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Elena kept her word and told the housekeeper, "Go get 30 gold coins."
The housekeeper is leaving.
Eli refused, "No, you have to explain it clearly!"
"How else can you explain it?" Elena asked.
Eli's chest expanded and contracted several times like a bellows. "Go find the witnesses, go to Padres Prairie, find the comrades who served with Joyce at the time, and ask them if they know anything about this debt."
Eli stared at the bearded man coldly. "Now, tell me the truth. What's your name? How did you meet Joyce? Why did Joyce hire you to protect him? And how did you protect him? Think carefully and speak carefully. What you say now must be verified with the testimony of witnesses. If what you say is wrong, you will be taken to the gallows for defrauding the nobles!"
The bearded man looked at Eli without saying a word.
Eli thought he had shocked this "liar" and a smug expression gradually appeared on his face: "See, you feel guilty now, right? I was right, you are a liar!"
"Dirty and despicable liar, wait for the trial!" Eli took advantage of the victory and immediately attacked the liar in front of him with sharp words, "You audacious pariah, how dare you take advantage of the viscount's accidental death to disrupt the situation? Do you think you can succeed? Look at your sloppy and dirty appearance. You are wearing the lowest-grade leather armor, a rough coarse cloth shirt, and worn leather boots stained with mud. How can you look like a high-level swordsman? Joyce is a real knight. How could he hire someone like you to protect him? I don't know where you stole this IOU, or if someone bribed you..."
Eli paused deliberately and looked at Elena.
Elena gave him a cold smile and gave him an invitation to the dead on the spot.
Eli, unaware of the deceased's invitation, continued to pressure the bearded man: "If you still have a conscience, if you still have a modicum of integrity, you should tell the truth. Come, speak, lost lamb! Return to the right path quickly, kneel down and repent. If you remain stubborn and cling to hope for the best, then a cruel judgment awaits you!"
The side relatives who had been playing in the background and dared not say a word now found an opportunity and joined in the buzzing to make righteous suggestions.
Under such oppression, the bearded man finally moved.
He smiled.
He raised his right arm and made a sword-raising gesture with his empty hand: "After all this talk, you just don't want to admit it."
Eli raised his chin and snorted through his nose.
Elena made her attitude clear: "I admit it."
"Okay." The bearded man nodded. As soon as he finished speaking, a white sword energy appeared out of thin air and gently passed in front of Eli.
Nothing seemed to have changed, but two seconds later, Eli split in two with his eyes wide open.
"ah!"
The relatives from the side branches screamed and pushed each other as they ran out of the castle.
Elena: ...Oh my god! My castle!
After a brief period of noise, the castle returned to silence.
Elena looked expressionlessly at Eli, who was lying on the ground with his eyes open, and at the large pool of blood on the floor.
The bearded man sat in the main seat in the tea room as if he was the owner of the place.
"Are you scared?" asked the bearded man.
Elena didn't even turn her head: "I'm not afraid, I just feel annoyed."
"What's bothering you?"
"My nice castle has become a bloody crime scene. Why am I so upset?" Elena asked angrily.
Even when she was forced by Eli, she was so angry that she did not choose to use magic fire bullets or ice spikes because that would dirty her castle. Her castle should be clean and beautiful, so she was only willing to accept the invitation of the dead.
But! Now!
If she had known this earlier, she would have used the Invitation of the Dead earlier. It was just a little bit short!
The invitation from the dead is so good, clean and pollution-free. After Eli was cursed, he died outside, and after his death, the magic power would be decomposed and fed back to her.
What a good choice! Why didn’t she use it before?
"Hey, what's the big deal?" A white sword energy swept past, and this time the sword energy did not cut Eli into pieces, but froze him and the pool of blood around him.
"Look, isn't it much easier to clean up this way?" The bearded man's lazy voice sounded.
Elena took a deep breath, barely suppressed her irritation, and ordered the housekeeper to clean up the tea room.
The butler asked timidly, "Miss, with such a serious matter, wouldn't it be better to ask the Earl to intervene?"
"My Lord Earl?" Elena asked.
"Yes, although Eli isn't a knight, he is, after all, Master Elro's biological brother, your uncle, and a member of the Field family. His death in the Viscount's mansion, and such an undignified one, could be exploited by someone with ulterior motives. This would be detrimental to your future succession to the title, young lady. Therefore, I think it would be best for you to ask the Earl to intervene in this matter."
What the butler said made sense. Elena was reminded by him and then she remembered that there seemed to be such a system in ancient Europe. In addition to the king, the superior lords also had jurisdiction over the subordinate lords.
The superior lord of the duke, marquis, earl, viscount and baron is the earl.
And the butler's mention of someone with ulterior motives reminded Elena of Viscount Antoine, whom Eli had mentioned.
After Eli mentioned this person yesterday, she went to the study to check the map that night. Viscount Antoine's territory was right next to the Field family's territory. Given such a geographical location, the reason why Eli was able to obtain Viscount Antoine's help was most likely because he promised to cede a piece of border land.
However, it is also possible that Viscount Antoine approached Eli on his own initiative, encouraging him to seize power and secure a piece of land of his choice at the cost of practical support such as force, money, and social connections.
Now that Eli is dead, it is unknown whether Viscount Antoine will jump out and continue to disrupt the situation.
"Do you still remember my 30 gold coins?" A lazy voice interrupted Elena's thoughts.
Elena quickly recovered and turned to face the bearded man: "Excuse me, I'll give you 30 gold coins right away."
The butler hurried to get the gold coins.
"I haven't asked for your name yet," Elena asked.
"Leonard."
Elena waited for a while, and when she saw that the other party didn't say anything else, she asked, "Is this your last name?"
"No, this is my name." Leonard sat in the main seat. The originally larger main seat seemed a little small in contrast to him.
"Excuse me, how did you get to know my brother?" Elena continued to ask.
"Joyce and I met on Padres Prairie. Joyce's swordsmanship and magic skills were not the best, and he was relatively vulnerable on the battlefield. So, for safety reasons, he paid to find someone who could protect him on the battlefield. It just so happened that I was on the front line at the time, and I happened to be short of money, so I took the business." Leonard gave a simple explanation.
"I see." Elena nodded slightly.
At this time, the butler brought the gold coins.
Elena counted the gold coins on the tray with her own hands, and after confirming the number was correct, she put the gold coins into the bag on the tray.
Elena handed the bag to Leonard: "Thank you for your time. I will deliver the remaining gold coins as soon as possible."
Leonard took the bag and hung it around his waist, then took off the worn-out bag from his waist, took out the only three silver coins from it, and handed them to Elena.
Elena looked surprised:???
Leonard said: "Joyce passed away unexpectedly. As his friend, I am deeply saddened. I came here in a hurry and didn't prepare anything. These three silver coins are my little token of my appreciation."
Elena received the silver coin with mixed feelings: "Thank you, thank you."
3 silver coins. 100 silver coins equal 1 gold coin. If you're sincere, why don't you take out 3 gold coins? Didn't you just get 30 gold coins? Didn't you say you and Joyce are friends? Is your friendship with Joyce really that cheap?
Leonard wanted to leave as soon as he got the money.
"Wait, if you leave now, what should I say to the Earl?" Elena quickly spoke up to stop Leonard.
"It doesn't matter. I'll say hello to Earl Barnett when I pass by Book Harbor." Leonard said nonchalantly, as if killing a member of the Field family was no big deal at all.
"Who are you?" Elena became more and more curious. After killing someone, was it all over just by saying hello?
Leonard smiled and said, "A knight."
A knight? A knight who kills people at the slightest provocation? Does that align with the righteous spirit of chivalry?
Elena felt so angry that she wanted to vomit.
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