The next morning, General Grammy, along with Antonio's parents and his childhood sweetheart Catherine, went to the Temple of the Holy Congregation to see the High Priest Goethe, hoping to intercede on behalf of Antonio, who was imprisoned.

In the chapel of the temple, Goethe sat lazily on a bench, listening to the intercession of the Grammy General and Antonio's relatives for him, and in a bored manner, he raised his hand and interrupted them, saying, "Enough is enough, listen to me." ”

He sat up straight and said to the four of them with a solemn face: "Antonio's matter, you are all witnesses at the scene, you have seen how he protected and let go of that banshee, as a knight of the Holy Order, he has been bewitched by the banshee and degenerated, this is unforgivable." ”

"But, High Priest," pleaded Antonio's mother in a lamented voice, "Anton is not a man of bad heart, I believe that he is only temporarily bewitched by the banshee, and if he leaves her, he will definitely change back to his original form, and I swear to God with my soul!"

"I am afraid that the Lord God will not forgive him for this," said Goethe, waving his hand in disbelief, "to this day he has never uttered a word of repentance, and is still defending the runaway banshee, and if I am not mistaken, he is probably still waiting for her and her accomplices to come and rescue him." ”

"Rob, rob the prison?" Antonio's relatives couldn't help but tremble when they heard this word, these honest peasants didn't dare to imagine what kind of prison robbery it was, they only knew that it was a mortal crime, and once it really happened, their whole family would not escape the crime.

"High Priest, I don't think that mermaid will dare to come to rob the prison, right?" General Grammy was calmer, and he said to Goethe after a little thought: "Based on the half-dead appearance when she was rescued, it is difficult to say whether she is still alive or not, and even if she is still alive, she is not capable of robbing the prison alone." ”

"So," General Grammy paused and continued to persuade tentatively, "I'm afraid that this kind of thing you said will not come true, Antonio should also understand this, he will not have the same thoughts as you said, the reason why he refuses to repent, is that he still lacks someone to wake him up, so I think ......"

"General," Goethe interrupted General with suspicion, "you don't want me to let you go to prison to meet him, do you? ”

"High Priest, I don't mean to help him escape from prison, I just want to persuade him!" The suspicious old general had a trace of shame on his face and wanted to confess himself loudly, but Goethe waved his hand without hesitation and said: "Don't say it, no one will be able to see him until I decide to make a final judgment on him!"

Hearing this, Antonio's family anxiously wanted to beg the high priest again, but suddenly a priest hurriedly came to Goethe's side and shouted: "High priest, no, the prison has just sent news that someone has come from the imperial capital and asked them to release Antonio!"

"What?" Goethe was furious and shouted to the priest, "It must be the banshee's comrade, pretending to be from the imperial capital, who came to rob the prison, go and tell the warden that no one will be allowed to see Antonio without my orders!"

The priest turned and hurried away, and Goethe turned around and summoned several herald priests to immediately gather all the priests to follow him to the Ayronus prison to prevent Antonio from escaping.

When they arrived at the gate of the prison, they saw that the priestly regiment led by Goethe had arrived and surrounded the small square in front of the prison.

"Who is going to take Antonio?" Goethe strode to the prison gate, surrounded by priests, and the warden hurried forward, pointing to a heavily armed man and saying, "High priest, this man claims to be Joel, deputy head of the Knights of the Silver Dragon Wings......"

"That's enough," Goethe asked coldly, glaring at the man who stepped forward, and seeing him take off the silver helmet on his head, revealing a young and capable face, "I know you, why did you come here?

"High Priest," Joel, who had taken over the position of Douglas, the former deputy head of the Knights of the Silver Dragon Wings, saluted him without humility or arrogance, and then said, "We have received news that Captain Antonio has been framed, and we have come here to ensure his safety. ”

"Hmph," Goethe sneered mockingly, "I don't know who sent you the news, but I can tell you that Antonio was not framed, he sheltered and let the banshee go in front of thousands of people, and this crime must be punished!"

"Banshee?" Joel looked at him unhurriedly, doubled his voice, and said, "I've heard about that, and you're probably referring to Miss Tali, the guardian of the merfolk, right?"

Hearing Tully's name, General Grammy and Antonio's relatives outside the priest's wall immediately pricked up their ears, only to see Joel turn around in place, open his arms and say to the people present: "I have seen her with the knights of the Order in the Ice and Snow Island, and have been with her for a long time, and we are very familiar with her. ”

He stopped in front of the knights, looked back at Goethe's grim face, and said, "She is a gentle, kind, amiable, brave and strong girl, and a noble priestess, whose status is comparable to that of the merfolk, and not of any despicable banshee as you say!"

"You ......" Goethe angrily raised his hand and pointed at him, but Joel interrupted him loudly and continued: "Back on the Ice Island, you led the priesthood to besiege Miss Tully and Mr. Murphy for no reason, and if it wasn't for Captain Antonio's timely rescue, you would have killed them there!"

"And now," said Joel, whose eyes were pierced at Goethe, "and you have used this to slander Miss Tully, and at the same time frame the head of Antonio, the high priest, and I would like to ask you, what right do you have to arrest and judge him in private, you are in the same position as our head of the group?"

Goethe glared at Joel speechlessly, and sneered for a while: "If he commits a crime, I have the right to judge on behalf of His Majesty the Holy Emperor, no matter what his identity is!

"Really?" Joel smiled contemptuously, and looked back at one of the knights closest to him in the front row, and the knight stepped forward and handed him a golden scroll, which Joel unfolded and said aloud:

It is reported that Antonio, the head of the Knights of the Wings of the Silver Dragon, had a misunderstanding with the priesthood in the city of Dumosco, the Duke of Erus, and is now arrested and imprisoned.

I believe that at this time when the country is in danger, unity and cooperation are fundamental, and the mermaid matter is not worth mentioning, and the merfolk have been allies of the empire, so the high priest might as well be lenient.

Therefore, I ordered Antonio to be released immediately, and hoped that the high priest and the head of Antonio would work together to recover the holy weapon as soon as possible to share my worries, and when I returned to the imperial capital in the next day, I would have a certain decision on the rewards and punishments for my merits. - Valentine II, Holy Emperor of the Farrell Empire.

When the decree was finished, Joel raised his head and looked at the high priest's face, and asked triumphantly, "High Priest, do you understand the will of His Majesty the Holy Emperor?

"No, give me the decree!" Goethe stepped forward and stretched out his hand to Joel and said, "I don't believe this is true, how can His Majesty the Holy Emperor give you such a small deputy head decree, he will not see you at all!"

"Are you questioning His Majesty's decree?" Joel's face changed when he heard this, and he glared at Goethe and said loudly: "This is the decree written by His Majesty the Holy Emperor himself, I was by His Majesty's side at the time, if you don't believe it, you can ask Your Majesty in person, if Your Majesty denies it, you can cut off my head with your own hands!"

Goethe hesitated for a moment, knowing that if he continued to persevere, he would be guilty of disobedience, but he was seized by the Knights and ordered the warden to take Antonio out of prison.

A moment later, Antonio, dressed in prison uniform, walked out of the prison gate under the escort of the jailers, and the Silver Dragon Knights immediately stepped forward to push the jailer away, removing the shackles from Antonio's body, and Joel strode forward to salute him, "Commander, we are late." ”

"Why are you here?" Antonio looked at them in amazement, not expecting his knights to appear here, Joel stepped forward and whispered something to him, and then handed him the decree to him, "Let's talk about the details when we get out of here." ”

Antonio glanced down at the decree in his hand, nodded slightly, turned around and walked to Goethe, handed him the decree and said, "High priest, remember who saved your life when your left eye went blind?"

Goethe stared at him speechless, Antonio gave him a cold look, turned and led the knights to force back the siege of the priests, and walked in the direction of the city gate.

When they walked out of the priest wall, Antonio's relatives who were standing outside the human wall were overjoyed and called out Antonio's name loudly, and the knight captain looked back at them when he heard this, but his face did not show joy, but he looked at them calmly, and silently turned his head and left with the knights.

"Anton, where are you going?" Antonio's parents shouted anxiously, but Antonio left without looking back, and Catherine, who was standing beside them, lowered her head and said to the two of them bitterly: "He hates us, he must hate us to death." ”

"What are you talking about, Katyusha, what are you talking about?" the mother looked back at her in surprise, and the country girl looked up and said in remorse, "Didn't you hear what the knight had just said?

"We wronged her, we made her and Anton like this, so he hates us!" Catherine said to Antonio's parents in anguish, and the two looked at each other and became overwhelmed.

At this time, General Grammy, who was standing beside them, had his eyes fixed on the second floor of a room not far away, and he saw a man in a black cloak and a black wide-brimmed hat standing on the balcony on the second floor.

The brim of his hat was so low that he couldn't see his face clearly, but it could be seen that his gaze was always shifting between Antonio and Goethe, and when his gaze met the Grammys for a moment, he turned away calmly and disappeared into the room as if nothing had happened.

"What did he do?" muttered the general, staring at where the man had disappeared.