Chapter 182

"Was Mia Binoche in the witches' base?

Not long ago, I heard that Miss Mia served in an orphanage. What the hell is this...?

Bound by a rope, the astonished gaze of the crowd focused on Mia Binoche who emerged from the forest.

Due to the great commotion that occurred at night, spectators gathered near the Sky Forest, and she cried with her slender body trembling as if to attract everyone.

".... G-gracias. Heuk, in verdad. Gracias."

Mia continued murmuring with a trembling voice.

"What are you grateful for? The sins of helping witches and posing as a Saint are not superficial. The punishment that falls on you will not be light."

Duke Seymour, walking near the research team, shouted with a cold voice.

Mia shrugged, and her blue eyes moistened.

"Still... now that I don't have to commit a major sin outside my will, I feel at peace."

Her words implied that she had been threatened by the 4th Queen and the Witches.

"You're trying to act like a victim because you want to reduce your sentence. Do you think we don't know such an obvious trick?"

When Belreck scoffed, Mia lowered her head even more.

"That is correct. I know my weakness and cowardice. I accept the blame."

Some people frowned and clicked their tongues at Belreck's cold expression for his ferocity.

They were the ones who saw Mia willingly bestow divine power on the underprivileged.

Although she suffered in the slums, she never lost her kind smile all the time, and the way she cried pitifully evoked some sympathy.

One of the priests included in the investigation team stepped forward and said cautiously.

"Young Mia has been endowed with divine powers by the Lord. It is true that the situation is somewhat questionable, but the relationship between the evil witches and young Mia needs to be investigated further over time."

"Why do they need to investigate?! Simply pretending to be a Santa already is blasphemy! She could enjoy the glory my sister should have enjoyed!"

"However, Miss Mia has a great purity of divine power. This was also guaranteed by the Archbishop. It is a contradiction for a person who has received God's blessing to blaspheme."

"Why is it a contradiction? There are records of fallen angels in the temple."

"Belreck. Por ahora, clmate."

Rosad hastily dissuaded Belreck from touching on a delicate religious topic.

"De todos modos, no saldr como ella quiere."

"Maldita sea!"

Isidor was lost in thought, watching Mia Binoche's fierce and tearful performance, while Belreck muttered curses.

"You're deliberately arousing sympathy."

Quite a few people seemed to be stirred.

Even if she pretended to be a victim by gathering sympathy, it would soon be revealed that her good deeds had impure intentions.

Even Mia Binoche would know that a trial conducted by Visconti and Seymour would never result favorably.

"What's the point of prolonging this situation while acting in a way that's not even funny?"

Does she have any belief in something?

Surely not Philap Montes, who is now addicted to alcohol.

While Isidor contemplated, a carriage used to transport prisoners from the imperial family appeared.

"Lock her in the Icebreaker Tower dungeon."

Ordered the Crown Prince.

The Icebreaker Tower was a prison for serious criminals. However, instead of the 'Tower of Darkness,' where you would never see the light again, those with a slightly weaker nature entered.

It seemed that the extreme trial would be suspended until the results of the investigation were released, and the aristocratic society was informed of the research results.

"Come on, subanla."

Bound with ropes, Mia Binoche was imprisoned in a carriage used to detain criminals.

"The Crown Prince has arrived!"

The carriage door opened forcefully, and suddenly, Princess Deborah pulled Mia's body out and grabbed her slender wrist.

Tears sprang from Mia's large eyes.

"Ugh! Ouch, it hurts! D-don't do this."

"Didn't I hold you tight?"

Whatever the truth, from a distance, it seemed like Princess Deborah was recklessly intimidating the young and weak Miss Mia.

The Crown Prince and the research team, who could no longer watch this, dissuaded her.

"Princess Deborah! Calm down."

"Princess. The criminal is obediently following the Crown Prince's orders. What kind of reckless behavior is this?"

"I-I'm sorry, Princess I'll pay the price for my sins. Don't do this."

Tears ran down Mia's cheeks.

Among the nobles included in the research team, the leader of the knights, who had a weak heart, tried to stop the princess.

"You're being deceived even though you know who is hypocritical and who is genuine."

Isidor toyed with the sword handle and stood in front of the princess with a cold expression.

Duke Seymour and the twins also surrounded the princess.

"How dare you disturb my sister, who is the main contributor, when you didn't even show your face during the battle against the demon dragon?"

"You have no right to touch my daughter's body."

"Seymour, even birds have to flap their wings to fly*, this is too much! Right now, the princess is unexpectedly interfering with the arrest of the criminal and intimidating Miss Mia."

There was tension in all directions.

Deborah looked at Mia, who cried bitterly, surrounded by the immediate Seymour family and Isidor.

"Yes, these eyes...."

The expression is sad, but there is no despair or sadness in her eyes.

It simply shines like an inorganic doll.

The demon I met in my previous life had eyes like that.

***

The reason the carriage heading to the Icebreaker Tower was blocked was due to the danger signal Nayla felt.

I couldn't tell if it was Nayla's intuition or Yoon Do-hee's intuition, but I couldn't shake the ominous feeling that something strange was happening.

Everything is strange.

The blood-stained six-pointed star was not that of a demon dragon but a summoning circle of the Great Demon, and only the Great Demon has enough power to cause rifts.

"And... Purple has no strength."

It was clear that something sinister had arrived here, as the brave Purple couldn't participate in the battle against the Demon Dragon and was still suffering from pains and discomfort.

"If the devil chose someone other than the Queen as the vessel for his coming, it's most likely that person would be Mia Binoche, who was in front of the Six-pointed Star."T/his chapter is updated by nov(ê(l)biin.co/m

Moreover, the assumption that the devil might disguise evil power with divine power came to mind as soon as Belreck mentioned a "fallen angel."

Hypocrisy is also wickedness.

In a way, the worst quality.

I heard voices around me trying to dissuade me, but I tightened Mia's wrists even harder, as if they were shackles.

The research team determined that Mia was not a witch but did not fill Mia with a binding tool containing divine power.

If she were faking, she would react painfully to that power.

"Mia Binoche. Do you think I don't understand your intention to stall for time?"

"P-Princess, what are you talking about?"

Mia's body began to visibly tremble.

"Are you going to wait until the cursed moon rises?"

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