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Chapter 368: Filling in the Gaps

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"Do you really think he'll agree?" asked Nightingale after Petrov left, whispering into Roland's ear

"I'm not sure In addition, even if he does, he'll still need to persuade Count Hull for it to be of any use," said Roland as he took a sip of his hot tea, "If his father still insists on his position as a noble, then there'll be nothing we can do"

"You can't bear to see hio, can you?" she teased

"Of course not" Roland pursed his lips "As a noble, he's both intelligent and hu cohold for a year or two, he'll definitely becoes to persuade Count Hull, you'll really hand the Royal Capital over for hie to conquer Graycastle, the capital will naturally need to be moved elsewhere In addition, cities that are far froed by officials sent from the west As such, the terms I laid out itimate"

Towards the end of his conversation with Petrov, Roland informed him that from henceforth, he would not appoint any nobles In fact, after consolidating Graycastle, he planned on establishing a brand new dom based on that of Bordertown He planned to consolidate and create a central governle word of law and judicial policy Should Petrov decide to stay, Longsong Stronghold would be far from his final destination Be it a overno in reality, it'll be up to none other than himself

Roland sincerely hoped that Petrov would understand his implications and anticipations froht then, it's not as if I understand these things anyway," Nightingale patted his shoulder and continued, "in any case, the neitch is coo elsewhere for a while"

"You're going to question her by yourself?"

"I'll call Wendy over" The sound of her laughter rang out beside his than I am"

The Witches Union for the sake of safety (a cause mainly championed by Scroll), had established a rule: prior to any further interactions with an unknown Witch, their identity had to first be confir this required her to enter her mist, and therefore also take off the God's Stone of Retaliation Thus, it was best if Roland was not present, lest the outsider revolted and anything unexpected happened

Scroll even ed to come up with a series of 10 questions specifically to determine one's identity, such as "Where are you fronize the prince", "Do you hold any hostile intentions towards the prince", etc Since Nightingale could only deteret's own beliefs, this battery of true/false questions ai any loopholes Even if they could deceive her once or twice, there was no way they could pass every single question

Roland didn't knohether to laugh or cry when this was brought up, but in consideration of the witches' good intentions, he could only go along with this plan

After leaving the main hall, he returned to his office and i Petrov's report on the discovery of neitches in Longsong Stronghold, Roland realized his oversight Though he had sent Anna onto the cereed the existence of witches in Border Town, no official decree ever explained their status and how they should be treated Thus, Border Town hold, where a witch would hide herself upon awakening and lie unknown instead of revealing her talents