Chapter Seventy-Five: Crisis
Flying Thor's mark, Linton could probably feel the position. After locking on to the target, Linton also used it directly, and after a "bang", Linton appeared in a new place.
As soon as he landed, Linton was slightly stunned. Looking left and right, the dirty floor, the small rooms, and the iron fence outside, this place feels like a prison.
Looking to the side, Linton soon saw Garsein, of course, Garseen also looked at Linton with a confused face at this time: "You...... How did you get in? ”
"Magic, of course, or what?" Linton said.
"And this magic?" Garseen asked.
"Do you know magic? Are you a magician......"
"Okay, okay...... Don't say it, I'm not, I don't understand. "Garsein holds his forehead.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Linton looked outside, and it looked like this place was really a prison, and there were quite a few cells next to it, and there were many other prisoners, but no one noticed that there was more people here.
"It's not you!" Garsein yelled.
"Huh? Hey, you're, I'm not there at all, right? Can this hurt you, too? Linton said.
"Your pet made it." Garseen said.
"Pets? Oh...... The deer is. Linton suddenly remembered that he had a pet, "What's the situation?" ”
Garseen quickly explained the situation briefly. At this time, it was about thirteen days after Linton's departure, and just yesterday, their party reached the imperial capital of St. Drawan City. Of course, after arriving, the princess separated from them, and the princess must return to the imperial city immediately, and as for Garsein, there is no arrangement, so let's find a place to stay and wait for the king's summons.
However, before they could start looking for a place to stay, something happened. This fire-devouring beast didn't know how to do it, and suddenly became a little violent, and began to run around the street, after all, it was at the foot of the imperial city, and this brick could hit several officials, and if it was not careful, it hit a carriage, and the whole car overturned after the horse was frightened.
I don't know who is in the carriage, but the person who can drive in the city must be a nobleman with a head and a face, so the soldiers on patrol naturally rushed over when they heard the movement. And when the soldiers saw the Fire Swallowing Beast, of course they wanted to control the troublesome Demon Beast for the first time, and the result can be imagined, can the Fire Swallowing Beast be caught obediently? So as soon as it fought back, it jumped even more.
Garseen wanted to stop it, but the Fire Eater didn't want to kill him, and not only that, but he was also seen as the mastermind who caused the chaos, and then he was sent to this prison. So Garseen spent their first day in prison when they arrived in the imperial capital, and there was no one else.
"And what about the deer?" Linton asked.
"I don't know, this deer is running around, and before I can catch up, I was caught here by a large number of soldiers." Garseen said.
"So I said, what the hell is it for? Lost in the forest, as for making so much trouble? Linton said.
"It's not that you don't know where to run for some reason, so you shoehorn this thing into me!" "You know this thing doesn't listen to me, and your pet has it with you." ”
When Linton left, he also let the Fire Eater follow Garsein, after all, he couldn't take it to another world. The fire devourer still has an IQ, so after Linton talked to it, the other party did follow Garsein, but he didn't know how to enter the city and suddenly burst out, I don't know if he was not used to human cities or something.
"Have you heard the proverbs of our Merloville family?"
"Every time this opens...... Forget it, you say. "Garsein holds his forehead.
"You can't blame the society for people's backs, this is obviously your own bad luck, it's my business." Linton said.
"God TN is unlucky, it's obviously a man-made disaster!" "Forget it, now is not the time to talk about this, what about the current situation?" If this continues, our Merowe family may be stripped of their titles. ”
"Why?" Linton asked.
"If there is such a big move in the imperial capital, the king will be held accountable." Garseen said.
"You confessed to this sin?" Linton asked.
"No, since I came in yesterday, no one has come, and I haven't been interrogated, so I can't help it." Garseen said.
Linton estimated that the fire devouring beast made a lot of noise, and the soldiers were probably busy catching the demon beast, and they didn't have time to control the people inside.
"Then why don't you think you're so nervous? You said you just wanted to stop the Fire Eater, but the Fire Eater ignored you, you weren't the owner of the Fire Eater in the first place, you just said that you were just passing by someone who was ready to act bravely, and you were arrested for some reason, maybe they would give you a reward for your righteousness and bravery. Linton said.
"Huh?" Garthern thought for a moment, as if ...... Kind of makes sense. Yes, there is no evidence to prove that he has anything to do with the Fire Eater, and although he wanted to stop the Fire Eater at the time, he didn't say that this thing was his own. And this thing is really not his pet after all, but Linton's.
"Resist strictly, go home for the New Year, and you will be killed and won't admit it." "I don't believe they're going to be able to find evidence." ”
"The people who know that the Fire Eater is related to us, in addition to the people of our own family, there is also the third princess." Garseen thought for a while and said, "There should be no problem for the people in our family, after all, if the title is stripped away, they will also suffer, but the third princess and the people of the Maple Leaf Guard ......"
"Do you want to say hello to the third princess?" Linton nodded, "Did the third princess send someone to ask about this?" ”
"No news either." "The third princess just returned to the city yesterday, and now I don't know if I know about it. ”
"Well......" Linton nodded, "Okay, you stay here, I'll go take a look outside." ”
"You're leaving me behind?" Garseen said.
"What else could I do? Shall I stay here with you? That's not even more hopeless. Linton said.
There was nothing wrong with what Linton said, but Garseen was still a little flustered, and said quietly: "I don't know if I can carry it." ”
"Carry it?" Linton was stunned, "What do you mean...... Will they torture you? ”
"Of course." Garseen said.
Looking at Garsein's appearance, he doesn't seem to have any objection to this, and it seems that the use of torture to extract confessions is quite common in this world. Linton thought about it and felt that there was nothing strange, after all, the criminal investigation methods here are very low, and there must be no fingerprint DNA or anything like that, how to convict some cases? It is estimated that there is only torture.
"Then if you don't recognize the kind of death, will you be beaten to death directly?" Linton asked.
"It's possible." "But that shouldn't happen on my side." Generally, people who don't have any status can be killed before they are convicted, after all, I am also a person with a knighthood now, and this matter must have a result. ”
"Then if you don't recognize it when you die, you will always carry it?" Linton asked.
"Then if you can't prove your innocence and don't admit your guilt, it is estimated that it will be a competition trial in the end." Garseen said.
"Wait, jousting trial?" Linton asked.
"You don't even know that?" Garseen asked, a little strangely.
"I haven't heard of it." Linton said, "Just the kind of judgment where you are not guilty if you win, and you die if you lose?" ”
Garseen explained a little that this kind of jousting trial generally takes place in the trial of the nobles, and of course the case must be the kind of case where the conviction cannot be accurately convicted. For example, there is no way to compete with people who get stolen goods on the spot, but they really can't be convicted, and there is no way to prove their innocence, so in the end, they have no choice but to apply for a martial arts competition.
As I said before, the level of criminal investigation in this world is too low, and no one can figure out whether they are really guilty or not, so they have come up with this kind of trial method similar to "hand it over to God to judge".
"Do you have to do it yourself?" Linton asked.
"Of course, you can hire someone to represent you." Garseen said.
"Isn't that invincible?" Linton said, "I'll fight for you, who can beat me." ”
"You're too optimistic." Garsein saw that Linton really didn't know, so he said, "The trial of the competition is said to be handed over to God to judge, but in fact, most of the cases are just a method of execution, do you know who the people on the field are in general?" ”
"Who is it?"
"Generally knights with titles." Garseen said, "That is, the kind of high-ranking knights that the king personally appointed, at least they are all star-level and the best among the people. Many powerful knights even use the competition trial as a way to become famous, since the birth of the law of competition trial, only 22 people have successfully used this law to obtain innocence, and in the past ten years, there is no one. Therefore, under normal circumstances, unless there is a corner, no one will choose to be judged by martial arts. ”
"Oh...... But so what? Linton said.
"Hey, I'm ......"
"Do you know what the master is teaching me this time?" Linton asked.
"What is it?" Garseen asked.
"The master taught me the strongest mystery of my sect, the sword technique of reeds and celebrities, so I am already invincible in the world." Linton continued to spread his fingers and posed.
"Why is this sentence so familiar, you seem to have said it last time." Garseen lifts the forehead.
"Am I wrong? Have I lost before? Linton said, "Anyway, you can just apply for a trial if you come up, and then report my name, you should know what my reputation is, and if they investigate it, it will be more beneficial to us." ”