At the headquarters of the Knights, Nova sat on a bench with a dull expression.

He never thought that Ollov would successfully clear his name, and he did not blame Melissa, because he felt from the beginning that Oloff would always show his feet.

Although he also suspected that Melissa and Orloff were in a gang halfway, as he investigated, he could see that Melissa did believe his statement, and then seriously looked for Orloff's flaws.

It's a pity that Orlov still made all this round, it seems that he really did not participate in this case, but Nova remembered it wrongly.

However, he was still unwilling, because there was a huge flaw in front of him, that is, Melissa also knew that Louise had been kidnapped by that gang, in that case, how could those people have died a year ago?

So after the investigation was over, although Melissa had agreed to let him wait for the Emir to come back and make a decision, he still planned to discuss the specifics of the case again.

At this point, because Melissa was investigating another incident, the Knights arranged for him to wait in the headquarters hall.

In the process, he saw all kinds of cases that happened in this town, whether they were trivial and inconsequential, or they were earth-shattering and headache-inducing.

Nova doesn't have much sympathy for those who encounter events, because life is always full of all kinds of troubles and frustrations.

He only has some sympathy for the knights who handle it, no matter what the case is, the person concerned can only turn to the knights for help, and these knights cannot refuse, and must take responsibility for each case to the end.

Although it can be seen from their expressions that there is no complaint about these things, some things are clear at a glance, and even the murderer has been caught, but because there is no substantive evidence, it is impossible to convict the murderer.

Most of the time, they can only release the murderer, leaving only the gloomy figure of the person concerned and the look of disappointment in the Knights, and then the helpless eyes of the knights who are trying their best to solve the case.

As Nova saw this, he couldn't help but feel sad when he thought of his situation.

He also came to a conclusion from this, that is, the strength of knights is limited, they may be superior to ordinary people in martial arts, but they are subject to many more restrictions than ordinary people, sometimes they want to help others, but they always end in failure, in exchange for the disappointment of others.

No, or that the power of human beings is limited, and it is very simple for the wicked to do evil, as long as they pay a little attention and try not to leave traces, but the knights who capture the wicked must use proper means, once they do whatever it takes to save trouble, they are no different from those wicked people, even if they know the truth, they need enough evidence to support it.

As a result, the cost of evil is so low that anyone can do it, and the cost of upholding justice is so high that no one can do it perfectly.

Nova couldn't help but wonder if there was a power beyond human beings that could see through the hearts of the wicked and then expose them to everyone, would every case be perfect?

"Hehe, how could there be such a thing."

Nova couldn't help but smile wryly, and then dismissed the unrealistic and childish thought.

I didn't know how long I waited, until it was getting late, and there were fewer and fewer people in the headquarters hall, and those knights all went back to rest on time, and Nova guessed that Melissa should not come back today.

He decided to return to Melissa's house and wait for the emir, maybe things would turn around, after all, there were some things that could not be done by one person alone.

At this time, the streets were sparsely populated and some shops were closed, and Nova followed his memory towards Melissa's mansion.

But he had not gone a few steps when the patrolling soldiers spotted him, and they saw that he was dressed ordinarily and did not look like the people of this noble district at all, so they hurried to stop him.

"Hey, who are you and how did you get here?" One of the two soldiers looked at him with disdain.

"It's like, it can't be a thief." The other soldier also had bad intentions.

They were the ones who specialized in maintaining law and order in the aristocratic district, and they had to stand guard here for a long time to better protect the interests of the nobility.

The errand is tiring, but in order to make them do things willingly, the superiors have established a grade point system, and as long as they catch a suspicious person, they can write down a credit and get an additional bonus at the end of the month.

Therefore, they often mistakenly arrested many people in order to earn merit points, but because those people were either servants of the noble family who had just arrived, or they were guests in the aristocratic area, they were not able to compete with the local soldiers, so they could only swallow their anger.

Nova was in this situation now, and he wanted to justify it, but the soldiers did not intend to listen to him at all, but directly shackled him.

"Wait a minute, I'm a guest at the Cromwell house, and you've caught the wrong one." Nova hastened to speak up.

"Yo, this guy still knows how to deceive people, the Cromwell family is a famous family in Baifeng Town, how can there be a shabby guest like you?"

"That's right, by the way, when it comes to the Cromwell family, they are really generous, once I went to their house with my superiors to investigate a matter, and it turned out that they treated us as honored guests, and put on a feast, to be honest, it was the best meal I have eaten in my life."

"Really? You kid is too unrighteous, don't you call me such a good thing. ”

"Oh, weren't you going to stand guard?"

"So what, tell me about it, I can change shifts with others, in short, it's your fault, you must invite me to dinner next time."

"Hey," Nova interrupted their small talk, "I'm really a guest of their house, or you can check it out, or call Miss Melissa." ”

"Hahahaha, brother, did you hear, this guy still knows Melissa?"

"That's it, who doesn't know the deputy head of this Baifeng Town."

"Hehe, did you hear that, it's useless to move out the name of the deputy head of the regiment, let's go with us honestly."

Nova knew that it was useless to say anything, that these people would only treat him with prejudice, and on the way away, he couldn't help but think that this might be a limitation of human beings.

Whether he is a thief or not, they first judge by appearance, and in the same way, as long as those wicked people put on a well-dressed appearance, they will believe that the other person is a good person.

With his memory, he knew that the soldiers were going to take him to the previous prison, but as he went deeper and deeper into the aristocratic quarter, there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, and finally there was no one to be seen, only the dim street lamp, which was a light source provided by torches, which could only be used for one night, but fortunately it was protected by a lampshade, so it would not be easily extinguished.

The two soldiers gave their companions the task of standing guard, and they had a chance to escort Nova to them, but they probably rarely came here in the evening, so they were a little nervous when they saw the empty streets.

Suddenly, a strange wind blew, and the street lights on the side of the street were suddenly extinguished, and the street became even darker, because the ground was black bricks, and the soldiers could not even see the road under their feet.

"I said buddy, have you heard of a legend circulating in prison?"

“…… Of course I've heard of it, but since it's a legend, it's all fake. ”

"No, something strange happened again last night, two guards made a bet and ran to the bottom of the prison, but they didn't see either of them this morning, as if they had been taken by something."

"Hey, don't you say that? I didn't see that the atmosphere was very wrong now. ”

"Hahahaha, you really believe it, I just heard about it, who knows if those people who guard the prison are idle and deliberately say some false rumors."

"Hmph, it must be like this, don't say it, let's go, finish early and get off work early."

"Well, what are you doing in a daze, hurry up." The soldier urged Nova.

At this time, he clearly felt that something was approaching, but the light around him was dim, and the soldiers did not notice.

But the thing seemed to be coming from behind, and as the footsteps grew louder and louder, the soldiers finally noticed it.

"Who? Who's there? The soldier shouted.

"Hehe, sir, it's hard work."

Suddenly, a man's voice came, and a torch lit up in the darkness.

By the light of the fire, the soldier could see clearly the appearance of the man, of medium stature, well-dressed, and obviously a nobleman.

"Who are you? Register your name. ”

"My name is Orlov, and I'm a nobleman here."

"It's you!" Nova was furious when he heard this, but his hands were cuffed, and his shoulders were pressed by two soldiers, and he could not move freely at all.

"Oh? Do you two know each other? The soldier asked.

"Hehe," Orloff sneered, "of course I know, I know everything when I turn to ashes, this kid stole my family heirloom, and I was looking for him." ”

"I see, you're a thief." It dawned on the soldier.

"What advice do you have, Mr. Orlov?" Another soldier asked respectfully.

"Hehe, I want to do the two chiefs a favor and send this kid to prison myself."

"This ...... This is very difficult to do, you are a noble person, how can we be embarrassed to ask you to help? The soldier's face was embarrassed, but he was afraid that Orlov had lost the prisoner.

However, Orlov clearly took this into account and said.

"Don't worry, you don't have torches, it's not easy to walk, and I have something to do with the warden, just by the way, if you're afraid that the prisoner will run away, you can put a pair of shackles on him."

"Well, that's a good idea."

"Right? Then rest assured that I will not lose your benefits. Orlov said, leaning over to the two soldiers and shoving two bags of gold coins into their hands.

The soldier weighed it for a moment, then smiled in satisfaction.

Soon, Orlov sent two soldiers and personally escorted Nova.

"Tsk, what tricks do you want to play?"

"Hehe, it's nothing, I just don't want my secret to be known." Orlov watched the soldier walk away, then smiled evilly.

Nova immediately understood what he wanted to do.

"Cut, you want to kill me?"

"Hmph, it seems that you kid is not stupid."

Afterwards, Orlov pulled Nova with a rope into a remote alley, where there was simply no daylight, only the faint glow of the torches added to the horror of Ollov's face.

"Hehe, only dead people don't leak secrets, don't blame me, blame it because your memory is too good, my brother is not your biological parents, it's been a year, and you're still obsessed with it, alas, it's a pity, you're still so young."

"Oh? You mean to say that you confessed to killing my adoptive parents? ”

"Of course, what do you think? Hehe, I'm going to let you die now," Orloff said with a sad smile, "I killed those people, but I did something to their corpses, so it looks like they died a long time ago." ”

"I see." Nova suddenly realized.

At this time, he actually felt a little relieved, because he was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that he had not figured it out before he died.

"Okay, you can go in peace."

As he spoke, Orlov pulled out a sharp dagger and smeared poison on it to make sure it was safe.

Immediately after that, the sound of the blade stabbing into his body, bright red blood gushed out like a fountain, and the over-bleeding Nova collapsed to the ground like a broken marionette, however, he had a satisfied smile on his face, because he finally understood that his memory was not confused.