Before she could be happy, the shield suddenly filled her vision, and the emerald inlaid on it touched her forehead closely. Her body fell to the ground uncontrollably, dizziness and pain gradually set in. In her blurred vision, Corneille's silhouette magnified, and something fell down with her, causing her to lose consciousness. When she woke up again, she was in a strange room. She stood up from the bed and was pulled back. Looking back, she saw that she was restrained to the bed with special handcuffs and a doctor was preparing medicine. "Don't worry, my role now is a doctor, healing your injured body." Cecil said, "When you recover, my role will depend on your attitude." manner? The observer wanted to use petrification magic, but the moment her magic overlapped with the doctor's back, a large hand popped down from the ceiling and pushed her back onto the bed. "Why bother? Even if you can escape from me, can you beat Gao Naiyi?" Cecil said. "He has no manly virtues. I don't recognize that despicable victory!" said the witch depressedly. "If he wants to kill you, thirty seconds is enough. What's difficult for him is how to control the strength so as not to kill you." This humiliation made Melusina's sister blush. She lowered her head and muttered, "What a mistake. I thought the extraordinary people of the Federation were not good at dealing with magic."
"On the contrary, I can guarantee that Corneille is the most skilled supernatural being in the entire Federation at fighting magic. You have chosen the wrong opponent." Because of the approach of the patrolling witches, Melusina's other sisters only briefly invaded the Toledo Mansion. Corneille turned back to chase them, but the magic they hastily cast had no effect on him. After chasing them for two streets, he retreated. If Corneille was serious, he could complete the full illustrated collection of the Melusina sisters tonight, but there was no need for him to create additional enemies. They should understand what he meant by catching only one and letting the others go. Based on the same idea, he did not hand over the captives to the patrolling witches, but claimed to provide treatment for them. The patrolling witch was somewhat dissatisfied, but Corneille brought out Waite's greatest political correctness: protecting the witch's dignity and respect, and she was suddenly speechless. In Waite, the treatment of witch prisoners does come before their capture. What else can the patrol witch do? She has to fight with Corneille and get the prisoner back? It makes me happy just thinking about it. Besides, like most witches, she had some preference for very shy men. Afterwards, the director of the Polanco District of the Waite Police Department came to apologize in person and promised to increase patrols. That night, Corneille saw that the witches' security level was increased by at least two levels. After returning to the mansion to lift the guard, Corneille said: "At least for the time being, Miss Melusina doesn't have to worry about her family urging her to get married when she returns home." "Great! I can have a good sleep now... Oh, Mr. Corneille, Mr. Toledo, come and try the Moon Spirit Tea that is only produced in Waite." Looking at Melusina pouring tea for Corneille, Dias hesitated: "Pierre, teacher, are you two getting along better?" "On the subject of marriage, M. Corneille and I have a great deal in common," replied Melusine. Corneille added a piece of sugar: "The friendship of single people, Dias, as a duke, you must not learn from us." Corneille and Melusina are both people Diaz likes. Diaz should be happy that they have a good relationship. But the reality was that she raised her teacup to hide the slight jealousy in her heart. It was obviously me who did it first, she thought. Chapter 23: Jupiter's Acorn
On the evening of May 5, Corneille knocked on Melusina's door. Respect and the desire to win the other party's favor made Corneille bathe and change clothes before coming. The moment the door opened, moist air rushed into the room. Melusina's heartbeat quickened, not only because of the vanilla scent of Corneille, but also because she saw his Adam's apple. In Waite, people call a man's Adam's apple "Jupiter's acorn". A man's "hardware" level can be seen from his Adam's apple. Melusina knew it was a fallacy, but she still associated the shape and size of Corneille's "Jupiter's Acorn" with the idea that he had a third divine weapon. When she was not familiar with Corneille, Melusina had imagined that Corneille had no sense of guilt. Now, she repented for three seconds and looked at Corneille again. People who have been single for a long time, no matter what their character is, will always become weird inside. Corneille sat down casually and said to her: "I am going to the Tower of Discipline." Corneille had discussed the matter of recruiting witches with Melusina on April 4. Melusina was not optimistic about this matter, but now, because she regarded Corneille as a friend, she was willing to help. "Tomorrow, Dias will go to the Discipline Tower to perform his 'male duties'. Will there be any danger there?" asked Corneille. "Don't be nervous about the 'male obligations' part. The content for underage males is to communicate with the guilty witches, have light physical contact with them, and accompany them to spend a few hours in the town outside the Discipline Tower." "The guilty witch is also allowed to have light physical contact?" Melusina shook her head: "Even if they are 'guilty witches', they are still 'witches'. Providing men is to show their identity and status, so that people will not look down on the group of 'witches'. If they can give birth to a boy, they can also reduce their sentence and improve their treatment. Therefore, they generally do not make things difficult for the men sent there, and prison escapes rarely occur. Oh, yes, Mr. Corneille, please take the weather into consideration when you act. " Wetbang generally has a subtropical monsoon humid climate. Due to the existence of the Forest Sea barrier, the difference in thermal properties between land and sea is not as obvious as in neighboring areas, so a monsoon climate cannot be formed. However, like the neighboring regions, May is the last suitable month of the year for traveling in the state. From June onwards, the words rain, humidity and wetness are inseparable from the place. Especially the humidity after the temperature drops in autumn and winter, which gives a sickening and cold feeling to the federal people who are accustomed to the temperate monsoon climate/temperate continental climate. This reminded Corneille that it would be best to get things done before the rainy season arrived. At 7 o'clock the next morning, Corneille, Dias and Melusina went out, and Polly waited outside the yard. Melusina came out for the first time after staying at home for a long time, and she felt a little uncomfortable. "Why, there are more people?" said Polly. Corneille introduced: "This is my retainer." In Polly's mind, she and Corneille were of equal status, and the so-called retainers were of a lower status than Corneille, so she had no intention of greeting him at all. Melusina also reacted coldly because she believed that the dog-people with fixed estrus periods had no love, only physiological functions, and were pure beasts. Merida laid rails to the town of Nebuchadnezzar where the Tower of Discipline was located, so that carriages could travel on them, not only at a higher speed, but also with a much higher load capacity. It was the first tram this morning, and there were only four of them as passengers. Polly didn't need to alert the other passengers, so she leaned against the carriage with a little relaxation, holding her tail in her hand and combing it with a brush. "Originally, I planned to call someone who could use teleportation magic to teleport us directly to Nebuchadnezzar Town, but they told me that teleportation magic is prohibited in the area around the Discipline Tower," she said. Diaz guessed: "It's to prevent the guilty witch from escaping from prison." Melusina added: "There are also economic considerations. Without teleportation magic, some people will choose to stay in the town, which will promote the prosperity of the town.
Although the Discipline Tower is a prison, it is essentially the direct territory of the King of the Forest in the 'Tower' domain, and needs to be responsible for its own profits and losses." After leaving the city, the monotonous and repetitive fields and woodlands quickly made the four people shut up. Two hours later, they arrived at the town of Nebuchadnezzar. Diaz got off the car and saw that the Discipline Tower was a tall building about 33 meters high and slightly tilted. It was gray in color and had a very sharp top, like a broken sword. Polly got off the car second and also looked at the Discipline Tower: "I heard that when it was still intact, it was more than 80 meters high. Unfortunately, it's just a fantasy to 'reach the sky'." Melusina got out of the car and recalled what Dr. Cecil had said about delivering babies for the guilty witches. The descendants of the guilty witch are jointly managed by the Discipline Tower and their biological mother. If they have no talents when they grow up, they will work in the Discipline Tower or Nebuchadnezzar Town and will not be able to leave this place for the rest of their lives. Gao Naiyi got out of the car and looked around. The Discipline Tower was surrounded by low buildings the size of a small town, and the outside was surrounded by a circle of beggar-like city walls and moats. There was a bridge over the moat that could accommodate three carriages, and there were sentries at both ends of the bridge. The soldiers were dressed in uniform, well-equipped, and in high spirits. Compared with them, Waite's militia was like beggars. These warriors all wore the emblem of a golden winged lion, and judging by the long hair peeking out from their helmets, the majority of them were women. "This is from my mother's side..." Diaz whispered. "Yes, they are mercenaries of the Barbarigo family. No, they are warriors in the field of 'justice'," said Corneille. "..." "Don't be afraid, keep your head high, they are nothing," said Corneille. Polly also said: "Yes, show the Duke's generosity, the noble people will make the humble people bow their heads automatically." Corneille gave her a look that said "what's your business?" Polly spread her hands and said, "The Duke is my protector. What's wrong with me standing on his side? Besides, he's more handsome than the man opposite. Of course I'll choose the handsome guy." Corneille ignored her. The thinking of dog-people is different from that of humans, and sometimes it is difficult to understand. He is strong enough to deal with Polly, so he can tolerate her jumping. The four of them passed the inspection. Most of the mercenaries couldn't help but look at Corneille's sword when he passed by. The sword reminded them of his identity and they cast complicated glances at him. Only once had Marie Angelica Barbarigo given away the greatest treasure of her trousseau to another, and now that gift was in hand, that person stood against her. Because of Angelica, they originally thought Corneille was one of their own, but after January this year they were angry at his betrayal. Anger burned in the soldiers' chests, but their loyalty to their family and their respect and sympathy for Angelica herself could not overcome their fear of Corneille. "Sulena" is tied to Corneille's left arm, and they must think about whether their strength can match that of "Sulena's" previous owner, Rodrigo Don Rodic, a legendary warrior from the Holy Land. Finally, Corneille and his companions passed safely through the fully armed and hostile soldiers. Dias breathed a sigh of relief. He secretly glanced at Corneille and felt that his friend was very calm. Polly found a coachman's shop, left the carriage there, gave money to the coachman, and asked him to buy some food and drink himself. Then she came back and led Corneille and Dias to the Tower of Discipline. They looked up from the bottom of the tower and saw that there was not a single window on the four-sided pyramid-shaped tower. "It must be dark and damp in there. Won't this damn place drive people crazy?" Polly muttered. (In order to wash away sins, people always have to pay a price.) The four of them turned around together and saw Sister Helena walking towards them and nodding in greeting. She was still wearing the rebellious and sexy nun's uniform. Polly was most wary of Sister Helena, and she asked, “I was not notified of traveling with the nuns of the Holy Fools.” (I came here by chance because of your confusion. If you can use me, please go to the church on the westernmost side of the town.)
This was certainly not an accidental encounter, but the result of Corneille's purchase of 100,000 dinars. (Fate began to turn.) Sister Helena made an exaggerated opening speech to Corneille alone, but her attention was on Melusina. A monster has sneaked in, she thought. She did not say this to Corneille, because Melusine was harmless for the time being and would be useful for what was to come. She stuffed the flyer into Corneille's hand, turned and walked into the tower of discipline, to perform her job, providing psychological counseling for the guilty nuns. Chapter 96 No. There was a recommendation form in the flyer. Sister Helena used her position to collect information and then used four indicators to evaluate the guilty witches. She then added up the scores to come up with the final comprehensive recommendation index. These four indicators are return value, danger, controllability and difficulty of getting rid of citizenship. Since the nuns have been providing psychological counseling to guilty witches for a long time, the recommendation form is quite authoritative. Sister Helena used colored pencils to mark the list, from red to purple, and the comprehensive recommendation index gradually increased. The three guilty witches marked in purple have high reward value, low danger level, and mild personalities. It is only difficult for them to escape, but among the guilty witches who can provide immediate combat power, they have easy conditions for escape. Anne and the doctor were not present, but they also provided support to Corneille: The former's relationship allowed the head of the personnel department in the Discipline Tower to give the green light, allowing Dias to nominate specific witches to fulfill male obligations; the latter found a way to obtain information about the witches' health and fertility. This is very important. Dias and Corneille need immediate combat power. Sick people and pregnant people will cause them trouble. After Helena left, Polly still missed the nun. She also noticed that Helena's body was abnormal. "Anyway, you'd better be careful with her." Polly warned: "I heard that the sacrificial magic in the 'Fool' realm is to sacrifice body parts in exchange for the filling of corresponding magical creations. Each magical creation corresponds to a permanent magical effect. She just communicated with us directly through her mind, which was the most basic application of the magical creation obtained after sacrificing her lips and tongue. She has so many magical creations in her body, she must be from the Scepter Branch - the only branch in the Fool's domain that can compete for the King of the Forest, and she is most likely a Senior who is at the top of the succession line." Such an ally may be reassuring in his work, but his motives are suspicious, thought Corneille. The four of them entered the first floor of the Discipline Tower, where the lights were bright and the air temperature and humidity remained in a comfortable range. The most eye-catching thing on the first floor is the counter in the central area, which displays various handicrafts, each of which is as exquisite as a work of art, and the price is quite affordable. By reading the information on the sign, Corneille learned that it was made by the guilty witches. The prison and the prisoners split the profits of the goods 50-50, but the income obtained by the prisoners can only be used for consumption in the tower or in the town. Handicrafts are only a small part of the labor of the sinful witches. The Tower of Discipline also uses them to carry out a series of businesses including mercenaries, factory order subcontracting, and magic props/potion making. It's like a commercial company, thought Corneille. On both sides of the counter, the offices of the Male Management Department and the Waite Survival Department are impossible to ignore; they are both decorated in an extremely luxurious manner. Polly went to the Men's Management Department to clock in, and Dias went to the Continuation Department to sign the commitment letter, and then they went up to the second floor together. At the office in the "Tower" area, the staff drew lottery number 96 for Diaz... Although the result was already determined, formalistic fairness must be guaranteed in front of other men and guards.
No. 96 belongs to the "Tower" domain scepter branch, which specializes in accommodating serious criminals, but the special thing about No. 96 is that she committed the crime outside of Waite and was then extradited back. According to archival records, she was a fanatical believer of the late legendary warrior Rodrigo Don Rodico. After Don Rodico's death, she refused to acknowledge reality, became mentally ill, and attributed his death to a conspiracy. On October 1231, 10, she committed a brutal murder in the Holy Land. The entire family of a famous local socialite was killed and some of the bodies were severely damaged.
