Mage Joan

"The Huyang Village Witchcraft Case, is that the bizarre case you mentioned in your letter the day before yesterday?" Qiao An came in interest.

"Yes, it just so happens that this case is also related to the'sacred flame' that you are most concerned about. There has been a lot of trouble these days, and even your Majesty has been alarmed. Your patriarch quarreled."

Conti forks a piece of squeaky roast beef into his mouth and chews it. Lips are stained with grease, making them more and more rosy.

After killing a large piece of meat, taking a sip of hot chocolate, Conti continued the conversation.

"My mentor, Lord Tonya, also attended the imperial meeting, and finally helped his Majesty persuade the violent Patriarch to dispel the terrible idea of ​​calling all the followers of the state religion to launch the'witch hunting movement'!"

Qiao An certainly knew that the "President of the Patriarch" that Conti referred to was the first Boris pastor of the Sindra Church in the Far East, and his position in the entire church institution was second only to His Majesty the Emperor who was also an elector of Sindra.

Conti’s mentor, Lord Tonya, is also the disciple of the legendary Archdruid Valentina, and the younger sister of Conti’s father Victor Kalinin.

When Kalinin sent his daughter to study in Kolasburg, he specially asked his younger sister Tonya to take care of Conti.

Later, Conti entered the Colasburg Agricultural College for advanced studies. Ms. Tonya occasionally taught students as a professor. It was reasonable for Conti to respect her as a tutor.

Qiao An has seen Tonya several times at court banquets. This quasi-legendary druid is the best friend of Queen Lyudmila. He was named a lord for his outstanding contributions to agriculture and public health and served as a cabinet. Assistant to the Prime Minister, recently promoted to minister in charge of health and epidemic prevention, is the youngest female senior official in the cabinet of the Far East.

From the perspective of Ms. Dong Niya's authority, it is her job to prevent and control the "sacred flame" and curb the spread of the epidemic. However, how can the "sacred flame" have something to do with the "witchcraft case" under the jurisdiction of the Holy See?

This starts with the Huyang Village in the central part of the Far East.

In fact, Qiao An is no stranger to Hu Yang Village.

Many years ago, when Qiao An and Medea were cooperating to study supernatural petrochemical phenomena, they traveled in the central part of the Far East in order to find the “chicken snake beast” with natural petrochemical ability.

At that time, Qiao An’s most impressive experience was to take a train hauled by Los Beasts, buy a ticket from "Big Rabbit Nest Town" and get on the train, and ride to the "Gudi Village Commune", passing two stops on the way. It is "Wufeng Township" and then "Huyang Village".

Because he was only passing by by train, Qiao An didn't stay in Huyang Village for too long. He took advantage of the opportunity of parking to stroll around the platform and bought some fruits and souvenirs peddled by local dwarf hawkers.

Now that Kandy talked about Populus Village, I learned that this place is a large village where dwarves and humans live together. There are more than 300 households inhabited by dwarves and humans.

Huyang Village was included in the list of agricultural reforms last year. Communes and state-owned farms were established. Pastors, druids and sheriffs were stationed in the village. Together with the village chiefs elected by the local dwarves and human races, they formed the village level. The administrative agency.

"Qiao An, Huyang Village is not the same as other villages in the Far East. Humans and dwarfs live together. There is not much difference in population. There is no main ethnic group, and it is very rare to have peace and harmony."

"The dwarves and human inhabitants of Huyang Village have been following their nature for many years and doing work that can best exert their racial endowments."

"The local dwarfs are mostly craftsmen and hawkers, while humans focus on plowing the fields and growing vegetables. Over the years, an interdependent symbiotic community has been formed, and they get along very harmoniously."

"After the Huyang Village was transformed into a commune, the human residents easily adapted to the new way of life, but the dwarfs went through a difficult transition period."

"You also know that the dwarf people are inherently unsuitable for farming and farming. Their petite body is not up to the heavy field work, they can't control large animals, and they don't have the patience."

"His Majesty Roland understands this situation, so let the officials who are implementing agricultural reforms be more flexible and don't do a'one size fits all'. Since the dwarfs are not interested in farming, let them engage in business or handicrafts that they are better at. After all, the rural communes It also needs hawkers and craftsmen."

"Thanks to your majesty's mercy, the dwarf clan in Huyang Village has been able to continue their traditional way of life, and their previous religious customs have also been preserved, including the'God Sacrifice Festival', and this is the key to the'witchcraft case'!"

At this point, Conti's expression became serious-although it did not hinder her good appetite, a fork poked two fat oysters with precision and stuffed them quickly into her mouth.

"According to traditional customs, every year at the turn of spring and summer, the dwarf women of Huyang Village gather at Tituba's home to hold a sacrificial ceremony dedicated to the ‘god of dwarf’ Gal Shinjin."

"The host of the sacrificial ceremony, Tituba, is an elderly dwarf old woman. It is said that she is still a figure of witch doctors. She has a little knowledge of alchemy and a few low-level natural magic arts. I've seen this old witch as a prophet and confessed to her, eating and drinking, and sending her good wine and meat on New Years and holidays."

"After the establishment of the Populus Village Commune, the newly appointed pastor in the village, Mr. Saguna, was a vigorous young man. He was born in an officer's family, a high-achieving student who graduated from the Capital Seminary, and grew up in a city. Do you think, this kind of city? The young pastor from here, can he see traditional customs such as village sacrifices?"

Conti shrugged and spread his hands.

"Saguna went to work in the countryside and got along well with the local human inhabitants, but he couldn't get used to the dwarf clan who loves pranks by nature and always have witty words on their lips, especially the old witch Tituba."

"Mr. Saguna has repeatedly accused Tituba of pretending to be a fool, making some fart to treat people with unavailable herbs, just cheating and cheating. It is the most hated thing to delay the patient to receive formal treatment, and he even suspects Tituba. They are cultists lurking in Huyang Village."

"This kind of tense relationship lasted until the beginning of May, and it was the annual worship festival in Huyang Village. Mr. Saguna heard the hysterical movement of dwarf women crying and laughing in the wooden house of Tituba's mother-in-law. It was uneasy until the night fell and silence in the wooden house returned. He finally couldn't restrain his curiosity. He took a bottle of'invisibility potion', brought a sword and a pistol, and quietly approached Tituba's wooden house to find out."

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