The beloved thing became scarred, and the emotional Andrew first panicked, and then showed a confused look after hearing what Lu Yu said.
Attacking and killing nobles is no small accusation.
In many places in this era, nobles killed ordinary people. If the laws were looser, they would not even be responsible and would just pay compensation.
When the ordinary royal family pursues the case, they will publish a declaration of guilt in their own territory, no matter how serious it is.
This declaration is not for the people below, but to tell the royal family that he has no objections to the laws established by the royal family, and will not make any more mistakes while ensuring the interests of everyone.
Immediately afterwards, some small gifts that were blasphemous to the law were presented to the royal family, and everyone was very happy.
If the person killed was a slave, he would not be held accountable.
After the transaction is completed, the slave becomes a personal property. Whether he lives or dies depends on the owner's mood.
But if the target you attack is a knight who has broken away from the general class, a noble with a title, even the smallest, least status, and disliked noble, you will get into big trouble.
When the situation is not life-and-death, attacking and killing openly is destroying the rules that everyone has formulated together.
Andrew is very aware of the seriousness of the problem, but the problem is... although his demon-breaking doll can move, it can only move, and her movements are completely out of control.
Once activated, the Demon-Breaking Doll slapped him in a series of slaps, causing his face to become swollen.
After modifying the magic circle and successfully nesting it, the action of the Demon-Breaking Doll became very confusing.
It is normal for his whole body to shake randomly like twitching, to fall to the ground with a thud, and to twist his body like a fish.
Lu Yu said that her movements were coherent and agile, and a set of military boxing almost seriously injured Lu Yu...
Andrew really couldn't imagine that kind of scene.
Lu Yu didn't believe it when he saw Andrew, and motioned for him to follow him into the house.
A torch was handed to Andrew by Lu Yu.
"Take care, these are the traces left by my battle with her."
At the entrance, a large number of white scratches were revealed under the firelight.
On the wall behind the door, a dent caused by several impacts is clearly visible.
Andrew reached out and touched it, and rubble and wall dust rustled down.
Lu Yu had no idea that he would come late at night, so there was no possibility of temporarily creating such a scene to deceive him.
Although Andrew was a little curious about how the marks with slender tentacles like octopuses were made in the depressions on the wall, he didn't have the time to think about it in detail.
Is your puppet really moving and planning to kill someone?
The person who was killed was his own tenant, a traveling nobleman.
Immediately afterwards, Andrew thought of something that he had ignored since just now.
The demon-breaking doll I found from the Goblin Underground Palace has been tested by myself and found to be able to deal with a third-level magician under normal operation.
The traces of such a fierce battle at the scene are enough to prove that the Demon-Breaking Doll was in a strange "normal operation" state at that time.
Being able to deal with the Demon-Breaking Doll and beating it into such a tragic state...
Andrew glanced at Lu Yu secretly and said in a feigned fear.
"Fortunately, your strength is amazing and your martial arts skills are exquisite. If a magician had stayed here, something worse might have happened today."
"I am the magician." Lu Yu glanced at Andrew.
Andrew shuddered, seemingly calm, but his scalp felt numb.
He can break the normal functioning Demon-Breaking Doll, and he is also a magician...Level 3?
No, even third-level magicians are in trouble. The distortion effect of the Demon-Breaking Doll on magic will invalidate a large amount of magic.
But...is there such a young fourth-level magician?
How old is he?
Early twenties?
He doesn't look like a demi-human.
After all, Andrew was still young and had no experience in dealing with this kind of thing.
As conjectures popped up in his mind, his uneasiness became more and more intense.
He came back from the East just to ask his father to stop "promoting" him temporarily.
He is young, a second-level magician, has good military exploits, and is popular among the knights of the royal family. Once these attributes came together in Andrew, he attracted many people who were concerned about his marriage.
Previously, he had tried hard to persuade his family not to push him forward too early, so that he could have time to study hard in magic and learn how to make dolls.
However, to most people here, the puppet master is just a "wonderful and skillful person".
They also hope that Andrew will have greater achievements in studying magic, master more power, and lead the family to climb up.
Soon, Yas III will make big moves in the Eastern Territory. If Andrew performs well by then, as direct descendants of the royal family, they will be able to rise to great heights just around the corner.
"When you become a fourth-level magician and a big shot in the Yas Kingdom, you can study your puppets any way you want."
My father's promise is more like a joke. At that time, will I really have time to study it, and will I be able to relieve myself of the burden?
He made military exploits in the Eastern Territory and received praise from the old lords, just to make his father give in when he returned home.
Now that something happened to the demon-breaking doll he used to study, Andrew could imagine his father's anger.
I'm afraid I'll never touch this aspect again.
"It is indeed my responsibility that something like this happened. I will compensate you for your losses, but not now."
Seeing Lu Yu's dissatisfied expression, Andrew hurriedly said, "It's getting late. I'll give you an explanation tomorrow."
Andrew took off his sword and placed it on the ground.
"This is the pledge."
Lu Yu didn't expect that Andrew would enter the compensation mode so smoothly after knowing the whole story. Is this his personality?
Lu Yu picked up his sword, waved his hand, and said impatiently: "I'm waiting for your response. I hope you won't think about finding someone to silence you after you return home."
Andrew, who was originally very humble, frowned, and the apologetic smile on his face instantly solidified.
"Is this questioning the credibility of the Turner family? I implore you to take back these words."
Lu Yu looked back at Andrew with a smile on his face.
"You may have forgotten that there is a possibility that you originally planned to use the doll to murder the tenant, but you never expected to meet me."
"I fought back hard and subdued the puppet. You were afraid that the matter would be exposed, so you rushed to me to get the evidence back."
"you!"
"What are you doing? As soon as I subdued the puppet, you came over on horseback. It just so happens that it's hard not to wonder if it's just a coincidence."
Andrew wanted to say something, but it was hard to explain.
In terms of timing, it is indeed too much of a coincidence.
As soon as he returned to the royal city, his puppet attacked Lu Yu. Even if he sought notarization from a third party, the Turner family would still have doubts about this matter.
There had been many rumors about this house because of the deaths of two magicians. Those weird words once made it impossible to rent out several of the Turner family's mansions.
If this attack is exposed, even if the Turner family has never done this, people will happily start to make unreasonable associations.
The enemies of the Turner family will definitely use these things to ridicule and disgust the family members.
"Andrew, for the sake of being a noble, it's easy for me to let you take away the evidence. If you really want to control what I say..."
Lu Yu patted him on the shoulder: "Then let's duel. If you win, I will shut up."
Andrew raised his head and stared into Lu Yu's eyes. After a while, he looked away.
Everything from Lu Yu's expression to his eyes revealed his strong confidence.
Thinking about it again, the Demon-Breaking Doll was beaten to a scarred state against him, and he was even a magician...
It's hard to win.
Andrew saluted Lu Yu, placed the cloth bag he carried next to his sword, and took the initiative to leave the doll to Lu Yu for safekeeping, while he only took away the driver core.
Lu Yu agreed to his request and threw the cracked crystal core to him.
"Your Excellency Lu Yu, I will definitely pay you a return visit at noon tomorrow."
After saying that, he got on his horse and left without looking back.
After confirming that Andrew had really left, Lulutis quickly appeared, dragged the puppet back to the house, closed the door, and locked it.
He followed Lu Yu to the quiet kitchen, lit the lamp, untied the cloth bag, and the small half bag of metal coins fell onto the wooden table, making a pleasant sound.
Lulutis lit the torch, and under the firelight, the two happily counted the money.
"Lu Yu, I don't understand you. You are so timid, why are you acting so boldly this time?"
Several times just now, Lulutis felt that Lu Yu was going to break up the conversation, but in the end he actually stabilized himself.
Being steady wasn't the best part, he controlled the rhythm of the conversation and firmly suppressed Andrew's momentum.
It was obvious that Lu Yu was a new magician who had just started, but Andrew was very afraid of him.
Lu Yu smiled and picked up a silver coin, placed it under the torch and observed it.
After hearing what Lulutis said, Lu Yu asked back.
"How else should I deal with it?"
"If I am submissive and act cowardly, how can I let him pass on the news of my existence?"
"If I was just a coward, would he keep his sword and money bag? Would he look down upon me? Would he be afraid of me?"
"Even if you have the title of a noble, you can only stand and talk to them. Only strength can honor respect."
"So different scenarios require different responses."
Lulutis asked: "This shouldn't be the 'someone sends money' in your plan, right?"
"Of course not, the play hasn't finished yet." Lu Yu said, "Originally, I planned to ask Sigrid to spread the news that I was short of money, but Andrew showed me a shortcut."
Lu Yu blew out the torch and prepared to go upstairs to rest. When passing by the doll, he squatted down again, flipped the doll around, and asked Lulutis to check it again.
After confirming that it was correct, Lu Yu yawned.
"Go to bed early. Andrew is not the only one who will be here tomorrow."
"Let's bring in some bad guys, so I won't have any psychological burden if I lie to him... This young man, Andrew, is so naive. I feel bad for lying to him."