Chapter 406: Hanging (1)
Arissanret Empire, the imperial city of Durogar.
In the underground prison, through the small doors and windows, Viscount Orin and Vivien saw the Knight of Egger locked up.
Egg collapsed to the ground, facing the cold walls of the cell, his face in tattered linen robes, his hands and feet and his neck shackled with iron shackles.
Viscount Orin, dressed in a gentleman's dress, gritted his teeth and looked closely at Egger's back in the prison, trying to suppress his anger.
Vivien stood beside her father in a formal junior magician's robe, her hands covering her mouth, her face covered with tears, desperately trying to control her emotions and not dare to cry.
"Let's go!" Philin whispered to Orin with an unnatural expression.
Orin nodded, gently grabbed Vivien's arm, lowered his voice and said, "Let's go, Vivien." ”
The three of them left the underground prison without saying a word.
"Drink a little wine, Orin. Returning to Ferlin's estate, Ferin brought Orin a glass of wine.
"Thank you. Orin took the glass and took a big sip.
"Stupid Congress, stupid knights, stupid imperial moths!" Orin cursed angrily, putting down his glass.
"What are you going to do?" said Philin as he looked at Orin in front of him, who was furious.
"Tomorrow is the Last Judgment, and it's in the largest Judgment Square of Order in Dourogar, you know what that means. Philin said in a deep voice.
Listening to his words, Orin took the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, and immediately poured himself another large glass, and the bottle spilled some wine under his somewhat trembling hands.
"Gurrr......" Orin poured a full glass of wine into his throat in one gulp.
"Knight Egger is such an upright knight that he gave all his knighthood to the Empire, to Caroston! But you see, what is this in exchange? Stupid! Just because he executed a few of Jun'en's spies, he was hanged! What is wrong with the world? Are they all crazy? Are they all blinded? Are all their ears blinded? Are their mouths sewn shut? How can such a good knight with integrity, selflessness, and greatness, how can they hang him? How can they hang a knight? Orin shouted angrily.
As if to vent some of the anger in his heart, Orin picked up the bottle again, filled the glass with a bang, and drank it again in a big gulp.
"Egger was implicated by the one from Maple Leaf Manor. Philin replied.
"Yes, yes, of course, I do, but so what? Master Li Xuan has already flown away on his dragon. He was the one who burned countless innocent people to death in the Doomsday Judgment of Durogal, not Egger!" Orin was so angry that he raised his glass and was about to fall to the ground, but when his hand was raised above his head, he suppressed his anger and clenched the glass and fell heavily on the table.
"Knock knock!" there was a knock on the door.
"Come in. Philin answered.
The door was pushed open, and Vivien came in with an uncomfortable face and red and swollen eyes.
"Father, is it true that they say Uncle Egger will be hanged?" Vivien cried before she could finish speaking.
Orin walked over and gently took her in his arms, not knowing how to comfort his daughter.
"Why did they do this to Uncle Egger, he was such a good knight, why? Why?" Vivien cried, her voice hoarse.
In the underground prison, the sound of footsteps came from far to near.
Iger could hear the sound of metal chain boots on a stone slab, which were only worn by official knights.
After the sound of a key, the door to the cell was opened, and a man walked in, after which the door was closed again.
"Egger ......," the visitor said slowly.
The voice was very familiar, and he slowly sat up and looked at the man who had come, the chief knight, Oswald.
"Knight Oswald. Iger opened his mouth in greeting.
"Tomorrow you will be tried in public in the Place of the Judgment of Order, and before that, is there anything else you would like to leave behind? or to whom you would like to leave a message, I will convey it to you in my private name. Oswald was silent for a moment before speaking to Egg.
Iger looked up at Oswald, his eyes full of complexity, he had tried to stay away from the Imperial City of Durogar, but finally returned to the Imperial City of Durogar. In this powerful and prosperous imperial capital, there are too many things that he can't look at directly, the former self, so hard to escape from here, the man in front of him has brought himself back here, but he can't afford to hate this man.
"I don't know......" Iger shook his head after a long silence.
"The lord of the city of Carouston and his daughter are running around Dourogal to try to clear your name. Don't you have anything you want to leave for Viscount Orin and this Miss Vivien?" Oswald said in a soft tone.
Egger slowly closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, and did not answer Oswald's words.
When he entered the prison, he drank the muddy cursed water, so that he could not feel any magic elements at all, and he also had diarrhea several times, and now this weak body could not raise much strength.
"What about the owner of Maple Leaf Manor who saved you in Carouston and taught you magic?" Oswald asked again.
"If it's my fate, why bother involving other people and leaving them sad?" replied Egger in a hoarse voice.
"Don't you resent it?" Oswald sighed.
Egg looked at him, shook his head, and nodded again.
"I don't resent it, the wives and daughters of those spies may indeed be innocent, and I have violated the rules of knighthood. Egg coughed as he spoke, his thirsty throat making him very uncomfortable.
Oswald untied a water bladder from his waist and handed it to him: "Then why are you resentful?"
Egger took the water bladder and took small sips of water, letting the water moisten his mouth and throat little by little, and finally slowly flowed into his stomach.
"I resented that I hadn't done enough for this empire, that I couldn't swing my sword to cut off the roots of this empire's decay, that I already knew what awaited me, and that I resented that my power wasn't strong enough, not strong enough to protect it. Egger closed his misty eyes and sighed deeply.
"You must know very well in your own heart that although you are at fault, you are not at fault, but you are not dead, if it weren't for the one from Maple Leaf Manor, who cast a spell on Durogal...... Judgment of Doomsday," Iger interrupted him with a shake of his head before he could finish his sentence.
"Thank you, Knight Oswald, I know what you want to say, but so what, please help me relay it to Viscount Orin, and if you can, when I die, please take me back to the East Coast where I was born. Iger suppressed his emotions, and two lines of tears slipped from the corners of his eyes with trembling eyes.
Oswald was silent for a long time, then nodded, "I will, Knight Egger." ”