The fire was burning, warming this cold night of early spring. The orange fire was pounding, and the girl Mu Qiong sat by the fireplace, curled up in the thick sofa. She suddenly felt chill all over, not only because of the temperature, but also because of the thick historical monographs in her hand.

Orlando is a biologist, and his historical collection is not rich. However, hunting witches, which are a historical phenomenon that requires a lot of books in the entire European history and even the entire history of human civilization, has more or less recorded. These unprofessional and accurate records have made the girl Mu Qiong subconsciously hold her arms tight.

For the first time, she felt that reading was so difficult, because the words in front of her recorded the living cruelty, darkness, madness, tyranny, ignorance, deception, greed, and bloody human beings. That hundreds of years of time were filled with the most perverted ****, the most shameless frame-up, the most ignorant blind obedience, the highest pressure persecution, and the most varied and terrifying methods of execution. These historical events that have actually happened are more creepy than any horror movie, and more afraid to touch than any cruel novel.

Because movie novels are fake, and these are real.

Only by seeing these can you deeply feel that humans can be so vicious.

"Sofia, what's wrong? Is it bothering you?" Orlando felt intuition that there was something wrong with him. He put down all the work in his hand, boiled water and poured a cup of tea. The tea fragrance was everywhere. He carried the tea and moved the bench with the refreshment, sat in front of the girl Mu Qiong and handed the tea cup: "What happened? Why did you suddenly read this type of book?"

"I..." The girl Mu Qiong was in a state of great thought, and some similar information suddenly flashed through her mind. Leaders, quotations, revolutionary generals, cowsheds, criticisms, monsters and gods, iron hats, parades, beatings, smashing, looting, burning, persecution. The huge and scattered information flashed through her mind like bad frames inserted in old movies. It was fleeting and unpredictable, but it really existed.

The girl Mu Qiong suddenly realized that it was not the first time she had come into contact with such crazy human evil. She felt something and knew that she had experienced similar cruel times, and that she had been targeted by the whole group like a witch in a history book.

But no matter how cruel that era is, there are always warm and powerful supporters and protectors around you. A high-rise blood knife flashed through my mind. The strong arms holding the knife and the majestic figure supporting the sky make people feel that no matter how cruel the era is, it is just a matter of working together to overcome difficulties together.

But now, on the other hand, the girl Mu Qiong felt more and more lonely. She was confused and didn't know where she came from. She was lost and didn't know how to find the secret treasures of life. She silently for a long time, and finally found a trace of warmth in the teacup in her hand and the old professor who looked at her gently in front of her.

At this moment, the old professor finally had a little color and was no longer a simple passerby.

"Professor." The girl Mu Qiong said a lot, and finally turned into a question: "Why do you want to hunt a witch?"

"This... this is a complicated question." Orlando knew that the student had a strange brain circuit. He didn't try to understand what she meant. He could only rub his temples and answered on the matter: "Sophia, you are still a child, you may not understand. To be honest, I can't say it well, because I'm not good at humanities. There are too many reasons behind hunting witches, too subtle. But I think the most fundamental reason why this kind of action can be so crazy is one word."

"What word?"

"fear."

"Fear?" The girl Mu Qiong didn't understand: "What are you afraid of? Why are you afraid?"

"Yes, children, fear, this is a very terrible emotion that can lead to many sensational consequences." Orlando tried to calm his voice and tried to dilute the bloody smell of that period of history: "It was an ignorant era. Under the limitations of productivity and the deliberateness of those in power, the people's understanding of the world was very incomplete. It was not like now, that was, it was not objective, not sober, nor comprehensive. After encountering many super-understanding problems, they blamed everything on the fantasy witches and feared the source of all evil. At the same time, it was also a high-pressure era, disease, war, religious persecution, and survival crisis, which led to great mental pressure on the people. The high-pressure led to collective neuroticism, and the unknown led to collective fear, mixed into collective hysteria, and the factors of tyranny were released to the greatest extent. After all, humans are different from their own individuals, and they always tend to be frightened and destructive."

"Humans tend to be frightened and destructive for incomprehensible things..." The girl Mu Qiong murmured, but Orlando suddenly understood a little. Compared to the entire Cambridge crowd, isn't the girl in front of her that incompatible special individual?

It seems that this girl has encountered some interpersonal crisis.

"Sophia, in modern society, you don't have to worry about this problem at all. Human beings' understanding of the world has been greatly expanded, and their tolerance for special talents has been unprecedentedly enhanced. Look at me, I, a bioengineering person, was shaved alive for the crime of witch doctors in the Middle Ages, but now I can receive the award with great brilliance and enjoy my highlights." Orlando spread his hands and said with ease: "You don't need to be troubled by your talent, because the scientific concepts in modern society are completely different. For modern people, if you don't know for the time being, then understand. There is nothing in this world that humans can absolutely not understand."

It is understandable, and you will not be afraid.

This makes sense, but the girl Mu Qiong's expression was not much relaxed. She pondered for a moment and asked, "What if, what if, really exist, something that cannot be interpreted and understood by human intelligence level?"

"If such a thing really exists..." Orlando didn't understand why the girl asked this question, but after careful consideration, he gave the answer with a solemn expression: "Then you must block this news into a small range. Only the most rational, wise and restrained group of people can master the news. Because if it is well known on a large scale, the confidence of the whole people established by modern science will collapse instantly, and humans will burst out with stronger and more crazy collective fear than in any previous historical period, resulting in terrifying consequences of self-destruction."

The topic becomes heavy.

A brief silence.

"If..." the girl raised her head, her eyes flashed: "What if a real witch, the kind of witch with incomprehensible special power, wants to be friends with ordinary people?"

"Two roads. Either the witch pretends to be perfect and never be found to be different from ordinary people. However, this will make you nervous all your life, and the friends you make may not be true friends. Such friendships may fall apart at the moment when the identity is exposed, and the fragile ones cannot be retained."

“Where is the second way?”

"I don't hide my witch's identity from the beginning, but I am strong and independent, and I will attack boldly without complaining. If the other party cannot accept it, then we will break up. If you dare to report me, I will kill you. If the other party knows that it is a witch, he can still accept the greatest unknown, overcome the greatest fear, and tolerate the greatest heresy, such a friend is the real friend." Orlando felt that he was simply handsome at this moment: "If there is such a friend, it is the treasure of the witch's life."

The girl Mu Qiong's eyes suddenly brightened, like a sudden enlightenment, as if she was clearing the clouds and seeing the sun.

Orlando's mouth was upturned. The teacher just said that it was a long time ago. The implication was that: the atmosphere is so good, girl, you can start to reveal what you think. Teacher, I am the warm man who can accept the unknown, customer service fear, and tolerate heresy. Come on, little baby, be moved by the teacher, and then throw yourself into the teacher's arms and tell your little secret!

Having said that, what secret can a little girl have? Just a little child’s psychological fluctuations. Come on, uncle, I just used this to deceive... Cough cough, guide her onto the right path of the world to get close to uncle and me!

But the girl Mu Qiong's expression returned to normal in the blink of an eye, and became nothing again, and there was no sign of wanting to talk to her.

"I understand." The girl Mu Qiong nodded: "I'm back and set off tomorrow."

"Okay..." The fantasy was fantasy after all...

When he reached the door, the girl Mu Qiong hesitated for a moment and turned around and said, "Thank you for your solution."

"Ah?" Orlando was stunned for a moment. The girl actually said thank you to me? Teacher, why did I feel flattered in an instant? "Ah, it's okay, it's normal to discuss with each other. Come often when you have time!"

After seeing Sophia off, Orlando was stunned and suddenly felt that this girl seemed to be different from before. She couldn't tell me where she was, but the old man always felt a happy feeling. It seems that no matter what, the teacher's dignity can still be saved. By the way, I suddenly had a lot of expectations for this experimental trip to a foreign land!

OK, roll up your sleeves and work hard, pack up everything tonight, and set off tomorrow to rush towards Nobel!

But although he thought it was very good, he did not set out according to his plan the next day. To be precise, he even brought his suitcase, and the girl Mu Qiong met him in a very good manner. When she was about to set off and leave, the girl suddenly changed her mind.

Because, Adam appeared.

"Oh, long time no see." Adam sighed as if he was a different life: "Something happened in the family suddenly happened, and he was a little embarrassed. He just got out of here. It can be regarded as... escaping from death. How are you doing recently?"

The girl Mu Qiong stared at Adam for a long time, then suddenly turned around and left, and said lightly: "Come with me."

"Ah?" Adam was surprised: "Where to go?"

"go out."

The girl Muqiong didn't even hesitate at all, threw Orlando away from school with Adam.
Chapter completed!