588 588. Accidents Happen
"And who are you? A freak sympathiser?" The man sitting in his chair asked.
Dobby chuckled, "This feels like the wizarding world all over again."
"Haha, indeed. It does feel like how the wizarding world would have been in mediaeval times." Alexander replied, ignoring the fat man on the chair.
But, the fat man must have felt angry, so he got up and shouted, "ANSWER ME. YOU ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF GRAND INQUISITOR HELVEED."
Alexander looked back, "I am Alexander Maxim Universe. I want a trial for this girl. Where is the proof that she is a witch? You say she seduced the priest, but let's not forget, she was found in priest's bed. This means that the priest was in on it. It takes two hands to clap, you know." Alexander demanded.
"The verdict has already passed. I am the Grand Inquisitor." Helveed replied.
"But nobody saw that. People want to know the truth. They need a guarantee that you are impartial. What if tomorrow you catch any of the people here and also call them a freak? Where is the proof?" Alexander spoke loudly, sowing the seed of doubt in the people.
Alexander was a god, he was already radiating an aura of a godly being. Adding to his old age, he looked very wise. The people started murmuring and many nodded.
Alexander then took out a big bag of gold coins from the sack on Dobby's back. He threw it at the feet of the inquisitor.
"In that sack are ten thousand large gold coins. More than your budget for the whole year. If you can prove that this woman is indeed a witch, then all of it is yours. I will, in fact, donate more money to build a new temple for you." Alexander offered.
He knew that greed many times clouds the judgement of a man. Helveed immediately agreed to do this for the money. He told his men to go and bring the priest. His plan was simple, as long as the priest says that he was seduced, everything will be fine.
People in these times had no idea about what cross-examination meant and what a true trial meant.
Soon, the priest came and Alexander magically poured the truth-spitter potion directly into his mouth.
Helveed quickly asked him, "Priest Quartal, tell us, were you seduced by this woman?"
There was a moment of silence as everyone waited for the answer. Geralt and Yennefer had also accepted that nobody could stop Alexander from losing so much money now. There was no way the priest would tell the truth.
Quartal mumbled something first to fight the effects of Truth Spitter, but, nobody can win against it.
"I... she... she did not seduce me. She came to the church to pray for a better life. She was very poor so I... I promised her money if she slept with me. But, an acolyte saw me and her in the bed together." He confessed.
Immediately, the people started booing. Taking the advantage of the situation, Alexander asked. "Then, why is she being called a witch?"
"To save the image of the Church of Eternal Fire. The Grand Inquisitor ordered for this and his orders are supreme." Quartal replied.
"Then, can you tell me, how common are these fake witch hunts and burnings?" Alexander asked.
"Most of the time people whom we catch and burn are not witches. We just pick a woman from the poor part of the city who has no family so no one can vouch for her. Then we let our men first use her for their pleasure. When the woman goes mad from the torture, we show her to the public and burn her." He confessed in detail.
Alexander and everyone else there felt sickened to no end. The people had trusted the Church of Eternal Fire wholeheartedly but now they saw their true faces.
"Who is involved in all this? Does the Inquisitor and hierarch of Novigrad know about this?" Alexander asked further.
"Yes, they all know about this. Most of the Priests indulge in these activities." He replied.
Alexander looked at the people with open arms, "You heard everything. Let's ask The Grand Inquisitor about this."
"Helveed, is what this man said true?" Alexander asked.
"H-H... Y... Yes, he i-is speaking the t-truth." Helveed said with a shocked expression on his face.
"Geralt, pass me your sword please," Alexander instructed.
Geralt grunted but obliged. He felt like he was taking off his clothes when he passed his sword. He threw it towards Alexander.
Alexander caught it in hand and pointed it at the head of the Grand Inquisitor. "People, tell me, shouldn't these sinners be punished as severely as they did with you all? They see you all as pigs, only meant to be slaughtered or r*ped. Is this acceptable? Isn't Novigrad supposed to be a free city? Then how can we let ourselves be enslaved by this so-called Church of Eternal Fire?
"Tell me, what do you want? Do you still want to support them or punish them?"
"PUNISH THEM."
"KILL THEM."
Alexander then read the sins of the Grand Inquisitor.
||Grand Inquisitor Helveed - Category 4
Murder - 121
Indirect Murder - 12,456,
R*pe - 514
R*ping minor - 54
Human Sacrifice - 54,568
Infanticide - 12,564
Thievery - 45,456
Lying to public - 1,000,256
Sin Percentage - 87%||
Alexander took a long breath after that. Killing the man so quick was mercy on him. He gave the sword back to Geralt.
"So many sins. Tell me, why did you people kill the sorcerers, witchers and elves? They are all humanoid species with intelligence? What did they do to you?" Alexander asked. This was, of course, Alexander's plan. Whatever Helveed was going to say next were Alexander's words.
Alexander was doing this so he could change the people's perception of the magical species, so they can stop holding this prejudice. By now, half of Novigrad had gathered at that place and watched this scene. So, whatever was being said there, it was going to spread across the land like wildfire.
The Grand Inquisitor answered, "Because Emperor Emhyr var Emreis has promised the Hierarch, Cyrus Engelkind Hemmelfart, that the Church of Eternal Fire will get its own big kingdom after the Nilfgaard wins the war.
"The Nilfgaardian army employs all kinds of magical creatures in their forces. But the northern kingdoms discriminate against magical creatures. We reinforced this idea across the lands, so the Northern Kingdoms don't employ these magical beings. This way, the North will forever be weaker than Nilfgaard."
"Then, does this mean, Sorcerers, Witchers and Elfs are not evil?" Alexander asked.
"No, they are as evil as any other human. There are murderers in every society. Theirs is like that too." He said.
Alexander looked at the people, "See that? They even used you people, to make your own land weaker so you all can be butchered by Nilfgaard. Your hate for all the magical creatures was made to benefit them."
By now, people had started going crazy with all the revelations.
"KILL THEM."
"BURN THEM."
But, seeing the public angry, the Witch Hunters drew their swords out and ran towards people to make a way for their escape. They were all surrounded at the moment. The people screamed in panic.
But Alexander had talked to Yennefer mentally. She immediately appeared in front of the people who were about to be attacked. She used a magical blast to throw the attackers away.
"Don't worry. They can't even touch you." She assured the people.
On the other side, Dobby had saved some people. With his elf ears clearly showing to the people, everyone knew which species he belongs to. In a third location, Geralt was saving the people.
The people were shocked and confused.
"What are you waiting for? Even an Elf, a Witcher and a Sorceress are saving you. Pick your arms, join them and save yourself. Don't be anybody's tool. I can show you the path, but you must walk the path on your own." Alexander loudly said. He waved his hand and all the swords and daggers from the Witch Hunters flew away.
The people raised their fists in the air and went to join Yennefer, Geralt and Dobby.
They all beat the Witch Hunters and Order of the Flaming Rose who was responsible for policing the city and spread the religion of Eternal Fire. Alexander only let them use their fists and didn't let them kill.
That whole night, all the members of Church of Eternal Fire were hunted, beaten and caught. Even Cyrus Engelkind Hemmelfart, the hierarch of Novigrad, was caught.
Once that was done, Alexander gathered the people. "NOW, Novigrad is truly free. Don't let anyone ever control you again. We are not barbarians, remember."
With that, the people started chanting for him. For some reason, a guy shouted, "SAGE KING."
Then everyone started shouting. "SAGE KING! SAGE KING! SAGE KING!"
Alexander smiled wryly. "I just freed them and they put themselves in another shackle by calling me a king."
"That's a normal human for you. They always want to be ruled and be told what to do. They lack true free will. Freedom only sounds good in words and thoughts, but in reality, no one likes true freedom because it brings uncertainty to life." Geralt spoke.
"Well, at least now they won't hunt magical people like crazy," Alexander shrugged.
Yennefer came forward and asked, "When did you plan all this?"
"I didn't," Alexadner blurted.
"WHAT? So, you mean... you accidentally became a king?" Yennefer was shocked.
Dobby chuckled, "Heh, that happens a lot to him."
Alexander's eye twitched when he heard that.
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