Grimoire of Zero Volume 5 by Kakeru Kobashiri

Author:Kakeru Kobashiri [KOBASHIRI, Kakeru]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASCII Media Works

Chapter 4: Mercenary’s Contract

How did it end up like this? I wondered.

There must have been a different way. Something better than revealing to the Knights Templar that she was Zero, which could only be described as a suicidal act.

“Why would she let herself be taken to the Church? There’s no guarantee we’ll get the book back that way. What’s she gonna do if they decide to burn her at the stake? That’s probably what’s gonna happen. Does she expect me to save her then? Right under the Knight Templars’ noses? That’s impossible. They’ll kill me.”

“Mercenary, are you done with your endless, pessimistic monologue? It is irritating me.”

“How about you look at the situation first before you speak, you rotten witch! Do you realized what you’ve done?! Those guys from the Church are beasts that thirst for the blood of witches!”

“A beast calling the Church beasts? My, how they have fallen.” Zero gave a carefree laugh.

Breathing a sigh, I clutched my head.

When Zero revealed that she was the leader of the Coven of Zero, the Knights Templar turned pale, and before I knew what was happening, her hands had been chained.

And of course, the chains that the Church used against witches were no ordinary chains. The cuffs that bound her arms were inlaid with four blue gems, and every inch of the chains were filled with letters.

“The blue gems are lapis lazuli, which weakens a witch’s power,” the priest said. “On the chain are words of contempt against demons and praise for the goddess. The chains are also burned with incense that demons despise. While bound by these chains and cuffs, the connection between a witch and demons is severed.”

“Gems, words, and incense. Are those really enough?” I asked.

“Sorcery and Magic use symbols, letters, words, incense, and sacrifices that correspond to demons, Mercenary,” Zero said, looking uncomfortable with the chains. Her affirmation actually surprised me. “If something hinders any of them, you will not be able to use either. Even if you could, you are highly likely to cause a life-threatening disaster. The Church has fought witches with everything they have since ancient times. Their technology is nothing to scoff about.”

“If the Church didn’t have a way to prevent the use of witchcraft, it wouln’t have won the war five hundred years ago,” the priest said, appalled. “And we wouldn’t be able to take our time in burning a witch.”

“I guess that makes sense,” I said.

Public execution also served as a platform for the Church to show that it had the power to completely incapacitate witches. The Church wouldn’t take countless witches alive and burn them in front of the public if they didn’t have the ability to make them powerless.

In other words, we were in deep shit.

Somewhere in the back of my mind, I thought Zero would eventually be able to do something with her Magic, but if she couldn’t cast any spells, then she was doomed.

Zero was glad that she was being taken to Lutra Cathedral like she planned, but my gut was aching.

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