and I don’t even understand what she said.
Witek Shazo still had a mist hanging over him, even though Hitarian and Ruth had seen his face. This guy has a face very characteristic of northerners, with a broad forehead, dark red skin, and thick and straight eyebrows. The beard on his chin had probably just been grown, and it was only a hairy layer. His manners were less formal than those of the upper classes, but not offensive. He was dressed like a mercenary, with an unnecessary mercenary regiment emblem on his shoulder, and a steel one-handed sword on his waist. It was this sword that gave away his true identity - the round head at the top of its grip was engraved with the heart-shaped leaf pattern of the Wiggins family. Hitarian only took a few glances and noticed that this thing seemed to be the standard weapon of the patrol knights of Yotsuba City.
"The painting is really good." He praised Ruth as "the new star of abstract art" and made her laugh with his funny expression. "Is this the first time she has held a pen? The posture is really unique." He joked.
Hitarian realized he was talking to himself. "No." But her body reacted faster than her mind, and she replied: "We received the most basic education when we were children. I can read, and Ruth can count to twenty."
"It's amazing," said the northerner. "Although I know Common Language, I can't speak Divine Language. Sometimes I can count faster than you, but I don't have any talent in art. Really, I can't even sing out of tune." ." His frankness made Hitarian couldn't help but smile.
"Sing," said Ruth, "sing." She looked at him expectantly.
Wittek laughed too. "No, good girl, I will scare you. When we get to Byrne, I will take you to the opera. Byrne's opera is beautiful and beautiful. The musicians know every piece of ice music, and the dancers spin on tiptoes, The skirts are layered and bloom into autumn flowers.”
Byrne. Hitarian had never been to the opera, and she had never expected to go to the theater. She was worried about something else. "How will we live in Byrne? Serve you?"
The northerners raised their eyebrows at the absurdity. "Of course not. I don't need anyone else to serve me. You will have a new job, and it will definitely be better than the previous situation."
Hitarian remained unconvinced. "I'm a girl and I don't know anything."
"At the end of the day, you still don't understand what Byrne is." Witek Shazo said.
Of course I understand. "You said it is a suitable place for Ruth to live." Hitarian hesitated, "I know that although my sister is not smart, she is good-looking. She can at least..."
"No. No. That's not the case." There was confusion on his face at first, but then he gradually became confused about whether to laugh or cry. "That's not true at all. Gee, you got me wrong! Ruth is good-looking, which of course has its advantages. A lot of people will like her...and you. They'll think of you as family. Byrne is the Unknown One Home, that’s what it’s for.”
Hitarian still felt weird when he said that word like that. The nameless one. "I don't know that in the eyes of others, we are already—" she hesitated to express, "we are no longer human beings."
It was not just the "Confessions", the indulgences and their little shack that were burned that night. The church published an article in the newspaper the next day offering a reward for the two demon sisters who escaped. Hitarian's life and future plans were ruined by that damn book, which the Knights of the Cross burned to the ground. They were forced to become demons that everyone shouted to beat, and followed the real nameless one to leave Yotsuba City overnight, all the way south.
"Why care about the hatred of strangers? We are your family." The northerner told her not to care about these things. "The world is stupid and regards us as the incarnation of the devil. But we are still the souls born from the union of our parents, with blood flowing in our bodies. Their blood. Some of the nameless ones are indeed not human, but I am undoubtedly human, and so are you."
"It's different. We were charged by the church for this inexplicable gospel. And you are really a nameless one who uses the mysteries of the devil."
Wittek's smile seemed a little weird. He asked Ruth to go aside and fiddle with the tassels on the tablecloth, and said to Hitarian: "You think you are just a fish in the pond? You have no choice but to flee because of the 'Confessions'?"
Hitarian noticed the sarcasm in his words and subconsciously became uneasy. "If I don't go to church..."
"...Sooner or later, it will bring about misfortune." These words made the girl look at him in confusion. Witek stopped smiling, and his voice was like the wind wandering in the cold night: "You think I help you because of the common situation of being hated by the church? ? Or do you want to get news about 'Confessions'? None. I help you because you are my family, at least one of you is."
"I...I don't understand..."
"You must understand. Demon hunters have long publicized the characteristics of the Nameless One to every civilian in Yotsuba City. Are you enjoying its convenience, but are you trying to deny its existence?"
convenient. Hitarian couldn't help but wonder, am I benefiting from the demon's power? If I really had this power, I wouldn't have to endure hunger long ago. Only a fool would leave magic alone... She suddenly understood, and her face turned pale. "Is it Ruth?" Lucia is on top. Could it be her lucky ability?
Wittek watched as Ruth's hands were filled with ink and she was ravaging the dirty drawing paper. "The Nameless One is not a demon, but he is definitely not an angel of Gaia. Caution is our consistent purpose. Child, of course I will not pick up two strange targets who are also targeted by the Cross Knight. Because that will only Let yourself take unnecessary risks, and I still have a mission." He smiled at her again, and the harshness and coldness disappeared. "Go to Byrne and you will be protected. Don't be afraid, children, you are really my companions. Although the church came here for the book, it accidentally discovered your true identity."
Kitarian could not pretend that he had no suspicions about Ruth's power. She felt suffocated by the painful truth, but it was just the loss after a lucky break. I do enjoy the devil's convenience, she thought bitterly, even now.
But he is talking about us...
"Ruth is indeed a little different." Hitarian admitted, "But I, I am the same as normal people, maybe there are some shortcomings. Why am I a devil?"
"It's the Nameless One, child. We never call ourselves demons." Witek corrected, "When people discover the difference between the Nameless One, it means that their power has awakened. The abnormality of fire has always existed, dear, you Of course there is something extraordinary, but you are not aware of its existence yet... It’s just that the time has not yet come, Hitarian. When that day comes, you will find that you have never been mediocre."
Before the girl could answer, he turned to talk about their trip's destination. "I think you will understand when you get to Byrne. It is the heaven on earth for the nameless ones, a home that is free from discrimination and persecution. You will understand everything there."
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