klisemfg Chapter 444 Where is the evidence?
Chapter 444 Where is the evidence?
"I don't know what you're talking about, Bobby-kun."
There were only a few people in the command hall which was usually bustling with people. Daniel put on a thick fur cloak, turned his back to the door, and spoke slowly, word by word.
"--I grew up in the family's training and learned to pick up a sword and fight, all for the purpose of contributing to the empire and Ozler today." Daniel supported the sword blade on the ground with both hands, hidden under the thick fur, and no one could see the tip of his trembling little finger.
"You are jealous of me. You have been jealous of me since we entered school... This is human nature, Bobby. I have long been accustomed to it. After all, we have different identities and different starting points." Daniel's tone was heavy, as if he was very tired. "But now is not the time to frame your comrades, Bobby. This is the first line of defense."
"Nonsense! I've never been jealous of you!" Bobby was so shocked by his performance of turning the tables that he couldn't express it in words. "What do you have to be jealous of? You've never been better than Lilith, Ian, or even Lucas—"
The topic went off topic, and Daniel felt pleased, but his tone remained unchanged, "Your accusation is too outrageous. If I had known this, I probably shouldn't have brought you back from the battlefield."
Bobby, who had just woken up from a coma, looked surprised. Was it him? He carried himself back? How was this possible?
Captain Bobby, Joan, was sitting on a chair at the side. She looked at Daniel with scrutiny in her eyes, "It was him and I who brought you back together..."
But when Joan was retreating, she first saw Daniel walking silently to the side. She was afraid that something might happen to him, so she followed him. Only then did she find Bobby fainted under the barricades. At that time, this man... was he holding a sword in his hand?
Bobby was very excited. "It was you. It was you on the battlefield—"
"Speak with evidence." Daniel seemed to be angry because he was wrongly accused, and his tone became excited. "That was my most admired and closest cousin. He was the pride of the Russell family. How could I possibly kill him? And you, you said I injured you on the battlefield. There were so many people, who saw it? And where is your wound?!"
Bobby felt that all the blood in his body rushed to his head, and his ears were buzzing. He covered his chest, and the cold wind from the battlefield kept drilling into his body through the blood hole. He thought he would never forget that feeling, but when he woke up from the coma, the wound was gone!
"Yes, it was an elf who healed me!" Bobby was almost desperate. He would rather the elf's healing spell was not so effective, even if it left him with a scar!
"Those elves, yes! Those elves must know! They can testify for me!" As soon as Bobby shouted, Daniel's beard trembled, his face was gloomy and he said nothing.
This made everyone present who knew the situation fall silent. Those elves? But——
"They've already left, Bobby."
It had been two days since the beast tide. The dead flesh on Claire's face had been cleaned off and he had almost recovered, but this half of his face looked a little funny without a beard. He rubbed the intact half of his face tiredly, looking at the two people confronting each other off the field and recalling the day before.
The battle the day before seemed like a dream to everyone. When the first golden rainbow appeared on the coastline, the elves descended from the sky like gods, saving the precarious situation and helping them defend the city walls.
In the morning light, the shadows of the already tall elves cast on the scorched earth were stretched very long, intertwining with the broken thorns, cracked shields and half-melted void beasts, as if the scarred land here was weaving a new totem of hope on its own. Claire's heart was pounding wildly as he watched, and he staggered forward towards them.
"Back off!"
The masked female elf pulled the bow and arrow directly at him, threatening Claire not to come forward, her tone cold and distant.
The giant bear behind him walked among the elves with a relatively intact corpse of a void beast in his mouth, threw it on the ground, and then changed into a human form, watching their priests collect it.
"You, you can't take them out of Ozler!" Claire saw what these people were up to and hurriedly spoke out to stop them, "They may still have beast eggs in their bodies—"
However, those uninvited guests didn't even spare him a glance. Green runes gathered on the ground, and the entire beast corpse was wrapped into a cocoon by the suddenly emerging lichens, and then disappeared in the hands of the priest wearing a deer antler mask.
"You can make plants grow on polluted land..." Claire realized it belatedly. He ignored the threat from the cold arrow tip and wanted to continue negotiating, but the other party had already moved.
"Om-"
A soft humming sound came from under Claire's feet, and then glowed faintly in the morning light. He realized what it was and hurriedly opened his mouth to stop it, "Wait! Please wait a moment!"
The group of people in front of him, along with the corpses of the void beasts they had taken away, all disappeared. Cheers came from the high walls behind him, but the elves had already disappeared into the morning mist with their spoils...
Claire held down half of his twitching face. The tingling sensation of new flesh regenerating tortured his nerves. He still hadn't gotten used to it after all these years - why did those elves help them, but then leave without a word? What did this mean?
Thinking of this, he looked at the two people in front of him again.
"I believe..." Claire stared at Bobby and spoke slowly. Daniel felt cold sweat running down his spine and his body could no longer suppress its trembling.
"——I believe that Lord Daniel would not do such a thing." Claire ignored Bobby's shocked face and continued, "The Russell family, like the Taylor family, is a well-known knight family in the Gaia Empire. They are proud of adhering to the way of chivalry. How could they do... such a sensational evil thing?"
Daniel suddenly breathed a sigh of relief—he knew, he knew!
At this moment, many soldiers of the Russell family were still fighting in various outposts of Ozler. Without Andre, he was the most promising heir of the family. At this time, how could Ozler give up on himself! For a civilian! ?
Claire turned to look at Daniel again, "Have you told your grandfather about your brother's situation?"
"Not yet..." Daniel's nerves relaxed, and his performance became more relaxed. He shook his head sadly, "Grandfather is old. I haven't figured out how to say it to make him feel better."
"Knight Andre is a hero of Ozler. Although his body cannot rest in peace, at least his sword should return to his hometown and to his family. I know that you knights all have such rules. It is a testimony to his heroic deeds." Claire's voice was heavy with sorrow, for Andre and for the other comrades who sacrificed around her.
Daniel was silent for a moment: "...I understand."
"I hope to see you again next time, in your new identity, Knight Russell." Claire looked into Daniel's eyes and said solemnly.
What is this? Daniel's eyes were surprisingly bright, as if he had received some promise from Her Highness Claire. Bobby was no longer a threat. He didn't even look at the pale civilian guardian beside him. He saluted and left the command hall.
"As for you--" Claire turned her head and looked over.