"Look......" Count Olceth slowly opened his eyes and chuckled, "They seem to have a killer trick! ”

Immediately, the Count commanded the guards: "The monster, send more guards to cheer up tonight." ”

The guards responded.

"It's time for you to rest, you shouldn't do 'observations' before going to bed. The old man said.

"It's a good look, and I have a bottom in my heart. The Count laughed, "Sure enough, it was rewarding." ”

The young Earl had changed into a velvet dressing gown and sat on the edge of the bed, as if intending to rest.

The old man in black uniform looks like his teacher and staff officer during the day, and now he looks like his butler and personal attendant.

"What are you going to do with them tomorrow?" asked the old man.

"What do you think, Joseph?" asked the Count rhetorically.

"If it were your father," said the old man whom he called Joseph, "he would have chosen to kill everyone tonight, and then sleep well, and tomorrow the Lark would still be the Lark, and nothing would change." ”

"Well," Count Olces blinked, "it does resemble his style, and you know him well. ”

Joseph bowed slightly: "It's just a long time together." ”

"I'm not him, though. "Times are different, and his system may not work now." ”

Joseph reminded, "But don't forget the admonitions that have been passed down from generation to generation in Lark City......"

"Of course, of course. Olces interrupted Joseph with a wave of his hand, "I'm not a kid anymore. Go and help me get Verne, I'd like to hear what the druids have to say. ”

Old man Joseph answered the call, and after a short time, he came in with a sturdy man with a dark complexion. The man was dressed in tatters that didn't fit in with the earl's bedchamber, but Orces didn't mind.

"Welcome, Verne," said the Count, smiling, "glad you have not slept yet. ”

Verne tucked his deerbone helmet between his arms and his waist, pressed his other hand to his chest, and saluted the count.

"May the Titans be with you, Count. ”

"Thank you. I called you here to hear your opinion. Olceis got straight to the point, "You should have heard, I arrested a few people today. ”

"Yes," replied the druid, in a deep voice, "I know who they are. ”

"Oh?" the Count glanced at him, "then, what do you think I should do with them?"

The druid pondered for a moment, "Let it be," he replied.

"Let it be?" I can't tell whether the Count is satisfied or disgusted by this answer, "does it mean that we don't think about anything, but just make decisions according to the course of tomorrow's trial?"

"Nothing is static," Verne said, "and even ourselves are in flux." If you want to stay the same, you can only go with the flow. ”

Perhaps the druid's words were too vague, and Old Man Joseph gave him an unnatural look.

The Count looked out the window, as if he had noticed Joseph's reaction

said, "Joseph, what about you? You haven't said what you think. ”

"Kill. Joseph replied decisively, his old voice seemed very calm, but his eyes were as sharp as a goshawk, "Poison killing, just do it tomorrow morning." It is also possible to ask them to wash their bodies before the audience, and then kill them separately in the bathroom. ”

Count Olsis was still as calm as water.

"What about after you kill it?"

"It's like they've never been to Skylark. ”

"Before they came to Skylark, did they contact anyone, convey their location or whereabouts, and did anyone see them?"

“...... Yes. Joseph bowed his head.

"That guy, do we have a way to make him disappear?"

"It can't be done......," Joseph whispered, "it's Prince Alfyne, you should already know it." ”

"Yes," laughed Count Olsis, "so this proposal of yours is too flawed and risky. Although the prince was exiled, he was still a prince after all. ”

He looked at Verne again, "As for the Druid's suggestion, I need to think about it. ”

"May you make an informed decision. The druid said respectfully.

"Go and rest, I'll go to sleep with a problem. Olsis waved his hand and motioned for them to leave.

"Yes, lord. ”

The druid was the first to leave, and Joseph bowed slightly, took a few polite steps back, and then turned and pushed the door open. Walked out of the door and gently closed the door again.

"Can't you just talk straight?" said Old Man Joseph in the long hallway, complaining softly to the druid beside him, "It's always so unclear. ”

"......," the druid said slowly, "the lord will be enlightened." ”

"He's working too hard, especially now that it's an eventful time. With his hands behind his back, Joseph said worriedly, "He has been 'observing' too much lately, and I am worried about his body. ”

The tall druid nodded: "After all, the flowers and plants of the entire city are all shaped by him alone, and he has to spy on and track the information he needs through his psychic perception...... Spiritually, this can already be said to be a 'fantasy', and I'm afraid only the people of the Earl's family can do it. ”

"Just imagine that I feel like it's too much of a mental burden. No wonder the old earl, I mean the lord's father, was reluctant to think about complex issues in his later years, and was always quick to get his hands dirty. ”

Moonlight streamed in through the window on one side of the hallway, reflecting the slender figures of the two on the wall on the other. The shadows, one tall and one short, one thin and one strong, walked slowly to the end of the corridor. The sound of the door opening and closing came almost simultaneously, and they each returned to their bedrooms.

Early the next morning, Count Orsis appeared on the throne of the council chamber. He was exquisitely dressed, with a noble robe inlaid with metal trinkets that glowed hazy in the rising morning light. Ian recognized that the trinkets were made of very rare and expensive materials, from the Empire's scarce ore stocks.

Zandar's face was as expressionless as ever, but he was confused inside. According to common sense,

After the lord had "swept them all", he threw them into the dungeon, and today they should be interrogated alone. For this reason, he also tried to communicate with Ian, Mister, and Sherman last night, trying to unify a more "reasonable" voice to explain the origin and danger of Pata.

But now, all of them were brought into the council hall together. What kind of interrogation is this?

They knelt in a row at the foot of the steps, Marianne, Sherman, Zandar, Ian, Mister, and the cage behind them. With a bang, the captain of the guard tore off the linoleum cloth that wrapped the cage...... Pa Da is still sleeping.

"Yesterday two of my most trusted subjects gave me some advice on what to do with you. Olsis said slowly, "And I've made up my mind now." ”

"The only people here are you and the people I trust the most," he continued, "so I'll get straight to the point." ”

The captain of the guard and several guards stood beside Ian with their chests puffed out, their expressions meticulous, their halberds tightly clutched in their hands, as if waiting for their master's orders.

Orces cleared his throat and announced, "I have decided to expel you and exile you to the border regions of the south. ”

"You're not going to ......"

Ian tried to ask a question, but was interrupted by Joseph's voice next to him: "Shut up!" he rebuked, "The prisoner is not allowed to speak." ”

Count Olsis raised his hand and made a gesture, his voice slightly tired: "You should have no more problems after listening to me." I am Lord Olsis, the lord of Skylark City, and I am in charge of the area around Skylark City, and I am the lord of this area. My earl title is inherited from my father, and we are hereditary nobles. I met your friend Prince Alphen, of course, more than a decade ago, when we were both children. Now that stupid prince is finally down, hahaha......"

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect to be called that one day. The young Earl stopped laughing, "Nevertheless, I intend neither to owe him a favor nor to help him. In fact, Skylark City must remain extremely neutral. Even if Black Eagle City was a mess of oatmeal, I wouldn't blink an eye. ”

"Ah, I know, I know," he said, glancing at Marianne and Sherman, "you all have it written on your face, I can't be alone. But that's what I'm going to do, and that's what I've always done. That's why Skylark City will have the reputation of the back garden of the empire. How King Andrés wants to develop his country is something he and his family have to do, and it has nothing to do with me. Therefore, I will not let the flames of war burn over, and it would be too bad for Skylark City to become a frontline city. ”

He talked eloquently, resolving the doubts in Ian's mind one by one.

“...... Therefore I will let you go and secretly send you out of my territory. You can do that, right?"

The captain of the guard tensed his body more straightly and gave a firm military salute.

"Good. The Count was satisfied.

"You are two groups of people, on the one hand, you are inextricably linked to Dr. Daimler," he said, pointing to Marianne

Sherman, looking at Ian and Zandar and the others, "On the one hand, it's the target of the Falcons - it must have something to do with the archon Mason's side." And now you are mixed up again, and the intersection of this part shows that the whole thing has to do with the spiritual liberation plan. And this plan is fundamentally related to the future of the empire, and it is also related to the future of countless creatures on the continent. "Therefore, in order to maintain a neutral position, I can neither kill you nor make friends with you, and only exile is the best option."

He glanced at the prisoners at the bottom of the steps, "Now, there are no other problems, right?"

(End of chapter)