Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 3 Seven-spotted Ladybug
"Richard. Hello, young man."

Maher put his hands behind his back and said to Richard with a smile:
“I’ve heard of your name a long time ago.

Winner of the [Golden Magic Award], the favorite to win the next [Sky Cup Magic R&D Competition]. The youngest [Ace Researcher] in the Mage Academy.

Dean Hank has mentioned your name to me many times. He said that the magic you researched is strange and imaginative. These magic combat effects are not strong, but they are very interesting.

Although we have never met, in my impression, you have always been a very outstanding guy.

When the stars and the moon told us that you might be a traitor, I didn't believe it.

There is no need for an outstanding young man like you to commit treason, and it is even more impossible for you to be in cahoots with the ignorant and backward Holy See.

Truth and magic are your eternal pursuit.

Richard, you really did not let me down.

The information you provide is of vital importance to us.

If you find another saint besides Luo Luo later, you can clear most of your suspicions."

A savior from heaven!
Richard was so moved that his eyes were filled with tears.

“Mahil is permanent, what a huge relationship!

Mother Goddess Yasha, Dean Hank, that old man, was able to find such a solid backing for me.

Hank Oldman makes me study magic day and night. It turns out that he really wants to train me?

I always thought he just wanted to take advantage of my labor for free.

I misunderstood him! Woohoo.

Adversity sees the truth.

I was wrong. I shouldn't have called him bald behind his back."

Richard is no fool.

The gap between Dean Hank and President Maher is like a chasm.

He wants to ask Maher Changren to protect him, but it won't be without cost.

At this moment, only a noble person like Mahir Changren can block the greedy gazes of countless people who want to use themselves to gain credit.

“Dean Hank, you really want to protect me, my dear!

My conscience aches when I think that I actually betrayed Dean Hank, who worked hard for me at a critical moment.

Some people say that conscience is a five-pointed star hidden deep in our hearts.

Whenever you do something bad, the five-pointed star will spin inside your heart, piercing your soul, causing it to bleed and causing pain.

But if you do too many bad things, the corners of the five-pointed star will become less sharp, and your heart will not hurt so much. "

Richard touched his aching chest and decided to speed up the rotation of the five-pointed star.

He half-knelt down in front of Mahir in the cage and shouted:

"Woo woo woo! Mahir Chang-ren! Lord Qingtian!

I am wronged!

I am loyal to the City of Travel, and I am devoted to the Silver City.

When I am alive, I am a person in a traveling city; when I die, I am a dead person in a traveling city.

I have not and will never betray the Silver City.

The group of people who just interrogated me tortured me severely in an attempt to force me to confess.

"You are wise, Lord."

Life is like a play, it depends on acting.

Richard started crying as soon as he said he would, with tears and sobs flowing down his face, so miserably and gracefully that even Maher was stunned for a moment.

Maher made a soothing gesture across the cage and comforted Richard:

“Young man, you don’t have to be afraid.

You may not know this, but I am also a member of the Star-Moon Society.

Our Xingyue Society is not as scary as the legend says.

They are all very reasonable. They won't use spells to lock your soul, nor will they kill you and then revive you as a ghost, and then use magic to control the undead to force you to tell the truth.

The technical means of these magics are immature, the success rate is very low, and the consequences are irreversible.

We will not adopt it unless it is absolutely necessary.

As long as you cooperate with the work of the Xingyue Society, tell us everything clearly and don't hide the truth, I promise to clear your name.

Don't worry, as long as you have a clear conscience, I will never let anyone frame you."

Richard: ...

It would be fine if you didn't say anything. The more you say, the more panicked I become.

Lock the soul and search the soul... Make the undead resurrect, then control the undead to tell the truth...

Look at what evil things Xingyue Society has done? !
The technical means of these magics are not mature and the success rate is very low - that's it!

Hey!
Those old guys in the Holy See claim every day that the Silver City-State plays with magic, blasphemes life, has no taboos, and is extremely evil.

Their claims were not in vain, every word was true!

To be honest, I don't know the atmosphere of the entire Silver City-State, and you, the Xingyue Society, are real beasts.

Why do the necromancers of Ghost Valley want to break away from the Silver Federation and become independent?

It must be because you are too evil that the Necromancer doesn't bother to associate with you.

Richard tried hard to put on a smile, pretending to be pitiful and said:

"Master Changren, please keep an eye on me.

I cannot endure hardship or pain, and I can easily confess under torture.

But what I said when I was tortured into confessing was not the truth, I was forced!

One of them must have wanted to kill me and use me as the scapegoat, just like in those epic legends.

I am just a nobody, and my death is not a pity. But if the truth is buried from now on, the spies of the Holy See will go unpunished.

Wuwuwu. Lord Changren, whether I can restore my innocence depends entirely on you. "

Maher watched Richard's performance with a smile, unmoved.

He chuckled, stroked his white beard, shook his head and said:

"Don't worry, with me here, they will use some tricks, but they won't use any excessive tricks."

At this moment, a black-robed wizard suddenly came hurriedly from outside the secret service hall.

As soon as he approached the cage, he roared viciously:
"Richard! What on earth is this best friend you're talking about?

Why didn't you tell me earlier during the interrogation? Are you deliberately hiding it to buy time for the Saint of Chastity's accomplices to retreat?"

"It's unfair, sir!"

Richard immediately complained:
“I met Luo Luo last week, and seven whole days have passed!
How could I remember so clearly the conversation I had with her seven days ago? It's normal to miss some things.

You see, I reported it immediately after I thought of it. What does this mean? This means that I..."

Before Richard could finish his words, the black-robed wizard suddenly took out his magic book and a bolt of lightning struck him with a bang, causing Richard to tremble all over. White light penetrated his body, and even his bones were faintly visible in the lightning.

"Ahhhhhhh-"

Level 2 air magic, lightning and thunder.

This is a very basic and ancient beginner magic.

If Richard had prepared protective magic in advance, or if he still had the magic defense items on him, [Lightning Thunderbolt] would not be a big deal for him.

But now, his magic power was restrained by the magic shackles in his hands, and he didn't have any self-defense equipment on him. He was as fragile as a chicken.

When the huge electric current passed through his body, his muscles suddenly spasmed violently, causing him excruciating pain.

The skin on the shoulder that was directly hit by the [Lightning Thunderbolt] had been burned black and was burning with pain.

In addition to the skin and muscles, the huge electric current also caused Richard's respiratory muscles to spasm, forcing Richard to open his mouth wide and swallow hard to breathe in a little air.

Fortunately, Richard has a comprehensive knowledge of magic.

He also knew a thing or two about how to deal with this kind of emergency.

He endured the severe pain, tore off his shirt immediately, and lay on the ground, allowing all his exposed skin to fully contact the ground of the cage to accelerate the flow of air elements in his body.

Air elements flow easily from areas where they are concentrated to areas where they are sparse.

A large amount of lightning flowed from Richard's body into the cage, greatly reducing the intensity and duration of his pain.

"You have a bad memory, right? Then I'll teach you a lesson. I'll give you three more minutes to immediately come up with all the information you missed!"

After throwing [Lightning Thunderbolt], the black-robed wizard seemed to be still unsatisfied. His magic book was still shaking as he tried to throw another spell.

"Anthony! Don't be impulsive!"

"That's enough! Come back."

Fortunately, two other black-robed wizards rushed over, one grabbed his hand and the other grabbed his leg, and carried him out, stopping his atrocities.

Richard lay on the ground, gasping for breath, watching Anthony being taken away by two men in black robes.

He looked at Mahir with grievance and doubt, and asked carefully:

"Master Changren, didn't you say that with you here, they wouldn't dare to use any extreme means?"

"Yes." Maher said in a deep voice: "This is not excessive."

"Ah? Using level 2 magic to attack a weak mage like me is not excessive? Then what is excessive?"

"As long as you're not dead, it's not too much."

Richard: ...

Chang Ren, what you mean is to ensure that I don't die, but you don't care about anything else except that, right?

Torture is used as a way to strengthen the body, and magical bombardment is used as resistance training.

Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the Lord. I am only responsible for opening my mouth. Don’t ask anything else. Just hold it in your mouth.

"You're the one who has the final say." Your Majesty, you have the final say.

"Cough cough."

Richard coughed twice and blew out a cloud of smoke from his mouth. He said nothing more and closed his eyes to rest.

He was actually not surprised why Mahel did not stop the black-robed wizard from casting the spell.

According to Article 33 of the Criminal Law of the Silver City.

[For anti-city-state elements, traitors, spies, speculators, thugs, gangsters, strike organizers and cult believers, the [Special Agent Mage] of the Star-Moon Society can eliminate them on the spot where the crime happened.]

Article 33 of the Criminal Law is referred to as the "Three-Three Law".

The "Three-Three Decree" ensures that the secret agents of the Star-Moon Society have the terrifying power to execute without trial. This decree was created when the Silver City-State had just gained independence from the "All Races Alliance" and strongly opposed the worship of gods. It was the "Broken Staff Era" when the struggle between "divine power" and "human rights" was the most serious. It was an absolute wartime decree.

However, the "Three-Three Law", which should have disappeared with the end of the war in the [Broken Stick Age], has been preserved in the current [Glorious Era].

Countless secret agent mages were able to escape punishment by relying on the "Three-Three Law" after killing innocent people, which made the mages of the Silver City complain, but they could do nothing about it.

The "Three Threes Law" is notorious and makes people shudder. It is the guarantee of privilege for the mages of the Star and Moon Society.

“With the Three-Three Decree, the wizard just now would not have violated the law even if he killed me.

The trouble that [he killing me] would bring him is not as great as the trouble that [he being suspected and silenced] would bring him.

In this case, it is good enough that Maher Changren can keep himself alive."

"Humph. You really deserve it! You deserve it! Richard, you deserve this punishment."

Just then, another black-robed wizard came over.

Hearing this familiar voice, Richard opened his eyes immediately.

He saw the new black-robed wizard bow deeply to Mahir.

Mahir smiled and nodded at her, then turned and left to take charge of the situation, leaving the task of guarding Richard to the black-robed wizard.

The two sides did not talk, but there was an unspoken understanding flowing between them.

The black-robed wizard sat in front of Richard's cage, opened the magic book, and released the water magic [Healing] for Richard.

Clear water waves flowed through Richard's body, activating his life, awakening his internal organs, soothing his burning skin and flesh, making Richard almost cry out in comfort.

With the help of healing magic, the pain caused by the lightning disappeared in just a moment.

"It's you? The female police officer who just interrogated me..."

Richard sat up in his cage.

Richard would never mistake her unique, gentle yet cold voice and her poisonous insults.

"it's me."

The black-robed female police officer's voice was still soft and cold, but her words were not as sharp and harsh as they had been during the interrogation just now:
"Master Richard, I apologize to you on behalf of Anthony in my team.

He was too anxious. Among the twelve [Special Agents] who died in the operation to capture the [Virgin Saint], three were Anthony's friends, and one was Anthony's son.

Therefore, Anthony hated the Saint of Chastity so much that he hated you as well, so he treated you in a somewhat rough manner.

Richard, like Lord Mahir, I also believe that you have not betrayed the Silver City."

"You...you believe me?" Richard was shocked. "You scolded me so much, and you still believe me?"

The black-robed female police officer suddenly took out a thick scroll and read:
“Richard, I have studied your life carefully. You often frequent many high-end clubs in the Travel City and linger among various beauties.

Even for the most expensive [Heart of the Succubus], you are a distinguished [Golden VIP].

Obviously, you have a high income, but you still don’t own any property in the city you travel to, nor do you have a vehicle to get around, and you don’t even have much savings!
Based on your daily travel itinerary, we have reason to infer that you have used most of your income to commit the crime of illegal trading of reproductive rights, resulting in your own financial difficulties.

Generally, we call people who have committed the crime of [illegal trading of reproductive rights] ladybugs, and you are the seven-spotted ladybug that lives in the clubhouse every night, seven days a week! - The king of ladybugs, the scum of scum, the scum of society, and an accomplice in promoting bad habits!

Richard, you are so immoral and absurd that you are unworthy of being a teacher!"

The black-robed female police officer spoke with some gritted teeth.

She took the file and knocked hard on Richard's cage, as if she was knocking on Richard's head.

Duang! Duang! Duang!

(End of this chapter)