Release that Witch

Roland groaned. "Is there any problem?"

"This is the case..." Felice hesitated. "I heard that in your territory, only one witch was awakened last year?"

He pulled out a list from the drawer, which was given to him by Wendy, which recorded the awakening day and adult day of each witch, lest he miss the second birth of the witches. .

"It should be true," Roland looked through the list and nodded. "Although the two evil witches joined the two witches in the previous year, the white paper was awakened as early as three years ago. It was only awakened in the past, only Axia. ...and her awakening day happens to be an adult day."

"This shouldn't be, sire," Felice raised her brow. "How many people were there in your city last year? Is 20,000 or 30,000?"

"There should be 50,000." When it comes to the population, Roland can't help but be proud. "The number of people without winter city has exceeded 100,000 this year."

"The 100,000 words are almost the same as the early Anretta. Before the exit of the fertile plains, Tachela was only about 250,000. But... Do you know the number of awakenings in the two holy cities every year?" Lisi said, "Even if it is the most timeless in magic, there is no less than ten people in Anretta, and Taqila is nearly three times this number."

"Magic...poor period?"

"Yes, the magic that fills the world is ups and downs, like the tides." Ai Gesha explained, "The two years after the arrival of the Red Moon is also the most abundant moment of the magic, almost every day there will be new witches. Then the free magic will slowly weaken, and the time between the two red moons can be regarded as a period of poverty. Only when the demon moon is reached will the awakened appear."

The more powerful the magic, the easier it is for the witch to wake up. Roland also listened to Ai Gesha before. Only he thought that the magic would usher in a peak every year. I didn't expect it to fluctuate wildly for hundreds of years. "But we are not far from the third battle of God."

"This is the most worrying issue," Felice said with a worried color. "The emergence of Hell's fearful beast means that the Red Moon is approaching, the magic trend should be more active, and according to Selen's test, the facts It is true. But why is the number of witches awakened so low? Even if the city is not awakened, the towns and villages in the suburbs should have no maiden witches. For example, in the Takira era, the witches in the surrounding territories are better than the holy city. More. In general, the larger the total population, the more witches there are. This is the law that the Federation has summed up for hundreds of years."

“I initially thought that no winter city intentionally abandoned the woman when recruiting people. Later, I thought that the influence of the church made the new women not easily reveal their identity, and they did not immediately join the winter city... The result is not so Aegis slowly said, "Passa also discussed it, and finally came to the conclusion that there may be factors that affect the awakening of the new witch, and there is a tendency to gradually expand."

Roland meditated for a while before he began. "Assuming this guess is correct, do you have a way to find out what is causing this?"

The two looked at each other and shook their heads.

"If you can't solve it, let's take a break as a god," he said. "In any case, no matter how the probability of awakening changes, we have to drive the devil out of the light, isn't it?"

Fortunately, once the industrial production has laid the foundation, the demand for witches is far less strong than that of the gods and the planners. Otherwise, this is really a terrible news.

"What you said... is really right," Felice probably didn't expect Roland's confidence in fighting the devil to be unaffected. After a while, she came back. "In any case, we must defeat the devil."

"That's it," Roland smiled. "Oh, yes... I was looking for you before I wanted to ask a question." He told him about the dangers that might have caused the witch to wake up. "In the tower." How did the federation deal with such incidents when it was pulled?"

“It’s very simple, sire,” Felice’s tone seemed to be more respectful. She no longer looked directly at Roland, but lowered her head slightly. “Everyone in that era understood the rule of semi-circle.”

"Half quarter clock rule?"

"Yes, the witch is not without warning before the awakening. The magic from the free state to the awakening body, this process will last for about a quarter of an hour." Felice replied, "At first, the abdomen is faintly thorny." Pain and burning, then more intense, until the specific degree of pain in the first reflex is different from person to person, the person with strong body will not even be affected too much, but the slight tingling is still detectable."

She paused. "And the half-quarter rule is: as long as the witch announces that she is about to wake up during this time, the people around me must leave her immediately. If there is no casualties caused by avoidance, the mortal may not be to the federation. Ask for compensation; if damage is caused to a fixed place, it will be paid by the Federation."

This is a new practice. Roland conceived that the premise is that everyone is very familiar with the witch, especially when the underage girl encounters a sudden sting, the first reaction is to make a declaration instead of suspecting that she is eating. Broken belly.

"If the injured are the same witch?"

“If there is no announcement in advance, the new awakened person will face punishment for whipping or money, depending on the consequences. If it has been announced in advance, the federation will assume full responsibility. However, this situation is rare. After all, the fighting witch itself It is already a minority, and there is even less ability to cause harm in the early stages of awakening."

In other words, in the era of Tacharia, if a mortal does not avoid it in time, he can only admit that he is unlucky. In the special era of the witches, they are nothing to be said. It is obviously impossible for Roland to copy this method, but it can be used to some extent.

Undoubtedly, aside from the punishment part, the semi-circular rule has its advanced point: it at least promotes a concept that makes everyone understand that the witch was born inside human beings, and that every minor woman is likely to accept it. Awakened as a witch. This is like the red light of the later generations, the green light line, all you can do is to follow the rules to avoid damage.

Of course, complete exemption is impossible. Roland thought, if you take another step in this rule, treat the witch and ordinary people equally, and hand over the damage after the declaration to the city hall, without making a declaration, causing serious If there are consequences, it will be judged according to the fault of the wounded person... or a law that stipulates the behavior of witches, just like the traffic laws of later generations, may be able to alleviate this contradiction to some extent.