sbdcsierra Chapter 488 Coward
Chapter 488 Coward
"...Isn't the joint identification of Russell God and Nora God enough?" Catherine turned her face away, trying to suppress the discomfort in her stomach, and said in a cold voice.
"It is very difficult to train a Knight of Light. It takes the Church many years of hard work." Bishop Quincy's face was gloomy, and his eyes swept over Angel and Nora. "But it seems much easier to destroy a Knight of Light. It only takes two gods to make false accusations without any evidence. They are not even the parties involved. I suspect they are simply messengers sent by the devil."
"The plaintiff, Russell Godda, once worked at the Zulfa Temple!"
It was not known whether it was because of Bishop Quincy's words that some of the priests who had been whispering in the corner stood up, stopping the buzzing discussions below and interrupting the dispute between the princess and the bishop on the bench.
"Zulfa Cathedral is where the apostate scholar Leopold Fergus once studied. He was seduced by the devil and fell into the abyss by self-immolation, inciting countless believers to rebel against the church! They are the best at bewitching people!" The priest continued his impassioned speech, then raised his arm and pointed at Angel, who had a confused look on her face.
Zulfar Cathedral? Isn't that... Catherine thought of the figure who always stood behind the black curtain. Her heartbeat slowed down. It turned out that Angie was so close to Freya. Did she discover something?
"The plaintiff is most likely a remnant of apostates who have not been eliminated! She lurks in the temple, ready to corrode the foundations of the clergy's faith and shake the sacred cornerstone at any time, just like today!" The priest continued to shout to the people. Lilith heard bursts of gasps coming from the side, and the people's eyes changed from indignation to horror.
"Oh! Oh! Yes, that's right. The Goddess Russell is indeed working there. Father God, I am guilty. I failed to find any clues." Upon hearing this, the old Goddess who had accused Angel knelt down in fear and began to chant the Bible of Light with tears in her eyes, praying to the God of Light to forgive her sins.
"What? What Zulfa Holy Temple? I have never been inside. I only saw a blind man." An Qi was inexplicably accused of such a serious crime. She shook her head in panic. Before she could argue for herself, she saw another priest stand up and retort -
"Vientelai!" The priest shouted the defendant's name, trying to awaken the fool's clarity of mind. "Look at that woman's eyes. She has already injected chaos into the folds of your soul! Have you been bewitched to bite other clergymen indiscriminately? "
The priest's voice was like a bucket of cold water, pouring down on Viente's head.
"Yes... yes! Yes!" Vientley finally regained some rationality. He avoided Catherine's angry look and immediately overturned his own words. "I seemed to be controlled by something just now, sir! A cold force flowed into my blood vessels and controlled my mouth and tongue! I didn't know what I said at all. I didn't do anything. I am innocent!"
An Qi was shocked by the shamelessness of these two people singing the same tune and said, "You are simply colluding to tamper with the testimony in court--"
"——She knows magic!" Vientele pointed at Angie and remembered what Catherine had said before, "She must have used magic to control me just now!"
"I don't!"
Angie's face flushed, and she subconsciously kept a distance from Vientlella to prove her innocence. She glanced around the field and saw Nora standing aside.
"Even if you don't want to believe me, Nora Shenda has also confirmed what I said." Angel tried to use Nora's testimony to increase her credibility.
Feeling the gazes from the crowd, Nora nodded dumbly, "Yes, sir, I do—"
"Nora Godda's testimony does not need to be accepted." Another person stood up and interrupted Nora. "Nora Godda did not swear in front of the Bible of Light before speaking as required, so her testimony is invalid."
The crowd was in uproar again. Nora was shocked. How could she understand these rules? The adults who brought her here did not even remind her.
“——She doesn’t dare!”
The priest's roar made the stained glass windows buzz, and the people's fear instantly became real. In the chaos, someone threw a holy water bottle at the witness stand. The glass exploded at Angie's feet, and the holy water splashed all over her. She screamed in fear, but the enemy immediately seized the opportunity.
"She felt pain! It's heresy!" I don't know who in the crowd was shouting, and the screams spread like a plague.
The situation took a turn for the worse. Catherine looked at the chaos in the audience and then at the inquisitor who did nothing. The anger in her eyes almost became tangible.
"This is simply a problem with the trial process. What does it have to do with that Shen Da? She still looks like a child."
Catherine tried to calm her tone. There was no point in showing anger in front of these people. No one would pity her emotions. Instead, it would make people sure that their attack was effective, like a hungry wolf tearing open the flesh of its prey, which would only make them more excited.
In essence, she was no different from Angel in the court—Catherine clenched her fists, her nails almost digging into the flesh of her palms.
"Your Highness, would you rather believe two fallen gods who are suspected of rebelling against the Church than our brothers and sisters who are still loyal to the Father?" Bishop Quincy looked at King George's expression and never forgot to give the princess a handle. "This matter has nothing to do with the plaintiff, but she insisted on accusing the Knight of Light of violating others. Why? This is obviously a sinister intention to shake the will of the clergy and undermine the people's trust in the Church!"
Catherine was about to say something else, but she saw King George, who was sitting between them, stand up and was startled, "Uncle!"
"Well, it seems the truth has come to light." King George acted as if he didn't hear anything. He waved his hand, and the knights of light began to move towards Angel and Nora.
"No, no." Angel looked at the several Knights of Light who surrounded her in horror. She stepped back instinctively, but her arms were easily grabbed and pushed down, and they were about to put handcuffs on her.
"——Dear High Court residents, this is just another attack by the cultists on the orthodoxy of the Church. There is no need to worry."
King George solemnly pronounced the verdict in court, which made everyone in the audience pale, especially Nora. She didn't understand how she became a cultist after coming to the court when she was praying devoutly to God the Father beside the bed before coming?
Lady Cecil covered her mouth and cried silently as she looked at her daughter's back. She had known this outcome when she got the news, but she still had the illusion that she could save her life.
Nora was so frightened that she burst into tears. Seeing this, Angie subconsciously wanted to protect the poor little girl, but the hood of her robe was ripped off during the struggle, and her shaved head was revealed to everyone. The crowd paused for a moment and then became even more excited.
"Father God, she is obviously a minion sent by the devil!" People always find it difficult to judge a person based on their appearance. Compared with the mighty and sacred Knight of Light, Angel's disheveled appearance certainly makes her look more like a villain.
"Not necessarily, maybe it's a black witch!"
Of course Angel heard the harsh voices in the crowd, but she stopped crying at this time. Her knees were pressed down on the cold marble by the Knight of Light, but she still struggled to raise her head, and scanned the field with hatred, and finally found Marcia who was looking at her.
"coward!"
She looked at Marcia, who was pale and holding her neck, and said with great resentment, "Just point him out, why are you afraid of him, why!"
"..." Marcia took a few steps forward with a pale face, mumbling something, but it was still unclear.
She seemed to have been like this ever since Viente accused her of seducing her.
"Shen Da Marcia." One of the white-robed priests stroked the thick Bible of Light in his hand, "Do you have anything else to say?"
The whites of Marciashenda's eyes were filled with blood and turned light red. She looked at the side and saw that the thin Nora had been picked up again by the Knight of Light. She did not have the energy to yell like Angel, but just looked at herself in despair.
Why, Marcia?—she saw Nora's mouth silently asking her a question.
"No—" Marcia said softly, "I didn't..."
seduce.
"I didn't..." Marcia pressed her throat tightly. She felt as if there were a hundred snakes crawling under her skin. She looked up at the priests who had brought her here. They all looked at her expressionlessly.