Volume 3: The Vortex of Strife Chapter 291: The Guilt of an Accomplice (Part II)
Tears of guilt and sadness flowed down her cheeks and onto the hard bread that was still half exposed outside her mouth. Felistie tore her half of the bread into strips and chewed it vigorously, ignoring Avi, who was silently weeping, and just drank and ate the bread by herself.
There was also a sense of grievance, perhaps because of Prince Bradley's "I believe in you", or because of a hard slap in the face by Fenrir, who had helped him, and Avi leaned against the iron cage, tearing down his eyes, swallowing the half of the hard-to-swallow loaf of bread into his stomach.
After Avi wiped away her tears, Felisty stood up, "I've already scouted this barracks, and it's not difficult to get you out," Felisty touched the chains of the cage and looked in the direction of the guards, "But you have to promise me not to shout, you want to die yourself, and no one can save you." ”
Avi leaned weakly against the bar, if he escaped with Felistie now, Prince Bradley and his men would definitely think that they were absconding in fear of crime, and how to return to Mallotte and rescue Van and Coral who were being held hostage was also a big problem, and this time it was even more troublesome than the time Evan chased him.
"Heck warned me that if the sneak attack fails, Van and Coral will be executed tomorrow..."
"Their life and death have nothing to do with me, the person Golia wants me to protect and monitor is you, besides, you have to know your current situation, can you save the person who was caught by Heck?!"
"So... That's why I want Prince Bradley's help!" as Avi shouted this, a wounded sneak attacker suddenly opened his eyes and saw the red-haired girl standing outside the iron cage. However, the injured sneak assailant didn't say much, and he continued to cover his wounds, trying to quickly return to the painless dream he had just had.
Felisty glanced at the three injured sneak attackers, "I don't know what Bradley's men will do with you, but if you try to rescue Van and Sango, you're going to be fighting against the Queen's party, do you know what that means?"
"Meaning..."
"That means you have to pray for the fall of the Queen faction with King Byron, or your student life in Mallott will end here," Felistie sat down again, her tone becoming a little softer, "Although Stitch's capture will affect you, you just need to be selfish, break away from them, and maybe you can still get mixed up in the Kestrel Academy." ”
"But Heck and the others still have their eyes on me..."
"It's all because you were so stupid in your previous choices!If you were selfish, why would you want to help Prince Bradley, help the orphans in the orphanage!Even in my eyes, Stitch and Van are things that can be discarded!" Avi opened his mouth, he wanted to contradict her, but she said it to save him.
Just when Avi didn't dare or wanted to agree with Felisti's words, Felisti suddenly rolled over and rolled away, and the guard who was still standing guard was reporting to a few people.
"Strange, didn't Lord Gardia already come just now, why did you come from here again?"
"What do you mean?" Gardia and Fenrir appeared in the distance of the cage, along with a man who Avi couldn't see.
"No... It's nothing..."The guards, who were afraid to hold themselves accountable for their dereliction of duty, glanced at Avi's side, and there was no one else except for the four prisoners who were locked in iron cages.
Fenrir pointed to Avi's iron cage, "Unlock them, and bring out the three injured guys together, bring them all out for me at once!" Avi heard Fenrir's voice, and the other party was still angry. Felistie, on the other hand, hid in the shadows, and Avi couldn't see the other party's face, but Avi knew that Felisty would definitely protect her behind her, even if she wanted her to attack Fenrir and Gadia.
The guard trotted over to untie the chain, but Fenrir and Gadia, who were standing next to the cage, had no intention of opening the cage and taking Avi and the three sneakers away.
"You step down first, and we'll leave it here. A wheat-skinned young man with round hoops on both ears and his hair tied up like a flower stretched the guard apart before staring at Avi.
Avi held the bars with both hands, he wanted to say something to Fenrir and Gadia, but he knew that no matter how much he defended, they would not believe him, and the only one who believed in him was Prince Bradley.
"Execute him here, or use him as a tool," Gardia said in a flat tone, but her eyes were as sharp as the other two, "to treat others as they would be." ”
Fenrir said, "These four guys... Especially this guy named Avi! I once rescued him from Walter at the abandoned bell tower! I didn't expect him..."
The young man in the iron ring clasped the iron barrage door, "I can understand Fenrir's feelings, but didn't His Royal Highness the Prince personally say that he trusted him? If you put him to death now, how will His Royal Highness the Prince explain it? Do you think in your heart that His Royal Highness the Prince will be poisoned..."
"Eggsie, stop!" Fenrir pushed the young man away and drew his sword, but the young man named Egger immediately drew a scimitar and swung it directly at Fenrir, and fought Fenrir together. Avi and the three injured sneak attackers were taken aback by their disagreement, and Eggsy and Fenrir were at odds with each other, both of them attacking each other with all their might, not at all like their companions working together.
Gadia found an opportunity and kicked Fenrir down, and Eggsy also withdrew her scimitar at that moment, and looked at Fenrir in heavy armor with a look of indignation, "Heavy! Slow! If the person who was with His Royal Highness the Prince at that time was me or a subordinate of our New Knights of the Iron Wall, His Royal Highness the Prince would definitely not be killed..."
"That's enough," Gardia looked at Eggsy coldly, "There is no need for more people who have lost their minds, you can give me enough to stop." Eggsy snorted and stood in the distance.
Avi saw that Fenrir did not say anything to contradict Eggsy, but instead lay on the sand, tilted his head sideways, and kept banging the ground with his fists.
"No matter how much you blame yourself, it will be useless, His Royal Highness the Prince's injuries will be handed over to the military doctor, and the things we have to deal with are these sneak attackers. ”
Eggsy chimed in: "That's right, since they have found this academy student trusted by His Royal Highness the Prince, and they have someone pretending to be Mills, then they must have a well-thought-out plan to interrogate them first... By the way, my men didn't report to me that someone had come out of the gates of Mallot, where did these people come from?"
Gaddia ignored Fenrir and she and Eggsy interrogated the three wounded sneakers one by one before finally taking Avi out of the cage to a corner for individual interrogation. Avi didn't hide anything in front of Gadia, he told everything related to this sneak attack, Heck also put himself under house arrest, and confessed that he had captured Coral and Fan as a threat, and even explained Mills's previous "Kaeto Plan" and the arrest of Stitch and other people.
Guilty, Avi only hoped that the information he had told would help Bradley's men, and that he would be forgiven for his own sake.
"It's the same caliber as those three damn guys," Eggsy was dressed in intricately crafted rhinoceros leather armor, and he was obviously more light and agile than the bulky heavily armored knight Fenrir, "In other words, the way they evaded the surveillance of my men was through a secret passage to the city, right in the 'Co-existing Forest'... Previous investigations have also found anything suspicious there. ”
"His Royal Highness the Prince also knows about that place, but it is said to have been sealed, so we didn't think about it. ”
Avi still wore the scabbard of the white lion sword around his waist, and he replied in a low voice, "Although the exit of that secret passage is locked, if you find a way to open it, you may be able to force it open... If you really plan to sneak up on the city through there, I'm willing to lead the way for you. Avi had already thought it through before he said this, and the guilt in his heart made him no longer afraid of the Queen Pies and Heck, even if he was not qualified to stay in Mallotte in the future, he would firmly stand by Prince Bradley's side. Maybe Jiadia and the others won't trust themselves, but this is also the only way to save Fan and Sango, the operation of "covering his eyes" failed, and naturally there is no such thing as "successfully returning", so he can't exchange for the safety of Coral and Big Nose Fan.
"Oh, it doesn't sound like a trap, and the cost is not too big, Gadia you also said, it is most appropriate to treat others the way they do, and you can skip the current long negotiation tug-of-war!
Gadia pondered for a moment, "Even if you send the same sneak attack force, you must get the permission of His Royal Highness the Prince, don't forget, the new Knights of the Iron Wall exist to protect His Royal Highness the Prince and the Princess, and you are not the spear point to attack the enemy," Gadia ignored Eggsey's objection, she looked at Avi and continued, "Besides, this man named Avi... How much he can believe his words is also a question. ”
"You should take his word for it!" Phylisty's voice came from the side, and Fenrir, who was still standing in the distance, and Eggsie, who was still complaining, had already blocked it and took out their weapons at the first time.
Gadia pushed Egsy away from the blockade, "Very courageous girl, you are the girl who destroyed the White Orphanage with Avi and rescued those orphans, right? ”
"Hey, someone has been hiding around us, Fenrir, you haven't done a good job of guarding us!"
"Didn't you notice it too!"
Felisti ignored them, she walked straight to Avi and stood behind Avi, "Avi is not lying, he is just a good old man, an honest man and a stupid person. Besides, if I were going to attack you, I did it just now, and I killed the person who wanted to plot against Prince Bradley with the poisonous crossbow arrow hidden in his sleeve, which is enough to prove that I have no ill will towards you. ”
Gadia took out two diamond-shaped hidden weapons, "Yes, from the prima facie evidence, you have no ill will towards us, but you will definitely be hostile to us for Avi's sake. ”
Eggsy and Fenrir stared at Felisty, who said nothing, and the four confronted each other in silence.