The Villain Saint is my secondary account

"I'm… ready."

Ella, who had been through many battles in her previous life, was not frightened by the situation, but as she was well versed in the ways of the old man, she appropriately showed some nervousness as a young girl.

"Okay." The high priest spread out the book in his hand, "Then please Miss Haiweier, under the witness of the God of Light, recite the following prayer with me."

"I, Ella Haiweier, the daughter of Duke Haiweier of the Loren Empire, swear before the Father of All Gods, the God of Light, in the name of Holy Light, and ask for the witness of all gods. Everything I say next is true, and there must not be any falsehood."

As the words fell, a gentle golden light fell from the scepter held high by the statue of the God of Light in the courtroom, covering the area about half a meter away from where Ella was standing.

"…If it is false, please punish me with the Holy Light of the God of Light."

Wow, a super lie detector...

Ella finished the last sentence with a bitter expression. As a noble, she remembered the procedures of the Inquisition, but the Temple of Lie Detection, which would consume divine power, would not be used easily. Before coming, she also prayed to God that she would have better luck and would not be used in this way.

Unfortunately, God did not seem to hear her voice. After all, it was the voice of the evil god, and no righteous god would listen to it.

And this time it proved another thing, that the Temple was more suspicious of her than she expected.

She silently read the system in her mind, and a special buff really appeared on the character panel.

[Lie Detection Proverbs: You are bathed in the Holy Light of Judgment. If you tell a lie, you will be punished by the Holy Light.]

Meanwhile, there were whispers among the jury crowd.

"Hiss... They actually used the False Precepts." "This is such a strict treatment. There must be something wrong with this Duke's daughter." "I remember that during the last trial, there was a person who lied. Half of his face was burned by the Holy Light..."

Very good, thanks for the commentary from the audience, please shut up.

Ella was in a bad mood. If only she could hire a lawyer like Blue Star did, and then wave her hand and say that she had the right to remain silent until her lawyer arrived.

"Then, the first question, Miss Haiweier, are you a follower of the cult 'Shepherd of Darkness'?"

"I am not a follower of the Dark Shepherd."

I am the god they believe in, how can I be considered a believer, Ella thought.

The holy light remained gentle and nothing happened.

It seems that I have gotten away with it. Although I don't know the principle, it seems that the lie detection proverb only judges whether the language is consistent with the "truth", and has no effect on the nature of the object of identification.

"Then, the second question is, are you in contact with any members of the 'Dark Shepherd'?"

If what is being examined is whether the "language" is authentic, then there should be a way to get around this problem as long as we pay attention to our own "statements".

"I myself have not had direct contact with members of the Dark Shepherd."

Ella deliberately emphasized "myself" because she always asked her butler Dean to contact the "Dark Shepherd" directly, and this could not be considered her own contact.

The holy light trembled, scaring Ella so much that sweat broke out on her forehead, but fortunately nothing happened.

Huh, do you understand the value of being in the top ten in the city’s mock Chinese exam?

Ella puffed out her plain chest.

"Very good. Then the last question is, did you participate in organizing the evil god summoning ceremony of the Dark Shepherd yesterday?"

It’s broken… This problem is killing me.

Ella's lips trembled slightly. As far as the summoning ceremony was concerned, she had handled it entirely herself. As far as she could remember, the magic circle and the medium on the ground were all made by her personally.

Although theoretically it was done by the evil Ella in the past, the debt has been put on her now.

No matter what, she couldn't deny her relationship with the summoning ceremony. More importantly, the priest asked whether she participated in the organization, which involved subjective initiative. If she answered "yes", she would have confirmed that she had subjectively organized the ceremony.

If she answered "no", she would be beaten up by the Holy Light.

Damn, so insidious.

Seeing Ella suddenly fall silent, the people in the courtroom began to become restless.

"What's going on? Why doesn't she answer?" "No, there won't be any problem." "I've heard that the Duke's daughter doesn't have a good reputation..."

"quiet!"

The high priest struck the gavel, "Ella Haiweier, I ask you again, were you involved in organizing the evil god summoning ceremony yesterday?"

Ella's mind was racing, and in a flash, she suddenly thought of a possible way out of the impasse.

Ella took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind, and then said loudly:

"Yes...it's me! I organized the summoning ceremony myself. My butler Dean is innocent!"

As he spoke, a few crystal tears hung in the corners of his eyes.

The whole audience was in an uproar, and the two Templar Knights behind Ella immediately clenched their halberds.

"If the Second Prince hadn't believed the slander and cancelled the engagement, I..."

Ella clutched the handrail tightly, with a look of resentment on her face, but before she could finish her words, a golden light suddenly fell from the sky and hit her with a blazing energy.

"Ah!!!!" The girl burned by the holy light screamed in pain. Duke Haiweier, who saw this scene in the jury box, stood up suddenly with a panicked look on his face, "My daughter!!!"

The sudden change caught everyone in the temple off guard. The high priest hurriedly chanted a spell to stop the Holy Light of Proverbs. Several senior priests rushed to the judgment seat and used light magic in unison to calm the burning holy fire.

After a flurry of activity, the burned Ella was carried away from the stand under the escort of the priest. Everyone in the courtroom was talking in confusion.

"What happened? Why did the Holy Light suddenly make a judgment?" "Who is that Dean?" "She lied. The God of Light punished her because she lied."

"Lies? Doesn't that mean that the summoning ceremony wasn't organized by her?"

"Quiet, quiet!" The high priest banged the gavel again. When the courtroom returned to silence, he turned and asked the assistant next to him, "Is Dean the boy we arrested at the ceremony last night?"

"Yes, Your Excellency. The boy tried to take the Duke's daughter hostage and escape, but was later captured by the Templars." The assistant said, adjusting his glasses.

"Hmm..." The high priest looked at the documents spread out on the table, on which there was a crystal photo of yesterday's arrest scene.

"The daughter of the Duke has a good relationship with this man named Dean?"

"Dean is Miss Harvel's butler. Even in the academy, the two are inseparable most of the time."

"Hmm..." The high priest stroked his gray beard.

On the surface, it seemed that Ella Haiweil was judged in the end in order to protect Dean and say that she was the organizer of the ceremony. Therefore, looking back, the judgment of the Holy Light showed that she lied and she was not actually involved in the summoning ceremony.

But for some reason, the high priest felt that the plot was not that simple.

"Master Priest." Seeing that the high priest had not spoken, Duke Haiweier could not sit still and frowned. "You have also seen the judgment made by the God of Light. I admit that I usually neglected to discipline the dog girl, causing her to speak without considering the consequences, but she is not the mastermind of the summoning ceremony."

"That's true." The high priest could not deny this, and the judgment of the Holy Light became the most powerful evidence.

"But just in case, the temple will still conduct a spiritual essence test on Miss Haiweier. If Miss Haiweier passes the test, then the temple will determine that Ella Haiweier has nothing to do with the evil god ritual."

"Your Excellency..." Duke Haiweier was still about to speak, but the high priest struck the gavel again, and an unquestionable voice fell:

"Adjourn the court!"

Chapter 5 Coronation

In the treatment room, Ella, who had barely managed to catch her breath, covered her face as she listened to the serving nun tell her the final verdict of the court. She cried and trembled as she said, "No... Take me away, Dean, Dean is innocent..."

"Miss Haiweier," the nun said with a worried look on her face, "you can't say that again. Now, you should take a rest first. I will get you some food."

Only after watching the nun leave the treatment room did Ella finally let go of her worries and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It hurts so much... that damn holy light..."

All this was naturally Ella's self-torture. It was obvious that since the Holy Light would judge all lies, as long as one lied in an unimportant part of the speech, the judgment of the Holy Light would mislead everyone into thinking that the key part of the speech was a lie.

During the summoning ceremony, Dean did help out a bit, so he wasn't completely innocent.

No matter what, she finally passed the Inquisition. She also took a gamble that the Holy Light would not directly burn her to ashes. After all, she remembered someone in the audience saying that "someone had half of his face burned off after being judged by the Holy Light." Although it sounded tragic, it actually showed that the Holy Light Judgment would not directly kill liars.

But at that moment, she was still a little worried that her body would be destroyed by the evil god. It was just that she would be burned by the holy light anyway, so she could only choose a way with good aftereffects and bear the burn. If she died, she would just be unlucky.

Fortunately, her evil god physique is not that fragile.

"Ella! How are you?"

As Ella was thinking, the door of the treatment room suddenly opened.

It turned out to be the Duke and Duchess of Haywel. They looked worried and went straight to Ella's bed as soon as they entered the room.

Seeing the person coming, Ella calmed her breathing and thought quickly about how to face this pair of adoptive parents.

Parents are most familiar with their children, and any slight difference in performance may be detected as a problem.

But before she could say anything, Mrs. Hevel hugged her face and stuffed it into her arms.

"Oh, my dear daughter," Mrs. Haiweier was particularly emotional, hugging Ella and crying like rain, as if she had just found her long-lost child, "You have suffered, you have suffered, wuwuwu..."

Wow, facial cleanser... No... Wait... Help... I can't breathe...

Ella obviously inherited her mother's beauty. Although Mrs. Hevel, with her silver hair tied up, is already a mother, she still has skin as white and tight as mutton fat, and her figure is more plump and unique, just like an enlarged version of a saint with a more mature temperament.

Duke Haiweier restrained himself a little, just gently stroked Ella's head, frowned at the burn marks of the holy light on her shoulders, and said, "Daughter, are you okay? The temple will conduct a spiritual essence test on you later..."

Ectoplasm detection? Bad...

Ella felt something was wrong. Spiritual essence testing is used to examine the composition of the mana pool and thus determine the mana aptitude. It can also be used to test whether there are any traces of black magic on the subject.

She had no confidence that her body, which would occasionally sprout tentacles, would pass the test.

"Why are they still testing? Don't those people in the Holy Temple have brains? Ella is clearly a victim! Woohoo, she is only this young, and she has been harmed by the Dark Cult. How deep a shadow will it leave on her, my child..."

It’s not like he was tortured… No, it seems like he was murdered, his soul is gone…

"Lola, the test is also for the good of the child," the Duke said earnestly, "If the Dark Cult left any dark magic on her, the spiritual essence test can also detect it."

"What? That won't do. Oh baby, let's get tested right now."

Could you please be a little firmer in your stance, mother?

Ella was in tears.

……

Ten minutes later, Ella arrived at the ceremony hall under the escort of nuns and Templar Knights.

The seats outside the hall were filled with spectators, and the Loren nobles were curious about whether the Duke's daughter was involved in dark magic.

"Miss Haiweier, please come this way." The temple elder in charge of the inspection looked at Ella and smiled kindly, "Don't be so nervous, the inspection ceremony will be over soon."

"Huh..." Ella took a deep breath, stood on the ceremony platform, and began to look around with her peripheral vision.

She had already checked her Evil God skill tree panel and was ready to break through at any time.

First use "Profane Whisper" to smear the old man's face to make him lose consciousness, then use "Shadow Barrier" to smear the four Templar Knights to block their sight...

"Then Miss Haiweier, the spiritual essence detection ceremony is about to begin, please be prepared." The elder of the temple raised the book in his hand and said, "Pray to the great God of Light, please grant me the power of holy light."

A ball of soft light fell on Ella, and at the same time, the magic circle engraved on the ground where she was began to rotate.

"In the name of Holy Light, I will show you the source of this girl's soul sea."

After he finished speaking, the temple elder placed his other hand on Ella's shoulder.

The dense runes on the magic circle leaped as if they had life, and streams of blue water appeared out of nowhere, wrapping around Ella.

"Water attribute affinity." The elder nodded with a smile, "No trace of black magic."

"Huh——" Ella breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the evil god still had some skills.

Suddenly, dazzling golden light burst out from between the runes, almost blinding Ella's eyes.

"...Hey, there is also...holy attribute affinity?" The elder was stunned for a moment, then said, "Miss Hai Weier, you have the aptitude to learn holy light magic. Are you willing to come to the temple for further study?"

"Um, please allow me to think about it."

What a joke, Ella is not the evil saint in her previous life, who was so arrogant as to do evil against the God of Light. She would rather stay as far away from the temple as possible.

But then again, isn't the Saint chosen by God? Why would the God of Light choose an evil god as the Saint?

"clang"

An ethereal bell sounded, and a milky white beam of light suddenly fell from the sky and landed on Ella's head.

Why isn't this over yet?

Ella looked puzzled, "Elder, what attribute is this?"

But for some reason, the elder seemed not to hear Ella's words and just stared at her blankly.

“… Elder?” Ella felt a little uneasy when she was stared at. She glanced around and realized that the entire hall had become quiet at some point.

The air was so silent that it seemed frozen. The crowd that had been shouting just now shut their mouths at the same time and just stared at her stiffly, as if they were under a petrification spell.