Isabella bowed her head slightly, waiting for the trial.
"You should be thankful that your ability is not that it is peculiar enough, but that it cannot directly kill others. No matter how big the crime is, even if you assist Zero to attack me, you are just an accomplice." Roland's voice was clear and peaceful , "I may not kill you, but you must atone for what you have done, like other lawbreakers."
For some reason, after hearing this sentence, she felt that something fell in her heart. She was not afraid of death, but she couldn't say that she liked death.
"As long as you can defeat the devil, I am willing to offer you everything."
"Devils are the enemy of all mankind. Of course I will fight them to the end, but in a different way than the church. I will not win the battle of divine will at the cost of destroying human potential, and you have to change your habits in the church. ." Roland said slowly, "There will be no purer in the future. From today, you will be an atonement witch."
Zero was all wrong. Not only did he already know the existence of the Devil and the Federation, but he was also ready for the battle of divine will. It is true that he is a mortal, and he may die in decades, and his faith will collapse with aging, but now, you have given him endless life, the final difficulty has been overcome, and the darling of the gods is born here .
Thinking of this, Isabella dragged her ankles and knelt down, her long hair covering the ground, "Yes, Master."
When she stood up again, Roland said, "This is not the holy city of Hermes, so you are not my servant, but a man of redemption. Of course, I will not send you to the mine to dig Twenty Years Mine, all you have to do is to cooperate with Agatha in magic research."
She was stunned, did she just do this for him
"During this period, I will ask Wendy to arrange a new residence for you. The redemption period is five years, you can be unshackled, but you have only limited freedom. In other words, except for the residence and Agatha's mage tower, do you want to To go anywhere else, you must act under the watch of the Witch Union."
"Yes, I understand."
"By the way, are you sure there are no other witches in the holy city?" Roland asked.
This question has been answered several times since she was captured, Isabella thought about it, and finally shook her head, "For this decisive battle, Zero has transformed all the useless new witches into the God's Punishment Army, and the useful Yes, they are basically sent to the battlefield. There are still a large number of women in the monastery, but before the evil moon, the chances of them being transformed into witches are not high. Vanilla, Maggie and I should be the only three remaining in the church. "
He didn't speak any more, turned and walked out of the house, and the blond witch stepped forward to loosen her shackles.
Isabella looked at her hands back to freedom in disbelief. Is this the final judgment? No detention, toying, or worse, was he serious about what he said
"Your Majesty," she called out suddenly, "I don't know if Vanilla and Maggie are now..."
"It's better than your situation," Roland turned around and said, "They are just influenced by the distorted education of the monastery, and they are still a long way from madness. If they can be corrected, the two of them may join the Witch League one day. ."
As the three of them left, the door creaked shut.
Is it... Isabella was completely relaxed. She lay down on the wooden bed and felt the sunlight shining in from the window. Ignoring the dazzling light, she narrowed her eyes and stared at the blue sky outside the iron railings.
What a nice day, she thought.
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"Your punishment is too light," Nightingale said in dissatisfaction when she returned to the office, "She almost killed you."
"It's Zero, not her." Roland handed her a piece of dried fish.
The latter took it with his mouth and said vaguely, "It was also caused by her, otherwise the Soul Battlefield would not be able to invade your body at all."
"But she really wants to fight the devil from the bottom of her heart, right?" He said indifferently, "I haven't committed an unforgivable crime, and I haven't suffered any real harm, so let's handle it like this, and I can still make a fortune. Buying bones and showing the role of future generations."
"A thousand golden dragons... what?"
"Uh... it means propaganda," Roland coughed twice, "with her as an example, more people can understand that as long as the bottom line is not violated, there is still a chance of redemption. After all, the devil is our ultimate Enemy, in order to add a bargaining chip in the battle of divine will, it is the best choice for her to commit crimes and meritorious deeds."
"Okay," Nightingale curled her lips, "I'll keep an eye on her for you."
Roland walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, still thinking about what Isabella said.
Zero's memories were divided into two types, one was chaotic and had residual consciousness, which would have an impact on her, while the other was complete and placed there, and it would be more difficult for her to freely look at the former. , and more easily forgotten...
Could this be the reason why Zero repeatedly persuaded herself to surrender during the battle of souls
The loser who decides to surrender will devote all her memory, and there will be no side effects, so that she can explain her stop at a critical moment.
Zero wished to give up her resistance in order to obtain complete memory details.
This guess is somewhat similar to his experience of occupying the fourth prince's body.
To be precise, the memory of the fourth prince is like this. When he wants to trace it, he can check it at any time. It’s like an organized filing cabinet. He doesn’t need to spend time to record them. . Even if I look at it again after more than a year, this part of the memory is still intact.
The fourth prince was harmed by the dark chess arranged by Garcia. If the deceased did not have the will, then the loser who was regarded as surrender seemed to be justified.
What about determined rebels
Listening to Isabella's description, this part of the memory is accompanied by residual will, which will change Zero's own thinking, character and even philosophy. After she devoured thousands of people, she has long since become a complex collection, which is far from the original she, or, in other words, cannot be regarded as the same person at all.
So her way of revenge is probably to inject all these wills into her own thoughts.
Of course she will be broken because of this, but Roland is no longer Roland.
In the chaotic memory storm, all wills will fight for dominance again, and she may have a chance to make a comeback.
However, what Zero didn't expect was that he was not from this era.
In terms of the depth and breadth of information reception, the absorption of modern people in almost a day is equivalent to months or even years in ancient times. In the era of information explosion, he is with memory almost all the time, leaving the useful and eliminating the meaningless, which has become an instinct of consciousness.
The result is that all the memory fragments are merged and reorganized by the "dream", forming a seemingly strange new world.
However, he has no way to verify these speculations.
Zero lost everything she had swallowed and her original memory. She turned into a pure and flawless newborn and reappeared in the dream.
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