Spades Nine saw that the other three girls except Ha La had relaxed a lot, and had eliminated most of the fear for the rest of their lives. He continued:

“The things I’m going to talk about next are not things I witnessed with my own eyes, but generally there’s nothing wrong with them.

"The second prince was not originally the heir to the country, so he actually did not deliberately learn military knowledge, nor did he specialize in magic, let alone learn swordsmanship from the knight captain.

"He has been wandering around the country, bringing only a few knights and a wizard with him. Although he is not as talented as his elder brother, because he has been living among common people, the second prince understands one thing better than the eldest prince.

Simple fact.

"That is, all the people of the Perka Kingdom are flesh and blood, have their own direction of progress, need to face the pressure of life, and have extremely real feelings for everyone around them. They are living people.

"It is precisely because of this that the Second Prince has become extremely kind and kind, because he knows that everyone is a precious life, and he must not treat them with a condescending attitude just because of his identity.

"In this case, His Royal Highness the Second Prince met someone.

"When he was very young, he once crossed the border of San Carriles and arrived in a small city.

"In this land ruled by the primordial fire, all the people hate non-human races and pagans, and the first to bear the brunt is a branch of human race - witches."

Fanny raised her hand and asked:

"Wait, witches are a race?"

Spades Nine nodded and said:

"Witches and wizards are not the same as wizards. These two names are unique names for these girls and boys who show magical power.

"They have abilities similar to those of mages, but it's neither like mages learning through the system, nor like warlocks mastering through blood and family inheritance, but suddenly one day, under the influence of some great power, they awakened

Has powerful spellcasting ability.

"The power of witches is more like instinct to them than a technology that changes the world. And although awakening as a witch will not distort their minds, it will change their body structure to a certain extent. This is also

Many people believe that witches are the cause of a branched race of humans.

"But this classification is like saying that the Obelian continent is different from other continents. Essentially, we are all humans without reproductive isolation, not half-orcs or the like.

"In fact, I really doubt that witches are really any different from other humans? Or is the primal fire justifying its own killings?

"However, it is not without reason that witches are hostile to the original fire. Although many witches are not evil at first, the magic they master is extremely vicious, with various vicious curses and methods of killing people silently.

"It's not an obvious power like fireball, but an evil witchcraft that makes people suddenly die in their own homes.

“When a person masters the ability to kill without being sanctioned, it is inevitable that he will cross the line.

"The first time is to kill for self-protection, the second time is to kill a bad person who has done many evil things, the third time is to kill someone he hates, the fourth time is to kill a wealthy businessman, the fifth time is to kill a powerful person

Nobles, and then innocent civilians.

"Witches are not necessarily evil, but the magic they awaken is created for evil purposes.

"At the same time, because the witch's power is not mastered through learning, it is extremely unstable and can easily hurt people around her."

"Although I don't agree with the Primordial Fire's behavior of exterminating witches, it does not mean that they do this behavior without reason. In their view, the so-called 'trial' of witches is a necessary sacrifice for justice.

"The second prince came to the territory of the Original Fire for the first time and witnessed a witch trial.

"The evil witch is a fourteen-year-old girl, only one year younger than the second prince.

"The second prince knew that he should not meddle in the affairs of the local people, but after seeing the girl's fearful expression and bloodshot eyes, he still stopped the local lord and claimed to be the heir to the title from other places to visit the city lord.

, and at the same time, a banquet was held as an excuse to delay the witch trials.

"At the same time, he sent his followers, the wizard and the knight captain, to investigate the whole story of the witch trials.

"Soon his followers also reported the whole story to him.

"It turns out that this girl didn't do anything evil. Just because a man died suddenly in her town, the man's wife suspected that she had seduced her husband and then used witchcraft to kill her. So the people in the town

So he tied her up and took her to the city to be judged by the church.

"After investigation, the city lord's mage found that the man died due to being infected with a disease, and there was no trace of any magical power.

“In the end, I found out that the woman was actually jealous of the girl’s beauty. She definitely noticed her when she passed by her door every day, so she reported the girl out of anger.

"And the guards in the town, driven by some evil and dirty thoughts, 'believed' the woman's words, arrested the beautiful girl without parents, and even whipped and tortured her in the prison, leaving her with several streaks of flesh and blood.

Blurred scars.”

"But during this process, the Priest of the Original Fire also joined the investigation and found out that the girl was really a potential awakened witch. Therefore, instead of punishing the woman who lied about the situation, she was given a large sum of money as a reward for others.

Incentives for whistleblowers.

"After knowing the truth, the second prince was furious, but it was difficult for him to rescue the girl with only a few followers, let alone the release of a witch from the territory of the Original Fire.

"The second prince himself has no talent for strategy, so he chose the stupidest method. First, he used himself as bait to attract the attention of many people, and then quietly let him go when the defense force weakened and the guards were lax.

The girl.

"But it was precisely because of this that the second prince was also in a desperate situation. Although he hid it from the local lord in a short period of time and reunited with his followers, the original fire and the local garrison soon realized that something was wrong.

Send people to hunt down the second prince.

"And it was also at this time that the second prince used his body to block an arrow for the girl in order to protect her. Seeing that his savior was seriously injured and his life was in danger, the girl finally awakened to the power of the witch.

"She directly teleported the second prince and his party to a place one kilometer away, and the second prince's followers also took this opportunity to get rid of their pursuers.

"And this matter did not end so quickly. The second prince did not part ways with the girl after rescuing her. Instead, he spent a full year traveling across mountains and rivers, taking her to the refuge of all young witches - Pain.

forest.

"After that, for many years, the two had no contact.
Chapter completed!