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"Maybe they're just trophies. Some barbarian tribes like to collect the ears of the defeated." Lilith also began to make bold guesses.

"So you all assume that it was the witch who did it?" Daniel sneered and looked at the princess with an uncertain expression, expressing his firm stance.

"We just heard about the witch yesterday, and someone got into trouble today. Isn't it possible that someone is taking advantage of the situation to let the witch take the blame? What we should do is report the person who was missing last night. If the guard asks, I will not hide it for you."

He looked at the guards who were about to check on them, his eyes full of righteousness.

"I have no objection." Ian nodded, his expression still unchanged.

"Hey, don't make it so that no one can leave the town..." Lucas was unhappy about this and turned to discuss with Lilith, "If they insist on doing this, can we pretend that we don't know them?"

Lilith: ...

However, they did not avoid being seen by others when they spoke. Some guards nearby had already come over and kept looking at these strange visitors.

"Didn't you just enter the town? Are you going out again?" The team finally reached their turn. Although a guard smiled at this group of boys and girls who called themselves nobles, the smile did not reach his eyes.

"If you want to investigate what happened last night, my friend might know something." Daniel smiled politely and tilted his head.

The guard looked in the direction he pointed, and saw the black-haired boy standing quietly in the line with a blank look in his eyes. Just as the guard was about to step forward to question him, an old voice rang out.

"May the light be with you, my lord."

The pastor of the church came to explain the work to the guards, but he walked over and saluted the young man in black.

"...light is everywhere." Ian, who was wandering in his trance, finally came back to his senses and responded to the priest in white robes.

"Ah, it looks like we won't be stopped." Lucas cheered happily from behind.

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"Hey Ian, why are you so polite, Reverend?"

Bobby asked impatiently as soon as they left the town and got away from the crowd.

"He has the wrong person," Ian replied calmly. The priest still seemed to think he was the Knight of Light...

"Did you see anything unusual last night?" Although he escaped the guards' questioning, he could not escape Catherine's questioning.

"I don't remember anything." Ian lowered his head and thought for a while before answering cautiously.

"Ah - you have such good ears that you can hear cries for help from such a distance, but you can't hear it when someone is dead?" Daniel pretended to be surprised.

"It was very windy. I could only hear the sound of the wind and the flapping of some birds' wings." Ian ignored his sarcasm and answered seriously.

"Maybe the time doesn't match. Maybe it happened in the second half of the night." Lilith guessed.

Catherine nodded, stopped asking questions, and concentrated on walking. Seeing this, Daniel walked in front of Catherine and concentrated on exploring the way.

Yafer Valley is a valley that runs from east to west. They entered from the east and headed west. During this time, Lucas picked up a lot of things. He had learned to be smart now. He picked up whatever Jaina picked up. Lilith no longer had any hope for the armadillo and became everyone's shared backpack.

The group walked around like they were on a picnic, and stopped to rest when night fell. The magic apprentices gathered around the fire in the middle, with the guardians taking turns to keep watch.

"Caw-coo-coo-coo-" A crow circled over and landed on a branch above their heads, stretching its neck to look over, as if it was very curious about these strangers.

In the bleak winter wilderness, withered branches stretched toward the dark sky like twisted claws. The cold wind made the branches creak, as if they were the sound of sorrow coming from the netherworld.

Sean was half lying on the other side of the campfire, leaning against his backpack. Looking at this scene, he was hesitant. The branches were dark and lifeless, like cursed limbs, stretched out stiffly, as if ready to grab any living creature that came close.

"I say, do we really want to keep going?" Sean hesitated. This was already their second night in the woods. "Someone has already died. Is this level of danger really suitable for us to explore?"

"What are you afraid of, Sean? We are not from this town and we have no grudge against those witches. They won't waste their time on us." Lucas said carelessly, leaning against the campfire and coiling his rope, quickly turning it in his hands to tie it into small knots.

"But Ms. Megan doesn't have any grudge against them, right..." Sean was still a little hesitant, and he mentioned the woman they met.

"Uh..." Lucas was at a loss now, but he patted Bobby beside him and said, "It's okay. If things don't work out, you still have a guardian partner who can take your place."

However, the only response they got was Bobby snoring in his sleep.

"Alas, none of them are reliable..." Sean pulled the blanket tighter and sighed in despair. "I just hope that if I really encounter them, the witches can give me a quick death." Then he asked his doubts again -

"But why are there so many witches here? Even in the Goletia Academy, I only know Teacher Phoebe and Catherine. It's amazing that such a small town could hold so many trials."

"How can you be so naive? Oh my God." Lucas looked incredulous. "It's amazing that you can grow up safely like this! Did you really believe everything Adams said?"

Hearing this, Lilith turned her head and looked across the fire, "What do you mean?" Did Mr. Adams lie to them?

"How can there be so many witches, idiot Lilith!" Lucas rolled his eyes. "Isn't that just an excuse to wipe out the whole family? In the past, the inheritance of old men and women who had no heirs would naturally be taken over by local managers, but when that... ahem, a certain church expanded, they also wanted a piece of the pie. In order to prevent the nobles or officials from getting the money, they simply killed them in advance, and their property was naturally confiscated and passed to the sect that initiated the trial."

"W-what..." Sean sat up immediately, shocked by Lucas's words. Even Catherine, who had been silent all the way, looked over when she heard him.

"——That's why wherever a certain church is built, there will be witch trials." Lucas said proudly, and saw a lot of shocked faces. He was also shocked, "Ah? I can't be the only one who knows this? "

"How do you know this?" Catherine asked in a low voice.

"Hehe, we sea people have our own way of passing on history." Lucas curled his lips and refused to reveal it to Catherine.