"Also, you claim to have made up a story to tell Bertina that her mom loves her...... How could you possibly kill Bell's uncle and mother in front of her?"

Victor intertwined his fingers and rested on the desk, the corners of his mouth sketched a sarcastic sneer, and said: "There is only one possibility, Bell did not witness the incident, she has been in a coma." ”

"Here's the thing, I guess...... On that day, the person who revealed the identity of the wizard was not you, but Little Bell. She's been in witchcraft runes, and she's been asleep from the time she's been discovered to the time Butler Thornton asks your father to discuss what to do. Bell is so cute, if she could cry a little, her maternal grandfather and grandfather might not be willing to dispose of her...... Do you know why I use 'treat' instead of 'kill'? Little Bell is always unconscious, unable to eat and drink on his own, and has a hard time feeding. If Bell is kept, the news of the death of the granddaughter of the baron's butler will soon reach the priest in charge...... If Bell has a strange illness and does not seek treatment from a priest, won't others suspect it? If he seeks treatment from a priest, won't he fall into the net? Since Bell can't survive, and will drag down the two families and Baron Thornton, he can only be dealt with quietly...... Tina and you both accept the housekeeper's opinion, right?"

Victor leaned back in his chair and observed Imerson's facial expression as he said, "When it came to the end, you regretted it, Tina was reluctant to let go, and her brother lost patience and took Bell by coercion against her. You can't help but fight him, but you are no match for him, and you are beaten to the ground, and when you see your brother-in-law trying to drugged Bell, you summon a group of hounds and kill the butler's son. ”

"You use witchcraft in front of your wife and maim her fellow brothers. At this point, Tina is fully convinced that you are the devil's incarnation and that Bell is the devil's scheme. She's trying to eliminate Bell and you, or she's going to tell the priest that both of you and father and daughter are devils...... As a last resort, you killed Bell's mother with your own hands. ”

"Imoson, you've hidden from me the fact that Bell is a wizard. ”

Victor's voice was full of regret, and when Imerson heard it, his hair stood on end, and he cried in panic: "Your Highness, it's not like this, it's not like this, Bell is not a wizard, she is really not a wizard...... Please, let Bell go......"

"Enough!" Victor looked at the crying and screaming Imerson in disgust, and said lightly: "Don't waste my time with nonsense, you can choose to continue explaining now, or lie on the ground like a slug." ”

"Master, I explain, I can explain ......" Imerson quickly got up from the floor, wiped his face with his sleeve, and said in a hurried voice: "Master, your speculation is basically correct, but I did awaken the wisdom guidance talent at that time, showing witchcraft runes, I am not sure if Bell's coma was caused by me, and I am not sure if my wisdom guidance witchcraft was inspired by her...... I, I really didn't know if Bell was a wizard at the time......"

Victor's heart moved, interrupted him, and asked, "Why couldn't you be sure at the time?"

Emerson showed a look of recollection, and after a while, he said: "Because at that time I heard the broken whisper, it was the first time I heard the voice of the devil, and the only time, I lost the ability to think, confused, unconscious, and when Tina woke me up, I saw that my hand was still on Bell's forehead, and there were wizard runes turning above her head...... My lord, I told you that I can't remember what the witchcraft runes looked like, and that was the first time I presented the witchcraft runes, and I don't know what happened? I also suspected that Bell was a wizard...... Later, I learned that she was not a wizard. ”

Victor groaned and asked, "Why?"

"Sir, Bell and I have lived together in the Swamp for twelve years, and we have never found out that she knows any witchcraft!" Imerson clasped his hands in front of his chest and eagerly defended, "Sir, if Bell is really a wizard, I will never dare to hide it from you, it will kill her...... It's because Bell isn't a wizard that I want her to live a normal life. Moreover, Lord Miller was very fond of Bell, and His Majesty the Holy Pope personally used magic to heal Bell, how could she be a wizard? Master Busso of the Mountain Fortress told me that it was impossible for anyone over the age of fifteen to awaken witchcraft...... Bell is 19 years old, and she won't be a wizard anymore. ”

Victor's face turned slightly pale, and he asked, "Then why don't you want to have a few more children?"

Emerson explained with a painful expression: "I'm afraid that the children behind me will not grow up like Bell and will not live long...... Bell's strange illness was caused by me, and it was my sudden awakening of witchcraft that caused her to fall unconscious, and after waking up, she grew very slowly...... Thankfully, His Highness asked His Holiness the Holy Pope to heal Bell, and she is now feeling better. However, you can't take care of every child with a strange disease. So I secretly took it with herbs. ”

Victor's slender index finger tapped lightly on the tabletop and asked in a deep voice, "You are hiding the truth from me, mainly to protect Bell?"

Emerson was silent for a long time, and when he raised his head, his face was already full of tears, wiping his tears, and choked up: "I didn't want to kill Tina...... Tina picks up the shovel and tries to crush Bell. I was wounded and lay on the ground, powerless to stop her, and I didn't have time to control the alienated war dog dragging her clothes, and the war dog bit her neck...... I didn't mean to. ”

"Hmm. Victor nodded, got up from behind his desk, patted the wizard on the shoulder, and walked out the door.

Emerson gritted his teeth and followed Victor out of the cabin, and before he boarded the swift bird, he asked in a trembling voice, "Master, my family...... What happened to them?"

Victor stepped onto the swift bird, looked at him condescendingly, and said lightly: "You killed the son and daughter of Baron Thornton's butler and betrayed the Thornton family, what do you think will happen to your family? Your family was belittled by Baron Thornton, lost the position of hunting chief, compensated the steward for 800 acres of land, and the position of hunting chief was held by the butler's cousin...... However, Baron Thornton had to reappoint a hunting master. ”

Imerson said with a gloomy expression: "I hurt them." ”

"Hmph. Cooks whips Imerson three times. After that, I saw him whipping him three times a month for five consecutive months, and he was not allowed to be whipped to death. Victor shook the reins and walked away with Renault and Shakyan.

"Thank you, thank you, master!" Imerson was overjoyed, knelt on the ground and thanked Victor's back, but was carried behind by the alchemy militia like a chicken and executed.

The tragedy of the Emerson family is embarrassing, but Victor doesn't feel anything, not because he is cold-blooded and ruthless, but because of the difference in mentality, he looks at the problem from a different angle. The transcendent can control their own emotions, and the lord cannot take the perspective of ordinary people.

The root of this tragedy is not right or wrong, but weakness. The Church's suppression of wizards is to cut off the devil's snooping on the human kingdom and maintain the existing ruling order. Baron Thornton, Steward Thornton, and Master of the Hunt are all beneficiaries of the Radiant Code, upholding the canons established by the Church and eliminating the influence of wizards. If the Thornton family were a powerful lord with the ability to control and nurture wizards, the outcome would have been different.

Since he couldn't protect Bell, it wasn't wrong for Tina's brother to decide to dispose of his niece in order to preserve the family. He was wrong, he was unclear, his behavior was reckless, he angered the wizard's brother-in-law, and he was not a wizard's opponent, so he deserved to be killed.

Tina recognized that her husband suddenly killed her brother by witchcraft, and thought that Emerson was possessed by the devil, and that Bertina was the daughter of the devil, and she wanted to get rid of the disaster with the idea of killing her relatives in righteousness. She was wrong in ignorance, without self-knowledge, with the same reckless impulsiveness as her brother. If she was vain and wronged, she would first find out the details of Imerson, whether she chose to flee with her husband or choose to avenge her brother, she would not die on the spot.

In order to protect his daughter and protect himself, Imerson was forced to eliminate the threat from his wife and brother-in-law, and it was not wrong. He was cowardly and indecisive, did not dare to face reality, and did not dare to resist authority, which led to the killing of his beloved wife and relatives with his own hands, leaving a lifetime of regret, deep pain and remorse and unable to extricate himself.

If he used the alienated hound to control the situation in time, and cleaned up the relatives who wanted to dispose of Bell, and then confessed to them that he wanted to flee with his wife and children, would they dare not agree? Will they dare to report it to the church? They will only try to cover up the truth and claim that the hunting director and his wife and children have been killed by wild beasts.

Therefore, strength does not depend on strength, intelligence, wealth, and power, but comes from the mind, will, and wisdom.

Fortunately, people's heart and will will grow in adversity, and wisdom will precipitate with time. Today's Emerson is not the same as the hairy boy Ma Colin more than ten years ago.

Regarding what happened to Imerson, Victor only sighed a little. He noticed Eimerson's coincidental murmuring.

It was because of that devil's whisper that Emerson revealed his identity as a wizard and fled with Bertina from the Barony of Thornton. But that timing coincided with the migration of the forest centaurs, and the kingdom of Gombis pioneered the centaur hills. Assuming it wasn't for that time, Emerson and Bell wouldn't have been able to cross the Centaurs' territory and sneak into the Everglades to live in seclusion...... Eight years later, I activated the Alchemy Tower, Master Edwin explored the Everglade, encountered Emerson's alienated rats, and I sent the alchemy militia Jack into the Swamp to collect the Purification Crystal, and Jack discovered the footprints of Bertina and Itugos. Immediately afterward, the ant tide moved eastward, and Emerson was forced to move to settle near the Half-Dragon tribe, which was close to the west side of the mountain fortress, and then Father Miller came to Randall, and I sent the Alchemy Militia to scout the terrain of the Swamp, capturing the Evensons and their daughter, causing Itugos to spiral out of control and become a real alien creature...... Sylvia slashed the two-headed dragon lizard, the Centaur Hills were able to raise an army of alien war beasts, and Emerson became my subordinate, and Bertina and Old Man Miller were very close.

In the dark, there is a force of fate that binds us all together...... I am the spokesperson for the revival of the Alchemy Empire, and the existence of the Centaur Hills that sent me must be the camp of the Alchemy Empire; the Lord of Radiance is suspected to be the highest achievement of the Alchemy Empire, and Father Miller should belong to the same camp as me; Miller and Bertina are close and cover up their identities as wizards for the Emerson father and daughter, the mysterious existence that drives the fate of the Emerson father and daughter and the transcendent creature behind me, is it a guy?

If I, Sylvia, Bertina, and Miller were on the same camp, or could be a mutual help, our encounter would not have been a coincidence. The mysterious existence brought together the four powerful forces of the master of the Alchemy Tower, the god knight, the god of the Lord of Radiance, and the wizard, and it must have been to deal with a particularly powerful opponent.

It's time, and the form of the enemy and the way the disaster breaks out!

Victor's expression was grim, his eyes looked deeply in the direction of the cathedral of Pinghu Town, and he secretly mused:

"It's time for me to talk to Old Man Miller. ”