Chapter X: Trial II

Austin had a busy day, and only took a slight rest, woke up early, watched the sky gradually brighten, stretched his waist, and said to Hawthorn, who had already been guarding the side, "Let's go, everything is ready." ”

"Yes"

In the dungeon, Charlotte, with her eyes closed, heard footsteps outside the cage and slowly opened her eyes. Charlotte, who was imprisoned, seemed to outsiders to be lucky to live one more day.

But, really, what's the difference between one more day and one less day. Although I saw the prince yesterday and seemed to want to save himself, as far as I was concerned, I didn't understand what the prince was trying to save himself, but he knew very well about the church himself who wanted to die.

In this world, it may be possible to rebel against the lords and nobles, but no one can openly rebel against the Church, not even the king, without the crowning of the pope, the king is not orthodox.

And he may just be a bargaining chip in the struggle between royal power and divine power, a bargaining chip destined to be abandoned. Although he emotionally believed in the prince, rationally speaking, it was more reasonable for the prince to reach some kind of agreement with the church, obtain some kind of support, and get what the prince wanted, and help himself would not have the slightest benefit, but would offend both the nobility and the church in his own territory.

Soon, Charlotte was taken out, and Austin took Hawthorn with Charlotte, followed by the Church Army, which was regarded as escorting Charlotte to the square.

"We really talked a lot yesterday, but the only thing I didn't ask was, are you religious?" Austin asked.

"Is this important?" asked Charlotte, confused.

"Because my current question is a bit blasphemous, if you are religious, I will not say it, so that it is up to you to create chaos in your ability. Austin whispered.

When Charlotte heard this, she said with a wry smile: "Your Highness has said so, can I still be religious?" ”

"When you are at trial, you ask the bishop a question, and as for how to ask, you have to figure it out for yourself, and the question is whether the all-powerful god can make a stone that he cannot move. Austin said.

Charlotte listened to this question and subconsciously replied: "The omnipotent god should be able to create ......" Speaking here, she sensed the trap in the question.

This question is a well-known paradoxical question, and there is simply no room for answers. This question is put here, a society above theocracy, believing in omnipotent gods, is too deadly.

Charlotte took a breath of cold air, looked at Austin in surprise for a long time, nodded, and didn't say anything.

Charlotte was brought to the square again, last time, she was hooded, although she could feel it, but after all, it was different from what she saw with her own eyes, this time, she came and saw everything here.

The trial was no longer made by Austin, but at this moment, Austin was still standing on the platform of the square, pretending to be proud: "Ladies and gentlemen, I think that yesterday the woman's guilt was also announced, although the righteous trial was a day late, but today, Bishop Weiss of the church will conduct the trial." ”

For Austin's words, the bishop nodded with satisfaction, although this result was not what he wanted at the moment, but now, as long as it can go smoothly, there will be no more extraneous complications.

"Ignition!" the bishop did not say much tirade, but only went straight to the trial.

"Although I am a witch, I have a question, I want to explain my doubts to the Bishop, I don't know if I can?!" Charlotte said loudly, "Even if I am a witch, this tradition of solving doubts will not be treated by the church specially. I think it will fulfill my little wish, right?"

After hesitating for a moment, the bishop saw that Austin was not moving, so he nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Can the all-powerful god we believe in make stones that he cannot move?"

Hearing Charlotte's answer, the smile on the bishop's face burst with his own thoughts, no, it should be said that everyone was stunned by this question. After a while, everyone came back to their senses, and began to talk about it, but the bishop could not care about it at this time, not to mention the people, but only the clergy present, who were affected by this answer.

"If it's really a blasphemous and evil being, light a fire and wash away her sinful soul!" the bishop said angrily, and then looked at Austin viciously.

Could it be Prince Austin? After staring at Austin for a long time, the bishop found that there was nothing unusual about Austin, and he still looked proud, which basically showed that he himself may not have known about this problem.

The bishop sighed secretly in his heart, he was really careless, he shouldn't have let her open his mouth at all, otherwise he wouldn't be so passive at this moment, this question, raised in front of so many people, if he wants to close his mouth, I'm afraid it's impossible, this will be the biggest blow to the gods.

"This question is really dumbfounded, and I can't answer it. If you are omnipotent, there will naturally be no stones that cannot be moved, and since you cannot make stones that cannot be moved, it is naturally not omnipotent. Someone suddenly said in the square.

Hearing the sound, after everyone looked over there, several flying knives flew out in the opposite direction, killing the guards of Charlotte, Charlotte directly broke away the shackles that imprisoned him and threw them aside, and after hesitating at Austin, he caught the flying knife flying towards him, and after throwing it at the bishop, he jumped directly from the stands and ran in the chaos, which was really smooth.

But fortunately, the bishop passed out, otherwise he saw Hawthorn, who he had been counting on, at the first time, left the judgment seat and came to Austin's side, protecting Austin, and never looked at Charlotte who fled.

Thanks to the push of the guards around him, the bishop barely avoided the vital point, but Charlotte's flying knife was stabbed, and it can be said that the whole square was in chaos, but fortunately, the bishop passed out, otherwise he saw Hawthorn, who he had been counting on, at the first time, left the judgment table, came to Austin's side, protected Austin, and did not look at Charlotte who fled.

After Charlotte escaped, Austin nodded at Hawthorn and said loudly, "Hawthorn, don't worry about my safety, you can take someone to catch the witch first." ”

Hearing this order, Hawthorn nodded, and immediately left with some of the guards, chasing in the direction where Charlotte had left.

"Calm down!!First block the square, some of the people go to track Charlotte, and the rest maintain the law and order here, and eliminate Charlotte's accomplices! In short, don't mess around here!!"

No matter what, Austin's prestige as a prince still exists, and in such chaos, everyone unconsciously began to move according to Austin's words.

Austin, who was a bystander to this trial, was not in the main stand, but in the side stands. After such a thing happened, I came to the main stand for the first time, and looked at the bishop's injury, although he was unconscious, but there was no major problem, but he touched his head when he fell to the ground and fainted.

"Take the bishop for treatment. Austin saw the bishop's situation and knew that the bishop could no longer be counted on, so he simply took over all the teams and began to hunt down Charlotte.

"The people in the square are basically from the town, and they will investigate one by one, control the suspicious people first, and prevent the witch's accomplices from taking advantage of the chaos. When I investigated, I was given a better attitude and did not cause panic. ”

"Is there a problem in the stable? You go and see, and if there is no problem, you can ride after it, and if you find anyone suspicious on the way, you will control it first. ”

"Protect the nobles at the scene from being kidnapped by the shrine maiden's accomplices. ”

“......”

Austin's orders were given one after another, and order began to be restored at the scene, and the church soldiers who had been somewhat resistant began to actively carry out the orders.

As the team reports back, Austin discovers that all of the centaurs have lost track of Charlotte and her accomplices, including Hawthorn, and Gray, who is ready to sweep them away.

"Can it really just disappear like that?" Austin asked, looking at the report in confusion, to the leader of the Church Army.

"Well, no one in or outside the city has found their whereabouts. The leader of the church army said with some shame.

"This witch's ability, it is indeed easy to avoid searching, in short, all the outside of the city are guarded first, as long as it can ensure that they can't escape, it's easy to say. Austin said.

In this way, Austin's side was busy until the afternoon, when the bishop woke up, and then arranged for the church administrators to take over the pursuit. Li Feng also got rid of these tricky things smoothly. "It's really, it's just a short day, I feel like I'm going to be tired, take a good rest, and experience the corrupt life of Jiuchi Meat Forest. ”