Estelle covered her wound and moved little by little to the stake. Fortunately, the wound was not deep, and maybe Frank didn't have the guts to attack him at all, but he did it. Although the blood flowed in his blood was different from that of an ordinary person, Estelle was only a fifteen-year-old boy.

Frank gasped, and could tell that there were countless tangles in his eyes.

The magistrate standing on the side smiled with relief.

"Ladies and gentlemen——! "the magistrate cried out to the townspeople in a mournful voice, "the devil has slipped through!

Then he stepped forward and opened his arms to Frank: "Thank you, good people, for saving my life!

Hearing this, the tension on Frank's face disappeared, and the tangle in his eyes dissolved, replaced by a rather contented sense of pride.

The magistrate continued his efforts and quickly kicked Estelle, who was already dying, unconscious

"Estelle!" Sister Chloe rushed forward, but was stopped by the magistrate.

"Sister Chloe, I know you love this child dearly," the magistrate glared at Sister Chloe without blinking with his big godless eyes, "but the truth is that he is the devil, as you have just seen, and his flames have burned the ropes and blackened the stakes, and he has not only killed the poor lady, but also me. ”

"But ......"

"Do you want to collude with the devil!" the magistrate shouted, interrupting Sister Chloe, "even if you are highly respected and have a good heart, you can't be fooled by the devil......

From those meaningful words, Sister Chloe heard a hint of a sinister threat.

"But since he was a ......child," Sister Chloe seemed to want to say something, but when she turned her head towards the crowd, all she saw was determination. It seemed that every townsfolk present had made up their minds to destroy Estelle. Because he burns, because he can hurt others, because he is suspected of killing Madame Magnon, although all this is not conclusive, it does not matter, people already have the answer in their hearts.

Estelle is the devil, and he must die.

Faced with the deranged eyes, the nun flinched.

After that, Estelle's wrists were pierced by iron rings, and his body was hung from a taller, more solid iron stake at the entrance of the monastery. The Inquisition tortured him to try to make him confess that he was the devil, but they could get nothing.

So the next day, the magistrate declared that "the gaze of the devil can make people lose their minds", and in the midst of the cries of the crowd, one of Estelle's eyes was gouged out - yes, they gouged out the boy's eye.

Amid Estelle's heart-rending screams, the magistrate led the populace in shouting their gods. So, from that day on, "judging the demons" became the most important activity in the town. The people offered money and favor to the Inquisition, begging them to expose the demon's crimes and reduce the blonde monster to ashes. At the same time, people are excited because they are finally participating in such a sacred thing that will make a big difference to their uneventful lives.

Meanwhile, Selene is locked up in a dark, damp room that doesn't see the light of day, and people say she's been bewitched by her demonic brother. Or maybe Selene herself is a witch who is in cahoots with demons.

In less than three days, Sister Chloe lost her children and her prestige. But she didn't dare to do anything because she was afraid. Things like "her own child is the devil" and "she raised a murderer" happened to her, and she had no choice but to pray more sincerely to God and ask Heavenly Father to forgive her sins. She had to cut ties with the siblings so that her soul would not be defiled, so that she would be taken away by an angel when she died.

On the night of the second day, Estelle looked up at the night sky.

Once, he always felt that the night was too short, and there were still many questions that had not been figured out, and time passed in a hurry. Now that he was tied up outside the monastery gates, he could finally gaze at the stars with impunity, but the pain in his wrists and eyes often interrupted his thinking.

Estelle hung his head, and he tried to lower his arms, but the hands were pierced through his wrists by the iron rings, and they were nailed high to the stakes behind him, so that he could not get a moment of rest.

He was worried about Selene.

He also misses Sister Chloe, who he knows has her difficulties. The thought that he might be dying and not being able to repay the nun for her nurturing kindness made him feel a little sad.

On the third day, Estelle still chose to defend himself. He wanted the villagers to see what kind of person he was, maybe he was really different, but at least he chose to respect and abide by their customs, and even more so to respect all life. Such a rational statement could easily tell whether Estelle was a cunning, eloquent demon or not.

But even so, he failed, because at this time, even if people believed in Estelle's goodness and believed that Estelle was not guilty, they would never choose to give up the judgment - Estelle was a man who could manipulate fire, and we chose to persecute him because of his amazing talent and his own ignorance, what if he held a grudge?

Can't let him live. Since it's already wrong, let's go wrong.

So in order to silence Estelle, the townsfolk dumbened his voice.

In this way, Estelle really lost all chance to save his life, and he became the object of torture and violence by the people, not only the Inquisition, but also the kind townspeople, friendly neighbors, and several nuns who got along day and night, as if they had added a bit of anger to him.

One thing people are looking forward to is that this seemingly fair process can proceed as quickly as possible. That is, to make Estelle confess, or to let him die in the course of the trial.

But people can't do that, because Estelle has a bloodline that they can't understand. Although his body endured the pain that very human beings could bear, he would not die so easily.

By the end of the fourth day's torture, Estelle was in shape.

"Honorable magistrate," said the villagers, at last, began to worry, "you are well-informed, you are very knowledgeable, please think of a way to kill that demon!

Old men, bitter women, obscure hawkers, all the people of this town now express their unanimous wishes. Even Sister Chloe chose to destroy him.

"God forbid, magistrate, let him die without pain. ”

Hearing the petition of the townspeople, the magistrate was in a dilemma at the moment.

Demons? I thought it was just a child's hysteria, but if I fool it and deter it, I can always prevaricate it. But he saw with his own eyes that the child was able to ignite a raging fire, and his eyes glowed with a terrifying golden light. Is he really a demon? Not necessarily, I'm afraid it's possible that he's a young god.

But he coincided with the thoughts of the townspeople - if Estelle was a holy son of God, an unsullied angel, then he would be guilty of the greatest sin of his life as a requisitor. His career will come to an unsatisfactory end. His life will be judged by his political enemies, his bones will not be buried, and his name will be cursed every time it is read.

Rather than that, let him die. Let the events here be silent along with the boy's corpse, and no one will know about it anymore.

Thinking of this, even more vicious thoughts rose in the magistrate's heart.

"Oh, nun," said the magistrate, as he walked up to Sister Chloe, "I heard that the demon has a sister!"

Sister Chloe said, "Yes...... Yes, she's fine, there's nothing wrong with her. Despite her fear, Sister Chloe was still reluctant to abandon Seline, at least in her eyes, Seline was more like a person than Estelle.

"No, no, no, no!" the magistrate howled, and reached out to grab his hair, tearing it vigorously, "I have done something stupid!

This caused a new panic among the townspeople, who noisily asked the magistrate what had caused him to be so hysterical.

"Demons don't die," the magistrate turned to look at the townspeople, and he found that these stupid hillbillies were easier to deceive than he thought, and that Sister Chloe, though well-educated, was only a nun after all, "because he had deposited his life in the witches......"

At this point, the townspeople didn't have any worries. Without scruples and conscience, their brains will turn faster and more evil: "What do you mean, as long as Selene is dead, the demon of Estelle will also be dead!"

Very well said, very, very good said.

The magistrate turned his head to Sister Chloe.

The poor woman, who had already lost her prestige and dignity, was now at the mercy of others. She sobbed for a moment, and when she looked up again, there was no light in her eyes: "The magistrate is right, witches should be put to death, and should be reduced to ashes with demons." ”

"Oh——!"

Thus, with the selfless confirmation of the nun archduke, the townspeople issued a cry of unity and unshakability, as if tomorrow would be the moment of their final victory. When the demonic siblings are reduced to ashes, the entire town will be baptized, and new hope will be born in the light of God.

It's just that they can't see themselves, they can't see the subtle smile on their faces, they can't see their bloodshot eyes, and they can't see the animalistic desire to destroy others that emanates from those eyes.