roccoschili Chapter 189 The City of Faith, Istchi 7
Chapter 189 The City of Faith, Istchi 7
"What's going on? Why is the guillotine stuck?" The crowd below the execution platform discussed among themselves.
This brutal approach to dealing with evil criminals has always been East’s tradition, but today it has encountered an unexpected turn of events.
“Lady Avelia, since this guillotine is broken, you shall execute her in her stead, and use your magic to end her sinful life,” said another member of the knight order on the platform.
“This is not traditional. Don’t worry, I’m an expert at repairing all kinds of tools. Give me a few minutes, and I’ll fix this guillotine,” Avilia said, patting her chest.
“But I remember you failed your mechanical engineering course in school,” one of the people said, trying to undermine him.
Who is this guy? I have to make things difficult for him right now. Avelia glared at the guy: "Don't judge people by past standards; people always grow."
So, Avelia naturally began to repair the "broken" switch.
What a joke! I feel sleepy just looking at those mechanical structures. Who would bother fixing this thing that I've ruined?
But even though I can't fix it, I can make it worse.
Avelia began tapping on the left and fiddling with things on the right with a friendly air.
After a few minutes, Avelia snapped out of her work mode, wiping away a bead of sweat—she was exhausted.
"Lady Avelia, is it fixed?" someone asked tentatively.
“Of course.” Avilia patted the guillotine device, and with her light touch, the entire device suddenly fell apart, parts scattered everywhere, and the gleaming guillotine fell at Avilia’s feet. “Of course it’s not fixed.”
Emnicia, who had been waiting to be beheaded, turned pale with fright as she watched the guillotine fall from the sky and nearly hit her head.
Is this my younger sister?
Has your memory been altered? — Don't torment your older sister like this.
"Avelia, you..." Anyone present could probably tell that Avelia was deliberately here to cause trouble. "Avelia, do you want to save this kingdom's greatest sinner?"
"Huh? I don't know. I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Avelia waved her hand.
Elena, are you done yet? I really can't resist calling you.
“Now, you must immediately cast a spell on Emnessia to kill her, or I have the right to charge you with favoritism,” said a member of the knight order who usually clashed with Avilia.
“You have some power, but I also have the power to define you as a criminal who endangers public safety,” Avilia said.
"How did I endanger public safety?"
"Being so ugly...isn't that a threat to public safety? What if people are killed by how ugly they are?"
"you……"
The originally solemn execution chamber suddenly turned into a shouting match. Clearly, Avelia's literary skills were superior to most people's.
In theory, according to the laws of Istria, when something happens to the orthodox knights, it is the high-ranking members of the orthodox knights who should make the decision.
Unfortunately, Avelia was a high-ranking member of the orthodox Knights.
Therefore, the only one who can judge her is the supreme leader of Ister, namely the Rose Witch Emilia.
But now, the supreme leader, perhaps having eaten something wrong yesterday, has not yet arrived.
"Avelia, don't get too cocky. When Lady Emilia arrives, you'll be in deep trouble." Seeing that he couldn't win the argument with Avelia, the man simply brought up Emilia instead.
Avelia's blatant delaying tactics have definitely touched a nerve with Emilia, and she's doomed.
If she weren't outmatched by Avelia, she could have easily taken Avelia down now without any major problems later on. After all, her actions were in line with Lady Emilia's wishes, and she would not only avoid legal punishment but also receive a promotion.
"I'm so scared~ Why don't you just lie in her bed and fawn over her? Wouldn't that get you promoted faster?" Avelia said with a sneer.
"How dare you speak ill of Lady Emilia?"
"Did you fail your Chinese exam? In what way did I say anything bad about Lady Emilia? Or are you really thinking that, and you're just angry because you're embarrassed?"
"Damn it..." The man couldn't hold back any longer. Even if he couldn't win, he had to fight, so he pulled out his magic wand.
"Who's afraid of who? Whoever loses becomes the other's granddaughter." Avilia had been wanting to fight for a long time. If her priority wasn't stalling for time, she wouldn't have bothered with any pretense and would have just attacked directly.
Just then, the previously silent mirror crystal in the distance suddenly flashed with a dazzling light. As the pinnacle of magical technology in Ister, this magical artifact could transmit images and sounds over long distances.
Such advanced magical artifacts are basically only usable by Emilia; others cannot use them without special circumstances. In the current situation, it's clear that Emilia has noticed the situation and is about to speak.
"You're finished!! Avelia! See how Lady Emilia will punish you!" the man said viciously.
She then turned and looked respectfully at the mirror crystal, intending to tell this lord about Avelia's crimes.
Huh? Who's that bruised and swollen pig's head in that mirror crystal? Is it some kind of special pig-headed person...? How is she qualified to use the mirror crystal?
"I'm sorry, I was wrong... I shouldn't have framed Emilia." The pig-headed man cried out loudly, his voice was abstract and distorted, but Emilia's voice could still be faintly heard.
Avelia stared in shock at Emilia in her current state.
No... how did she become like this?
Then Emilia denounced her past actions, calling herself worse than a pig or a dog, a demon on earth... and so on. Finally, the image of the mirror crystal ended there.
"Lady Emilia..."
"An adult, indeed! How could she do something so despicable! This kind of person doesn't deserve to be the leader of our kingdom!"
"Isn't she being coerced?"
"As a witch, who has the power to coerce her?"
The crowd murmured amongst themselves, but according to the laws of East, at least Emnessia wouldn't be beheaded, as the so-called real culprit had already explained the whole story clearly.
Moreover, compared to the previous accusations against Emnicia, the true culprit's account is clearly more plausible.
Emnesia was simply not capable of killing the four witches.
The claim that Emnesia possesses magical powers is also completely unfounded. In fact, all that was needed to refute Emilia's accusations was to test Emnesia's magical powers—but no one would bother to verify it. In their eyes, their leader is always right. Wouldn't you be slapping your leader in the face by verifying it? Do you even want to live a normal life anymore?
"Avilia, what's going on?" Emnicia asked, completely bewildered.
She has endured far more than she should have at her age.
If she hadn't seen so many strange and wonderful things with Qin and Elena, she probably would have thought the world had finally gone mad.
"Would you believe me if I said I didn't know either, sister?" Avelia said, her lips twitching.