Chapter 66 (2/2)

She flicked her wrist and effortlessly threw off Joshua’s hand. All the while, she began to carefully examine Joshua.

None… there’s no demonic aura?

Messai kept feeling that there’s something strange about Joshua. Yet, she was unable to detect any demonic aura from him.

She moved her wrist that was grabbed by Joshua earlier. As Joshua had used a very small amount of his strength to grab her wrist, he gave her the impression that he was an ordinary person.

A human was protecting a demon?

“That thing behind you is a demon, a cunning and vile demon! Do not be deceived by her outward appearance!”

Messai mistook Joshua to be a kind-hearted human that ended up being deceived by that demon and allowed it to hide itself in his place.

While Messai possessed bone-deep hatred for demons, it was the duty of the Ecclesiastical Templars to protect ordinary humans from the harm of demons. That has always been Messai’s pride.

“A cunning demon? My employee?”

Pretending to be surprised, Joshua turned around to look at Ynor. Ynor currently had his head lowered and was tightly grabbing onto the corner of his clothes. His petite body was shivering nonstop.

Ynor felt that, for someone like Joshua, he was something inferior to even dust. He believed that Joshua could end up abandoning him at any moment.

There was no reason for him to provoke the Ecclesiastical Templars all for his sake.

“I’m afraid that your intelligence source was mistaken, miss knight.”

Joshua shook his head and denied Messai’s proclamation.

“Please trust me! I am able to make her reveal her demonic appearance to you right now!”

Golden runes appeared on her hand. It seemed like she was planning to unleash some sort of destructive magic. Before she could do anything, Joshua extended his hand and placed himself between Messai and Ynor.

“What I meant to say is that I knew he’s a demon from the very start. Furthermore, I am not shielding him. He is merely living in Norland as an ordinary citizen! There is no such thing as shielding or protecting a demon.”

“You… are you implying that you’re planning to associate with demons?”

Messai didn’t dare believe how brazen Joshua was. She was not fond of attacking ordinary humans.

“This place is Norland and not your Nation of the Holy Church, Messai. There exists a law in Norland — all the citizens of Norland, regardless of their race, have the right to live in the city. Miss knight, if you insist on continuing to threaten my employee… I’m afraid that I will have to settle this issue according to the laws of Norland.”

That was the reason why Joshua dared to send Ynor to study in the university. It was very difficult to obtain citizenship in Norland. Of the many troublesome ways to obtain citizenship, buying real estate in the city was one of them.

Nominally, as Melina’s adopted son, Ynor had received Norland’s citizenship rights the moment he entered university.

“This matter had nothing to do with the laws! Demons will bring chaos upon this city! We templars of the Holy Church will not let any demon get away!”

Unfortunately, the Nation of the Holy Church was not a parliamentary nation. Instead, it was a theocracy. To them, faith lies above the law.

The noisiness of the tavern caused Messai to become incapable of thinking in a cool-headed manner.

“You mean to say that you’re determined to arrest my employee in my tavern?” asked Joshua.

“Of course. Believe me… demons will only bring threat upon you.”

Messai doesn’t desire for an ordinary human to involve himself in this matter. She was trying to persuade Joshua to hand Ynor over to her without conflict.

“That’s quite scary indeed. But, I think we will resist till the end. But, before that, could we have my guests leave this place first? They’re uninvolved in this matter.”

Joshua was diligently playing the role of a tavern owner that was being threatened. At the same time, he was playing a tavern owner who cared a lot about his customers. As he spoke, he pointed to the dwarves playing Hearthstone.