23. On the trial of witches
When Merlin returned to Ashfurnace Village, he had some cramps in his face, and he couldn't help it, he was so happy. Since crossing into Merlin, there has never been a thing that can make Merlin so happy.
Merlin clicked on Xiao Merlin's attribute bar and found that there were two more things in the package, one was a first-level treasure chest that emitted golden light, and the other was a scroll with a simple color. Placing your finger on the scroll, it reads: A small mouthful of sweet springs.
Merlin silently said in his heart: Blanche, come out quickly.
With a whoosh, the prophet Blanche appeared in Merlin's mind. In other words, no one but Merlin could see her.
"Dear Lord of Ashfurnace Mountain, son of the peerless Stilicus, lovely Highness Merlin, congratulations on completing your first story mission. As a prophet, Blanche gave His Highness an additional reward. The voice of the prophet remained sweet.
The Prophet's warm hand carefully touched Merlin's forehead, and a stream of heat poured into Merlin's forehead along his little hand, and this hot current soon flowed all over Merlin's body.
"Honorable Prophet, may I ask how this scroll of the small sweet spring can be used?" Merlin asked.
"Your Highness, as long as you tear the scroll at the location of your choosing, a small fountain of sweetness will appear at the chosen location. ”
"Is it okay anywhere, I mean, if I tear the scroll on the top of Ashfurnace Mountain, there will be a sweet spring?" Merlin asked worriedly.
"I'm saddened, Your Highness, that you doubt the authenticity of the scroll. Blanche said frustratedly.
"No, I think you've misunderstood, Great Prophet, I'm just trying to figure out the proper way to use the scroll, because this small Ganquan scroll is so important to Ashfurnace Mountain that I want to get the most out of it. Merlin quickly explained.
"Your Highness, you should be convinced of this, this is the masterpiece of the King of Wizards, even if you tear this scroll in the desert, a sweet spring will appear, and it will not be cut off for a hundred years. ”
When Merlin wanted to ask a few more questions in his heart, a deep tiredness suddenly struck. Before he could adjust his resting position, he fell asleep on the mat of the rush.
Soon Merlin fell asleep, dreaming that he had entered a place full of flames, surrounded by many flame people. Non-stop chasing, frolicking.
The first to notice Merlin's anomaly was the orc maid, who hurriedly called Daddy Bill. By this time, Merlin's hands and feet were hot, and his ears and neck were red.
Helpless Daddy called Augustine, the clerk of Ashfurnace Village.
Augustine examined Merlin's body carefully, then pointed to the growing blisters on his face and said, "He must have fallen under the witch's curse." ”
Merlin was woken up by a noisy sound, he seemed to have returned to the weekend of the empire, the sky outside the window was still just dark, and the uncle who set up a stall downstairs to sell vegetables had already begun to practice his stall, two dollars of five cabbage, two yuan of local beans, three yuan of local cucumbers. The cries of selling one after another stirred everyone who wanted to sleep lazily.
"What's the matter, didn't I cross over, when did Ash Furnace Mountain become so noisy. Merlin sat up on the corduroy mat, feeling sore and limp, "Is this a fever?" Merlin raised his hand and touched his hot forehead. I found that my smooth and bright arms were covered with blisters the size of mung beans. Some of the blisters were shiny, some had burst and were oozing a disgusting green liquid.
A bad thought rose in Merlin's heart, it was chickenpox. If it was in the Empire, it was not a big problem, but in the village of Ashoven, such a disease was almost fatal. As the Director of Women's Affairs, Merlin is very familiar with these common paediatric conditions. A few antibiotics, a list of diets, the idea of shelter, a week or so will be fine. Also be careful not to scratch the blisters, as they will leave a scar.
This is usually a disease contracted by children under the age of seven, of course, it is not absolute, and it is strange that a person like Merlin can still get chickenpox at the age of fifteen.
"Burn them, burn them!" the noise outside the house reached Merlin's ears.
It's not good, these foolish people are going to do bad things. Merlin found a gray cloak to wrap the whole person, struggled to his feet, pushed the door open and walked out.
It took a lot of 200 people to get together, but we can't let these guys mess up. Merlin was anxious, but he had no strength in his legs.
"This is my people, why are you burning them?" Merlin regretted when he said this, for the two women tied to the stone pillar were so beautiful, and there was no more beautiful woman in the whole Ashfurnace Village, nay, in the whole of Hippo City, in the whole of Celes. Raj is already very beautiful, and the women around Raj are like the moon and stars.
When it comes to beautiful things, most people want to possess them, and if they can't possess them, they want to destroy them. This is human nature, and as the women's director of the Empire, Merlin knows this very well. This is jealousy. Jealousy in human nature.
"I mean, why should I burn the captives I captured?" Merlin wrapped his head and face in a gray cloak, revealing only his two eyes. People with chickenpox can't see the wind, and if it's not a last resort, Merlin really doesn't want to go out.
"Your Highness, they are evil witches, evil Northland witches, you have been cursed by them!" Father Yuri's shrill voice rang out in the grass on the hillside. He proudly opened the scriptures in his hand, said these strange words in his mouth, and then glanced at Merlin with his eyes, and the contempt in his eyes was undisguised.
"Fart," Merlin rushed over and sprang over with a fluttering kick, and the unsuspecting priest floated up like a kite, flying more than three meters away and landing on the grass. "Merlin is just sick, what does it have to do with them?"
"Your Highness, you have been cursed by them, and you must burn them to lift your curse. Augustine said.
When it comes to dealing with witches, the Church and Arius College have always stood together. However, Merlin is not prepared to compromise, if they burn Raj to death, God knows if the system's reward will be recovered. Moreover, Ganquan's scroll has already arrived, and the problem of drought in Ashfurnace Mountain will be solved immediately, and at this time, it is more difficult for Merlin to hand over the scroll in his hand than to kill him.
"Why do you insist that the two of them are witches?"
"Your Highness, look at their attire, with their pointed witch hats and robes. That's what a witch wears. Yuri got up from the grass.
"Judge by the gods," Merlin smirked, "I believe the gods know the truth!"