Vol 5 Chapter 13: Legal Risks of Wizards in the North District

The principle of the ‘sacrifice magic’ created by Kolmar-or ‘sacrifice magic’ and ‘life magic’-is to transform life force into magic power by sacrificing life, thereby improving the magician’s ability to cast spells.
　　
　　 A long, long time ago, when wizards' moral standards were not so high, similar crude sacrifice magic used to appear. But as the outer gods were forced to enter the depths of the starry sky, the wizards abandoned this and cruel magic after finding a more effective way to cast spells.
　　
　　 Even today, even in the depths of the First University Library, there is no similar banned material.
　　
　　 Perhaps there is only such an ancient existence as Satogua, who still retains the concept of magic rituals related to sacrifice and feedback.
　　
Zheng Qing listened to the introduction of Kolmar's "sacrifice magic", and for some reason, he suddenly remembered how he felt when he walked into the northern part of Beta Town-whenever he walked into this neighborhood where magicians live, he would have The feeling of walking into the shadows from the sun makes people unable to hold their cloak tightly.
　　
　　 Even when the sun is the most dazzling at noon, the neighborhood feels gloomy.
　　
　　 Even if they have a way to perform real magic, this way makes people feel uncomfortable. As if this world is not worthy of the brilliant sunshine, any precious and beautiful, after entering this block, it will be distorted and deformed.
　　
"This is indeed a problem." Jiang Yu's echoed voice interrupted the young public-funded student's thoughts. He paid a little attention, and then followed the rhythm of the chat in the tavern-the two witches were discussing the legal risks of sacrificing the use of magic. .
　　
　　Because Kolmar’s
sacrifice magic
consumes the lives of innocent animals when used, and this behavior forms a very obvious conflict with the relevant animal protection regulations in the "Witcher Code".
　　
For example, in some emergency situations, if the wizard in the north district needs to use magic, and there are no frogs around, only a rabbit or a mouse, then it is difficult to prevent the wizard from spreading these small animals when using magic. life.
　　
"The "Witcher Code" stipulates that killing small animals'maliciously' is a crime." Colmar apparently studied the relevant regulations and dealt with it freely when talking about this issue: "And the heaviest penalty is second-degree murder... In times of danger, the law is not more binding on wizards than morals. They have the right to choose to sacrifice animals to save themselves."
　　
　　 This is like the famous train moral paradox. It is to pull the railroad tracks to sacrifice one person to save a group of people, or to sit and watch the train run over a group of people. If the track is pulled, is the person who pulled the track considered murder? Is his behavior malicious?
　　
　　 Zheng Qing never wants to bother with this kind of problem.
　　
　　 He is more willing to imagine that he has the courage and strength of Hercules. When the train rushes over, he lifts it over his shoulders and puts it firmly on the side of the road.
　　
　　 Everyone is happy.
　　
　　 Of course, reality does not allow such a romantic thing to happen.
　　
"Maliciousness is also divided into many kinds." Jiang Yu is now acting as a harsh Dan Hagg prosecutor, racking his brains to find errors in Colmar's logic: "such as'subjective malice, objective malice, and real malice', etc. Wait... From the moment the wizard of the North District chooses to sacrifice magic, he is naturally branded with "True Malice". This can't be got rid of with simple excuses or legitimate defense rights."
　　
"The killing of a rabbit may be a second-degree murder in the code, but the code does not cover all cases. The 18th-century wizard Sir Brexton, who was born in Britain, once quoted in the "Wizard Code Explanation" the "malicious supplements". Principles', including'malicious supplementing age, malicious supplementing soul, malicious supplementing contract', etc... As long as the judge determines that your malice is sufficient during the trial, it is entirely possible to exceed the second-degree murder limit at the trial."
　　
　　 Zheng Qing sat on the cowhide chair blankly, listening to the two witches arguing about various incomprehensible terms. Although his career as a wizard for more than half a year has given him a lot of understanding of this world, it is not enough for him to truly integrate into this world.
　　
　　 This has nothing to do with stupidity.
　　
　　 After all, completing the homework assigned by the professors every day and being familiar with the new introductions in the textbooks has already wasted most of the time of young public-funded students. A little free, he still has a lot of troubles to solve, such as the off-campus shop and the cat group on campus.
　　
Even if he is tired from studying, he draws out one or two free books from the library, he will choose popular books that are close to strange, such as "Werewolves and Blood in the Council under the Moon", "Days Dancing with Dragons", and "Dwarf History Research". To pass the time, you will never waste precious rest time on a professional tome like the "Witcher's Code" that is full of awkward sentences and jerky vocabulary.
　　
　　 You know, he has never taken courses like "Witcher Jurisprudence", "British Legal System History" or "Dan Hag Criminal Procedure Law".
　　
Perhaps today should take Dr. Xiao Da to come to the store together, Zheng Qingku sat on a stool, listening to the two witches chatting, suddenly had this idea-this is a very natural thing, he has reason to believe that he can recite all " Xiao Xiao from The Wizarding Code is easier to blend into the conversation in front of him in this situation.
　　
　　 When he drank the fifth cup of Green Bee and felt his cheeks swell, the discussion among the witches finally came to an end.
　　
"After I go back, I will consult the lawyer at home and listen to his views on this matter." Jiang Yu raised his hand and lifted the falling long hair behind his ears, and whispered: "And grandma... I will also ask. Ask her the opinion of the elderly."
　　
"I also need to re-study the provisions of the "Witcher Code"." Kolma stretched out, and suddenly smiled to herself: "I originally went downstairs because I wanted to steal a lazy child and take a break, but Unexpectedly, the energy consumed downstairs is not much less than that of the upstairs... It's really hard work."
　　
"I can lend you the doctor~EbookFREE.me~Zheng Qing finally had room to intervene and immediately suggested diligently. I completely forget that he has no right to'lend' a wizard with a complete personality. Even that wizard. A member of his hunting team.
　　
"Doctor?" Colmar did not immediately think of the name of the wizard that this term corresponds to. In the first university, the title that wizards have the most is Ph.D. Someone once said with a smile: People start counting, and one of the ten must be a PhD.'
　　
"Oh, it's classmate Xiao Xiao." Jiang Yu explained with a smile: "The special enrollment of our class is very likely to have memorized the entire "Wizard Code" and "Wizard World Encyclopedia"... he is in class. The nickname on is "Doctor"."
　　
"That's good." Colmar smiled and accepted the kindness of the young public-funded student, and blinked at him at the same time: "If Dr. Xiao can help this time, you come to the store during the winter vacation, the one I mentioned' The magic ritual is still effective."
　　
　　 Zheng Qing was taken aback for a moment, and then sweated profusely.
　　
　　 Jiang Yu glanced at the boy curiously, wondering what he was embarrassing about.