The warden who guards the witches

The waiter began to serve the meal, but Deborah did not glance at the appetizers on the plate. She kept staring at Aiden and said: "They did have that kind of relationship at the beginning. My father was originally a bounty hunter who specialized in cooperating with the government, and The mother is a phantom thief who targets the nobles of the empire and robs the rich to give to the poor. You should also know that the Thousand-Faced Phantom Thief will give a warning before each action."

"Yes, this is the standard equipment for Phantom Thieves." Aiden nodded.

Liv, the Thousand-Faced Phantom Thief in the book, will anonymously submit articles to the media before each robbery, using a riddle to predict the target of her theft. This setting also comes from reality.

It's just that the real-life Phantom Thief Liv's trailers don't use elaborate riddles, but directly state the target of the theft. However, she occasionally releases false targets to attack in the west, but basically there will be action after the trailer.

"Once, after my mother issued a notice, the noble owner who was targeted hired my father to guard him. It was the first time they fought. The hound, which never missed, never caught the target, and the phantom thief, who never missed, never stole himself. They wanted something and they started to compete with each other from then on.”

"This is the same as what is written in the book." Aiden took a sip of the appetizing concoction, "Before you told me, the last news I heard was that Mr. Duberman chased the Phantom Thief Liv to the North mainland."

"Yes, they were still rivals at that time, but one day, my mother contacted my father and asked him for help."

"help?"

"At that time, the empire's colonial activities had not yet begun, and only merchant ships and cargo ships traveled between the northern and southern continents. There were many wanted criminals like my mother who fled to the northern continent, and some of them were extremely bad criminals. At that time, my mother discovered that a man was being arrested in the empire. A wanted serial murderer fled to the Northern Continent and continued to commit crimes. The criminal liked to pick young girls, assault them, and then kill them. Then he would cut off the ring finger of the girl's right hand and keep it. She wanted to lure the criminal out and deal with it. But she didn’t have the confidence.”

"The prisoner is very strong?"

"The serial killer was a wizard who was good at black magic and had killed several heretics and bounty hunters who were chasing him. Although my mother was extremely good at disguising and escaping, she was not good at fighting head-on. So she contacted her father and she approved The strength of my father,” Deborah explained.

"Isn't she worried about being caught by Dubman?" Aiden asked.

"She asked her father to agree to put aside their grudges. Because they had been enemies for many years, they knew each other well. Her father would never regret what he promised, and her mother believed in his promise. So they cooperated The prisoner was captured, the mother led the prisoner out, and then the father took action to kill him."

"So that's when they recognized each other?"

"Yes, that was the first time they cooperated. My father discovered that my mother was not just a simple thief. She had her own justice, and the targets she chose were evil people who could not be punished by the law." Deborah said this Longing was written all over his face.

"You also admire your mother?" Aiden caught the other person's expression.

"Yeah, I think it's very cool to be outside the law and spontaneously defend the justice in your heart." Deborah suddenly realized something as she spoke, looked at Aiden with some worry and asked, "Aiden Mr. Deng, do you... think this is not good? "

"Why do you think so suddenly?" Aiden was a little surprised.

"You used to work for the Inquisition, and now you are the administrator of the prison. You have always been an enforcer of the law. I am wondering if you are a legal supremacist?"

"That's not the case. Just because I enforce the law, I have my own understanding of the law. The goal of the law is a tool for the ruling class to safeguard its own interests. Its goal is to create a stable order for society to function, and then based on this Let the ruling class continue to have the upper hand instead of maintaining the morality recognized by the public. "A stable order is necessary for society, so a certain law is necessary." The law is not necessarily the best and most suitable for that society. There is no perfect law in this world. Almost all laws are the product of compromise with reality. As society progresses, laws will be modified, revised, or even re-formulated. , The supremacy of law is just a slogan.”

"I really saw you right!" Deborah's eyes suddenly lit up, "You also agree with what my parents did, right?"

"You mean, superheroes and righteous thieves who are outside the law and carry out their own justice?" Aiden stopped what he was doing and looked up at Deborah.

"right!"

"It depends on the situation. Times when righteous thieves are praised by the people are often times when the ruling class is corrupt and the law becomes a tool to oppress the people. But on the other hand, when the law can maintain order and is generally moral, This kind of power outside the law may do more harm than good. Although the law is not perfect, it is absolutely impossible for a society to have no law. If everyone uses their own means to advocate their own justice, the order will be chaotic. " Aiden replied calmly.

"The Empire is now a decadent society, with the nobles oppressing the lower classes, and the entire country oppressing the people of another continent. This country is now tainted with sin, and its laws also smell of corruption. My father once worked for the government, but he was ultimately disappointed with the Empire's top brass." Deborah said this with a serious look on her face, "Not only the Empire, but also the second most powerful country on this continent, Gistas. This era is exactly the kind of era you are talking about."

"If that's the case, I personally respect their approach." Aiden chose his words carefully.

In his opinion, rather than saying that these two countries are corrupt, it is better to say that the level of social development in this world has not reached a high enough level. Whether between countries or within countries, national interests and class interests are still far superior to human rights and morality. Colonial activities, terrorist attacks, racial discrimination, and class struggle are everywhere. But social progress is a gradual process, and each era always has its own limitations.

"You may not understand the sins of these countries thoroughly enough." Deborah saw that Aiden's attitude was reserved, "Then I'll tell you a secret..."

"What secret?" Aiden put the food into his mouth.

"The Empire has actually conducted experiments to fuse humans and demons." Deborah said in a low voice.

Aiden almost choked when he heard this.