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Night falls.

As the last ray of sunlight disappeared at the end of the horizon, the entire room fell into darkness. Matthew lit the oil lamp and put it aside, while Duanmuhuai stood by the window and looked out.

The whole town seemed to gradually become quiet with the coming of night. This town seemed to still maintain its previous habit of working at sunrise and resting at sunset. When the sun went down, the working people began to go home. Wait until night to completely After arriving, the whole town seemed dead, with almost no sound of people, and there were no lights on the dim roads. Only the lights in the houses as far as the eye could see brought a breath of life.

The breath of life...?

Duanmu Huai stood in front of the window, staring outside. After arriving in this town, he also tried to feel it in his own way, but for Duanmu Huai, he did not notice anything unusual about this town. place. Although you can tell with your eyes that such a backward town cannot exist in a modern civilized society, but when you feel it with other eyes, everything feels normal.

Perhaps this is the suspicion Medea sensed.

"Didi, didi..."

At this moment, Masuo's communicator suddenly sounded. Duanmuhuai looked at Masuo, who hurriedly opened the communicator, and then Dr. Roman emerged from it.

"Oh, I didn't expect it was night over there. Did something happen?"

"What's wrong?"

"Just now, Chaldea detected the appearance of a singularity. I was wondering if you might know something."

"Singularity point? Here?"

"Um.........that's right."

Dr. Roman looked at the time again and nodded.

"Indeed, right where you are."

"We are investigating and will sort it out after the investigation is clear."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you..."

"etc."

"Anything else?"

"How long have you been there?"

"Are you talking about time?"

Facing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, Dr. Luo Man was stunned for a moment.

"Just one day."

"Okay, I know."

Duanmuhuai nodded and signaled Ma Xiu to close the communication.

One day in heaven and one year on earth? If you want to say it, it makes sense.

"What's going on? MASTER?"

On the contrary, Matthew was a little confused.

"Doctor Roman said that only one day has passed in Chaldea? But we have already passed a year?"

"This is normal. The flow of time between the two parties is not equal. For Chaldea, as future observers, they mainly observe important time nodes. Just like when you read a book, the book will only record important times. and dates, rather than writing down every day’s events in detail, like writing a diary.”

Duanmuhuai shrugged his shoulders. The same goes for story books. For example, if you want to write about a group of adventurers going deep into a cave to explore, you will definitely write about the dangerous situations they encounter, and you won't write about them eating at 3 o'clock, quarreling at 4 o'clock, and 5 o'clock in detail. Go to the toilet at 6 o'clock, investigate at 6 o'clock, drink at 7 o'clock...

But for people in the "book", they can only go step by step according to time.

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

"In other words, this is an important singularity?"

"At least the kind worthy of being observed by Chaldea."

As Duanmuhuai spoke, he looked out the window.

"Oh, the show is about to begin."

"Why?"

Only then did Matthew realize that the originally dark town outside the window was now illuminated red by the firelight. She stood up and looked out the window, and was shocked - outside the window, hundreds of town residents holding torches were lighting up the entire town. The hotel was surrounded by water and they were making a lot of noise and seemed very angry.

"What happened?"

"We found out very quickly."

Duanmuhuai snorted lightly and said. Sure enough, soon, the two heard heavy footsteps outside. Immediately afterwards, their door was kicked open violently, and then several men dressed like sheriffs walked in holding spears and hatchets. , they stared at Matthew angrily, as if they saw their father-killing enemy.

"What do you want to do?"

Looking at the small town residents staring at him, Matthew couldn't help but feel scared. This is not because she can't defeat the opponent, but this groundless fear - the unknown is the most unsettling.

"Damn witch!"

However, the leading man clenched the pitchfork in his hand and roared with gritted teeth.

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

"Child? Wait...what are you talking about?"

Ma Xiu took a step back, while Duanmu Huai just stood with his arms crossed, looking at the scene curiously. At this moment, another man dressed as a priest stood up. He stared at Matthew and spoke.

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

"You mean that boy?"

Hearing the man's question, Ma Xiu was stunned for a moment. Only then did he remember that he had seen a little boy looking at him outside the room when he entered the room.

"I just said hello to him..."

"Shut up! Evil witch, you infected him with your curse. Now the child is seriously ill and will die soon! All this is because of your curse!"

"………Why?"

I have to say, Matthew was really shocked.

"NO, I have not……………"

"Shut up! Witch!"

"Your bewitchment has no effect on us!"

“The Lord will destroy your evil soul!!”

But before Matthew could finish his defense, he was interrupted by the small town residents. They stared at Matthew with indignation and raised the cross in their hands. Facing these people's crazy actions, Matthew He couldn't help but stepped back and turned to look at Duanmu Huai uneasily.

"MASTER?"

"Haha, this is really interesting."

Duanmu Huai also walked out at this moment and stared at the people in front of him.

"You keep saying that Ma Xiu is a witch who confuses people and can cast curses. 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!"

Facing Duanmuhuai's ridicule, the pastor looked very proud.

"We have the protection of the Lord, and our faith in the Lord is extremely pious and authentic. It is impossible for a mere witch's curse to 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 half-smile.

"Then according to your theory, how did the child get cursed? If you believe that Matthew is a witch, and the child was cursed by a witch, it means that he is not a devout believer, right?"

"Why?"

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

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

"No, no, no, no! Pastor, my child is a devout believer! He faithfully worships the Lord every day! He has never heard of praying and obeying the Lord!"

"But he was bewitched by the witch!"

Duanmuhuai waved his hand suddenly. At this moment, he felt more like a priest than that priest.

"Isn't that what you said? The child was deceived by the witch and received the witch's curse. Isn't this because the Lord's favor did not come to him? You denounced the witch for the curse on your child, isn't that right? Does it mean that you are also slandering the glory of the Lord and complaining that the Lord has not protected your children?!”

"No, that's not the case..."

Facing Duanmuhuai's roar, the man was completely confused, and Ma Xiu was also confused beside him. He stared at Duanmuhuai blankly, not knowing which side he was from.

"Is that so? Todd?!"

The priest glared at the man angrily, and the latter trembled, sweating profusely under the priest's glare.

"No, that's not the case, Pastor, we are all devout believers!"

"Everyone will say it, but are you really a devout believer? If you and your family are really devout believers, then why didn't the Lord protect your family from the witch's curse? When you come here, in the end Is it to destroy the witch, or do you want to blaspheme the glory of the Lord, mock the majesty of the Lord, and rebuke the Lord for being not even as powerful as a witch?"

Duanmuhuai strode forward and pointed his finger at the man. The latter backed away after his angry scolding. At this moment, the expressions others looked at him also changed.

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

"You are the witch's accomplice—no, this was all your idea!"

"What did you say? I, I don't know what you are talking about!"

Facing Duanmuhuai's scolding, the man's legs were already shaking.

"In order to destroy the faith here, you deliberately invited the witch and deliberately let your child be cursed. In order to show others the weakness of the Lord, didn't you?! Didn't you just say the same? You said you Your child is a devout believer and has never given up worshiping, so why is your child cursed? Doesn’t the implication mean that the Lord is weak and cannot even resist the evil witch’s curse?”

"No, no, no, that's not the case..."

After hearing this, the man was sweating profusely, and his hands holding the pitchfork were trembling. At this moment, others were staring at him angrily, not hiding their inner anger and hatred.

"Todd! Are you actually a heretic?"

"No, Pastor, I'm really not..."

"Really not?"

Duanmuhuai sneered, interrupted the farmer's excuse again, and then looked at the pastor.

"Master Priest, did this farmer come to you first and claim that his child was sick and was cursed by a witch?"

"Yes."

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

"He came to me and said that his child was cursed by a witch and was in critical condition. I also went to check and it was true that his child had a high fever and kept talking nonsense, saying that it was a curse from a witch..."

"He was deliberately putting on a show and blaspheming the majesty of the Lord."

Duanmu Huai roared angrily and waved his right hand. Just kidding, what does he do? He is a judge. He is better than anyone else when it comes to convicting people. Even if you didn't do it, the judge can torture you into confessing that you did it!

"Heretic! You dare to blaspheme the glory of the Lord like this. What crime do you deserve!?"

"Alas-----!!!"

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

"Now it seems that the evidence is conclusive. Pastor, you can tell by his look that this heresy has been completely exposed! So, as the spokesperson of the Lord, what should you do?"

"Ah, yes, that's it!"

Facing Duanmuhuai's question, the pastor had no 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, had been hiding under our noses for so many years! But now, your conspiracy has been exposed! Your heresy will be punished! Someone, take him away! "

"Wait, no, I'm not... I'm not a heretic, Pastor...!!"

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

After a while, everyone around them was gone. Only Duanmuhuai and Ma Xiu were still standing there.

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

"It seems that their beliefs are really devout."

Looking at all the people leaving, Duanmu Huai chuckled, and then made a gesture to Ma Xiu.

"Okay, we have nothing to do here, just slip away."

"…………………Why?"