Chapter 3561: Witch Trial and Legend of Arc

The news that the Duchess stayed at No. 6 St. Deran Square during the Year-End Festival had already spread throughout Tobesk. Since the royal family allowed such news to spread, this basically represented that the Cavendish royal family recognized the relationship between Hamilton of Lei Jiede and the Duchess of Saradir.

Therefore, in the eyes of most people, Xia De will definitely marry the Duchess in the near future, and then jointly manage Saradir County, becoming one of the most powerful people in the kingdom with the identity of "in-law" in one fell swoop.

Even because Miss Jia Lin Na's seniority is very high, and Xia De is too young, maybe fifty years later he will become the "royal family member" with the highest seniority in the kingdom. It is hard to imagine how powerful he will be by then. So, it is better not to provoke this kind of young man.

And Duchess Miss Jia Lin Na is not the kind of tolerant person.

Ajelina didn't speak, just looked at Xia De who came in a black formal suit with surprise. She had a lot to say, but couldn't say a word at this time. Seeing the person who caused trouble leave, Xia De tidied up his cuffs and asked Ajelina very respectfully:

"Your Highness, may I ask where Miss Miss Jia Lin Na is? She gave me an invitation, but I didn't see her."

He couldn't have too much involvement with Ajelina in public, and Ajelina understood this truth, so she said while holding back the shyness and excitement in her heart:

"Talking to father. Knight, do you want to wait here, or wait in the lounge?"

"Go to the lounge. I hope this didn't disturb your birthday banquet, Your Highness. I handed the gift for you to the attendant at the door, I hope you like it."

"Not disturbed, I like your gift very much."

So Ajelina left the banquet hall briefly, and led Xia De to the lounge with her maids. This is not an impolite behavior, after all, Xia De's "seniority" is higher.

And in the corridor, Ajelina pulled open the door of an empty room, and then pulled Xia De's hand and walked in. The two maids stood at both ends of the corridor to "keep watch," and hoped that the princess would not do anything too excessive.

Twenty minutes later, when Ajelina appeared in the banquet hall again, Princess Alice asked curiously:

"Sister, why is your face so red?"

"The clothes I'm wearing today are too heavy."

"Sister, have you reapplied your lipstick?"

"Yes, I went to touch up my makeup on the way just now. The original lipstick... was eaten by a cat."

"Sister, isn't your dress organized?"

"Yes, because the lipstick accidentally rubbed onto my chest."

Alice Cavendish couldn't understand this sentence very well, just felt that Ajelina's mood seemed to have improved. And Ajelina didn't care about her sister's thoughts for the time being. She looked at the banquet hall at this time with a smile, feeling that everything was so beautiful. Xia De's bold and intense actions tonight made her notice his change in attitude. This eighteenth birthday is worth remembering.

And, she probably understood why Princess Lei Qianya liked to have a secret meeting with Xia De at the banquet.

"Tonight, you might appear in Ajelina's dream."

On the night Xia De and Miss Jia Lin Na went home together, "Dorothy," who was waiting at home, asked Xia De with a smile. Princess Lei Qianya was worried that Ajelina would feel lonely on the night of her eighteenth birthday, so after Xia De returned home excitedly with the news of the "wrong Ring of Destiny," she asked him to continue to attend the evening banquet at the Yodel Palace.

The blonde girl greeted the two at the entrance hall downstairs, and gave Xia De a hug, thanking him for being so hardworking at night for her sister.

"But it seems you have already received the reward."

She also smelled the faint perfume of Ajelina on Xia De, which was easy for Princess Lei Qianya to identify.

Miss Jia Lin Na joked:

"Xia De has always collected rewards for doing things, even if it's just a penny, he collects it. This is the principle of our knight... But it seems that this time Ajelina gave a very generous reward."

She signaled everyone to go upstairs:

"Don't block here, my maids are still outside the door. Let's go, Xia De, please temporarily forget Ajelina and tell me about the black arc you mentioned in the carriage just now. I feel like I've heard of this kind of thing somewhere."

If the 【Diviner Association】 is the orthodox successor of the ancient destiny cult, and the inheritance has never been broken. Then the 【Witch Council】 itself is the cult of the God of Chaos, and it is very likely that the name and the Mythical Era are exactly the same.

Thanks to the existence of the council space, the inheritance of the witches is more complete than that of the diviners.

Therefore, even though the "Ring of Destiny" itself has little to do with the witches, there are records about this matter circulating in the council. This afternoon, Megan, Claire, and Xivi couldn't remember this matter, not because the Duchess read more books than them, but because Miss Jia Lin Na's teacher, the previous balanced great witch, had mentioned this matter to her.

"Teacher is a very interesting person. She was not only a distant branch of the royal family, but also served as the Chief Justice of Derarion for more than forty years. Everyone in the Witch Council was afraid of her. Compared with her, I am really a very easygoing person."

She sat on the sofa and told Xia De and Dorothy about the past. Miss Jia Lin Na rarely mentioned her teacher, but being able to cultivate Miss Jia Lin Na, the other party must also be a very excellent witch.

"That is not the knowledge hidden in the council library managed by Megan, but the records in the council's trial court that I manage. I have mentioned that it is specifically used to judge great witches."

But the trial court had never been used since Miss Jia Lin Na took charge. There are only thirteen modern witches, and everyone can solve conflicts privately. There has never been a matter that required the "trial court" to take effect for nearly a thousand years.

"After determining that I was the successor, the teacher told me about a large number of past records of the trial court in her later years, telling me what kind of serious crimes great witches must commit to be pushed to the trial court, and how we, as balanced great witches, need to deal with those great witches who are determined to be guilty."

The firelight of the fireplace illuminated Miss Jia Lin Na's beautiful face, and she had a rare expression of memory at this moment. She rarely showed such an expression, because the Duchess believed that this would easily make people's body and mind grow old:

"Those cases are collected in the vast archives of the trial court. The oldest records, no one can even say which era they come from. The balanced great witches of the Sixth Era have never read all the records completely, and some records even we cannot open. So, the teacher selected some key trials she had read as cases for me to learn."

She sat beside Xia De, Dorothy sat on the single sofa holding a teacup, Little Mia stood on the back of the sofa behind Xia De, looking at Xia De for a while and then at the kitchen, it smelled the midnight snack prepared by the maids.

"The case about the arc came from the Third Era. It is one of the few readable files in the Third Era. The text was translated by a certain generation of witches in the Fifth Era. The file says that in order to fight against evil spirits and demons, the witches of the destiny seat at that time didn't know where they got a batch of arcs and shared them with the people they met who wanted to gain power, letting them embed the arcs into their bodies.

The number of these people was large, coming from all races, humans, elves, halflings, dragonborn, vampires, etc. And they almost all became heroes famous among intelligent species a few decades later, and were the lighthouses in that terrifying era when evil spirits were rampant. But it is very strange that almost none of the families and friends of these heroes were alive."

And among the heroes who held the arc, some realized that this was wrong. Later, they discovered that although the arc gave them the destiny of a hero, it also made them pay the price. Some of them thought this was a reasonable payment, while others thought it was the great witch of destiny who deceived them.

Miss Jia Lin Na touched Xia De's hand and looked at the firelight of the fireplace, sighing softly:

"You can also guess what happened next. Dissatisfaction, anger, and suspicion gave evil spirits and demons an opportunity. In that era, keeping a firm heart was more important than in the modern era. So demons possessed some of them, and finally caused very serious consequences, and the council also suffered heavy losses in this matter.

Afterwards, the great witch of destiny was pushed to the council's trial court. All those arcs were recovered, and when spliced together, it was a complete ring. She was finally sentenced to lose her seat in the council. Yes, just like that. Any living force in that era should not be abandoned. Although her behavior caused serious consequences, it was not an unpardonable principle error relatively speaking.

The teacher wanted to tell me through this case that the sentencing result should be combined with the characteristics of the era, and absolutely cannot blindly copy previous cases."

Dorothy then asked:

"So, those arcs..."

"Although it was not directly mentioned in the case, the teacher and the previous me only thought they were unknown strange objects, but now I understand, they were very likely 'Hero Rings'."

Miss Jia Lin Na knew what Xia De and Dorothy cared about:

"The case didn't mention how to strip the arc from the human body, but it said that the final usage method was no longer embedding them into flesh and blood, but making them into weapons. According to our current understanding, those are blades forged by destiny.

This batch of weapons definitely didn't circulate in the council, and as for the method of forging weapons, at least I don't have it here." ===== CHAPTER 3562 =====

Later, those curved arcs were handed over to a new batch of witch hunters. Although the effects of the curved arcs were not as outstanding as those of the first-generation holders due to the abandonment of the price, they still made a contribution to this era.

Thus, the Great Witch of Fate, who had been asked to step down, was allowed to regain her seat after her successor apprentice died in battle, as a reward for the contribution that the curved arcs she found made to civilization."