Alien Knights

　　 The bishop of Fabian dropped the hammer, and the dull impact echoed in the hall, representing the official start of the heresy trial.

　　According to the due process, the interrogator should first announce the crime and ask the defendant whether he has pleaded guilty. If the suspect pleads guilty, then the trial will enter the church’s probation and training stage; if he does not plead guilty, then the trial will enter the trial stage. If the suspect is finally found guilty, he will be treated as a stubborn person and severely punished.

　　 This is a bit like the slogan often seen in prisons in previous lives: "Be lenient in confession, strict in resistance."

　　Fr Paul walked up to Todd, and the two looked at each other. The former asked first: "Father is here! Should I call you a member of Todd, or Brother Todd?"

　　 This question doesn't seem strange at first, but after careful reading, it makes people unable to answer.

　　 If Todd admits the name of a member of the church, he will be biased towards the church and will definitely lose the support of the monastery; if he admits the name of a monk, he will be biased towards the monastery, which will alienate those priests and knights who have helped him.

　　The trial has not yet begun, so Paul used such a dilemma to force Todd to stand in line between the "ecclesiastical" and "ascetic".

　　 The party was not in a hurry, and read out a story from the holy text aloud.

　　『While the beautiful, kind, and forgiving saint was shepherding sheep, he encountered a wolf asking him for a sick, young lamb. The saint said this, go away, the Lord never abandons a submissive and pious child".

　　 After saying this, the monks and church personnel present immediately understood what he meant.

　　 Whether it is a monk or a church member, they are all servants of the Father. Any act of abandoning or hurting is a blasphemy against the holy will.

　　 As a result, the first round of the confrontation.

　　Fr Paul condemned himself for being boring, and was secretly humiliated by Todd using the term wolf.

　　 The second round begins.

　　 deliberately skipped the questioning, Paul went directly to the trial stage and reported the first crime out loud.

　　 "Falsely report the number of holy relics, embezzle church property".

　　Paul claimed that someone reported to the church that Todd sent back 28 boxes of crystal relics from the north, but only gave the church 17 boxes. In addition, he publicized that he was willing to hand over all the crystals to the church. This was a deliberate deception and a reputation!

　　 As soon as this statement was made, those who knew the situation in the audience were startled at first, and then angry. The knights and priests who were members of the visiting group immediately refuted this absurd statement loudly.

　　 Because this is really shameless.

Ten thousand steps back and said that Todd brought the crystal back from the north. It was his business whether he was willing to give the church. Even if he didn't give a box, he couldn't blame him; and he didn't talk about this kind of thing at the time, but chose Now it is proposed, and it is clearly to make a "unnecessary" charge.

　　 Queen Mary listened intently to the dispute in the hall, and gradually understood the whole story.

　　 She thought in her heart that anyone who was not particularly stupid would understand that this was a crime imposed on the monk, but Todd could not refute it. Because he made a fatal mistake, he did not piggyback or notify any church personnel to supervise the ship when the ship went to sea and docked. This behavior fell the handle. The Heresy Tribunal can completely say that because there is no supervision, Todd has the opportunity to hide the crystal holy relic and commit a sin of disrespect to the Holy Spirit.

　　 The queen tilted her head, holding her cheeks with her hands, with a distressed expression on her face. How would you defend yourself if you encounter this kind of accusation instead? Find the crew or the people watching and ask them to testify? …No, their testimony may not have enough credibility.

　　 After much deliberation, this crime is completely a deadlock. You know it is a false proposition, but there is no evidence to refute it.

"Todd, do you have something to say?" Father Paul showed a smug look on his face. This was a crime he had negotiated with the bishop. Once he was settled, there was a reason to send the monk to the heresy interrogation room. He was tortured to extract a confession and asked him to tell the exact place where the crystal was found, so as to solve the current troubles of Bishop Fabian.

　　 The defendant suddenly became the object of everyone's attention.

　　 How would he defend himself?

　　 This question became a consensus among everyone present.

　　 After thinking for a few seconds, Todd moved.

He first knocked on the floor under his body with his knuckles, and then looked at the wide preaching platform in front of him. To everyone's expectations, he suddenly asked a weird question: "I was sent here before to place the crystals. Do you still keep the wooden box?"

　　 The assistant to the deacon of the cathedral, upon hearing this, he immediately stood up and said: "It's all there, now in the warehouse."

　　 "Very good, please get all of them here." Watching the church staff get up to pick up the box, Todd walked up to the preaching platform, started from the side of the end, and began to measure the distance with his steps.

　　 Paul threw the indictment onto the table angrily, and shouted: "Todd! I'm asking you whether you deny guilt! Don't try to delay time by playing tricks of mystery!"

　　 The defendant ignored him. Instead, he walked into the audience, found the knights and priests who were familiar with the visiting group, and asked eleven of them to come up and assist him.

　　 Then, after some questioning, he found a knight who had dealt with the North Island pirates in front of everyone, and asked the following questions.

　　 Todd asked first: "Excuse me, do you know the ship type commonly used by North Island pirates?"

　　 The knight nodded and replied: "Yes, there are generally two types of ships. Warship (langskip) and cargo ship (knorr). When going south to plunder, use the former."

　　 "The approximate size and draft of the warship, can you tell the numbers?"

　　 "No problem, the regular size is 17.4 meters (57 feet) long and 2.6 meters (8.5 feet) at its widest point. The draught varies according to the weight of the ship, generally 45 cm to 65 cm."

　　 "What's the situation regarding crew distribution?"

　　 "There are 16 paddle positions on each side, and the maximum load of the boat is 48 people. If you just want to move the boat, you need at least 12 people."

"Thank you very much for your answer." Todd picked up a hemp rope that he had just found and handed it to the knight: "One last thing to trouble you, please use this rope on the floor of the preaching platform. Put on the general appearance of the battleship."

　　 The knight thought for a while, and put out an "ellipse" shape on the ground with hemp rope.

Queen Mary’s beautiful light blue eyes, flowing quietly and moisturized like waves, she already understood what the monk wanted to do, but she was just such a whimsical "self-defense", she believed that she could not do anything anyway. think.

　　 "It's so interesting..."

　　 The maid did not hear the hostess’s whisper, UU reading www.uukANAnshu. Com quickly asked: "Your Majesty Queen, what are you talking about?"

　　 "No, there is nothing."

　　 Soon, the church staff retrieved seventeen empty wooden boxes that were used to place crystals. Todd also motioned to the eleven priests and knights around him to sit in an oval surrounded by twine.

After everyone was seated, the monk said to the church personnel: "Okay, please put all the wooden boxes in the ellipse. You can choose any way of placing them, but please pay attention to two points. First, please don't put the wooden boxes. The edge of the box crosses the rope; 2. Please do not stack the wooden box more than 45 cm in height."

　　 People put these wooden boxes horizontally, vertically, or on their sides, avoiding the twelve people who were sitting, and spent a lot of effort, finally embedded in the range of the hemp rope. Although there are still some gaps, that is room for supplies, tents, and weapons.

　　Almost everyone present saw a fact.

　　 For a pirate warship, even if it has a minimum crew of twelve oarsmen, considering the safety of navigation and the placement of cargo, it is the limit to load seventeen wooden boxes of this size. The so-called saying that twenty-eight boxes of crystals should be shipped back is completely nonsense and slanderous.

　　 The so-called charge of "falsely reporting the number of holy relics and embezzling church property" is a joke.

　　 The faces of Father Paul and Bishop Fabian changed from white to red, from red to black. The former saw the angry gaze from the latter, and a sharp spirit hurriedly shouted: "Now I announce Todd's second charge of heresy."

　　 "Violation of Heavenly Father's admonition, private practice of gold alchemy".

　　 In the exclamation of everyone, Todd slowly stood up from the ground, Queen Mary covered her lips with a folding fan, and leaned forward.

　　 The climax of this play finally kicked off...