Chapter 62: A Visit to the Dead
Walking out of the tavern, I immediately began to vent my frustration on Flotra.
"Ah...... Compared to my heavy snowfall, the city is terrible, and it's not safe or affordable to live here. I've been put in jail, and now I'm going to be slaughtered even for a beer, so can't I find something to do here to pass the time? β
"No," Flotra interrupted my rambling complaint indifferently, "I think we have serious things to do." β
"Oh? What's serious? β
"I heard the voice of desire calling to us."
The voice of desire? Oh, and then I remembered that Flortra is now the prophet of Sanjin, and Sangeon is the demon god of indulgence and revelry, and as his prophet, he can naturally listen to the so-called "voice of desire". But what do these desires mean to me?
"You'll understand their value."
Well, this is Flotra's first suggestion, it is necessary to listen to it.
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After a few rounds in the Stone City, Flora led me to the door of an ordinary stone house.
"Is it right here?" I asked Flotra.
Flora stared intently at the room in front of her and nodded, it seemed that the target we were going to contact this time was inside the house.
I first turned on the Detection Life Magic and looked in, but what I saw was an embarrassing sight. The "thermal imagery" from several walls is not as vivid as what you see with your own eyes, but it is enough to give a brief picture of the people in the house. A man and a woman are lying on top of each other. In addition, it is accompanied by frequent body writhing, so you can imagine what kind of thing the two of them are doing.
"Well, they're busy right now, so it's not too convenient to disturb them."
"Then let's wait outside," Flotella, who had no idea what was going on inside the house, offered a compromise.
After a while, the fierce fighting in the house finally subsided, and the man lay on the bed exhausted, while the woman, after a while with him, put on her clothes and began to groom in front of the mirror. After a while, a Brighton woman in a sexy low-cut outfit and a gold necklace opened the door and walked out. And it seems that we who are hiding on the sidelines can also make a move.
"What are we supposed to do? Do you just knock on the door and get in? β
"Hmm." Flotra acknowledged my movements and reminded me, "Remember to take out the Blood Rose, it will show you what to do." β
Belch. I wonder if it would be too shocking to untie his clothes and pull a staff out of his chest in front of others. Anyway, let's knock on the door and enter the house before making plans.
As I expected. A tired man opened the door. The other person's face is familiar to me, and the reverse is the same.
"Honey, have you forgotten what you brought with you......" saw the two of us standing in front of him. Atries' misty eyes suddenly became clear, "Huh? How are you? You've been out of prison? β
I smiled and nodded to him in greeting. Sensing that he had just asked a nonsense question, Atres opened the door and stepped out of the way and ushered us into the house.
"If it weren't for some accident, your note would have been sent to Snowman, and I would be on my way back to Marcas City by now."
Atrax closed the bedroom, which had a shambled glow, and briefly freshened up. Now he was preparing tea for us while reminiscing with me about the old days.
"What kind of accident?" I asked Atreous curiously.
"During this time, the oathbreakers outside did not know what had gone crazy in the road, and began to make a mass migration, and their convoys could often be seen bustling from south to north on the avenues of Rich's territory. Oh, by the way, it's not really much, the migration of the oathbreakers is rare but not impossible, and what happens next is the real daylight ghouls. I don't know what happened to the road, but a large group of ghouls emerged from the south, heading towards the north, and everything along the way would be swept away by them. In order to avoid encounters with them and accidents, the original trip of the caravan this month had to be postponed," Atrium finished his complaint and smiled, "I also got a long vacation because of this. Taking advantage of this opportunity, my fiancΓ©e and I are married, and if I can tell you that you are out of prison sooner, I should also send you an invitation. β
"Haluha, congratulations," I smiled as I took the tea from Atres and handed it to Flotra, "I don't have to worry about delivering the letter, we haven't been out of the Hildana prison yet." β
"yes, I'm still going to blame myself, because you might be in there for another month. Now that you're out, there's nothing to worry about, but ......" Atreous paused for a moment, then turned to us and asked a question, "Did you escape by taking advantage of the riot that night?" β
"This ......"
This question is a bit sensitive and difficult to answer. From the official point of view of Marcus, our identity is a fugitive after all, and Atreus's identity should be the opposite of us, if I tell the truth, I don't know if he will suddenly turn against us.
Atreous quickly saw my embarrassment, and he comforted me, "Don't worry, I already know from the note you left with me, you have a decent status in Xueman, and your relatives and friends will definitely find a way to rescue you." Besides, you haven't committed any intolerable crimes, and the elves are notorious to us, and if you can kill all three elves at the time, I think we'll be happy to protect you. β
Now that Atres has promised to get to this point, I'll be honest.
"You guessed it right, I took advantage of the riots in Mednaki and I escaped from Hidana prison."
"Mai...... Mednaqi?! "This time, it's Atrix.
"Uh, what's wrong?" Thinking that in the wilderness of Rich, the Oathbreakers had similar expressions when they heard the name, I continued to ask him, "Are you a ...... Oathbreakers hidden in the city? β
"No, no, no," Atreis hurriedly waved his hand in denial, "I'm not an oathbreaker, I just wanted to ask, that night...... What's going on? β
Judging from Atries' serious tone and solemn expression, this news was very important to him. Anyway, this information is of no value to me to keep secret, and Atreous wants to hear it, so I'll tell him everything.
"Judging by your reaction, you should have heard of the name Mednaqi. He was the one who planned the riots in Hidana Prison the other day. β
"This ...... How can it be? Listening to my answer, Atreous looked incredulous, "Didn't Mednach have been sentenced to death more than twenty years ago?" And it's already been executed in front of everyone! β
"Well, it's a bit outrageous to say, but Mednach did survive that trial. Besides, no one but the Oathbreaker King has the power to rule over all the prisoners in the prison. β
"But...... Forgive me for questioning your claims once again, I don't think Mednach was able to escape that trial. He killed Lord Igmund's father with his own hands during the siege of Makas, how could a blood feud be so easily resolved? β
"That's true, but if a group of powerful people can stand up to the lord, the outcome could be completely changed. It was the Silverblood family who saved Mednach, who believed that Maidnach still had value and made a drop before the execution. β
"Oathbreaker, Mednaqi, Silverblood, ...... of Use" repeated these words, and Atreus's expression became a little ecstatic, "I see, I see!" I finally understood......"
Atries' sudden change was incomprehensible to me.
"Uh, excuse me, what do you understand?"
"I understand how my father died!" (To be continued......)
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