Night falls.

As the last rays of sunlight disappeared into the horizon, the room was plunged into darkness. Matthew lit the oil lamp and set it aside, while Duanmu Huai stood by the window and looked out.

The whole town seems to have gradually fallen silent with the arrival of night, the town seems to still maintain the previous habits, sunrise and sunset, when the sun goes down, the working people begin to go home, and when the night completely falls, the whole town seems to be a dead silence, there is almost no human voice, there is no light on the dim road, only the little lights in the houses as far as the eye can see bring a touch of life.

The breath of life......... Is it?

Duanmu Huai stood in front of the window, staring outside, after coming to this town, he also tried to feel it in his own way, but for Duanmu Huai, he didn't notice anything unusual about this town. Although it is said that it is impossible to see such a backward town in modern civilized society by looking at it with its eyes, when you feel it by means other than your eyes, you only feel that everything is normal.

Perhaps this is what Medea perceived.

"Didi, Didi............"

At this moment, Matthew's communicator suddenly rang, and Duanmu Huai looked at Matthew, who hurriedly turned on the communicator, and then Dr. Roman emerged from it.

"Oh, I really didn't expect it to be night over there, did something happen?"

"What's wrong?"

"Just now, Chaldea detected a peculiarity, and I wonder if you know something."

"Peculiarities? Over here? ”

"Hmm............... That's right. ”

Dr. Roman looked at the time again and nodded.

"Indeed, right where you are."

"We're investigating, and we'll get it done when the investigation is clear."

"Okay, then please........."

"Wait."

"Anything else?"

"How long has it been over you?"

"Do you mean the time?"

Faced with Duanmu Huai's inquiry, Dr. Roman was stunned for a moment.

"Just one day."

"Okay, I got it."

Duanmu Huai nodded, motioning for Matthew to turn off the communication.

Is it a day in heaven and a year on earth? If you want to say it, you can say it in the past.

"What's going on? MASTER？ ”

On the contrary, Matthew is a little unsure.

"Dr. Roman said that the Chaldea only passed a day? But we've been a year since then, huh? ”

"This is normal, the flow of time between the two sides is not equal, and for the Chaldeans, as observers of the future, they are mainly observing important time nodes. Just like when you read a book, a book will only record important times and dates, rather than writing down everything about each day like keeping a diary. ”

Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders, and the same goes for storybooks, for example, if you want to write about a group of adventurers going deep into the cave, you must write about a dangerous situation, and you won't write in detail about them eating at 3 o'clock, arguing at 4 o'clock, going to the toilet at 5 o'clock, scouting at 6 o'clock, and drinking at 7 o'clock...............

But for those who are in the "book", they can only follow the time step by step.

It's impossible to run from autumn to spring as soon as you open your eyes, and you're not a detective.

"So, this is an important peculiarity?"

"At least the kind that deserves to be observed by Chaldeans."

Duanmu Huai said while looking out the window.

"Oh, the show is on."

"Huh?"

At this time, Mathieu realized that the town that was originally dark outside the window was now red by the firelight, she stood up, looked out the window, and then was surprised——— only to see that outside the window, hundreds of town residents with torches surrounded the entire hotel, they were noisy, and seemed to be very indignant.

"What's going on?"

"We'll find out soon."

Duanmu Huai snorted lightly and spoke. Sure enough, soon, the two of them heard heavy footsteps outside, and then their door was kicked open, and then several men dressed as sheriffs walked in with spears and hatchets, and they stared at Matthew angrily, as if they had seen their father's killer.

"What do you want to do?"

Looking at the townspeople who were staring at him, Matthew couldn't help but feel terrified. It's not because she can't beat the other party, but this unprovoked fear ——— the unknown is the most disturbing.

"Damn witch!"

However, the man in the lead clenched the pitchfork in his hand and roared through gritted teeth.

"You killed my child, I want you to pay for your life!"

"Kid? Wait a minute......... What are you talking about? ”

Matthew took a step back, while Duanmu Huai just stood beside him with his arms folded, looking at the scene curiously. At that moment, another man dressed as a priest stepped forward, stared at Matthew, and spoke.

"No need to disguise, witch, we already know everything. Did you meet with a child today? ”

"You mean the boy?"

Hearing the man's inquiry, Matthew was stunned for a moment. Then I remembered that when I entered the room, I had seen a little boy watching me outside the room.

"I just said hi to him..............."

"Shut up! Wicked witch, you infected him with your curse, and now the child is seriously ill and dying! All because of your curse! ”

“……… Ay? ”

I have to say, Matthew was really stunned.

"No, I don't have ..............."

"Shut up! Witch! ”

"Your demagoguery has no effect on us!"

"The Lord will destroy your evil soul!!"

But before Matthew's defense was finished, he was interrupted by the townspeople, who looked at Matthew with righteous indignation, raising the cross in his hand, and in the face of these people's crazy actions, Matthew couldn't help but retreat backwards, and turned his head to look at Duanmu Huai uneasily.

“MASTER？”

"Hehe, that's funny."

Duanmu Huai also walked out at this time, staring at the people in front of him.

"You keep saying that Matthew is a demagoguery and a curse. So how dare you show up here to deal with her? Aren't you afraid that this witch will curse you all and kill you? ”

"We are not afraid of curses!"

In the face of Duanmu Huai's ridicule, the priest looked very proud.

"We have the protection of the Lord, and our belief in the Lord is extremely pious and authentic, and the curse of the witch cannot affect the believers who are protected by the Lord and are devout to the Lord!"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai looked at them with a smile.

"And how did that child get cursed, according to you? If you think Matthew is a witch, and the child is cursed by a witch, it means that he is not a devout believer, right? ”

"Huh?"

Hearing this, the father of the child just now suddenly turned pale, and the others also turned their heads to stare at the man when they heard this.

Under the gaze of everyone, the man's face changed drastically, and he shook his head desperately.

"No, no, no, no! Pastor, my child is a devout believer! He prayed faithfully to the Lord every day! Prayer and obedience to the Lord have never been heard! ”

"But he was bewitched by the witch!"

Duanmu Huai waved his hand suddenly, and at this moment he felt more like a priest than that priest.

"Isn't that what you said? The boy was deceived by the witch and cursed by the witch, and was not it because the favor of the Lord did not come to him? If you denounce the witch for the curse of your child, is that the same as you are slandering the glory of the Lord and complaining that the Lord did not protect your child?! ”

"No, it's not like that........."

In the face of Duanmu Huai's roar, the man was stunned, and Matthew was also stunned next to him, looking at Duanmu Huai blankly, and he couldn't figure out which side he was from for a while.

"Is that so? Todd?! ”

The priest glared angrily at the man, who trembled and sweated under the priest's glare.

"No, it's not, Reverend, we're all devout believers!"

"Anyone can say it, but are you really a devout believer? If you and your family are really devout believers, then why didn't the Lord shelter your family from the witch's curse? Did you come here to destroy the witch, or did you want to desecrate the glory of the Lord, mock the majesty of the Lord, and rebuke the Lord's power for not even being as good as a witch? ”

Duanmu Huai strode forward and stretched out his hand to the man, who retreated after his angry rebuke, and the expressions of the others changed when they looked at him.

However, Duanmu Huai did not stop, but continued to speak.

"You're the witch's accomplice——— no, it's all your idea!"

"What do you say? I, I don't know what you're talking about! ”

Facing Duanmu Huai's scolding, the man's legs were already trembling at this time.

"You deliberately brought in a witch to destroy the faith here, and you deliberately cursed your own children, in order to show others the weakness of the Lord, didn't you?! Didn't you just say that? You say that your child is a devout believer and never gives up worship, so why is your child cursed? Doesn't the implication be that the Lord is weak, and even the curse of the evil witch cannot resist? ”

"No, no, no, it's not like that........."

Hearing this, the man was also sweating profusely, and his hands holding the pitchfork trembled even more. At this moment, the others glared at him angrily, unconcealed their anger and hatred.

"Todd! Are you a heretic? ”

"No, Lord Reverend, I'm really not ........."

"Really, isn't it?"

Duanmu Huai sneered, interrupting the farmer's defense again, and then looked at the priest.

"Lord Pastor, did this farmer find you first and claim that his child was sick and cursed by the witch?"

"Yes."

The priest didn't even look at Matthew at this moment, but stared at Todd deadly.

"He came to me and said that his child was cursed by the witch and was in danger, and I went to check on it, and it was true that his child had a high fever and kept babbling nonsense, saying that it was the curse of the witch..............."

"He is deliberately acting and desecrating the majesty of the Lord."

Duanmu Huai roared angrily and waved his right hand. Just kidding, what does he do, he's a judge, when it comes to convicting people and buttoning their hats, he's more familiar than anyone else. Even if you don't, the inquisitor will be able to torture you to confess that you did it!

"Heresy! How dare you blaspheme the glory of the Lord in such a way!? ”

"Wow —————!!!"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's roar, the man collapsed to the ground in fright, while Duanmu Huai looked at the priest.

"Now the evidence is conclusive, Lord Reverend, and you can see by the way he looks that this heresy has been thoroughly discovered! So, what do you do as the Lord's spokesperson? ”

"Ah, yes, that's it!"

Faced with Duanmu Huai's questioning, the priest didn't have time to think, and nodded hurriedly. Then he looked at the man angrily and gritted his teeth.

"Todd, I didn't expect that you, a heretic, would have been hiding under our noses for so many years! But now, your plot has been exposed! Your heresy will be punished! Someone, take him away! ”

"Wait, no, I'm not......... I'm not a heretic, Lord Reverend...............!! ”

At the priest's order, the others immediately grabbed the hapless farmer, tied him up, and took him away.

After a while, the people around were also gone, only Duanmu Huai and Ma Xiu were still standing there.

"Uh......... MASTER？ What the hell is this ...............?? ”

"It seems that their faith is really religious."

Looking at the people who had walked away, Duanmu Huai smiled, and then made a gesture to Mathieu.

"Okay, there's nothing we need to do here, just slip away."

“………………… Ay? ”

(End of chapter)