My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 424 The Nameless Girl
This is a bustling city.

This was the girl's first thought as she entered the city of Herria after being checked by the guards at the city gate, preparing to register her identity.

She had never seen so many people before, and even though she had no memory of her past experiences, she subconsciously felt that she had never seen such a prosperous city-state.

only……

Suspicious glances turned to a small guard post near the city gate, where two handsome men with troubled expressions were sitting side by side, staring at the red liquid contained in small glass tubes.

Then, the girl saw one of the men pick up a tube, tilt his head back, and drink the blood that filled only the bottom of the tube in one gulp. Then the man smacked his lips, as if he was judging something, and finally scribbled something on a table in front of him.

Those two men... must be Blood Demons, right?

Those tubes must be filled with human blood, right?
...What are you doing?
She quickly got the answer.

A city guard soldier carrying a box of glass tubes began distributing them along the registration queue.

"Hold on tight. Open the stopper of the glass tube. There's a small needle inside. Prick your thumb lightly, just a little bit, and let a drop of blood drip into the tube."

"Don't be nervous, it's just to check for infectious diseases and prevent cultists from entering the city."

A middle-aged adventurer standing in front of the girl also asked, "How... how do we test this?"

"Look, do you see those two blood demons?" The soldier pointed to the blood demons behind him: "Those are the inspectors invited by Grand Duke Roland."

"They can tell once they taste blood. It also solves their food problem."

"Huh?" The middle-aged adventurer was a little confused, but seeing the two blood demons drinking blood with their heads tilted back, he could only accept the situation.

This is the rule for adventurers to survive.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do; respect and abide by local laws and regulations; and do not be a troublemaker.

However, this reason sounded rather strange to the girl.

The Blood Demon... working as a blood tester?

Am I still half asleep?
"Cough cough cough cough!!! Hey! Guard, this blood doesn't taste right! Take him to the hospital for a checkup, ptooey, ptooey, it's terribly astringent, and get me a glass of water while you're at it!"

The Blood Demon, sitting on the left, suddenly coughed and then called to the guards.

Then, a man who was filling out a form was surrounded by guards and politely (indeed) invited to a tent to the side.

The guard who had been in charge of the pipes went over and handed the blood demon a glass of water.

Girl: "..."

The girl silently looked down at the glass tube in her hand. After a moment's thought, she decided to do as instructed. She gently pricked her finger with the fine needle attached to the cap, squeezing out a drop of blood that looked no different from that of an ordinary person and dropping it into the tube. Then, like most people, she continued to queue up and handed the tube back to the guard who had distributed the glass tubes.

The girl watched as the guards affixed small tags to the tubes, as if each person in line had a number.

That's probably why that person was found so quickly.

The registration process went smoothly.

The girl stood there puzzled for a long time when it came to her name, then looked at the staff member in charge of registration and said, "I forgot."

The staff member's eyes quickly sharpened, and then he called over his colleagues to discuss the matter in hushed tones.

……

……

Ten minutes later, information about the mysterious amnesiac girl reached the Princess.

"Does this kind of thing really need to be reported?" The princess threw the intelligence report on the table with some annoyance, then looked at Machima, who was in charge of delivering the intelligence: "If it is confirmed that he really has amnesia, and the blood test is normal, wouldn't it be better to just contain and settle him in?"

"We can't just report it because someone has unusual eye or hair color, can we?"

"Not everyone with gray hair is a member of the Lancelot family!"

Machima sighed: "My lord, Lord Roland has instructed that all unexpected situations must be reported."

"Moreover... that gray-haired girl's background must be unusual."

“I sensed a threat from her.”

The princess became serious upon hearing this: "But the test report shows that her magical energy is extremely weak, not even reaching the first level. She's definitely at the level of a commoner."

“That’s what’s abnormal. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have chosen to report this information,” Machima said calmly. “Initially, it was just the staff at the city gate registration office who reported the situation. I happened to be nearby, so I went over to take a look.”

"Then I think you should be aware of this. If you have no objections, I will report this situation to His Excellency Roland."

The princess nodded: "Your intuition has never been wrong, has it? Report it. But if the girl is not hostile, don't restrict her freedom of movement. Just send someone to keep an eye on her. If she causes any trouble, remember to help clean it up in time."

"As long as no one dies, let Roland handle it."

Machima nodded: "No problem."

"No need to keep an eye on him anymore." Blood Demon Lord Danso appeared in the Queen's office without warning: "That unlucky guy at the door who was getting his blood tested caught a fever after that girl left."

"Luckily, Lord Roland happened to be passing by at that time... Tsk, how come even a blood test for the Blood Demon has become a risky job?"

"Luckily, it was stopped in time..." Danso muttered a few complaints before turning to the Princess and saying, "That girl was taken away by Roland and the others. They said they wanted to keep a close watch on her, and they looked quite serious... But anyway, you don't need to worry about her anymore."

……

……

"Well……"

The gray-haired, nameless girl, under Kalia's hostile gaze, fearfully hid behind Neph.

Dracula, standing to the side, had a complicated expression. He silently took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and put it in his mouth.

Neve, like a startled rabbit, shuddered and then lowered her head, unsure of what to do.

Roland sighed and turned to look at Kalia: "Alright, alright, even if you're hostile, at least tone it down a bit."

After taking a drag of his cigarette to calm himself down, Dracula asked, "So, we'll be taking her with us on our next mission to infiltrate the other five member states and break the mind control?"

Roland nodded: "Yes. Her situation is very special. The power within her can only be suppressed by Kalia, not even by me."

“I can eliminate the power she releases, but I can’t limit it or make her harmless.”

"Moreover, I have tried all the feasible sealing methods, but none of them have worked."

"When you're with Leah, she's just an ordinary girl. But if you're in the city... you'll see that unfortunate guy who almost got burned to ashes."

"It means that the Blood Demon is resistant to damage; if you absorb more blood, it will recover."

"If it were a human, even if Leah had stopped the situation from worsening, there would have been no chance of saving them."

"Moreover... her situation is too special, it would be safer to take her away from the Vatican."

Dracula nodded, and after a long silence, he looked at the gray-haired girl who had become quite familiar with Neve and started chatting with her casually: "She really is... the source of the Church's calamity."

Roland was silent for a moment: "I'm a little confused now, but she does have the power properties that fit the description of 'ashes'."

"But now it seems that the situation facing the Vatican may be much more complicated than we guessed."

"Hurry up, do you think we have a chance to visit all five member states in three days?"

Dracula laughed: "If we only consider movement speed, it's definitely enough for us to go straight through the member states."

"But considering the time required to lift the restrictions and the obstacles that may be encountered, a week is the minimum."

Roland looked at Neve: "Neve, did she say how to break free from mind control?"

“Hmm. She mentioned to me that the power of the runestone doesn’t have such a wide range.” Dracula used bloodline magic to condense a phantom pattern made of blood: “The Heart-Beating Demon King’s Court uses this device to complete the ritual setup, and by using the diffusion effect of the ritual, it completes the mind control of the entire kingdom’s citizens.”

"However, this amplified effect is at best a psychological suggestion and hypnosis effect, which is easily reversed, and some people with strong willpower can even ignore this control."

"The only troublesome ones are the nobles and the king who have been personally influenced by her."

"Also, there are some things I didn't tell you because of an unexpected event."

"Nive and I have already visited the Kingdom of Aslan, which borders Gawain. We have lifted the control of that country."

“Not only the Kingdom of Aslan!” Neve declared, “we’ve also taken care of the Kingdom of Tyrande, which borders Aslan!”

Roland was somewhat surprised: "So fast? But didn't you use a teleportation array?"

Dracula nodded: "That was originally the plan, but I wanted to gather some intelligence before coming, so I settled Miss Neve in Gawain Territory first, and then went to the neighboring Kingdom of Aslan to gather intelligence myself."

"Only then did we realize that there was no trace of the Royal Court Army there anymore. The Demon King's Royal Court had quietly withdrawn its troops while His Majesty the Demon King was consolidating his power and integrating internal affairs."

"The same situation exists in the Kingdom of Tyrande. However, the kingdom's high-ranking officials and the general public do not seem to realize what happened before, and they did not even notice our infiltration."

"This is also the key to the success of our operation."

"We also used the teleportation array left by the royal army to reach Yalan City."

"What is certain is that the Demon King's Court has concentrated all its military forces in the Kingdom of Hetland, which borders Platia, and the two surrounding kingdoms."

"The worst-case scenario is that they intend to hold onto these three constituent countries located in the central and southern regions, or even use them as a base to sever ties with the royal court."

"The land and resources of the three member states... are enough for the Demon King's Court to do just that."

"He also deliberately abandoned the two kingdoms near Enva to serve as a bulwark against His Majesty the Demon King's army."

"They must have known about the cooperation agreement that the demons and humans have signed, which is why they used this plan."

Roland nodded: "So in other words, I only need to handle things in Pratia and the other three countries to solve the mind control issue?"

"Yes."

"Let's set off now. I've already arranged everything before leaving."

Kalia said with some dissatisfaction, "So in the end, I still have to take her with me!"

"Sigh... never mind, but she doesn't even have a name yet, how about we give her one right away?"

(End of this chapter)