He thought that this question would make him think about it for a long time, but he didn't expect to get an answer quickly.

"Why......" Hyde was stunned, "because you're a witch." ”

The strings of the magic are not beating. It turns out that nightingale suddenly understood a lot of things, witches are the devil's minions, the embodiment of the degenerate, once they become witches, they will gradually lose their feelings as human beings - at that time, such arguments were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the moment she learned that she awakened, perhaps in the eyes of the other party, she was no longer a member of the human race, let alone a sibling relationship maintained by blood. The so-called betrayal is just a way to strike first and protect himself, and Hyde probably still thinks so, and it is precisely because he completely trusts his own judgment that he answers so naturally.

After that, Hyde said a lot, such as that he was ignorant and didn't know that this was a slander fabricated by the church, and that he now regretted it bitterly, hoping that she would forgive herself...... But the nightingale did not listen to these words, and the thoughts that swirled in her mind were like a storm, and she could not recover for a while.

So she shouldn't blame the other party at all, just because most people would make the same choice?

As far as he is concerned, it is not his own sister who has betrayed him, but a devil who will lose his humanity sooner or later.

Can...... Is that really the case?

Obviously asking about Hyde, her consciousness drifted unconsciously to another person.

That man was also a nobleman, not to mention blood, he hadn't even met once, and if betraying a witch was a matter of course, then he should have sent Anna to the gallows a long time ago.

There was neither fear nor aversion to the witch, and his eyes were clear and intelligible except curiosity—even when she had threatened the other with a knife.

The scenes flashed quickly, as if they were going backwards, and finally stopped at the moment before the heavy snow fell.

The first winter after they met.

「...... I don't think she survived the Demon Moon. 」

"Why?"

"She said she wouldn't lose to the Demon Eater, and I believed her. 」

"You would believe a witch, we are cursed by the devil. 」

"Yes, I believe you, too. 」

The sea of memory rippled with these words.

Nightingale took a deep breath and pulled her consciousness back into reality, "Wait here, if someone comes to you, do whatever you want, as if I hadn't been here." ”

"Wait, wait...... Where are you going?"

She tucked the dagger back into her waist and disappeared into the fog, "Go and do what I'm supposed to do." ”

......

As Hyde had said, she could have invaded Viscount Dott Some's bedroom and used a dagger to force him to tell him everything about the past from beginning to end. Most nobles are usually frightened when they see the bright tip of the knife, asking three answers, only hating themselves for missing two mouths. And some of the more stubborn people, after being picked off ten fingernails, will also happily pour out the secret, which she has verified many times.

If the death of her parents is really related to the viscount, she will naturally let the other party understand what blood debt and blood payment is.

But the nightingale didn't want to do that at the moment.

Especially after experiencing the scene just now.

Now she is no longer alone.

She has someone she can trust and is deeply trusted.

She wanted to try to solve this incident in a different way than the Shadow Killer had done in the past - if it was Roland, she wouldn't want to see her get too much blood, right?

Crossing the realm of mist, Nightingale entered Dort's study in a few flashes, and several lightless black holes stood like inky balls in the black and white world. She didn't pay attention to the sleeping guards leaning against the door, but instead focused on a field of sacred stones next to the bookcase.

She walked slowly to the wall, which was still fairly straight, twisted and curled, like a tuft of hair that had lost its sustenance, and exposed what was covering beneath.

Through the distorted outline, she saw details that no ordinary person could ever see—a thin metal rod buried beneath the wall, a bookcase connected to a bookcase, and a "black ball" connected to another.

This is a very common trap cell.

The nightingale easily broke the bell hanging beneath the mechanism, then pushed a seemingly unstable book, barely making a sound, and the secret door was opened.

The hidden chest contained the Stone of Divine Punishment, but it was not too much for her to do so—before she was a minor, the rat leader Sr. Glenn had taught her all the skills of a good thief, and after years of training, she had mastered how to open all kinds of locks with copper pins.

After opening three or four tin boxes in quick succession, Nightingale found what she was looking for.

It was a recent ledger of the lots, objects, and quantities of the Dream Water Trade—just as she had expected, the nobles liked to hide their important belongings in what they thought were secret.

With this record, coupled with the goods in the mansion that have not yet been sold, it can be regarded as conclusive evidence.

Nightingale returns to the basement and reports the whole story to Roland.

When the sky was white, the First Army, which had received the order, had already surrounded the mansion.

......

Three days later, Nightingale appeared before Hyde again, who had just been released from his prison, and the haggard and dazed look on his face almost made him feel like a walking corpse. It wasn't until he saw the nightingale that a hint of color appeared in his eyes.

Anger and hatred.

"Viscount Somei was sentenced to death by hanging, the rest of the family served twenty years of hard labor, and the two fiefs belonged to the kingdom - you made me wait just to wait for this result?" Walking into a deserted alley, Hyde could no longer contain his emotions and yelled at her, "Take everything from me and make me nothing?"

"You should be glad that you weren't considered a member of the Somei family," Nightingale said calmly, "at least you're alive than the Viscount." ”

"That's just because you want me to continue to suffer and make me laugh at me! Eight years ago, it was like that now...... You killed old Gülen and left, do you know what kind of life I lived after that!I finally had the opportunity to get the territory of the Somei family, I thought you would help me, but you ruined it!" Hyde clenched his fists and said, "I have neither a title nor a fief now, and now you are satisfied? You have not forgiven me at all, Veronica! You liar...... All you want is revenge! I should have understood!"

As he spoke, his roar was tinged with a hint of crying, and then he curled up and sobbed in a low voice, "Nothing...... I don't have anything left......"

Nightingale was silent for a long time before speaking, "Yes, I have not forgiven you, and never will - the more you are born of the same origin, the more unforgivable the betrayal becomes. She paused, "But you don't have nothing, at least I gave you freedom." ”

The words made Hyde, whose face was covered with snot and filth, look up.

"Neither Old Glenn nor Somei, or anyone else, can restrain you. From now on, how you want to live and what you can do is up to you, not to be manipulated like puppets by others, as in the past. You think it's punishment or torture, it doesn't matter if you hate me or hate me, it's your choice - we won't have anything to do with each other in the future. ”

With that, Nightingale turned and walked towards the entrance of the alley, disappearing from Hyde's view.