"The Inquisition?"
Merlin's mind deeply remembered this place, the powerful white-robed man, is from the Church of Light's Inquisition. Merlin's heart is even more secretly vigilant, in the future, if you encounter people in the Inquisition, must be careful to deal with.
The carriage slowly stopped, and Merlin, led by the guardian swordsman, also got off the carriage, and he looked up and actually arrived inside the church of Blackwater City.
There were many others like Merlin, but most of them did not have Merlin's treatment, they were some ordinary residents who were brought to the church by the city defense corps.
"Go, go in and give a good account, as long as there is nothing to do with the evil heresy, you will soon be released back."
The guardian swordsman spoke to Merlin with a smile, and with the Cardolon connection, it made him quite fond of Merlin as well.
Merlin nodded, so he followed this guardian swordsman into the church.
In the church, there were already hundreds of people, all of them lined up in three rows, several of them asking one by one about matters related to old man Etta, while some clerks were dedicated to taking notes.
Merlin's ears were agile, and with a little careful listening, he could hear the interrogation of a middle-aged man in his 30s or 40s by several people in front of him.
"When did you and the evil heretic meet?"
"For many years, I was a tailor, and Mr. Etta came to my little store every season to make clothes."
"Have you seen him other than making clothes?"
"I haven't seen Mr. Etta anymore except to make clothes, he is a very mysterious person, he stays in the hut all day and usually doesn't come out often, who thought he was an evil heretic."
"Okay, next."
This is the whole process of questioning, and those who finish will soon be taken away by some other people to receive further questioning.
"If it's such a simple cross-examination, there's nothing to fear."
Merlin's heart gradually settled down.
Soon it was Merlin's turn. Standing in front of Merlin was a white, clean clerk who took notes, while the questioner was a guardian swordsman.
This guardian swordsman just looked up faintly at Merlin, and then asked, "What is your name?"
"Wilson Merrill."
After hearing Merlin's name, this guardian swordsman's expression changed slightly, and then carefully looked at Merlin again, his face obviously became grave.
"What is your relationship with the evil heretics?"
Merlin did not hesitate and said directly, "I did not know Aita's true identity before, so I followed him for a while to learn about antique appraisal."
After saying that, Merlin was also secretly observing the guardian swordsman, and seeing that the other party's expression did not change, Merlin understood in his heart.
These people must have long understood what people the old man Aita usually contacted, but also have mastered the information that the old man Aita usually came and went with some people, and their own relationship with the old man Aita, they must also have known.
Immediately after, the guardian swordsman asked Merlin some questions one after another, but Merlin were told the truth, in addition to the ring, Merlin will not hide anything with the old man Aita, otherwise, it will make people suspicious.
After a long time, the guardian swordsman had almost finished asking questions, and he raised his head to another guardian swordsman next to him and said, "Take him in and let Lord Jason do the final screening."
Immediately thereafter, another guardian swordsman stepped forward and led Merlin to a small room inside the church.
"Go inside."
The guardian swordsman brought Merlin to the door and stopped, saying to Merlin indifferently.
Merlin took a deep breath, then pushed the door open and walked into the cabin.
The hut is somewhat dark, there is a damp air, Merlin once inside, you can feel a few eyes want to look at themselves.
"Miss Callis?"
Merlin's eyes narrowed slightly, and he saw a familiar face inside the hut, and it was Keris, who had also been brought in.
Keris also saw Merlin and nodded slightly in greeting, it seems she has stabilized a lot and is not as scared as yesterday.
Inside the hut, in addition to Keris, there were several strangers, a balding old man, an obese woman, and one other person was the tailor who was interrogated by the guardian swordsman earlier.
They all stood somewhat uneasy in the hut, looking in awe at a white-robed man sitting in a chair directly in front of them.
Seeing the white-robed man, Merlin knew that he was the mage who had killed old man Etta, Mage Jason of the mysterious Inquisition.
Merlin also stood inside the hut like the others, while Jason did not speak, but waited quietly.
After a while, a few more people came in from outside, a total of eight people, their hearts were a little bottomless, with a hint of fear occasionally showing in their eyes, not knowing what kind of interrogation they would face next.
Behind Jason Mage there is a huge religious fresco, the painting depicts the God of Light, is punishing a group of evil-doing demons, with the current scene, as well as the indifferent Jason Mage, people can not help but feel fear.
After a long time, Mage Jason finally stood up, his sharp gaze faintly swept a glance at all of them, then slowly said: "You are all people who, more or less, have been in contact with the evil heretics for a long time. The evil heretics are sinister and cunning, and they are also good at evil spells, so I want to personally test whether you have been compelled by the evil heretics or not."
Hearing Jason Mage say this, the bald old man and the obese woman, have been trembling all over, if not for the support of the people around, only to faint.
In the Church of Light, anyone who has a relationship with the evil heretics will be punished most severely, the most serious than being tied to the stake and then burned alive. So when they heard that Venerable Jason suspected that they were related to the evil heretics, these people were scared.
Mage Jason's mouth smiled slightly, hands against his chest, and said in a low voice: "You do not need to panic, as long as you are not compelled by the evil heresy, God will surely forgive you."
After saying this, Mage Jason recited the words under his breath, and from his body, he began to emit a faint white light, which made people feel holy and noble.
These white holy light, gradually emanating from Jason Mage's body, in the blink of an eye will be the entire hut enveloped. And Jason Mage at this time has taken off the set of light armor on the body, wearing a wide white robe, as the holy light gradually brightened, its white robe on the silver crossed sword imprint also more and more clear up.
The people who were enveloped by the holy light, all felt as if their bodies were completely seen through the general, a little secret can not be hidden. Merlin squinted at Kaelis, only to see her face full of red, her face showed an embarrassed look.
Merlin frowned, because he also felt, despite wearing clothes, but under the shroud of this holy light, clothes seem to have no covering effect at all, as if naked and being peeped at in general, it is no wonder that Kaelis will be that embarrassed.
"Is this the magical spell? Fortunately, I didn't bring the ring with me, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to escape Jason's probing."
Merlin's heart is awe-inspiring, for the mysterious mages, more scrupulous, because the magical and powerful spells, is a power that he does not understand at all.
Others were terrified by the holy light emanating from Jason, but Merlin's mind was so calm that even as he had the energy to observe Mage Jason, Merlin noticed the conspicuous mark of the silver crossed sword on Jason's white robe.
This unique mark, Merlin had only seen on Jason's body, even those of the guardian swordsmen of Granville did not have such a mark, Merlin's heart secretly speculated whether this mark represented the identity of Jason's Inquisition.
The holy light lasted for a while and faded away again, followed by a warm smile on Mage Jason's face as he said in a loud voice, "Very well, I have just checked that you are all faithful believers and have not been compelled by the evil heresy."
Hearing Jason's words, everyone's heart relaxed, and some people were still praying silently.
"Squeak."
The door to the hut was opened and Jason waved his hand and said, "You can leave now."
So the crowd bowed slightly to Jason mage, they hastily turned and hurriedly left the hut, it seems that after the scene just now, who do not want to stay more in front of Jason.
The Borg swordsman guarding the outside stepped inside the hut and asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Lord Jason, did you find anything?"
Jason shook his head slightly and said, "Nothing was found, just now I checked with psychometry, these people have no mana, moreover there is not a trace of evil heresy breath thing, it seems that the evil heretic is alone to Blackwater City."
The Borg swordsman nodded, and continued, "And what about the contents of the evil heretic's house?"
"Put them all in a wagon, carry them back to Granville, and leave them at the disposal of the bishop; perhaps from them, we can find some hints of other heretics."
Mage Jason instructed the Borg swordsman.
Walking out of the church, the cold wind, Merlin could not help but shrink his neck, but his heart was hot, finally got through the church this difficult, next, he can secretly and systematically study old man Etta's spell handbook.
"Miss Callis, are you all right?"
Merlin asked politely when he saw Keris following behind him.
"I'm fine ..."
Kerris forced a smile, and it was clear that she was still tired and must have been devastated by what happened to old man Etta.
"Miss Kaelis, just go back and rest for a few days." Merlin said comfortingly, and Kaelis nodded, then she said goodbye to Merlin, and she hurriedly got into the carriage and left soon after.
As he watched Kerith's carriage disappear from sight, Merlin also looked out of the church, knowing that the butler was bound to come.
Sure enough, Merlin saw the familiar figure of Moss, but next to Moss, the gusts of cold wind, in addition to the butler, there is a familiar figure.