It's done.

Roland stretched out his left hand and looked at the fingers of his left hand in a daze.

I saw that the five slender fingers were as white as jade, and the second knuckle of the middle finger was shallowly branded with a circle of thorn-like black marks.

After waiting for a long time, Roland didn't notice the slightest tingling sensation flashing, and the corners of his mouth curled up happily.

As a voter, if he does something that the gods don't want to see, the middle finger of his left hand will start to throb, and the black mark will tighten.

It was a torture from the soul. It will not allow his fingertips to become congested and necrotic, but it will suffer seven times as much.

This represents the penalty of "breach of contract".

But now, Roland uses the baptism of the Sleeping Master to hypnotize Claudia - this undisguised cruelty to his colleagues, but he is not punished by the Sleeping Teacher.

This means that she does not reject, or even approve, such behavior.

"Probably that's why the crows fought so badly......"

Although he escaped unexpectedly, Roland sounded the alarm in his heart.

He must become the Pope of the Sleeping Teacher. Only in this way will he be able to assemble a loyal and powerful armed force in a short period of time, strong enough to intervene in the kingdom's strategic situation.

But if Roland really becomes the Pope, how to restrain this group of unruly crows is another difficulty. After all, the Elder Sleep Master doesn't care about these things at all, so in what name can he meddle?

…… However, the rest of the story will not be mentioned for the time being.

Roland withdrew his hands and looked at Claudia, whose eyes were blank, and the smile on his face gradually retracted.

Claude's threat to Claudia is obvious...... The immediate priority is to get this done as soon as possible, and then immediately go to the White Tower to meet up with Esther.

Roland and him had already made a decision. Esther needs to give Roland a sin for a while. To put it simply, let him walk in the White Tower as Herlan or Orlando. Draw the attention of some ill-intentioned people away for Roland.

For example, the Goddess of War sect that is about to form a mortal enmity with Roland.

To know. Roland has never been a generous person.

Now that Claudia has completed her baptism, Roland has taken it for granted that Claudia is his person.

He's short of people right now, and even with the addition of Kakarit, it's not enough for him to make a big fuss.

It's rare to meet someone who has such good acting skills and is rare to look at, how could Roland let her be killed by that old man from Claude?

To put it mildly, on the one hand, there is a beautiful young girl with a lot of gold and wit, and on the other hand, there is an old man whose hands are stained with the blood of heretics and innocents...... Even if Roland didn't have any subjective inclinations on either side, he had to give a rather subjective personal inclination.

So, how could Roland let Claudia die uselessly like this?

No matter how bad it is...... Be a cannon. You're good, too.

Think so. Lola couldn't help but smile quite happily on her face.

Roland had previously tested Claudia's obedience, logic, memory, and reaction to unintelligible situations in hypnotic situations, and obtained enough results to satisfy Roland.

"Do you remember how you got here?"

"I don't remember."

"What's the last image you remember?"

Captain Marken smiled and waved at me.

"Have you ever left the group?"

"Nope."

Without warning, Roland asked Claudia questions at a blistering pace.

Claudia just followed Roland's question and answered it quickly, but Roland frowned slightly.

…… Wrong.

That "smiling Maken" is undoubtedly the enemy of Kabbalah.

But if Claudia never left the team, then whose footprints did Claudia follow?

After a little thought, a flash of light flashed through Roland's mind. He couldn't help but blurt out, "It's that Kabbalah's enemy!" ”

That's it...... If Claudia had been brought directly by the Kabbalah's enemies, she would not have left footprints.

But no—how did her bracelet end up in the wild?

"How many of those silver bracelets do you have?"

"Two. Lost one. ”

"When did you lose it?"

But Claudia's answer surprised Roland: "I lost that bracelet when I was six years old." ”

…… Don't scare me, sister.

And when you were six years old, did you have that thick wrists......

But after thinking about it, Roland understood: "This is your family's heirloom?" ”

"Yes."

That's not surprising.

But then again, why is a hereditary viscount's heirloom a pair of broken silver bracelets?

Roland could see that there was absolutely no magic circle on the bracelet. There is no blessing from the gods. It was an ordinary silver bracelet, and even the workmanship was not very fine.

That's not the point, though –

"Who taught you sorcery?"

"Brother."

"So. As a wizard, why are you able to perform magical spells? ”

"My brother gave me a deception bracelet. He said he would be fine with this. ”

…… What is the God Band?

Roland looked dazed.

Roland has basically seen the equipment in this world, but he has never heard of any equipment called this name.

He realized the importance of the issue. It was decided to dig deeper into this issue.

"What does that deception bracelet look like?"

"It's made of crystal wood, it's beautiful, and it's carved with a god pattern."

"What magic can you perform?"

"Encouragement, brightening and stabilizing injuries."

If you work together, you'll be magical, Miss.

Slow down—

Roland's heart jumped at this time, and a thought quickly formed in his heart: "Did you know these three divine techniques from the beginning?" ”

"Yes."

"Can you feel the presence of the gods?"

"I can't."

"Are there any restrictions on how you can use these spells?"

"Each magic can only be used three times a day."

"Ha ......"

Roland chuckled.

He's settled.

It's just an enchanted piece of equipment.

But on the other hand, how did one enchanted device deceive so many people for so many years?

No, wait......

"Are you wearing the Bracelet of Deception now?"

"I keep it close to me every day."

"Don't you think this thing looks a lot like enchanted equipment? Don't you have that discernment as a wizard? ”

"But...... It was given by my brother. ”

Claudia's tone was childish like a child, but Roland couldn't help but choke.

Suddenly, his mood was much worse for no reason.

What made Roland's mood worse was a terrible thought that had formed in his mind.

"Claudia, give me your right hand."

Roland reached out and took her outstretched right hand. The cold and soft touch made Roland raise his eyebrows.

…… This kid is really cold.

He reached out and lifted Claudia's sleeve upwards, revealing a quaint silver bracelet.

"Heh......"

Roland raised his right hand, revealing the bracelet he was wearing on his wrist, and carefully compared-

…… It's a pair.

Suddenly, Roland's lips pursed tightly, and his face became much more solemn.

"Are you sure your brother is here?"

"Sure. My brother used a code word that only the two of us knew...... But Dad, they just didn't believe me and wouldn't let me come. ”

Poor Claudia......

It's not that your father doesn't believe you, but because he believes in what you say too much, he doesn't dare to let you come.

Roland sighed deeply.

It's clear that Viscount Crowley has sensed something is wrong these days.

If nothing else, it's likely that Claudia's brother Edward was not disguised by Twilight, but that he himself had a close connection with Twilight a long time ago. Even if he himself is replaced by the enemy of Kabbalah, it is not necessarily.

Moreover, Roland was eighty percent sure that "Edward" was nearby at the moment—and probably even in Luthertown.

Claudia can't get too far from Roland now. Otherwise, if she met Claude when she was alone, she would not have thought of a lie that would have made the emblem on her head a thing of the past.

But if Claudia is with her, what if she meets Edward?

"What are you going to do with me...... Claudia ......"

Roland muttered. (To be continued......)