Work Prophet
Chapter 271 - 29 Who is Lying

Chapter 271: Chapter 29 Who is Lying

Although she felt somewhat sorry for Angela, Ireya could not afford to worry too much about Miss Weasel’s mental health at the moment and could only wait for a chance to explain later.

After greeting a few acquainted nobles nearby, she walked towards the outside of the castle.

Thomas and another guard followed closely by her side, one on the left and one on the right, safeguarding her security.

In addition, Green Field had also deployed four knights, nearly two hundred guards, and over a thousand militiamen, responsible for maintaining order at the scene and protecting the guests.

In short, to ensure the smooth proceeding of the upcoming ceremony, Miss Rabbit had made quite a few preparations.

However, the Lady didn’t have a good solution for the villagers in front of her at the moment, after all, these people were her subjects, not enemies.

Seeing Ireya coming out of the castle, a villager at the front quickly stepped forward and said, "Respected Lady,"

"You are...?"

"The village blacksmith, Brand, everyone calls me Black Hammer, and you may call me that too."

"Black Hammer," the Lady nodded, "What brings you and the people behind you here today?"

"As you know, it has been nine days since Yacco and Priest Jile were taken away by your men," said Black Hammer.

Whether it was intentional or not, his voice was loud enough that even the guests inside the castle could hear him speak.

Ireya frowned upon hearing this but still replied patiently, "I deeply regret the tragedy that took place in your village, and I have people diligently investigating... "

"I don’t understand what there is still to investigate," Black Hammer said with an agitated expression, "The two Sabbath of the Double Rest Sect came to our village, demanded that the two poor girls serve them in their bed, then killed them, a sight witnessed by the whole village, enough to prove the wickedness of those heathens!

"Moreover, they killed Aunt Emma and drove Uncle Tim insane."

"As far as I know, it was you who first attacked Prophet Merlin and his companions, and they had no choice but to fight back in self-defense," the Lady said, "Also, they have shown considerable restraint."

"They are monsters and deserve to be purified!" Black Hammer raised his voice even further, "Miss Ireya, do you really intend to betray the goddess and side with those filthy, dreadful pagans?!"

Without waiting for a response from the Lady, Black Hammer turned his head towards the other villagers who had come to watch the ceremony and shouted, "Do not be deceived by the sweet words and small gifts of those heathens!

"Sooner or later, they will show their true fangs, and when that happens and we no longer have Pisya’s protection, no one else will come to save us! The disaster that befell our village will surely happen in yours too!"

His words were indeed very provocative, causing many nearby villagers to start worrying.

Seizing the moment, Black Hammer pleaded with the Lady, "Please stop tormenting Yacco and Priest Jile; they have done nothing wrong, and the real culprit behind all this should be the one punished."

"I have made you a promise – there has been no torment!" Miss Rabbit tried to suppress her anger, "Both of them are fine, not a single hair on their heads is missing."

After she spoke, she instructed the guard beside her, "Go bring Jile and Yacco over, let them see for themselves."

The guard received his orders and turned to walk towards the dungeon.

However, when he brought the two men out, his expression was somewhat embarrassed.

Lady Ireya was also greatly shocked when she saw the bloodied Priest Jile, "Did you hit him?" she asked.

"No, he just jumped up from the ground and started ramming his head into the prison wall like a madman when he saw me coming in. It took a lot of effort for me and another man to restrain him," the guard replied with frustration, "I swear!"

"Indeed, the blood on my face was from my own doing," Priest Jile admitted, nodding.

But instead of feeling relieved at his words, Miss Rabbit was infuriated, itching with annoyance because whenever this fellow spoke, his face wore an expression of being frightened out of his wits, daring to be angry but not speaking out, clearly performing for the audience of commoners and nobles around them.

Sure enough, whispers soon began to spread from behind Lady Ireya shortly afterward.

But Jile’s satisfaction did not last long, as soon he heard another voice near his ear.

"He did indeed hit himself, I have it recorded."

The speaker was a man dressed in black Pagan attire, who walked out from the crowd following the statement.

Behind him was a squad of Black Hound guards carrying a square piece of white cloth and a small rectangular black box.

They quickly set up the white cloth on the ground and, with some fiddling with the small black box by the man in black Pagan attire... but the next moment nothing happened.

It wasn’t until a young girl beside him reminded him in a soft voice, "The switch, the little round dot."

The man in black Pagan attire did as instructed and tinkered with the box again, and then images began to appear on the white cloth.

There it was, the very scene of Priest Jile suddenly losing his wits, testing his head against the prison wall for toughness.

"I am genuinely concerned for the mental state of your Silver Moon Church’s priests," the man in black Pagan attire said, "How can they preach to the faithful looking like this?"

Perhaps because the scene was so absurd, many people could not help but laugh out loud.

Miss Rabbit also found it humorous, but after laughing, she questioned the man in black Pagan attire, "Jerry... why are you wearing Prophet Merlin’s clothes? Where is Prophet Merlin now?"

"Prophet will arrive shortly," Tom said flamboyantly, flipping his newly grown hair, "As for why I’m dressed like this... it’s because everyone knows Prophet Merlin wears a bizarre set of black clothes and possesses the means to record images and sounds."

"So, to someone who has never seen Prophet Merlin, they would have certainly mistaken me for him just now."

The crowd nodded silently upon hearing this, including many nobles who indeed had been mistaken earlier.

And Lady Ireya’s face revealed an expression of sudden realization, "You mean to say that the two who went to Yacco’s village might not necessarily be Sabbath of the Double Rest Sect."

"They are lying!" Black Hammer shouted, "Trying to cover up the truth!"

"I am not lying. In fact, Prophet Merlin has been organizing a search for the bodies of those two Sabbaths these past few days, and we found them three days ago," Tom said solemnly, "Their heads were chopped off and buried in the ground."

He waved his hand, and soon black-clothed Black Hound guards brought forward two wooden coffins.

Upon opening them, a foul stench hit everyone’s face, causing people around to retreat several steps.

The bodies inside had decomposed so badly over time, bloated like giants, they were unrecognizable.