This time, I won't be the devil.

In the dim alley, the gorgeously dressed nephew of the hall director lit the banknote that could save his grandfather's life in front of the ragged little beggar. The faint light illuminated the boy's desperate expression and the sneer on Philip's face.

This is truly a world-famous painting that will be passed down through the ages.

My show just started, why are you taking your bow?

Unexpectedly, a true expression of feelings from a talented contestant far exceeded the limits of Director Frey's imagination.

Fortunately, Frey's goal has been achieved. He said to Philip:

"According to the code of the Church, destroying the currency and burning the portrait of the old Pope are two crimes that together carry a sentence of at least 10 years and deprivation of political rights for life."

Hearing Frey say this, Philip immediately felt relieved.

Is this black-haired man stupid? He actually wants to threaten him with such a crime. You have to know that his second uncle is the chief judge of the court, and he has the power to interpret the law.

What's more, there were only a few witnesses, and with his second uncle's power, he could easily suppress it.

"You said I broke the law. Who saw it? Do you have any evidence?"

"Please watch the VCR."

After saying that, Frey activated the magic device in his hand and played everything that had just happened in the alley.

"This, what is this?"

"Math Arcana Blade, boy..."

The potato-headed extra in the tavern just now was none other than Brother Dao, the owner of [2D Knife Maker].

……

Late that night, Qi Si couldn't help sweating profusely as he watched the images recorded in the arcane magic blade handed to him by the princess of the Forest Kingdom.

After the video finished playing, Didoris said:

"Minister Qi, you don't want this video of your nephew to be seen by the public, do you?"

Chapter 26: Currently Available Information (Part )

History of the Holy War between Humans and Demons:

In the first year of the Aiden calendar, the Dragon Poetry War ended. The King of Aiden overthrew the rule of the ancient dragons, killed the previous Demon King, severely damaged the demon forces, and ushered in the era of law belonging to mankind.

In the 500th year of the Aiden calendar, King Aiden died, the Age of Law ended, the human camp began to split, and the corpse dragon Jabbawok reappeared in the world, and was subsequently defeated and sealed by the dragon slayer Green.

Around the 600th year of the Aiden calendar, the belief in the Seven Gods gradually took shape, and forces believing in different gods began to fight each other. The demons took the opportunity to rise again.

Around the 700th year of the Aiden calendar, taking advantage of the internal strife among humans, the demons invaded massively and quickly occupied a large area of ​​territory in the northwest of the continent, including the labyrinth city.

Around the year 750 of the Aiden calendar, the demons conquered over half of human territory, nearly completely destroying the northern half of the continent. Combined with the war's devastation, humanity lost 8% of its population. Just as humanity faced a crisis of survival, the First Generation of Heroes, blessed by the Seven Gods, emerged. They slew numerous high-ranking demons, rescuing the world from imminent danger. They died 13 years later.

From 800 to 900 of the Aiden calendar, after the death of the first brave warrior, the holy war between humans and demons entered a strategic stalemate, with both sides making contributions to each other.

Around the year 900 of the Aiden calendar, the Holy See of Light officially established its own regime - the Hikari Theocracy. Under the leadership of the old Pope Lewis Carroll, the power of the Theocracy expanded rapidly.

In the year 901 of the Aiden calendar, the Theocracy persuaded the Terra Federation to send troops to fight against the demons in exchange for ceding the labyrinth city of Grimgar.

From 901 to 960 in the Aiden calendar, the Holy War entered the strategic counterattack phase. Under the leadership of the Theocracy, humans gradually recovered all the lost territories and drove the demon forces back to the demon territory.

From 960 to 970 of the Aiden calendar, the Theocracy launched a great expedition in order to obtain the magic stone veins in the demon territory. A total of 86 companies of human expeditionary forces entered the demon territory one after another and fought with the main force of the demons. In the end, they won a tragic victory. After the great expedition ended, the old pope was seriously ill and no longer served. The power of the Theocracy was controlled by the three cardinals. In the following 25 years, humans and demons guarded their borders and no large-scale war broke out.

In the year 994 of the Aiden calendar, Carol was critically ill and passed the throne to the current Pope Wilde Oscar. He then lost consciousness and fell into a coma. After the new Pope ascended the throne, the Holy See of Light began to retake the Labyrinth City, and reached an agreement with the Federation the following year to begin the transformation of the Labyrinth City.

In the year 996 of the Aiden calendar, the old Pope Carol passed away. In the same year, a seemingly ordinary boy embarked on his adventure. This was the new hero. At the beginning, he did not show any special talents except that he upgraded faster than others. Until the Holy See discovered that he, like the first generation hero, could obtain the blessing of the seven gods at the same time.

At the beginning of 999 in the Aiden calendar, the new hero was recognized by the Holy See of Light and was awarded the holy sword of the first generation hero. Afterwards, under the leadership of the Holy See, various countries began to organize coalition forces, preparing to jointly attack the demons and seize the magic stone veins.

On April 999, 4 of the Aiden calendar, in order to deal with the threat of the new hero, the remaining pro-war faction within the demon clan summoned a soul from another world (Frei) according to the ritual left by the previous demon king, and let it inherit the power of the demon king to fight against the hero.

In mid-April of the year 999 of the Aiden calendar, the final battle between the Demon King and the Hero broke out...

Chapter 27: Micro-Manipulation Master (5K)

"Director Qi, you don't want the public to see this video of your nephew, do you?"

Looking at the blond elf in front of him with a devilish smile, Qis felt a sense of fear for the first time in a long time.

For Qi Si, it doesn't matter whether Philip has violated the law or not. He has plenty of ways to rule this video as invalid evidence.

But he knew very well that the real power of this video lies in the image itself.

Since Qi Si knows how to appease and deceive the people, he naturally understands what kind of things will trigger public opinion.

Once this video is exposed, Philip will definitely be excommunicated, and his uncle will become the target of public criticism.

If the video was in the hands of ordinary civilians, Qis would still have a way to suppress it, but the Church and the Forest Kingdom are allies who have signed a contract.

It is impossible for Qi Si to attack the princess of a neighboring country in order to protect his nephew. If he really did that, the consequences would be much more serious than being exposed by the video.

What Didoris asked was that Qis hand over the command of this arrest operation.

Whether or not the Phantom Thief can be caught is related to the whereabouts of the Life Crystal and is the top priority of the entire elf race, so it is not difficult to understand why Didoris made such a request.

As early as this morning, Didoris came to discuss this matter with Qis, but Qis refused on the grounds that this was the responsibility of the Court of Inquisition and the Knights could not be handed over to outsiders for command.

The apparent reason why Qi Si refused was that he wanted to take all the credit for himself as much as possible.

The real reason was that Qis was worried that if Robin Hood was really a survivor of the 86th Company, then once he fell into the hands of Didorice, his fake military merits would likely be exposed.

In the great expedition 30 years ago, Qis only worked in the logistics department for a period of time. The honor of being a hero of mankind was given to him later by Cardinal Aesop in order to promote him. As for the military exploits on his resume, they all came from the 86th Company.

The 86th Company was originally a unit formed by Cardinal Aesop. After the Great Crusade ended, all members of the company died and the old Pope no longer governed. The military achievements made by the 86th Company were used by Cardinal Aesop to support his own confidants.

People like Qis, who were promoted by Cardinal Aesop, who was in charge of the judicial system of the Church, were called the Law Gang.

In the past, the entire Law Gang was under the protection of Cardinal Aesop, and their status was stable and they were promoted quickly.

But in the past two years, especially after defeating the demons, the position of the new Pope Oscar has gradually become more stable. In contrast, the power of Cardinal Aesop has gradually shrunk, and the members of the Law Gang have been slow to get promoted.

In addition, Qis was not a core member of the Law Gang. If Robin Hood, this thunderstorm, fell into his hands at such a sensitive moment, Cardinal Aesop might kill him directly.

Therefore, he had to personally preside over this arrest operation. As long as he was at the helm, the worst case scenario would be that the arrest failed and he would lose a piece of credit. This was much better than having the matter exposed.

The princess, who was able to judge people, must have realized that Qis did not intend to capture Robin Hood with all his strength, so she asked him to give up command.

To Qisi's surprise, after being rejected by him, Didoris actually set her sights on his good-for-nothing nephew and even filmed this video.

Qi Si had to admit that he was negligent.

Because the elf princess looked like a young girl, Qis forgot for a moment that this woman was much older than him.

At this point, Qi Si had to make a choice. He quickly figured out what he could compromise on and what he couldn't.

He took out a parchment blessed by the gods and drafted a contract.

First, Didoris cannot make the video public, and must ask other people who know about it to keep it secret.

Second, in order to ensure the safety of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Didoris must act together with the Holy Knights and cannot fight the Phantom Thief directly, otherwise, if something happens to her, it will lead to a diplomatic incident.

If Didoris agrees to the above three points, then Qis will give her the command of capturing the thief and provide her full cooperation.

In response to Qis's request, Didoris took out a notebook and looked at it for a few seconds.

Didoris agreed with the first and third points. After all, these were indeed the rules of the Holy See.

As for the second point, Didoris finally decided to have her hired assistant Frey go to the front line instead of her.

After signing the contract, Qis breathed a sigh of relief. As the director of the Court of Justice, the contract he drafted was naturally watertight. In his opinion, he had minimized his losses.

At the end of the negotiation, Didoris asked:

"By the way, could you please tell me more about the resume of that security captain, Leonard..."

While Didoris was negotiating with Qisi, Frey and Noelle followed the little match boy to a hospital.

In today's Aiden Continent, unlike the demons who believe in the Mother Goddess of Fertility, among the six elemental magics that humans can use, only water magic and light magic can barely provide some healing effects.

Moreover, low-level healing magic can only purify wounds and improve the body's own recovery ability, but cannot directly repair limbs or cure diseases.

The very few top healers who can use healing magic above level 5 spend their days in the mansions of various dignitaries and have nothing to do with ordinary people.

Therefore, although this is a world of swords and magic, if ordinary people get sick, especially those with difficult and complicated diseases of unknown causes, they can only receive traditional medical treatment and then use some magic to assist in recovery. The hospital facility is designed for this purpose.

The little boy in front of Frey with a large patch of scabies on his head is named Sanmao, because there are only three hairs left on his scalp.

According to Sanmao, he grew up in an orphanage on the outskirts of the maze city.

This welfare home was said to have been established 30 years ago, when the Labyrinth City was still under the rule of the Terra Federation, and the director, Jacob, was an old grandfather with a broken leg.

Although life in the orphanage was hard, the children lived happily thanks to the care of Grandpa Jacob.

However, since the Holy See recaptured the Labyrinth City four years ago, this welfare home failed the inspection and was not accepted by the Holy See, so its funding was cut off.

Some of the children in the welfare home were accepted by the Vatican, some were adopted, and the remaining ones like Sanmao, who were physically disabled and unwanted, continued to stay in the welfare home and were raised by Grandpa Jacob out of his own pocket.

Three years ago, Grandpa Jacob suddenly fell ill and his health has been getting worse since then, but he still managed to support the children's lives.

Half a year ago, when the hero defeated the devil, my grandfather's illness suddenly worsened and he even fell into a coma.

The children in the welfare home used the remaining money in the home to pay for Jacob's treatment, but the money was spent last month. In order to raise the 2000 rupees for this month's treatment, Sanmao ran out secretly to raise money despite his grandfather's objection.

After hearing about Sanmao's experience, the tavern owner Van Dam decided to pay the money himself.

The reason why Frey accompanied Sanmao to the hospital was, on the one hand, to confirm whether what he said about "treating grandpa" was true or not, so as to prevent the boss from wasting money.

On the other hand, as an expert in intelligence, he was also very interested in Dean Jacob.

It's called a hospital, but it's just a small clinic in a remote area. When he arrived at the door of the clinic, Frey activated his shadow perception in the cover of night to ensure the safety of the surroundings.

Through shadow perception, Frey discovered that there was an old man lying on a bed near the window in the clinic.

Judging from his appearance, the other person should be only about 50 years old, about the same age as Qis, but he is already gray-haired and his face is full of marks left by time.

The old man's face was as pale as paper, his cheeks were sunken, and his arms were thin, hanging limply by the bed like dead branches. The part below the knee of his left leg had been amputated and he had to wear a wooden prosthetic leg.

At the same time that Frey activated his shadow perception, the old man seemed to have noticed the footsteps at the door. He opened his eyes alertly, his gaze as sharp as an eagle.

"Grandpa Jacob, listen to me, I met some kind people today..." Sanmao hurried into the clinic, and after seeing Sanmao, Jacob's expression instantly became kind.

Jacob looked at the purse in Sanmao's hand, then looked at Frey and Noelle, and immediately understood what was going on.

After several attempts at refusing and wrangling, Jacob finally agreed to accept the gift, but he turned around and said to Sanmao:

"Sanmao, my illness can't be cured. Please take this money back to the welfare home."