Chapter 1543: The Fraudster and her Cousin
Soon, the purple-haired woman stretched out her hand and revealed a ruby-encrusted ring.
In fact, it was not a ruby, but an artificially created stone by pressing.
Only the Church of Holy Healing had this technology, so it was actively used to fight counterfeiting.
The guard commander didn't take the ring, but signaled for his subordinate to take it back. It was a matter of respect, after all, Aini kept this ring very close to her body.
The girl quickly checked the ring and nodded to her boss.
Aini only smiled calmly when she saw this.
— Surround her! The guard commander shouted loudly, and dozens of soldiers immediately surrounded Aini.
— Is this some kind of unique welcome ceremony? Aini asked, looking around.
— Ho-ho, even if your skills aren't bad, a fake is still a fake, " the guard commander replied and crumpled the ring.
— Oh my God, so that's it, " the white witch Aini muttered and raised her hands again.
Several soldiers quickly led her away.
The captain soon confirmed her identity. This witch's name was Melody, and she was a white witch, but she was also a con artist...
Su Xiao couldn't help but appreciate the courage of this white witch. Coming to Saint Healing City and trying to fool the guards at the entrance ... this was clearly not something that an ordinary person would dare to do.
As soon as Su Xiao entered the city, he immediately sensed several strong auras. Their owners were on the same level as him, but if he got into their encirclement in this city, it was quite possible that getting out of here alive would already be an asterisk task, and it was only those who didn't try to hide their strength at all.
Considering the powerful enemies of the Holy Healing Church, how many powerful witch hunters were hiding in this city right now, waiting for the sudden attack of another crazy witch?
Holy Healing City wasn't against white witches, but all witches wishing to enter the city had to go through a strict inspection. If a white witch lived in the city of Holy Healing for more than half a year, she would be issued an identity card and would no longer have to worry about the troubles that were associated with her "witch" identity, of course, provided that she didn't harm ordinary people.
Following the crowd, Su Xiao began to walk around the city. Although his destination was the Holy Healing Church, he also needed to get familiar with the city first. If the church proved to be a reliable organization, he would join it and become a new witch hunter, which would only bring him benefits.
Since he wanted to find out about the city as quickly as possible, Su Xiao started asking the locals about this and that, and ended up heading straight down one of the streets.
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An hour later, in a filthy prison cell in the city of Holy Healing.
Melody was standing in front of the iron bars. Since she had a strong misophobia, she would never have sat on the bench that God knows who was sitting on earlier.
— Hey, woman~, " and after that, a low, creepy laugh came from the next cell.
Melody turned up the corners of her mouth and walked over to the iron bars at the side of the cell.
A withered hand covered in mud immediately reached out to her, but stopped just a centimeter away from her body.
— Little rat, am I pretty? Melody asked, and shot a flirtatious glance at the prisoner in the next cell.
The skinny man, who had been incarcerated for almost two months, immediately swallowed.
— Come closer, " Melody said, and steepled her fingers. Since she was bored, she decided to tease the prisoner in the next cell.
If she had calculated correctly, she would spend a little more than three weeks in this cell..
The skinny prisoner pressed his entire body against the iron bars, and the veins on his arms bulged, but unfortunately, the tips of his fingers didn't reach Melody's body, they were less than half an inch apart.
— If you dare to kill him, you will go to prison for at least thirty years, " the middle — aged man behind the wooden table said, then glanced at Melody, and when Melody noticed his gaze, she subconsciously took a few steps back.
She sensed that this man was an old retired witch hunter.
— Sorry, " Melody said, and didn't dare tease her roommate anymore. Sighing, she considered. Not only did her long-planned plan to infiltrate the city fail, she was also put in a cell, but the truth is, even with all this, she remained elegant. Her credo was that she could die, but she couldn't lose her elegance.
At that moment, the prison's large iron doors opened with a clang and several guards entered, all of them with smiles on their faces.
— Sir, please come in.
— Watch out for the stairs.
Su Xiao, Bubtni, and Amu followed them inside.
Just like everywhere else, it was possible to get a very good attitude at the expense of money here.
— Mr. Byakuya, wait a moment, " one of the guards said and quickly walked forward.
Soon, Su Xiao, accompanied by several soldiers, came to one of the cells.
— Melody, you're lucky someone paid a ransom for you, " the bearded guard said and opened the cell doors, then signaled Melody to leave.
— Melody asked, pointing to herself in confusion. "Who paid the ransom for me?" Melody was confused because she didn't have any friends in the city of Holy Healing.
— This generous gentleman here, stop talking nonsense and get out of the cell quickly, " the guard said impatiently. Hearing his words, Melody shifted her gaze to Su Xiao.
At a glance, she could tell that Su Xiao wasn't a good person.
Melody has lived in very difficult areas at the junction of different territories since childhood, so she has learned to accurately assess people by their aura and faces. Although Su Xiao was currently smiling, Melody felt that this release wouldn't do her any good.
— Can I stay here for a few more days? As she spoke, a mouse scurried past her feet, causing Melody, who was suffering from severe misophobia, to turn pale.
— Old man, did you hit her on the head? the young guard asked and looked at the middle-aged man, even though this guy had been working here for some time, he only knew about this man that he hated witches very much and had an unusual background.
But no one answered the young boy.
The old witch hunter was already fast asleep with a bottle of wine in his hand.
— Mr. Byakuya, what do you think about this...
Su Xiao silently patted his shoulder and a few gold coins slipped unnoticed into his collar. The guard's face immediately paled, but when he touched the unknown object and realized what it was, he immediately smiled.
— Come out!
Melody immediately took a few steps back.
— Don't come near me...
The guards ignored her and stayed where they were, waiting for her to finally leave the cell.
— Help...
After five minutes of non-stop shouting, Melody fell silent as she was just tired of shouting.
Su Xiao, along with the other guards, were still standing near the exit, looking at her with smiles on their faces.
Only now did Melody realize how bad it was.
— This is my little cousin.
— You're lying, it's obvious that I'm older than you.
— Oh, so you're Mr. Byakuya's first cousin, so I'm sorry for my rudeness in the past.
— Hey, can you even hear me? I don't know him! Oh, he must be running the slave market! Yes, it must be true!
Melody tried to reason with them while trying to remain graceful, but the clink of 10 gold coins per person caused these guards to temporarily go deaf.
— My cousin hit her head when she was a kid, so she's a little...
— I understand, I understand…
The young guard walked up to Su Xiao and whispered — " If things continue like this, we'll all be in trouble.
— Sorry to bother you, " Su Xiao replied.
As for this witch, he first gave a ransom of 70 gold coins for her, and then bribed each of these guards, including the old witch hunter, by giving each of them 10 gold coins.
These were the laws of the Church of Holy Healing. As long as there were no black witches involved, or if less than three people died in the incident, a ransom could be paid for the criminal, which would allow him to get out of prison.
As for the ransom, in the eyes of the church, this money was considered "repentance" of the criminal.
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