The depths of the old cemetery.

In the darkness of the night, the shadow of the moon swayed.

In a stone tomb, it is brightly lit, and the sides of the three parallel passages are full of memorial candles.

In the main burial hall, there was a crowd of people, and several large tables were filled with snacks and drinks.

In the deserted tomb on weekdays, tonight, it is particularly lively.

The stone door in a corner room was quietly opened, and a man sitting next to him glanced there, and two people walked in from behind the stone door.

One female, one male.

"Here we are. Mr. Weir. ”

"It looks like a big dinner, maybe even better if it wasn't a cemetery." Veel followed behind Elletair, the female swordsman, into the tomb.

"Should we go to the halls? There are a lot of people there. As he spoke, Ver walked in the direction of inquiry.

Eltayr called out to Vere from behind.

"Wait a minute, you forgot this."

As she spoke, the female swordsman took out a mask that covered half of her face and exposed her mouth.

"Oh? Why, can't you reveal your identity yet? Will took it and looked at the mask in his hand.

The female swordsman, Elletair, didn't say anything, but took out another mask and put it on her head.

"It's your choice to wear a mask or not, but if you don't want to be stalked inexplicably, it's better to be careful...... Alright, Mr. Will, let's go inside, Borg must have been waiting for a long time. ”

"That's right." Ver put on his mask, and then, passing by the man sitting in the doorway, stepped out of the small transept and into the hall.

"Everyone! Everybody! "As soon as he reached the hall, a masked man stood in the center of the burial chamber, on top of the sarcophagus in the middle.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for being here tonight for the Mage Gathering." The man standing on the sarcophagus began his speech, and what Veel could hear was a very rough voice.

"Everyone knows that in the near future, the knights of the Church in the north will arrive from the sea. What are they coming to do?! They have come to take away the land of our existence, they have come to destroy us! Those hypocritical cowards can only slander us with dirty and despicable means. ”

That person's words aroused the support of the mages involved below.

"That's right! Those cowards, they only slander! "Yes!"

The man continued, "This is a time of crisis, ladies and gentlemen, Birch Town cannot be dominated by those of the church, or we mages will be homeless. ”

"Today, we have gathered all of you here to discuss with you how to expel the church in Birch Town."

"That's right! Expelled out! "They shouldn't have come to Birch Town!"

The man pressed his hand, "But, at such a moment, all of us mages gathered should be united, and we should have the same purpose!" ”

"But!" The man paused, biting the two words deeply, "But! But there are traitors among us! He revealed our news to the enemies of the Church. Let the two young men in our mage assembly leave us forever! ”

There was an uproar below.

"Everyone, please be quiet." The man pressed his hand again, "We have gathered everyone here today to solve the problems of the Mage Assembly itself, and we have found a solution. ”

The man clapped his hands, "Mr. Fickle, please come up." ”

A man stood up from a corner next to the burial chamber and came to the center with an object.

"It's Bode...... Wiel discovers that Bode is not wearing a mask, but facing everyone with his real face.

"Guys, it's a pleasure to be here, you know, since the knights began to guard the area, it has become extremely difficult to enter the old cemetery."

"Tyre, didn't they come in through the secret passage?" Weir whispered in the swordswoman's ear.

And the latter shook his head.

"Those who can come here are people with some skills, and I make no secret of saying that you are here to be your 'ticket' to participate in the operation, and we did this for the sake of unnecessary casualties and troubles."

"However, some people probably didn't find this place by hiding from the knight guards, but came here through the gate. That is, there are people of the Order among us. ”

"I know most of you want to be part of the action, but we have one more thing to do before we can discuss an action plan."

Bode held an object in his hand, which was covered by a cloth, which Bode placed on the stone coffin and removed the cloth.

"Oh?" There were some exclamations from the crowd.

Crystals of magic flowed into the marble statue of a human head. Gorgeous colors are revealed.

"Isn't this the Stone Statue of the Truth?" Will looked at the shape of the thing, although there was more crystals on its head, and it didn't have so many beards, it looked a little more delicate, and there was no difference.

Wiel's voice was particularly special in the rather noisy crowd, and the people suddenly stopped their voices and turned their heads to Wiel in unison.

Bode looked in the direction of Vere and nodded to the female swordswoman next to him.

"It seems that this gentleman knows what it is, but it doesn't seem to be clear to everyone. That's right, he's a statue of truth, and a statue full of magic. ”

As he spoke, Bode put his hand in the statue's mouth.

"I'm not a man who teaches knights!" He shouted, and the crystals on the statue of the human head flowed through the magic slightly. Then Bode withdrew his hand, "Now, I hope you will all come here in turn, like I just did, repeat." ”

"Oh, of course, it's not without risk." Without waiting for the people around him to react, Bode continued, "If you tell a lie, something bad will happen. ”

Immediately afterwards, Bode beckoned, and the man who had begun to shout brought out a tightly bound knight soldier from a small ear chamber.

The knight looked at the mages below in horror, knowing that in a cemetery, in the dark of night, if he had been kidnapped by a group of unknown people and taken to a cemetery, which was the notorious haunted cemetery a while ago.

Plus now, in a strange flame, bound and pressed in front of a group of black-clad masked people, no one will not be frightened.

Bode then stepped forward and gently pressed the knight's head, and the knight struggled and put the knight's hand into the statue's mouth.

"Scared? As long as you say, 'I'm not a knight of the church,' I'll let you go." He had spoken in the knight's ear, to the mages below.

The knight was so frightened that he looked at Bode with horror, and he was busy when he heard that he could be let go if he only had to say a word.

"I'm not a knight of the church! …… Yes! The magic flowed on the statue, and then the knight let out a scream, and then a hand suddenly appeared next to the statue, and the knight, howling in pain, slipped a bloody wrist out of the statue's mouth.

Constant struggle while the mage held it down. With a wave of his hand, the man dragged the knight into the ear chamber, and then the sound stopped abruptly.

"This knight was led to that address by some of our fellow mages, please rest assured, no knight knows about this place." Bode patted the stone statue, "But, now we have people here, there are still people from the church. ”

"So, everybody, all of you." Bode paused, "Please come forward in turn and say the phrase, 'I am not a knight of the church.'" ”

The mages below were silent, and no one moved.

"So...... But it's very sad. Will stood aside and muttered softly. Then I'll do it first. Vere said, stepping up and putting his hand in, "I am not a man who teaches knights. "People can still see the magic circling for a while, and still nothing happens.

Bode nodded to Vere and continued, "That's it, guys, please come forward in turn. ”

"Me." Tyre stepped forward as well, placing his hand in the statue, "I'm not a knight of the Church. "Nothing happened.

"I'm not a knight of the church." The man holding the knight came back from the chamber, let go of it, and then stood aside.

At this moment, a man in a black robe with a hood walked out of it.

"I ...... Oppose! ”