No one would have imagined that Bishop Chape, the administrator of the Church of Eternal Flame in Novigre, would be a shapeshifter, or more precisely, a shapeshifter would replace him in time after the bishop's death due to heart damage years ago.

In the early years, Chapey's first impression of the people of Novigre was that he was a powerful man and did everything he could, even the council members and the guilds, who were also in the management class, were quite jealous of his style. At that time, there were no four major gangs, and the Church of Eternal Flame entrenched in the city of freedom was constantly secretly seizing the right to the city, spreading to all areas of the city like the roots of a big tree, and all the organizations that resisted the church, from inexplicable disappearances, false accusations, extortion and assassinations, to those who were shouting for expulsion from the church the day before, and the corpses were found in dark corners the next day.

When the originally powerful bishop changed his aggressive posture in the past, for all races, elves, dwarves or halflings, as long as they were civilized races, were not as oppressed as in the past, many discriminatory policies against non-humans were abolished, and the temple guards no longer deliberately troubled them, in this way, the eternal fire had many more believers, and many people thought that this bishop may have heard the oracle of the true god, so he suddenly changed as if he was a person.

It was under this change that Novigre did get better and better, and many non-humans were willing to settle in the city, and with the trade brought by the huge port, the city changed greatly in just a few years.

And because of the shrinking power of the Eternal Flame, the influence of the gangsters on the city has increased, and this situation cannot be simply judged whether it is good or bad, after all, it is not for the existence of these gangsters, and Novigre has probably become a victim of the war.

For this important city, the only one in the north that is now capable of fighting against the Nilfgaard Empire is the kingdom of Redania, which supports the Church of the Eternal Fire, and King Ladovid found that the Church of Eternal Fire in Novigre has been somewhat out of control under the influence of Bishop Chape, and has stationed the Knights of the Flame Rose, which was once born from the Church of the Eternal Fire, and now the witch hunters who act more extremely, into the city.

And with the arrival of these witch hunters, Cha Pei became more and more uneasy, the head of the witch hunters, who was nominally his subordinate, not only disobeyed him in various matters, but even began to suspect his identity, and several times when he returned home, he found that there were witch hunters watching him.

However, he finally heard some good news two days ago, which made his heartstrings that had been tense relax a lot, and listened to the report of the people below, the leader of the witch hunters, Caleb Manji, who had been suspecting him, seemed to have been seriously injured, and he couldn't get out of bed for at least ten days and half a month, as for the reason, it was said that he was making trouble in a newly opened tavern.

Disguised as a temple bishop for a long time, even if he was originally just a shapeshifter, he felt more and more accustomed to the work of the clergy, so he didn't pay much attention to the changes in the commercial development of the city, after all, many fields are now controlled by the four major gangsters, and he is mainly responsible for the stability of the city, so even if he heard about how unique the newly opened one in the west of the city is, he never thought to actually understand it.

Unlike the fellow who transformed into a halfling merchant and assumed the name of Dudu Biberfeld, the guy named Dudu made a fortune from only 10 horses at first after disguising himself as a merchant, and gradually became a famous businessman in Novigre, of course, this has a lot to do with the mutual assistance between himself and him, and every shapeshifter who transforms for a long time will gradually get used to his identity and even like it.

"Shouldn't I go see my disobedient subordinate?"

Cha Pei thought about it and decided to go and see how Manji was doing, as a bishop, he still had to visit his subordinates, and even pray to the immortal eternal flame to let him recover from his injuries sooner, right?

Gathering a few temple guards and a priest who could only pray for blessings and had only a simple medical level, Chape left the main church on Temple Island and rode in a carriage to the city's witch hunter quarters.

Seeing the arrival of the bishop, several witch hunters stationed at the gate of the station were very respectful, whether they joined the witch hunter team because of their belief in the eternal flame or not, but they had to maintain respect for the church in action, and their leader Manji was only in the stage of suspicion of the bishop, and it was impossible to spread the speculation without conclusive evidence, otherwise the church would have been arrested on false charges.

When Chapé was led by a witch hunter to a room filled with the smell of herbs, he saw Manji lying on the bed, his body was bandaged like a dumpling, and the electric shock that had been punished in the tavern at that time did not kill him, thanks to his good constitution, his heart was not electroconvulsed, but the skin of his whole body was still badly burned.

"With the Eternal Flame above, what kind of terrible treatment has our Mr. Manji encountered?" Cha Pei stood beside the bed, first prayed for blessings, and showed that he cared about Manji in his words, and condemned the people who hurt Manji, but in fact, he snickered in his heart.

The witch hunter on the side saw that the bishop was so attentive to his boss that he actually came to pray for the blessing, and he couldn't help but recognize the church even more.

I don't know who bandaged Manji, and even the part of his mouth was covered with a bandage, so he could only stare at Cha Pei while making a whining sound, I really don't know how his men fed him when he was eating.

"I have brought Andrew, the best priest in the main church, who will be in charge of Mr. Manji's treatment and recovery, and I believe that with the protection of the eternal fire, Mr. Manji will be able to recover as soon as possible." Chapé called the priest he had brought to his bedside.

Priest Andrew took out a delicate bottle from his wide robes, depicting a red flame pattern symbolizing the eternal fire, he gently sprinkled the water on Manji's body, and then took out some inexplicable props and began a complicated set of blessing work, anyway, in the eyes of the witch hunter who had just entered the profession, it seemed unclear.

Lying on the bed, Manji was not one of those foolish believers, of course he knew that this so-called blessing could not have any recovery effect on his injuries, and what really worked was the alchemy ointment that smeared his body, but unfortunately he couldn't speak, and his protest by shaking his body was not seen by his own subordinates who were missing strings in their brains.

"Alchemy ointment is the product of evil magic, and Mr. Manji can't let it tainster his pure body." Cha Pei picked up a jar of prepared ointment on the table next to him, opened the lid and sniffed it, then handed it to the temple guard beside him, "Destroy this filthy thing!" ”

Hearing the bishop's words, the temple guards ran out with the medicine jar in their hands without the slightest hesitation, and this time, Manji twitched and fainted.