For the rest of the day he shut himself up in his room and remembered the world for the rest of the day, and the servants brought in dinner directly.

Under the strong desire to live, Roland forcibly suppressed the fear and discomfort of the unfamiliar environment after the crossing. He knew in his heart that the sooner he had more information, he would reduce the risk of exposure.

I have to say that the fourth prince has nothing else in his head except fooling around with those sons, and Roland has not recalled any valuable information - such as aristocratic observations, political situations, and diplomacy of neighboring countries. As for some basic common sense, such as the names of cities and the years of major events, he also could not connect with what he knew about European history.

It seems that this one is absolutely out of the throne, and perhaps the king of the Grey Keep knows this, so he threw him into such a hellish place - even if he is left to his own devices, it will not cause much damage.

And those brothers and sisters...... Roland thought about it for a moment, and all that was left was crying and laughing.

The eldest brother is highly powerful, the second brother is very insidious, the third sister is murderous, and the fifth sister is too smart, this is the impression left by the fourth prince before. After more than ten years of getting along, the final impression can be summed up in just a few words. We don't know what forces they have cultivated, who their right-hand men are, what they are good at, and so on.

It has only been three months since he came to the border town, and the nobles here no longer hide their contempt, which shows that the fourth prince is indeed not a leader. Fortunately, when leaving the royal city, Wimbledon III also sent a text and a martial artist to assist him, otherwise it would be a shame.

Early the next morning, the maid Tyre repeatedly reminded Roland that the minister's assistant wanted to see her. It seemed that he could not delay any longer, and he touched the two handfuls of the maid's buttocks, as was customary in his memory, and told her to tell Barov to wait in the parlor.

Seeing Tyre walking out the door with a flushed face, Roland suddenly remembered, since it was farming, would it come with a system or something? He yawned and recited the system in his mind dozens of times, but nothing happened.

Sure enough, the novels are all lies.

Barov, who was waiting in the meeting room, was already restless, and as soon as he saw Roland appear, he greeted him, "Your Highness, why didn't you order the execution of the hanging yesterday?"

"What does it matter if it's early or late," Roland clapped his hands and instructed the attendant to serve breakfast, "sit down and speak slowly. ”

It seemed to match the impression in his memory, he thought, the chief knight always liked to question in person when he encountered problems, and the assistant minister would explain it to himself privately. In any case, the two men's loyalty to themselves was reliable, though most likely for the king's sake.

"A day later may attract other witches, Your Highness the Prince! This is different from the little things before, and it can't be messed with by temperament!"

"Why do you even say this?" Roland asked, frowning, "I thought you could tell the difference between rumors and facts." ”

Barov looked confused, "What rumors?"

"Wicked witches, messengers of the devil," Roland said disapprovingly, "isn't this all church propaganda? They preach that witches are evil, so we don't hunt witches, and we preach to the people in our territory that these are all shameless rumors spread by the church. ”

Barov was stunned, "But ...... But the witch does ......"

"Evil indeed?" Roland asked rhetorically, "for example?"

The assistant minister was silent for a moment, as if wondering if the prince was deliberately making fun of him, "Your Highness, this kind of issue can be discussed later, I know you don't like the church, but this kind of resistance will only backfire." ”

It seems that reversing preconceived notions cannot be done overnight, Roland pouted, but did not continue to bother on this point.

Breakfast was on the table, a plate of fried bread, a plate of fried eggs, and a jug of milk. He poured a full cup for the assistant minister and pushed it to the other party.

"Haven't you eaten yet?" According to the maid, Barov rushed to the outside of the palace at dawn to ask for a meeting, and he should not have eaten yet. Although he decided to imitate the way the fourth prince acted first, the change had to be made little by little. The assistant minister is a good target, and he thinks that by making your subordinates feel that you value them, they will be more motivated to work for you.

Initiative is always the most efficient, isn't it?

Barov took the cup but did not drink it, he said anxiously, "Your Highness, we are in trouble." Three days ago, guards reported that a suspected witch camp had been spotted in the forest to the west. They walked in a hurry, without cleaning up the remaining traces. The guards searched for this in the camp. ”

He took a coin from his bosom and placed it in front of Roland.

It wasn't a common coin, at least as far as Roland could remember, he hadn't seen it - it didn't even look like metalwork.

Pinching it in his hand, he was surprised to find that this thing was heating up, definitely not the residual temperature of the assistant minister's body, the heat was at least forty degrees or more, and this moment reminded him of the warm baby.

"What is this?"

"I thought it was just something made by some witch, but it's more serious than I thought," Barov wiped his forehead, "and the pattern on it...... It is the seal of the Holy Mountain and the Evil Eye, which is the emblem of the Witch Aid Society. ”

Roland rubbed the coin's uneven surface and guessed that it was probably made of ceramic. The center of the coin does depict a "mountain" pattern - three triangles juxtaposed, with an eye in the center. The outline of the pattern is very rough and should be polished by hand.

He recalled the terms "Holy Mountain and MONOCULUS" and "Witch Mutual Aid Society", but could not find any relevant information. It seems that the four princes have zero points in the occult.

Barov didn't expect Roland to know, and he continued, "Your Highness, you haven't seen real witches to dismiss them. It is true that they are also injured and bleed, and they are no more difficult to kill than us ordinary people, but they are witches who cannot resist. Witches who are inspired by the devil will have a very short lifespan, but they will also gain terrifying powers that ordinary people simply cannot match. Once a witch reaches adulthood, even the military pays a heavy price. Their desires are almost irrepressible, and they all eventually degenerate into demons' minions. ”

The Church thus formed an Inquisition Army, which could arrest and execute women if they were found to be in danger of becoming witches. The king agreed, and in fact the measures were so effective that there were far fewer witch ramps than they had been a hundred years ago. The rumors of the Holy Mountain, or the Gates of Hell, are ancient books from that era. ”

Roland nibbled on the bread and sneered in his heart. Although the background of this world is very different from what I know, the historical trajectory is still strikingly similar. The church, and the church, he knew that religion was the devil's minions, the real source of evil. Putting a sign into one's own way of putting the law into one's own body, arresting, judging, and executing in the name of God is in itself a kind of depravity.

"Ancient texts say that witches can only find true peace when they go to the holy mountain. There's no magic backlash there, and there's no surging desires. There is no doubt that the so-called holy mountain in the book must be the birthplace of evil, the entrance to hell on earth. I think only hell will not punish these degenerates. ”

"What about the Witches' Aid Society, and what does it have to do with the Holy Mountain?"

Barov said with a bitter face, "Before, whether the witch fled or lived in seclusion, she acted alone. But the Mutual Aid Society that has emerged in recent years is different, it wants to gather all the witches together in search of the Holy Mountain. For this purpose, Mutual Aid members will even take the initiative to lure others into witches. Didn't there be a collective disappearance of baby girls in Bishui Port the year before, and there are rumors that they did it. ”