Isabella lowered her head slightly and waited for the judgment.
"You should be grateful for your ability. It's not because it's special, but because it can't kill others directly. No matter how serious the crime is, even if you helped Zero attack me, you're just an accessory. " Roland's voice was clear and calm. "I can spare your life, but you have to atone for what you've done, just like other people who violate the law."
For some reason, when she heard this, she felt a weight fall from her heart. She did not fear death, but she did not like it either.
"As long as you can defeat the demons, I'm willing to give you everything."
"The demons are the enemies of all human beings. Of course, I'll fight them to the end. But unlike the church, I won't destroy the potential of human beings in order to win the Battle of Divine Will. And you have to change your habits in the church." Roland said slowly, "There won't be any pure witches in the future. From now on, you're a witch who atones for your sins."
Zero was wrong. Not only did he know the existence of the demons and the Union, but he was also prepared for the Battle of Divine Will. Indeed, he is a mortal, and he may pass away after a few decades. His beliefs will also collapse as he ages. But now, you have bestowed him with endless life, and the final hurdle has been overcome. The beloved child of the gods has been born.
Thinking of this, Isabella knelt on the ground, dragging her anklet. Her long hair covered the ground. "Yes, Master."
When she stood up again, Roland said, "This isn't the Holy City of Hermes, so you're not my exclusive servant, but a person who atones for your sins. Of course, I won't send you to the mines to mine for 20 years. What you need to do is to cooperate with Agatha in magic power research. "
She was stunned. That's all I need to do for him?
"During this period, I'll ask Vendy to arrange a new residence for you. You'll have to atone for your sins for five years. You can wear no shackles, but you'll only have 'limited freedom'. In other words, except for your residence and Agatha's Mage Tower, you'll have to be under the surveillance of the Witch Union if you want to go anywhere else. "
"Yes, I understand."
"By the way, are you sure there are no other witches in the Holy City?" Roland asked.
Isabella had answered this question several times since she had been captured. Isabella thought for a while and finally shook her head. "For this decisive battle, Zero transformed all the useless new witches into the God's Punishment Army, and basically all the useful ones were sent to the battlefield. There were still a large number of women in the monastery, but before the Months of Demons, the probability of them turning into witches was not high. Vanilla, Maggie, and I should be the only three people left in the church. "
Without another word, he turned and walked out of the room. The blonde witch stepped forward and unlocked her shackles.
Isabella stared at her free hands in disbelief. Was this the final verdict? Not detained, toyed with, or worse. Did he really mean what he said?
"Your Majesty." She suddenly stopped him. "I wonder how Vanilla and Maggie are now..."
"They're in a better situation than you." Roland turned around and said, "They were just influenced by the distorted education in the monastery and are far from crazy. If they can be corrected, they may join the Witch Union one day."
As the three witches left, the door closed with a squeak.
"Is that so..." Isabella completely relaxed. She lay on the wooden bed and felt the sunlight shining through the window. She squinted at the blue sky outside the iron railing, ignoring the glare of the light.
"What a nice day," she thought.
*****
"Your punishment is too light." Nightingale complained when they returned to the office. "She almost killed you."
"It was Zero, not her." Roland handed her a piece of dried fish.
The latter took it with her mouth and said vaguely, "That was also caused by her. Otherwise, the Soul Battlefield would not have been able to invade your body."
"But she really wanted to fight against the demons from the bottom of her heart, didn't she?" Roland said carelessly. "Since she didn't commit an unforgivable crime and I didn't suffer any real harm, let's deal with her this way. It can also serve as a warning to future generations."
"A thousand Golden Dragon... What?"
"Uh... it means propaganda." Roland coughed twice. "With her as an example, more people can understand that as long as they don't cross the line, they can still have a chance to redeem themselves. After all, the demons are our ultimate enemies. In order to increase our leverage in the Battle of Divine Will, it's best to let her redeem herself. "
"Okay." Nightingale twitched her mouth. "I'll keep an eye on her for you."
Roland walked to the French window, still thinking about what Isabella had said.
"Zero's memory is divided into two types. The first type is messy and has residual consciousness, which will affect her. The other type is complete and placed there for her to look at freely. The former type is more difficult to recall and easier to forget..."
"Is this the reason why Zero repeatedly tried to persuade me to surrender during the Battle of Souls?"
Those who chose to surrender would offer all their memories, and there would be no side effects. This was the only way to explain why she stopped at the crucial moment.
Zero hoped that she would give up resisting so that she could obtain the complete details of her memory.
This speculation was somewhat similar to his experience when he occupied Prince Roland's body.
To be exact, Prince Roland's memory was like this. He could look through it at any time if he wanted to, just like a well-organized file cabinet. He didn't need to spend time to record them. When he wasn't looking at them, he could just throw them to the back of his mind. Even after more than a year, this part of the memory was still as complete as before.
Prince Roland was killed by Garcia's hidden chess piece. If the dead had no consciousness, it would make sense to regard them as losers who surrendered.
What if they had a strong will to resist?
According to Isabella's description, this part of the memory contained residual consciousness, which would change Zero's thoughts, personality, and even beliefs. After she had devoured thousands of people, she had become a complex collection of consciousness, far different from her original self. In other words, she could not be regarded as the same person at all.
Therefore, her way of revenge was likely to be to inject all these consciousnesses into her own thoughts.
She would certainly be fragmented because of this, but Roland would no longer be Roland.
In the chaotic memory storm, various consciousnesses would fight for dominance again, and she might have a chance to make a comeback.
However, Zero did not expect that he was not a person of this era.
In terms of the depth and breadth of information received, the amount of information a modern person absorbed in a day was equivalent to several months or even several years in ancient times. In the era of information explosion, he was reading and memorizing almost all the time. He kept what was useful and eliminated what was meaningless. This had become an instinct of his consciousness.
As a result, all the memory fragments were swallowed and reorganized by the "Dream World", forming a seemingly strange new world.
However, there was no way for him to verify these speculations.
Zero lost all the things she had devoured and her original memory. She became a pure and flawless newborn and reappeared in the Dream World.
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