The midday sun made the square a little hot, and even the wind blowing was warm.
People crowded in the square, and a group of aborigines held up some wooden boards and surrounded the punishment stone in the center of the square, trying to surround the girl on the punishment stone to shield her from the hot sun. Some people even wanted to pour water from the water bottle on the girl.
The four guards held their spears horizontally, blocking the crowd from getting too close.
She was lying on the black reef, her skin exposed outside her clothes was sunburned red by the dazzling glare. Her mental state was very poor, her eyes were half-closed, even though her lips were chapped and her eye sockets were sunken, it was still difficult to hide her beautiful face.
He looks a little thin, with a pointed chin, a straight nose, and his skin color is slightly whiter than other aborigines, but his face is full of stubbornness.
She was probably only eleven or twelve years old. The long linen skirt she was wearing had become tattered. Her thin arms and legs had almost no flesh on them. Her bare feet and legs were curled up, and her body was almost flat.
At the black reef, it was burned red by the hot punishment stone.
Several aborigines in the crowd seemed very excited. They tried to rush away from the guards guarding the punishment stone, but were blocked by the guards.
There were many pairs of onlookers in the square, but the imperial people who had immigrated from Bena Province just watched coldly from a distance, their eyes full of contempt and indifference.
The sun burned the rocks to a boil, and some water poured on the girl's face. She tried hard to curl up, but was blocked by two metal chains.
Surdak walked through the crowd and stood in front of the girl. The moment he looked up, his eyes revealed the desire for life.
Seeing Suldak approaching, the girl closed her eyes with an indifferent expression, raised her pointed chin, let her head lie on the black reef, and covered her embarrassed face with one hand.
The guards didn't dare to stop Surdak. Seeing Surdak's unfamiliar face, they didn't know what to say for a moment.
After all, the silver noble medal hanging on Surdak's chest prevented them from showing any disrespect to Surdak.
Several people dressed as nobles were watching from a distance, but when they saw that the scene was a bit out of control, they whispered a few words to the servants behind them.
Two guards walked quickly to the center of the square and squeezed in from the crowd of indigenous people. They saw Suldak standing next to the punishment stone with two female dependents and a little girl, followed by a local
Guide, these two servants were hesitant beside them, not sure whether they should come forward or not.
They hesitated for a moment, then seemed to remember the purpose of coming here, and began to help the guards maintain order on the field. They also told the guards that someone had gone to the garrison barracks in Jilan Town to apply for garrison reinforcements, and asked them to hold on a little longer.
The guards, who were initially flinching, heard their subordinates say this, and their legs became a little stronger, and they became more determined to push back the natives.
Selina pulled Xigna and stood beside Suldak. Just as she was about to walk towards the girl on the black reef, she was stopped by a guard.
"We are following orders, ma'am! No one is allowed near her."
Selina hesitated a little and looked at Suldak beside her.
Surdak said calmly to the guard: "Listen, guard! She needs to drink some water. If this continues, she will die."
"The mayor ordered that no one can get close to her until she explains the whereabouts of the stolen goods." One of the guards said persistently.
Surdak looked at the four guards. They should all be Bena people who came through the portal from the Green Empire. However, their accents were different from those of the Bena people. They may have lived here for a long time.
reason.
Suldak glanced down at the guard and said with a serious face: "I need to see the verdict from the House of Representatives Court or the authorization signed by the Archon of Kilan Town."
The guards did not expect that the noble baron in front of them would show a businesslike attitude. They did not dare to resist the order of a noble baron, but they refused to get out of the way. They could only bite the bullet and said: "These certificates are not in our hands for the time being.
"
Samira, who had been standing behind Suldak, suddenly flashed out like a ghost, stepped in front of the guard, clasped her arms around the guard's neck like a poisonous snake, and stared coldly with a pair of light red eyes.
The guard shouted coldly: "Then get out of the way!"
The guard didn't even feel any push, and his body took a few steps back involuntarily.
Samira was wearing a set of expensive salamander skin armor and a hood, covering her face tightly. She walked to the black reef, reached out and took off the water bag from her waist, and pulled the indigenous girl on the black reef.
He half hugged and half hugged her in her arms, put the water bag next to her chapped lips, and fed her some water.
Selena and Xigna quickly stepped forward to help.
The guard who was shouted back quickly caught up with him and wanted to stop Samira, but he didn't dare to get close. He just tried to persuade her with a grimace on the side:
"You can't be so barbaric. You can't take her away. She is a thief. He stole a beloved ceramic vase from Lord Goss. It has exquisite colorful patterns. You must know that this kind of vase was brought from the Roland continent.
How expensive is precious porcelain? But it’s this aborigine who stole the vase. We want to get the vase back and give her some punishment. This isn’t too much!"
Selina took out a blanket, covered the girl's body, and scolded the guard: "How long has she been in the sun? She is already dehydrated. Do you want her life?"
The guard muttered something in a low voice.
The surrounding aboriginal people did not expect that someone would stand up and speak for them. For a moment, they were so excited that they surrounded the black reef and blocked the water system.
Someone among the aborigines came up with an earthen pot, gingerly lifted the blanket, and smeared a light green grass juice on the girl's sunburned skin.
The girl drank some water and regained some energy. She looked at Samira blankly, and her wrists became a little eroded where they were worn by the shackles.
Without saying a word, Samira took out a sharp dagger from her thigh and struck it hard on the shackles of the girl's wrist, which immediately made Surdak's heart tighten. Although the Green Empire's standard weapons were made with very sophisticated craftsmanship,
But if you use a standard dagger to forcefully cut off a prisoner's chains, the dagger will inevitably break.
The shackles snapped, and Samira asked the aborigine who boldly walked up with the medicine jar to apply the medicine on her wrists.
The guard on the side turned pale with fright when he saw Samira cutting off the shackles. He even dared not come forward. He just held the spear in his hand and said to Samira in a trembling voice:
"You...you can't let her go, she hasn't told you the whereabouts of the vase yet!"
Samira looked up at the vicious sun above her head and wanted to carry the girl to a shady place. There were only a few poplar trees on the edge of this square.
When she stood up with the girl in her arms, the surrounding indigenous people also followed her.
The four guards and two retinues crowded in the crowd, struggling to stop Samira and others, but they stood in front and refused to give an inch.
Samira handed the girl to Selina beside her. Without hesitation, she took off the alloy bow from behind, put on an arrow, and fully pulled the bowstring. The sharp arrow tip was almost touching the tip of the guard's nose.
, the guard was so frightened that he was sweating profusely on his forehead.
"If you dare to block me again, I will shoot you to death with one arrow! Get away!" Samira shouted coldly to the guard.
The murderous aura he brought back from the battlefield seemed as if he was about to shoot the guard through in the next moment. The guard's legs were so frightened that he hurriedly stepped aside with his companions.
…
The square is located on the west side of the town, not far from the parliament hall in the center of the town, and the town's garrison camp is also within sight.
The commotion in the town square has attracted the attention of the garrison camp. It will take some time for the infantry to rush over.
At this time, several people dressed as nobles standing on the edge of the square saw that their subordinates could not control the situation and could no longer stand by the square and watch, so they hurriedly came towards Suldak and his party.
Walking in front was a young man wearing aristocratic clothing. He had a fair complexion and no sword on his waist. He was probably used to living a pampered life, but he did not wear a noble badge on his chest, not even a knight badge.
No, he walked up to Surdak and said to Surdak very enthusiastically:
"My Lord Baron, who are you?"
Surdak stood up straight and said to the young man: "Baron Surdak, the Sheriff of the Desolate Land of the Guard Camp of Hellanza City in the Bena Province, belongs to the Lutheran Legion Cavalry Regiment in the Bena Province. This time
I was ordered to rush to the Bailin plane to garrison and replace the Langdon family army. Your Excellency is...?"
Hearing Suldak say such a list of names, the young nobleman smiled unnaturally and said somewhat unconfidently:
"I am Arlo Goss. My father is a baron like you. I manage this ranch here for the Goss family."
It turns out that he is the son of a baron. No wonder he is wearing aristocratic clothes but no aristocratic insignia. Normally, these young people can choose to enter the knight academy. After graduation, they have the opportunity to directly become a knight officially canonized by the empire. However, he looks fair, thin and has no clothes on his body.
No leather armor, no sword, and he didn't look like a knight.
Maybe it's because there is no knight academy nearby, Suldak thought.
However, this means that Arlo Goss is just a civilian, wearing gorgeous aristocratic clothes, which obviously does not agree with his identity.
At this time, a middle-aged woman from the aboriginal crowd ran out and saw her kneeling in front of Arlo Goss, hugging his calves, almost pressing her face against Arlo Goss's boots, and saying something to him
Begged:
"Master Arlo, please let Nika go. She really didn't steal your vase..."
Arlo Goss wanted to kick the aboriginal woman away, but his legs were not that explosive, so the guards on the side forcibly dragged the aboriginal woman aside.
Arlo Goss smiled awkwardly at Suldak, then looked at the shiny leather boots he was wearing, and said:
"You see how barbaric they are."
Then he realized that he could not let Surdak look down upon him, so he puffed up his chest and said:
"You just came to the Bailin plane, so you may not know much about the situation here. These unruly and poor aboriginal people are a group of thieves, rogues and beggars. They cannot stand the hard life and often steal the property of our foreign colonists. This time
I just want to get my vase back and I haven’t done anything outrageous, so isn’t this okay?”
Perhaps he has been accustomed to living a life of pampering and privilege, and his tone of voice has become accustomed to the toughness of those in power:
"I was just exercising the rights of a noble. I don't think I violated the laws of the Green Empire. What do you think? Baron Suldak."
Several servants stood aside with grimaces, really not knowing how to remind their young master what tone he should use to speak to a real noble baron.
Surdak did not expect that a vase would trigger the case.
He felt a little unhappy when he heard the tone of Arlo Goss's words. He thought that he was going to see Baron Goss and wanted to buy some war horses from him, and he felt a little regretful for getting involved in this matter rashly. He just wanted to withdraw.
It was impossible, so he said casually:
"You lost a vase at home? Maybe I can help you find the whereabouts of the vase."
Surdak thought that he might be able to find the real thief with the help of Aphrodite's 'urge' and 'charm'.
Arlo Goss did not expect that Surdak would say this. He was stunned for a moment. A vase was nothing to him. He just wanted to take this opportunity to make the aborigines in the town fear him. The girl's
He didn't care much about life or death or the whereabouts of the vase.
"Tell me, did you take that vase?" Suldak turned to look at the weak-breathing girl in Selena's arms, and whispered in her ear: "Listen, if you took it, as long as
If you return the vase to him, I can guarantee that you will not be punished..."
Under the gaze of several people, the girl still stubbornly shook her head.
Suldak glanced at Selena and shook her head slightly. Apparently she didn't think it was the aboriginal girl who had stolen the vase. She turned around and asked Arlo Goss: "When did you lose it?"
Who else is in the house when I put the vase on? I want to meet them...everyone."
"That's the study room. Except for Nika who goes there regularly to clean it every day, almost no one goes there. Occasionally, my father will read in the study room, but he happens to be out these days, so I usually don't pay much attention to it...
...I was told by Joe about losing the vase, and Joe is my younger brother." Arlo Goss pointed at a chubby aristocratic young man beside him and introduced him to Suldak.
The little fat man noticed Suldak looking over and forced a smile.
Seeing his eyes flickering, showing some inner struggle, perhaps knowing something inside, Suldak reached out and touched the little fat man's head, and said to him and the people around him: "As a knight who believes in the power of the Holy Light,
, I have the blessing of God, I can see truth and falsehood, no one who lies can escape my eyes."
As he spoke, he released his "power" in the square, and a five-meter-tall double-faced, four-armed demon god appeared behind him. The god's face slowly turned towards the front, facing
The little fat guy with sweat on his forehead.
He stared at the little fat man closely and asked him: "If you don't want to impose divine punishment... don't lie and tell me where the bottle is?"
When the little fat man saw Suldak's sharp eyes, he was so frightened that his legs became weak and he sat on the ground. He pinched his ears with his hands and cried loudly: "I accidentally broke the bottle. I'm worried."
I was scolded and didn't dare to tell the truth. I didn't want to hurt anyone, nor did I want to hurt Nika. I just wanted to buy another one from the grocery store in the town, but there was no identical one in the grocery store in the town.
I want to find a chance to say it, but I’m really scared..."