There are many cells in the dungeon, but there are not many prisoners in them. In a cell in the middle position, Kevin was lying on his side on the straw mat on the ground, holding a book in his hand, and was looking through it with the help of the faint light outside the corridor, this is a book that introduces the customs and customs of the mainland, although he has read it several times from beginning to end in a month, but until now he still reads it with relish, no way, this book is the only tool he can pass the time at present, reading the content inside, can make him temporarily forget the long time, the loneliness in prison and the pain on his body.

Holding the book in one hand for a long time, Kevin felt a little numb and was about to change the other, but at this time, there was a rush of footsteps in the corridor outside, and the sound came directly to the inside, and there was more than one person.

"Here we go again. ”

Kevin thought about what had happened in the last month, smiled bitterly, put down his book, and slowly stood up with his arms on the ground, he gently brushed the grass clippings off his clothes with his hands, trying to keep his robe as neat as possible, and then he puffed up his chest, and his face also hid the look of pain, and made a fearless expression to look outside.

The group finally walked outside the cell, and the leader stopped, but it was not the jailer Kevin imagined.

"Kevin!"

"Alan!"

Inside one cell and one outside the cell, two old friends shouted each other's names almost simultaneously.

Harvey stepped forward and swung his sword to cut the chain that bound the cell door, and Alan pushed open the door and walked inside.

"Alan, it's good you're finally back. Yo Yo!"

When the two of them were hugging, they seemed to touch the wound on Kevin's body, and he couldn't help but cry out in pain.

"Kevin, I'm sorry I came back late and you suffered. ”

Alan let go of Kevin and said apologetically.

"Haha. Look at me, isn't it very good? ”

Kevin spread his arms and signaled that his whole being was intact.

"Didn't they embarrass you?"

Alan asked curiously, his impression that the prisoners living in the dungeon should be like Cronis at the beginning, with iron chains even on their shoulder blades. At this time, Kevin seems to have grown a little longer and lost a lot of weight, but there doesn't seem to be much change in other aspects, and there is no abnormality in his spirit, obviously he has not been treated inhumanely here.

"It's embarrassing, but I'm also a trade official in the city-state, and later a business partner of the Ogu family, and I'm also a little famous in the ancient city of Oku, and the officials of their security department have received a lot of benefits from me, although I am suspected of committing a crime now, but after all, I haven't been finally convicted, and they don't dare to kill me. ”

The smile on Kevin's face retracted, his expression gradually turned cold, and even had a sense of self-deprecation, he gently unbuttoned his robe, revealing long scars on his chest, these scars crisscrossed and crisscrossed, all of them were traces left by the whipping, some had already formed scars, and some were still bloodstained, it seemed that Kevin had not been whipped once.

With a wave of his hand, a blue light enveloped Kevin, and the scars on the surface of Kevin's body immediately accelerated to heal.

"Bastard, how can this be? We didn't beat the officials of the Sheriff's Department a lot before, and after you were locked up, I asked Ed to move around in many ways, and almost every jailer in the prison was counted, why did they still do this kind of cruelty?"

Steven was shocked to see the scars on Kevin's body.

"Steven, if we deal with ordinary opponents, our methods may be useful, but don't forget that this time our opponents are the Hepburn family, and they will definitely be able to give what we can give, maybe more. ”

Kevin said with a sneer.

"It's too much! They actually tortured you to extract a confession, what do they want you to confess? Do they force us to admit that the potion formula was stolen from the Hepburn family? Well, there is no need to torture you to extract a confession, let the Hepburn family make the same medicine as us, and I will confess. ”

Steven was emotional, almost roaring in anger. Kevin was neither a thug nor a rebel, and it was clear that the Sheriff's Department wanted something out of Kevin's mouth, otherwise it would not have been possible to do such a cruel blow to him as a weak businessman.

"They only asked one thing repeatedly, that is, why did the elves give us the formula of the potion, what is the relationship between us and the elves, and is there a secret cooperation?"

"Impossible, are they sure that the potion recipe is from the elves?"

Steven was taken aback, the people from the Sheriff's Department asked this, which only meant that the nature of the case had completely changed, and Horanster had ample evidence to prove that the potion formula came from the elves, but Steven knew that this recipe had existed long before Alan knew the elves.

"And how did you answer?"

Alan interjected.

How else can you answer? When I said that these formulas came from the elves, I made them up, and now they ask me the specific reasons and details, I can't continue to make things out of nothing, unfortunately I said that the formula came from the elves and they believed it, and now I regret that it is not, and they don't believe it, so they talk to me every few days, and I thought they were here again when I heard your footsteps today, and they were ready to be abused. ”

Kevin had always thought that he was cocooning himself by involving the elves this time, so he could only reply with a wry smile.

"There may be some misunderstandings behind this matter, although Holland is suspicious, but after all, we have worked together for many years, and we will not completely deny the past because of your words?"

After hearing this, Alan frowned and said. He can now basically determine that the fundamental reason why Holland attacked Kevin was not because of the accusations and threats of the Hepburn family, but because he suspected that there was collusion between himself and the elven clan, but just because of Kevin's words, he was a little too angry.

"Although he was beaten up, this time he was not without gain. I didn't have a business for more than a month, so I had time to read more books, and I was idle to think about some things, and I realized a truth, the real reason why I fell to this point today is not that our opponents are too strong, but that we ourselves are too anxious to succeed, I only think about making the business bigger, but ignore the stable foundation, and as a result, I was found by competitors to find an opportunity to fall down with a light push. ”

After squatting in prison for a month, covered in scars, Kevin not only did not have any resentment, but became very free and easy, and even realized some truth. However, it is clear that he still sees this as a simple competitor frame-up, and does not realize the deeper reasons behind it like Allen.

"Kevin, can you walk on your own?"

Eren looked at Kevin, the healing magic glow on his body dimmed, and the surface of the wound had healed.

"No problem, this little injury is already half healed. ”

Kevin said it easily, but when he walked, he was involved in the injury under the epidermis, and he grinned in pain, and Stanny wanted to help him when he saw this, but Kevin waved his hand and refused.

"Kevin, I really didn't see that you usually look gentle and elegant, but you actually showed such perseverance and unyielding at critical moments. ”

Alan gently patted Kevin on the shoulder, expressing his admiration.