Faith Spirit Foundation (Madoka and Lycoris Crossover)

"MASTER, what exactly was going on?"

After leaving the town, Mash was still utterly confused, while Duanmu Huai merely snorted.

"What? Are you saying what I just said made no sense?"

"No, I still don't understand. Wasn't that sophistry...?"

Mash was rendered speechless.

"Sophistry? Maybe it was. But at least we can be certain that they aren't humans in the ordinary sense. They're more like puppets."

"Puppets?"

"Exactly. Putting everything else aside, did you notice that none of them were even afraid when they saw me? Does that look like something ordinary people would do?"

"Ah..."

Mash had to admit that Duanmu Huai's analysis left her speechless. Indeed, with a face like his, it was already impressive that these country bumpkins from the mountains hadn't been scared senseless. Yet they had practically ignored Duanmu Huai entirely.

"And I've more or less figured out the logic behind these people's actions."

Duanmu Huai snapped his fingers.

"Logic?"

"Exactly. Do you know why you were singled out?"

"This..."

"You've heard of the Witch Hunt, right?"

"Ah."

At that, Mash suddenly understood.

"Historically, the Witch Hunt began in Europe before spreading to America. Of course, there are many explanations for why the Witch Hunt happened. If you ask me, it all came down to abnormal weather at the time, so they needed someone to take the blame. Naturally, women with low social status ended up being the ones who suffered. Only these barbarians would do something so foolish."

At this point, Duanmu Huai scoffed. His own country had suffered natural disasters throughout history, but people there had never been foolish enough to use women as scapegoats. In times like that, it was usually the emperor who suffered, because a natural disaster meant that the emperor lacked virtue and had been punished by Heaven. In