Chapter 4: Witches

After being brought to this bizarre place by a tornado, Isabel has been thinking about how she can get back to her home in Dallas, Texas. However, the current situation is changing too fast and changing unbelievably.

Before, she was depressed that she might sleep in the stables for the night. In an instant, she had to race against time to start making the necessary choices for her life. It's going to be a cruel choice, so cruel that someone has to die.

Hughes, the night watchman, cautiously approached the janitor, but his eyes remained fixed on Isabel. The janitor whispered in his ear, "Hughes, how long have you not played with a woman?" ”

Hughes turned his face and stared at him with wide eyes. After glancing at Isabel again, she muttered to him, "Are you crazy?" If Father Thomas were to know about this, you would be severely reprimanded for your actions. ”

The janitor did not dare to relax his grip on Isabel's hands, and said, "What wise choice do you think a woman would make between the plague and renting her body?" ”

"I, I don't know, and I don't want to know. Ackerman, if you can't suppress your desire for a female body, I think you'd better lash yourself with a leather whip while praying, so that you can show your loyalty to God. ”

In between discussions about whether to ban physical pleasure, the two men ignore the basic fact that standing face to face with Ackerman, the janitor, is an adult young woman.

Even though in this era, women's bodies were considered "devil's work", and some women were framed as "witches" because of their beauty or sexual seduction. But when an adult woman's life is extremely threatened, I believe she will still make a resolute resistance out of instinct.

Perhaps the two servants were accustomed to seeing or hearing of a woman who had been falsely accused of being a "witch" and then being brutally destroyed and tortured, thrown into a river and drowned or burned at the stake, so they did not think that Isabel would inflict fatal harm on them. Even if the woman is holding a "toy" similar to cutting black bread.

Isabel became more and more convinced that only by leaving the place early could she secure her life and situation. However, the eerie castles, the pestilence-infested stables, the men dressed as medieval servants, and their talk about abstinence and religion made her wonder if she had entered the venue of the "Medieval Festival", which has been celebrated in some European countries in recent years.

Hughes did not want to continue on the topic of bodily pleasures, and kept shaking his head and saying to Ackerman, "No, no, I'd rather flog myself than give this witch a chance to defile and corrupt my life." ”

Ackermann felt a little tired of both hands, and gradually let go of the hands that were holding Isabel and said to him: "Come on, when Father Thomas advocates celibacy, abstinence and asceticism, and immerses us in the self-torture of abstinence, and seeks the highest state from the other extreme with masochistic pain, he seduces the female believer to vent his desires by the will of the Lord. Hughes, you know what? ”

"Ackerman, please do not insult the honorable Father Thomas. Now, I must inform Mr. Field and the Chief Guard, and if necessary, tell the lord about you. Hughes finished speaking, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Hey, Hughes, is your name Hughes?" Isabel said suddenly.

"Witch, don't talk to me." Hughes cried out in horror.

"Hughes, you can calm down first. I just wanted to ask you a few questions. ”

"Although you look very beautiful and charming, I will never be seduced by you. Uh, what do you want to say? ”

"Excuse me, what is this place?"

"What do you mean? This is Nottingham Castle, the domain of the Duke of Richmond, the Honourable Lord. ”

"Wow, Duke, that's funny. So, is this castle owned by this duke somewhere in the United States, France, or Germany? ”

"Witch, I don't understand what you're talking about. All I know is that this is the Kingdom of England, ruled by His Majesty the Honourable King. ”

"Really? What time is it? Oh, I mean what year or day? ”

"Well, now I can be sure that you are indeed a witch, and you will be severely whipped or burned at the stake."

Hughes, after glancing at Isabelle's face in disgust and avoiding the plague, planned to leave the place at once to report the incident to the butler Arthur Field. Isabel had a hunch that what would happen would be much more than she had imagined, for what the scrawny young boy said was most likely true.

Isabel suddenly turned her head to the side and said happily, "Dear Father Thomas, when did you come?" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the two men present turned their heads in the direction she was looking at. Taking advantage of the moment the janitor Ackerman turned his head, Isabel grabbed the man's collar with her left hand and slammed her head into the man's head......

After the skulls of the two men ...... slammed, Ackerman immediately felt the world spin in front of him, and his consciousness became blurred. I couldn't help but let go of my hands and fell to the ground on my back.

At the same time, Isabel endured the dizziness caused by the impact on the head, and stared at Hughes, who was already stunned by the fright. Now, her target is the emaciated young man, and she's going to keep the other in check before they escape.

Hughes witnessed firsthand what the "witch" did, and he thought that only a "witch" would knock an adult man to the ground with her head. He tried to run away, but his legs were so strong that he just clubbed there stupidly.

Isabel stepped forward, grabbed Hughes by the collar of his linen servant's suit, put a folding knife in her right hand against his neck, and said, "Tell me, is what you just said true?" ”

Hughes, staring at his frightened eyes, replied timidly: "God is above, and as a devout believer of his, I will never deceive people in any way." ”

"Well, since this is the territory of the Kingdom of England ruled by His Majesty, who is His Majesty?"

"You... What do you mean? Our Majesty the King is, of course, Henry VIII. ”

"What? Do you say it again? ”

Isabel's hearing was still very sensitive, and she immediately noticed that Ackerman behind her seemed to be getting up from the ground at this time. He then turned behind Hughes and strangled Hughes by the neck with his left arm, taking him hostage of himself.

Ackerman stood on the ground, his body shaky slightly, his eyes glaring at Isabel fiercely with hatred. shouted vicious language: "Stinky woman, I must kill you today." As he spoke, he rushed towards Isabel with his bare hands.

Isabel raised her right hand and threw the knife in her hand at Ackerman's chest like a dart. With a "po......of", the tabby multi-purpose folding knife made with modern technology pierced Ackerman's heart like lightning.

Threatened, Hughes watched as Ackerman was killed on the spot. At this time, he was already frightened and at a loss, and he didn't know what he should do.

Isabel said calmly in his ear, "Stay here." Of course, I don't mind letting you have a wonderful midnight date with your God. ”