刺客信条：碎片 - 荒野之巫

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《刺客信条：碎片 - 荒野之巫》（英语：Assassin's Creed: Fragments – The Witches of the Moors），^[3]又名《刺客信条：碎片 - 朗德女巫》（法语：Assassin's Creed: Fragments – Les Sorcières des Landes）是由阿德里安·托马斯创作的刺客信条系列小说。该书于 2022 年 1 月 20 日在法国出版发行。^[1]^[4] 本书是404 Éditions青少年小说系列《刺客信条：碎片》的最后一部作品。

小说以17世纪的1609年拉布尔地区猎巫运动为背景，故事围绕着一对姐妹：16岁的玛歌与17岁的埃尔梅琳展开。^[5]

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猎巫之火，将所到之处化为焦土……

1609年，宗教裁判所肆虐欧洲，成千上万被指控施行巫术的男女正遭受追捕。

16岁的玛歌与17岁的埃尔梅琳在法国朗德地区长大，并跟随母亲凯瑟琳学习疗愈的技艺。妹妹玛歌在或狩猎或配药的质朴生活里怡然自得；而姐姐埃尔梅琳却一心想要迁居城市，远离法国西南部的森林。

当凯瑟琳与女儿们被指控施行巫术，并遭派往巴约讷地区的审判长皮埃尔·德·朗克尔追捕时，这份宁静终被打破。孤身逃亡的玛歌被神秘男子尼科德默斯收留，他将揭示她身世与天赋的真相。当法国民众对宗教裁判所的怒火暗流涌动之际，另一场隐秘的对抗也在幕后上演——刺客与圣殿骑士正围绕一件强大的圣物展开激烈争夺。

殊途两端的姐妹，不仅须祭奠逝去的年少欢愉，更需抉择终将奔赴怎样的宿命：刺客，还是圣殿骑士？选择鲜血铺就之路，抑或是心灵指引的方向？

敬请沉浸于这部扣人心弦的《刺客信条：碎片》系列作品，深入法国猎巫与宗教裁判所时期的核心。

La chasse aux sorcières brûlera tout sur son passage...

1609.L'Inquisition fait rage en Europe et traque des milliers de femmes et d'hommes, accusés de sorcellerie.

Élevées dans les Landes françaises, Margaux et Ermeline, 16 et 17 ans, sont initiées aux pratiques de guérisseuse par leur mère, Catherine. Alors que la cadette s'épanouit dans cette existence simple, entre chasse et apothicairerie, Ermeline rêve de s'installer en ville, loin des forêts du sud-ouest de la France.

Cette vie paisible prend fin lorsque Catherine et ses filles sont dénoncées pour sorcellerie et traquées par Pierre de Lancre, maître Inquisiteur envoyé en mission dans la région de Bayonne. Seule et en fuite, Margaux est recueillie par un homme mystérieux, Nicodémus, qui va lui apprendre la vérité sur ses origines et ses aptitudes. Alors que la colère du peuple français gronde contre l'Inquisition, un autre affrontement prend place en coulisses, opposant Assassins et Templiers autour d'un artefact puissant.

Chacune de leur côté, les deux sœurs devront faire le deuil de leur jeunesse heureuse, mais également décider quelle destinée rejoindre. Assassin ou Templier ? La voie du sang, ou la voie du cœur ?

Découvrez ce roman haletant Assassin's Creed Fragments, au cœur de la chasse aux sorcières et de l'Inquisition française.

故事梗概[]

Prologue[]

At Bayonne, running within the Château-Vieux, Judge Pierre de Lancre held his documents and settled in to escape the heat. Impatient, he waited inside the castle while going his directives for the day such as acquiring troops and studying the land where his task leads him. From the documents, he hopes to find what the courts may have overlooked from its testimonies and statements. However, most proved to be made of petty feuds and rivalries. Assessing them, he wants to interview the condemned at the castle's dungeons and to discern the true stories from the fake ones.

As judge, Pierre knows that his rule would be paramount due to his decisions on administering fatal judgments on the so-called "witches". He sees that anyone who strays from the traditions and law will need to disappear. While reading, he soon feels the hand of fellow judge Jean d'Espaignet, whom he despised for his two-faced demeanor. In public, d'Espaignet holds a firm grasp on the law, but in private, he was a drunk and idiotic in his profession. Jean's disregard for etiquette and chastisement leads Pierre to be enraged whilst in his proximity.

Tasked by King Henry IV, both Pierre and Jean were tasked to be inquisitors in Bayonne to settle these "ungodly" matters. The region of Labourd was their destination and noted to be mainly made of women, due to their men working overseas. However, Jean admits that he will not be able to go due to the king's order to have him mediate a situation with Spain. Elated, Pierre feigns congratulations and wishes Jean well. Jean states that he wished to stay but knows Pierre is more than capable to do the job.

After Jean bids him farewell, Pierre smiles and knows his fellow Templars' plan to stir conflict between Spain and France worked. Alone at the helm, he now has free rein over Labourd and its upcoming trials.

Chapter One[]

Ermeline looks at a flashy robe and wondering about her life away from here, but is placed back on track when Catherine tells her to ready to help a yelling woman. Ermeline is a young seventeen year-old girl who helps Catherine in her surgical sessions and provides a calm demeanor for the patients. In this situation, the patient is ten-months pregnant and the doctors told her to wait, causing her and her husband to seek Catherine's help.

Catherine works as the mid-wife in these situations and her stature and personality was on par with no one else. Her daughters knew all too well. Catherine decides to induce labor and has Ermeline help her ready the procedure. Ermeline wastes no time and finds the necessary equipment, knowing it by heart after five years daily. Retrieving boiling water and setting down the materials, Ermeline prepared the tea concoction and handed it to Catherine.

Catherine gives the tea to the pregnant woman, who spits it out. Catherine continues to give her the tea and soon the woman becomes calmer. She soon determines that they would have to perform surgery instead of natural birth. Preparing the linens, she mixes them with some essences. Thanking Ermeline, Catherine tells her to leave to rest and take care of the husband outside. Outside, a sad Ermeline takes a breath and goes to the husband. Beginning to reassure the man, the pregnant woman lets out a scream as Catherine makes the first incision. Ermeline stops the man and tries to convince him of how childbirth is usually painful.

The man says that her doctor mentioned her moods were the reason for her late delivery, much to Ermeline's chagrin. Ermeline tells him that it is neither his or his wife's fault but noticed that the doctors did not want to tell a wealthy merchant the truth and waited too late to act. Ermeline comforts the man and tells him that God is testing him and how he will react under his test. The man is shocked at her knowledge of the holy script but the women of Labourd have always held the same level of knowledge of the texts as the men. Yet, she does not care about his views and wishes him hell if he is against her.

An hour passes and Catherine exits the cottage to hand the baby to the father. Telling him that the wife needs to rest, Catherine and Ermeline leave him with the baby. However, Ermeline sees that the surgery did not go well as Catherine tells her to shut the door. She tells her that the woman has lost too much blood and will not survive. Catherine tells her to find the cloth but Ermeline asks to wait for Margaux. However, her mother tells her that she was out wandering, which Ermeline always disliked due to her working most of the times with their mother. Also, Ermeline was not fond of using the cloth but Catherine insisted to use to save the woman's life and what good is it without saving those who need it.

Taking the cloth out of its secret compartment, Ermeline placed it on the woman per Catherine's insistence. Soon, the scar on the belly began to heal but slower than usual. However instead of being scared, she lets the cloth work as it tried talking to her. Soon, the woman is fully healed while Ermeline hides the cloth quickly. With the woman awake, she asks how she does not feel any pain. Catherine explains that she is really good with sutures while Ermeline uses the best mixture of balms. Reminding the woman of the bandages, Catherine readies her while Ermeline knows that her mother will receive very little due to all she has does.

While Ermeline wants for them to live in the city and have their medicinal miracles make them wealthy, Catherine had put moot on that idea and wanted no part with jealous city people. Also, Margaux always sees herself outside and loves the fields and the woods while Ermeline condemns her immature behavior. She knows that Margaux also has the tendency to find herself in tremendous trouble.