Late at night, Joshua and Ciri ate and drank together at Queen Yekana's banquet until they returned to Hearthstone Tavern satisfied.
Clary and Monet, who had been waiting in the Hearthstone Tavern, finally received the treatment that prisoners should have, that is, interrogation.
Clary was taken to an empty room by the attendant of the tavern. There was only a long table and three chairs in the room, as well as the original spar lamp emitting dim light.
This kind of scene makes Clary always feel like she's seen it there.
Joshua was now sitting on the other side of the long table, and a female spellcaster who looked like a recorder was sitting beside Joshua with a notebook.
"First of all, my sister's name is Clary, and my brother's name is Monet, right?"
Joshua made a gesture to Clarley to sit down, and Clarley cautiously sat in the seat opposite Joshua, and then nodded to Joshua's answer.
"Then let me ask the first question, if I give you one more chance to defect to the Demon Realm, and my brother Monet will temporarily become a professional player, if my sister... I haven't made up my mind yet, I'll give you a job anyway. , so that you have personality rights, will you still serve for the Tribunal?"
Qiao Xiu strongly resisted the urge to hiccup and tried to make himself a little more serious. He was too full when he went to Queen Yekana's banquet just now.
"Absolutely not, Your Highness Qiao Xiu!"
"This tone, is the younger brother answering now?"
When Qiao Xiu talked with this Chaos Demon in the player lounge before, he almost got a clear idea of the general character of the sister and brother.
"If your question is serious and not a joke, my answer is no."
Clary made the emotional Monet temporarily shut up and looked at Joshua cautiously.
"It's so simple that the counterattack succeeded..."
Ciri, who was in charge of recording this conversation, suddenly looked up at the Chaos Demon.
"Are all of you heretics like this?"
"All like this?"
Clary heard the female spellcaster's tone, and she seemed to know several renegade Judges.
"Well... In fact, there are still a few former judges who work under me. Is it really okay for the Heresy Tribunal to review spies? He defected to the enemy's side so easily. If it were me, I would have this A spy fired."
Joshua suddenly started telling Clary about the professional ethics of a spy and she was a little overwhelmed...
"sorry."
In the end, Monet, who was ashamed in his heart, could only apologize in a low voice for his sister.
"It seems to be a bit off topic. After all, I'm not very professional in interrogation. You should go to the pre-employment inspection. The second question is why you joined the trial court?"
Joshua's words completely dispelled the tense atmosphere again, and Clary could no longer imagine Joshua as a knife and axeer.
There are also good people among the demons. Clary has always sneered at the motto taught by an old Crusader in the past, and Joshua's performance made her have to believe it.
"The Inquisition found me and Monet's soul and made us like this... so we can only be part of the Inquisition."
Clary chose to lie to Joshua here, and Joshua could easily make her and her brother disappear from the world.
Although very despicable, Clary must gain Joshua's trust, this is the only way she can protect her brother.
When this thought lingered in Clary's heart, she suddenly felt a pain like a needle stick in her mind.
This caused the body of the Chaos Demon controlled by Claire to fall on the table subconsciously.
what happened
Clary glanced over the eyes of the Chaos Demon and looked at Joshua who was sitting in front of her.
"Forgot to remind you, a friend helped me set up a very interesting enchantment, the name can be roughly summed up as a spiritual body lie detector."
Joshua showed Clary the mark of the Skeleton in his hand.
"Qualified spies can pass the test of this magic circle, but it seems that you have not been trained in this area." Joshua paused and said, "So next you have a chance to tell the truth, Miss Amateur Spy."
"Our parents were Crusaders, went on the fourth expedition, and... never came back."
Clary's hands were clenched and she fought the pain in her soul like a needle stick by her own will.
"So I also became a member of the Crusaders and wanted to take revenge, but... I failed, and the Inquisition of Heresy gave me a second chance." When Clary said this, the pain in her soul gradually eased, and she His eyes met Joshua's again.
"It looks like your second chance will fail too."
"… "
Clary clenched her fists and didn't answer Joshua, she knew that the truth she said now might anger Joshua.
"The third question." Qiao Xiu didn't want to ask further. "How much do you know about the current Inquisition for Heresy? And their purpose..."
"The Inquisition has a large number of temporary strongholds in the Land of Frost, and the bishops gathered in the Land of Frost seem to intend to open something... called the Gate of Roots."
Clary knew that this was one of the chips in exchange for her survival, and she could only tell Joshua what she knew.
"Door?"
"The soul builds the door, the sacred object serves as the key, the root becomes the battlefield, and the truth comes to this world."
Clary softly read out a prayer that sounded very strange in Joshua's ears. The prayer did not sound like a human language, but Joshua still understood the meaning.
"This is a sentence that appeared in my mind when the bishop fixed my soul in this chaos demon." Clary continued.
The atmosphere in the interrogation room became dull for a while, and Clary quietly stared at Joshua who was in deep thought.
"Gate of Truth? Are you sure those bishops haven't read the comic called "Fullmetal Alchemist"?"
"I've only read comics on the magic web called "Big Cat Travel."
Clary answered Joshua very seriously, after all, if she lied, she would be punished.
"That's what I drew."
A comic created by Ciri in the immovable library. This world has had stories in the form of comic strips a long time ago.
Some books included some illustrations. Ciri was recently instructed to practice oil painting by the man in purple, so Qiao Xiu suggested that she might as well connect these oil paintings into a story.
So Ciri combined her experience of survival in the wilderness and what happened to Zenas, and created a cartoon of a sinful demon traveling around the world for 365 days.
"You... are you the author? I also read that comic." Monet suddenly intervened in the conversation at this time.
"Monet!"
Clary interrupted her brother again. The current atmosphere is not very suitable for talking about comics-related topics.
"Big Cat Travel is technically the first comic on the Magic Web, uh... It seems to be off topic again."
Joshua couldn't come up with any useful information after asking Clary.
"Today's interrogation is here for the time being, I have some things to deal with."
Just now, the dark elf sent a text message to Qiao Xiu. Judging from the content of the text message, Foya seemed to have another nightmare.