Heroes From Other Worlds Who Don't Like To Fight

Chapter 130: The Age of Witch Hunt

It was already late afternoon when Souma walked through the lush forest that was honestly nothing but a tree trunk that had dried up and blackened, on top of the fragile branch looked a perched crow that happily noticed all the movements with its red gaze.

"Son... No."

"It's scary."

Souma furrowed his eyebrows at the words that were honestly not suitable to be said by a knight commander who was admired by many, because he whined he wanted to come, Souma had no way but to allow it.

That's right, he's Lawyer van Hoster.

Different from before now he was carrying four swords in preparation for fighting, what a troublesome person.

"I told you it's better you don't come."

"Huh? Stella is my friend did you ever hear the story where two best friends went to save her kidnapped girlfriend."

"Absolutely not, and neither am I your best friend" he replied honestly.

"Friends?"

"Not."

"Cognitions?"

"No."

"Servant."

"Right, I'm her employer."

"Damn it.. I'm a knight commander you know even a lot of people greet me when they see me in town. Like, "Aren't you Mr. Law and I said, "Who are you?" and they say, "Have you forgotten you borrowed money from me? Do you want me to hold it?"

"That's the new fraud mode oi. you've been marked as the main target I guess."

"What?"

"Stop joking around in a tense moment like this."

Souma stopped Law's steps and then he picked up a gravel before throwing it to the ground and the instant the fire magic circle was created there, anything that stepped on it would burn to the point of being charred.

"Let's find another way."

"It's not that you can send us straight into their castle."

"It's reckless that if we find out Stella's gonna be in danger, we don't know what kind of enemy we're up against either."

"Aren't you being too careful."

"I'm amazed you didn't die until now."

They take a detour and make it through all the traps or quite frankly almost when Law almost falls into a hole with a sharp spear in it.

"Almost just."

"Law do you know why witches have been our enemies until now?"

"Not really, maybe it has something to do with witch hunts in the past. Wait, why are you quiet like that, what my answer is wrong."

"I'm surprised your guess is correct, I've searched through a lot of things that happened inside the palace library and connected it to everything. A long time ago witches were considered bad people who liked to kill anyone but honestly it was just a conspiracy on the part of the church, they kill the witches and claim them as evil creatures."

"It sounds dark to me."

"Like that, even those who were slandered as witches they were brutally murdered and burned at the stake alive until the witch and the church were involved in the war for quite a long time."

"You're saying that this is all the goddess's fault?"

"No, wrong is not the goddess but the people who infiltrated into it, when I decided to sell drugs to the entire continent they were also trying to kill me however, and yet, I chose a more subtle path to complete it."

"Ah.I've heard of a man who had destroyed many drug stores during the war against the demon queen Anna, so that's you."

"That's me, otherwise so many people will die from expensive drugs."

Souma remained silent for a moment then continued towards the important conversation.

"When people start to doubt about the church they end up supporting witches and that's when witches start to be accepted in every kingdom but among all the witches who are killed there is one who still holds hatred."

"Who is he?"

"Fram, he was the one who made the seven Sage witches now, he pretended to create an orphanage and raise witches with his own hands."

Hearing that Law unconsciously swallowed his saliva with a feeling of tension, not because he was afraid of something he did not know but he knew what happened to him, it was written in the ancient script.

"You're serious?"

"Well, I don't mean to say this but all the disasters that happened were human, as we know at that time Fram lived with her husband and daughter in peace, because they did not live in the city but on the hill the villagers said that they could have been witches and Fram was found to have been able to do so, so the townspeople burned down their houses while asleep at night, and it looks like the only survivor is Fram himself."

"I'll make the calculations with the church."

"It's better not to be, there are still many problems that we have to deal with."

Law clicked his tongue.

"Why did you tell me?"

"I want you to know the situation and also, compared to anyone I trust you more."

"Souma?"

"I really don't want to say it but be the commander that many people expect."

"I know."

The two stared at each other with determination.