There is a row of dim and low stone houses on the basement level of Ashhearth, which is the prison of Ashhearth. The entrance to the prison is a black steel fence with a long passage to the underground. Father Yuri carried the lamp and walked in front of Merlin. Today they were going to interrogate the kobolds.

It doesn't seem good to have a priest come forward for such a thing as interrogating a prisoner. However, the only person who Merlin is handy with now is Yuri. A rigid knight like Lance is a good hand at charging into battle, and it is not suitable if it is used against some intrigues.

The food in Ash Furnace Village is not enough, and there is very little meat in the food recently, but these kobolds who have been imprisoned for more than two weeks have actually gained weight. This is what Merlin kept reminding Sula before leaving, these kobolds can be locked up, they must be fed, and they will be useful in the future.

For the lord of Ash Furnace Village, as long as he can run and work, he can be regarded as a subject of the territory.

The prison in Ashburg is really good, it is still cool and well-ventilated in the hot summer, and there are regular meals every day. Parkin's stomach was a little bulging. As a kobold who has passed the prime of life, Parkin actually began to get rich. This is something that the kobolds of the entire Liujin tribe can't think of. Although he is in a human prison, Parkin has really gained weight.

"Parkin, come here," Yuri opened the bars of the prison, "His Highness Merlin has something to ask you. ”

Roar, as a golden kobold warrior, Parkin was full of each other for this thin human who could be blown down by a gust of wind, and roared at him unceremoniously, even though he had a chain the thickness of his thumb tied to his body. But it's okay to scare this human.

"Dog mongrel, you're itchy on the skin. The enraged priest untied the spiky whip from his waist and struck the kobold on the shoulder with a snap, instantly pulling out a long trail of blood. Cursing and moaning filled the surroundings.

It seems that it makes sense for the lord to follow a few retinues around him, otherwise he would have to do it himself for such a thing as beating the prisoner, and he would be tired and ungraceful. Merlin pondered whether to take Rommel or Drogba with him next time, Yuri's force value was too low, and some things were too difficult to do.

"Alright, Yuri," Merlin was distracted for a moment, and the little kobold leader who had been swaggering a moment ago was still dying. "Don't beat it to death, I don't want dog meat tonight. ”

Parkin fell to his knees with a puff, "Don't eat me, don't eat me." He had never understood why the people of Ashburgh had fed them so much food, but now he understood that this fair-faced teenager had wanted to fatten them up and eat them. Sure enough, humans are all demonic races.

"Answer my question honestly," Merlinson smiled, baring his white teeth.

Tall, burly kobold warriors, spread like mud on the cold stones, their huge heads nodding like chickens.

Kobolds are a simple-minded race recognized on the continent, and when they really got involved, Merlin learned that it was not for nothing that they roamed the wasteland for thousands of years. Kobolds are a tendon. I really feel sorry for the nobles who are far away in the south, and actually choose the kobold to do such a conspiracy thing.

It was Yuri who was interrogated, and Merlin stood aside and listened. Although the priesthood is not suitable for such violent things, Yuri has done a good job.

"A letter from the secret envoy of the Southern Baggins family?" Yuri was a little discouraged, and asked for a long time without asking anything substantial.

"I heard that the lord of the Grey Furnace Valley is a young man, and we have been wandering here for a while following the instructions of the prophet, not knowing that there is a kobold-eating warrior here. "Parkin doesn't have the demeanor that a kobold warrior should have.

"How did you get from the Great Wilderness to the Dungeon," Merlin asked, striking while the iron was hot, believing that what the kobold Perkin said could still be believed in this situation.

"The caster, we're accompanied by the caster, she's in charge of building the teleportation circle and transporting us to the dungeon. Parkin shuddered.

**

With spotless floors, a clean desk piled high with drafts, a bright magic lamp, and a thoughtful intellectual beauty, Merlin almost wondered if he was in the wrong place, it was not at all like a prison in Ashhearth, but more like an office in the Empire's magic capital.

Merlin knocked on the iron fence and looked carefully at Barbara, who looked up, her long fluffy wavy blonde hair draped behind her head, round glass glasses framed on her small nose, and her delicate little mouth tightly closed. It gives a stunning feeling, different from the thrilling beauty of Sula, and gives a refreshing and capable feeling.

"I'll talk about something later, I'm solving a mass-energy equation. The intellectual beauty in front of her lowered her head, as if she were speaking to the air.

"You......." Yuri's eyes flashed with a gleam, and the whip in his hand was raised.

Merlin grabbed Yuri's right hand with the whip and shook his head. Smiling and walking around the prison. Those who can concentrate on research in such an environment must not be ordinary people, and such people must not be treated in an ordinary way.

After about ten minutes, the rustling of the quills stopped, and a drop of black ink fell from the trembling tip onto the white papyrus. The panic in Barbara's eyes flashed, and all that panic fell into Merlin's smiling eyes.

Silence, like the silence before death comes.

The smile in Merlin's eyes grew.

"What do you want to do?"

"Lady Barbara, as a second-ring spellcaster, Merlin, the lord of Ashfurnace Village, is here to talk to you about compensation for the last arson!" Merlin lowered his head, staring at the flustered pair of eyes behind his glasses. "According to the laws of the Holy Roman Empire, the person concerned has the right to claim compensation. ”

Merlin paused, "And the mental toll caused by your actions." ”

"How many gold do you want?" Barbara clasped her hands around her chest, and according to psychology, the person making this pose was in a psychological defensive posture.

"Fifty thousand gold coins!" Merlin said calmly. "It will cost at least 15,000 to rebuild the Ash Furnace Village alone, and counting the burned trees, a total of 45,000, plus the mental damage fee, a total of 50,000 gold coins. ”