Chapter 32 – The Guilty Will Be Punished
When I came out of the entrance of the castle and entered the drawbridge, I saw a four-wheeled carriage waiting in advance. Next to it was a small wagon, escorted by two knights on horseback, evidently a wagon for the evacuation of criminals.
“Good. Please come this way.”
The driver shows his yellow teeth and bows down. I took my eyes off the wagon and, following the coachman’s guidance, got into the carriage.
“…….”
I did it anyway. Inside the wagon, the elf was seated in advance. I felt bad for a moment, but I sat next to him without showing it.
“Let’s go.”
Tapping the floor of the wagon with the tips of your toes, the sound of horses hooves resonates along with the whipping. I took out the book out of habit and opened it, but the elf didn’t take his eyes off me.
‘Is there something you want from me… ?’
Not. Let’s not make things that consume our spirit just by talking for nothing. Completely ignoring it was the correct answer at this point. I’ll get to the mansion if I ignore it somehow…….
Jiing-
It’s burdensome to look at it without a single wavering. Sweat drips from my hand holding the book. How long are you going to keep staring at me, elf?
Gyyyying-
It would not be an exaggeration to say that they are openly seeking attention at this level. If I continued to ignore it, it seemed that something would go wrong with me, so I closed the book and looked back at the elf as plainly as I could.
“Do you have something to say?”
“Ah. On that……”
It’s absurd that you act so naturally while staring at me just now. The elf hesitated, then lowered his pointy ears and looked up at me with innocent eyeballs.
“Because there is a ring on my master’s left hand that I have never seen before.”
“Is that what you were curious about? This…….”
My mouth, which was about to say it was an engagement ring, stopped abruptly. If I confessed the truth as it is, my life in the mansion would turn into an inferno.
I don’t know if it’s possessiveness or conquest, but this elf really hated me being intimate with other women.
Saying “This is an engagement ring!” To an elf’s face might translate to “Kill me!” To the elf.
Gulp.
This is clearly the crossroads between life and death. If you tell the truth, life will be hard with a high probability.
The fact that I had to lie hurt my faith and conscience, but since I struggled to survive, the God of Light would be lenient.
“…… I recently bought one because I wanted to dress up.”
“Hey.”
Suspicion lingers in his red eyes.
“You wore a ‘diamond ring’ on the ‘ring finger of your left hand’ for adornment. I see It feels like you matched a ring with ‘someone’ to promise unchanging love. Mmm. It must be my misunderstanding.”
Left ring finger, diamond ring, someone.
The clues the elf gave were so tenacious that the thought of making excuses disappeared.
But admitting it here would only add to the guilt of lying. It was a bit risky, but it was necessary to go out boldly.
“Trash. It doesn’t matter what your master does. It’s disgusting to let your imagination run wild.”
He clicked her tongue and glared at the elf with a cold face. Only then did the elf look down and her ears trembled.
“I’m sorry……. I’m intelligent like a sow, so I didn’t know it was wrong to ask my master questions…….”
“Huh. I just need to know. I’m tired, so I’m going to close her eyes her, so I’m closing that low heat.”
“Yes, yes…….”
The elf closed her mouth sullenly.
It was fortunate that the improvement worked. If it is discovered later that it is her engagement ring her, it may cause a big upset, but if she communicates with Esily in advance, the misfortune can be avoided.
Maybe…….
*
“We have arrived, be well!”
Her coachman’s booming cry opened her eyes. She blinked her eyes a few times in a daze, only to realize that she had fallen asleep involuntarily.
Looking around her, the elf was sleeping as well. She is seen sleeping with her back reclined in her seat and her head leaning against the wall.
‘It must have been tiring.’
She told me to redraw yesterday’s picture from scratch, so she must have stayed up all night. No matter how much I reached the level of a great wizard, I couldn’t help the fatigue accumulated in my body.
I wanted to wake him up, but decided to stop. It was much better for me when the elf was sleeping. I stopped the coachman from speaking again by putting my index finger to my mouth and got off the carriage.
I took a few steps in a confused mood, and Harvey, the chamberlain, and Bainen, the vassal knight, approached me.
“You went through a lot of hardships while fulfilling the role of regent, Head of Household.”
“Congratulations on your safe return, young boy.”
After being greeted by her nodding her, I stared at Beinun.
“Has anything happened to the family?”
“Yes? I don’t know. You should ask the chamberlain about that.”
“I mean, I’m asking what you’ve been up to for the past week.”
“Hey what……. As a vassal knight, he kept his family name as usual. Nothing happened.”
“It means you played tangja tangja.”
Possibly pricked by his conscience, Bainen coughed.
“Young master. Do you think your words have pricked up a bit?”
“Not at all. I just want to thank the God of Light that the only vassal knight of the Deharm family is alive and well.”
“Huh true. If there had been a separate order, I would have done my best to deal with it, but didn’t the young master go to the count’s castle without saying anything? It is unfortunate for me.”
“If you gave a separate order, did you faithfully carry out your mission?”
“Yes. I swear by my chivalry.”
You’re caught, Baenon. I smirked and pointed at the cart in the back.
“Then, I want you to carry out the orders I give you now. Get the prisoner out of that wagon and take him to District 21 on Skygarden Street. There will be a flower shop there. The owner’s name is Haria. Go and ask how the criminals should be punished.”
“No. I am a valedictorian, I am not a person who runs errands.”
“Well? Did you just say it with your own mouth? If I give a separate order, I will faithfully carry it out. That too, while mentioning chivalry.”
Bainen’s eyebrows twitch. His expression His was as ferocious as that of a beast caught in a trap, but I was not afraid at all.
“I think you, who value knightly tradition, will not violate chivalry.”
When I sarcastically asked him to refute it, Bainon let out a blank laugh as if it was absurd.
“Why, it seems that the young master’s head is getting more and more flying.”
“I take it as a compliment.”
Low sigh. Bainen walked towards the wagon with no help.
“Me and you bastard criminal!”
I also forgot to vent my anger.
*
Bainen went to the flower shop in District 21 of Sky Garden Street as Theorard ordered.
There was a widow raising a three-year-old boy alone, and the widow greeted her brightly and screamed in surprise when she saw the criminal ‘Mernon’.
By the look on her face her, she would know that Murnon was the one who killed her husband her. So, Bainen explained what she had done, and the widow, who was at peace with her mind her, asked for Murnon to be killed as brutally as possible, saying that she would go through the same pain that her husband suffered.
Incidentally, while not forgetting her gratitude to Theo Rad, she handed over the money she had saved from running the flower shop, but Baynon did not take it. Because she knew Theo Rad would hate her.
“Hey, hey!”
So, a simple execution ceremony was being held in a wide open space in the middle of the forest. Beinan tossed the rope over a sturdy tree branch and then dragged her down. Her nonchalant eyes turn to her mother her.
“Why. Do you have something to say?”
“Yeah, yes! Save me! Then I will tell you where my wealth is hidden!”
“Oh my. Where are you?”
“If you save me, I will tell you. Really!”
“That doesn’t work. What do you believe in to save you?”
Bainun pulled the rope tight and secured it to a stake driven into her floor her.
“Khehe!”
As the rope is pulled tight, the noose around Murnon’s neck is pulled up. But she didn’t die immediately, just enough to let her breathe if she lifted her toes.
From the point of view of Mannon, with her arms and legs tied, it is a structure that has no choice but to be defeated. Sensing her sense of danger, Murnon exhaled her breath roughly.
“Well, then……. Would you save me if I told you first?”
“Of course. I swear by my chivalry.”
“Joe, okay. If you go to the basement of the Black Wheat Field Tavern, you will find bricks of different colors alone. From there, press the brick located 3 times down to the left and 5 times to open a secret room. I’ve saved my money there! Really!”
It’s pretty specific. I don’t think it’s a lie.
Vaynon, who had been stroking her rough beard her, nodded her head indifferently.
“Your money will be put to good use. But I can’t respond to your request. I am the one who swore allegiance to the young master. Even if the emperor told me to do it, I wouldn’t do it if the young master told me not to.”
Bainen still remembers Wellian, the father of Theorad and the ancestor of Viscount Deharm. As well as the words Wellian asked before he died.
—Bainen. Take good care of my son. Since he is a good-natured guy, he could get caught up in political strife and be in danger. I’ll give you any amount of money you like.
But no money was received. Bainen simply followed the master’s last command. Because he was the last request of the person who gave him a knighthood and allowed him to live like a human.
Of course, there was no way that Murnon knew that.
“Muh, what! Didn’t I just say I swore to chivalry!”
“It did. But breaking chivalry is my chivalry.”
What nonsense do you mean? Murnon opened his mouth in embarrassment, but Bainnon scratched his head and backed away.
“I’m sorry to tell you one thing, but it would be better if you just hang yourself and die. Wolves come out here every evening. Wouldn’t that be better than being eaten alive by them?”
“This swindler like this dog…… !”
“I don’t want to hear from a murderer who killed an innocent person. Well, you know how to do it Since I have the money I received, I will pray for you to rest in peace.”
A grinning Vaynon mounted her horse and gave her a light kick in the side. She then walks leisurely forward, her horse her, which was eating her grass, raising her head.
“You bastard who deserves punishment! Where are you like a knight……!”
The profanity shouted from behind her comes quite beautifully. Beinun, who was humming her song her, waved her finger her in the middle of her as if to ask her to lift it up.
