Verse 18: Trapped Beasts

"Will Mr. Franklin arrest him?"

Pino asked worriedly, crouching on the ground, looking up at Bernie.

Bernie was the tallest of the Norman men on the first day, and now he was sticking his head into the alley to see what was going on, but the alley was so curved that he couldn't see it when he stood at the mouth of the alley, so he didn't know what was going on inside.

In the end, he could only shrink his head, shake his head, and sighed, "It should be, otherwise Mr. Franklin would not have brought the red and white stripes." ”

The "red and white stripes" in his mouth are the city guards of Cárdenas, also known as security soldiers, because the uniform is a red and white striped horse jacket, so it is also directly called red and white striped by some people. These red and white stripes are the most basic violent institutions in Cárdenas, and are generally managed by sheriffs, but for many citizens who are not familiar with the structure of the city's policing agencies, they cannot distinguish the difference, so many people will also regard the red and white stripes as sheriffs, such as Norman.

Pino asked, "Then won't he be able to help us with our homework in the future?"

Bernie replied, "Yes." ”

Pinault asked again, "Will we ever see him again?"

At this moment, Bernie did not answer again, but fell silent.

He would love to answer "yes", but his intellect and experience tell him that the answer is "no".

Mr. Franklin went to ask for the red and white stripes, and according to the way these people did things, it was likely that they would arrest Norman and throw him into prison for a few years, ten years, or even a lifetime of trespassing.

It is a great crime for commoners to beat up nobles.

Thinking of this, Bernie glanced at Baker, the skinny monkey who had been standing silent.

Although he was in decline, and had to attend classes with Mr. Franklin with the children of the wealthy merchants, Baker was still a child of a nobleman, and an only child, who would inherit his father's barony. Even now, he has a transitional title from baron, and he is considered a nobleman, and Norman beat him to a bruised nose and swollen face, which is a violation of the royal law of the United Kingdom of Augustus, and it is reasonable for the red and white stripes to throw him in prison.

Baker noticed Bernie's eyes, which made his cheeks twitch a little, and he looked away, leaning back against the wall, staring at the crowd on the street, stubborn in silence.

Pinault was smart, and although Bernie didn't answer him, he knew that Bernie's silence was an answer in itself.

"I'll miss his ......"

Pino's words also represent the hearts of Bernie and Baker.

Young men were much more innocent than adults, and though Norman had beaten them, murdered them, and frightened them, Norman also had a knack for astonishing them—he was as proficient in the old language as their teacher, Mr. Franklin! and he was so young, about their age, that they subconsciously adored him. In addition, in the past few days, Norman also told them a lot of wonderful experiences that they had never heard of, such as farm work, such as forest, such as hunting, such as fierce mountain boars, terrible spotted tigers, etc., these are things they have never experienced, just listening to them are very envious, and it also makes them worship Norman even more.

Finally, because of Norman's relationship, a few of them have been in the limelight among the mage students in District 3 in the past two days, and now many of the children in District 3 know that the three of them are "big people who can help them solve their annoying old language homework", which makes them enjoy a pursuit that they have never been pursued before, and even their old rival Charlie has taken the initiative to show them favor, which was something that was unimaginable before......

All this makes them unconsciously regard Norman as the "big brother next door" and "the king of children". If you don't have him all of a sudden, life really lacks a lot of fun.

Beck, who was silently watching the pedestrians on the street, suddenly straightened his back, bounced off the wall, and stepped out of his legs towards the side of the alley.

Seeing this, Bernie shouted, "What are you going to do!"

Before Norman arrived, Bernie was the head of their group, and his words still carried a bit of weight, so Baker paused himself for a moment and explained, "I'm going to go in and make it clear to Mr. Franklin and tell him that I was beaten of my own will the first two days. I was beaten in the fight with Charlie and them before, Charlie, aren't they still okay? ”

Bernie knows the unspoken rules of these things better than Baker.

"It's useless, he's violating the laws of the kingdom, it's not that you said it's okay if you don't pursue it. ”

He shook his head and explained in detail: "As for Charlie, they are the children of rich merchants, unlike Norman. We can all see that he is the lowest of the ranks even among the commoners, and that he is not a student of any mage, which dooms him to not be treated like Charlie. ”

Although there were only two classes in the United Kingdom of Augustus, the nobles and the commoners, there were many subtle divisions, especially in the last few hundred years, especially in the last few hundred years, such as the urban wealthy merchants, which had transcended the commoner class and became an alternative class that minded the relationship between the commoners and the nobility. So even if Charlie and his gang beat Baker to the point that his nose and face were swollen in the daily brawl, as long as Baker himself didn't seriously investigate it, it would only be attributed to normal play between children, and no one would really use the laws of the kingdom to care, and a pariah, like Norman, would be seriously investigated to the end even if he slapped the noble lord hard, let alone beat Baker like this.

Baker knew Bernie was right, but he wasn't reconciled, "But we have to do something!"

Something had to be done......

Bernie touched Pino's head with one hand, while looking at Baker's impatient appearance, he gritted his teeth for a long time, and said, "You're right, we have to do something!"

Even if you go in and persuade an explanation, it may not help, but it's better than waiting here......

Norman didn't know that he had conquered these guys with his fists and words in just a few days, he only knew that he was likely to face the greatest danger since he came to Cárdenas.

The sheriffs were all big-shouldered and round-waisted, and they were not easy to deal with, not to mention that each of them had weapons in their hands—Norman had once seen their swords unsheathed on the street, and the sharp swords could even refract light, which was obviously much more dangerous than the rusty dagger of the farmer, and he did not want to try it with his own body.

Of course, the most dangerous thing is the thin, triangular-eyed Mr. Franklin.

Norman, who had just seen the magical power of the spell last night, was shocked by the power of the spell, and felt more and more mysterious and powerful at the same time, and now, a man with this power stood in front of him, and it was clear that he was there to deal with him...... Franklin, apparently the most dangerous of the four, also caused Norman to focus most of his attention on him, and a small half of his brain was running wildly.

Did Franklin bring someone to punish him because he had beaten his student? Would they have taken him, hung him, tortured him, tied to a stake and exposed to the sun for days without a bite to eat? As Master Patton had done......

Norman clearly remembered that Eddard, who was in the same village as him, once secretly beat Lord Barton's nephew for some personal matters, and was found out afterwards, and the result was that Lord Barton sent someone to arrest him and hang him and torture him for half a day, and then he planted a wooden stake in the open space in front of the village church, stripped Ed naked and tied him to it for three days, without any food or drink, and let the scorching sun scorch him. In the end, Ed was no longer human, and his miserable appearance made people unbearable to look at directly, although he survived in the end, his brain was not very good.

He didn't want that!

Norman tensed his muscles, moved slightly, leaned his body against the wall as much as possible, and did not give them a chance to strike back and forth, his eyes never left Franklin's body during the whole process, and there was a fierce light in his eyes.

It seems that you can only fight hard.

Norman was silently calculating in his heart, and slowly reached into the package, but instead of grabbing the broken pot again, he groped for the iron head of the plow and fastened it tightly.

In the moment of desperateness, it was obviously not possible to use a weapon as merciful as a pot, and he could only use a plow and a rake—although there was only an iron head and no rod, which was too short, but it could hurt people.

The red and white stripe walking with Franklin came into contact with Norman's eyes, and his heart trembled violently: he had been pampered in the city for a long time, and he was usually exposed to some petty theft, and even murder was rarely seen, let alone such eyes.

This guy feels like a beast rather than a man anymore.

This also made the fat man subconsciously pull the sword out of the scabbard in his hand, as if this could give him some sense of security, and under his influence, the two red and white strips wrapped from the back of Norman's ass also immediately pulled out of the scabbard.

Norman's eyes narrowed, the light in his eyes became more fierce and absolute, the muscles of his whole body were as hard as iron, his upper body pressed down slightly, and his hand shrank back slightly, about to take his weapon out of the package.

The Great War is about to break out, and this is the dying throes of the trapped beast.