"Elder Goethe!" Duke Alsis suddenly stood up and said, "You must understand that the person who died was my son, the biological son of the head of the Lane family!"
"Aranza is the only child of the King of Heroes!" Goethe retorted.
"I know, so I didn't execute him, but expelled him from the family. Isn't this tolerant enough?"
“…”
The argument obviously didn't make much sense. One of the seven elders sitting on the edge stood up and said: "In the past, the murderer would have been executed, but this case obviously cannot be decided according to the previous rules. In this case,
How about we, the seven elders, vote together to decide whether to approve the proposal of the family head?"
"agree."
The three elders almost spoke in unison. Including the proposed elder, a total of four elders agreed to this decision. Goethe looked at the other two elders beside him, Lampman and Nice, with a wry smile. They were definitely on his side.
, but three to four obviously could not stop the elder's proposal.
"That's it." Duke Alsis announced the result.
The shameless people in the hearing room began to show their curves. Since the elder's proposal was passed, there is no longer any suspense about the family head's proposal.
This is also true.
When Elder Goethe, the presiding judge of the family court, reluctantly but formally announced that Aranza was expelled from the family, Aranza in the center of the court just smiled, bowed deeply to Elder Goethe, and then turned and left.
Jie Xi and others followed him and slowly exited the court. The long corridor outside the court was deep and dark, but after turning around the corridor that seemed to be bent, one could see the bright sunlight dancing on the door at the end of the corridor.
"Well, I didn't expect it to end like this." Aranza took a deep breath again. The smell of fine wood, gold, and expensive perfume on women all disappeared in the air, replaced by a fresh but heavy breath.
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This is the end.
Aranza and his party no longer stayed in the territory of the Lane family and crossed the long bridge connecting the Black Chain Castle and the Arnest Valley.
At the end of the bridge, Aranza suddenly stopped.
"Jie Xi, look, I have lost the protection of my family now, do you still want to follow me?"
"Didn't I always follow you?" Jie Xi asked, holding Aranza's hand.
"Well, yes." Aranza smiled and touched her head, then turned to Cyril and said: "Cyril, what about you, I think I can't make you a knight now."
"In the future." Cyril just answered briefly and continued to be silent. Silas she stepped off also called out at the same time, indicating that he was willing to continue to follow Aranza. Aranza heard the voice in his soul.
Then Aranza turned her head to Dolores.
Before Aranza could speak, the grassland elf smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Captain, I will follow you too."
"Well, well, let's get on the road." Aranza chuckled, and took the lead to step forward with a giant sword in both hands. The others followed closely. They would not have noticed that Aranza's steps were much calmer at a certain moment just now.
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When it got dark, the group finally arrived at the city of Ix, not far from the Arnest Valley.
Aranza originally planned to find a better hotel to stay, but Jexi's space ring seemed to contain a huge treasure. At her insistence, the group stayed in the most luxurious hotel in Ix City.
"I don't want my first time to be in a rough place." Jexi stuck out her tongue at Aranza.
Just when a group of people had booked a room and were about to go upstairs to rest, deafening laughter suddenly sounded outside the hotel door.
"Hahahaha, Your Highness, how could you leave just now? My unrestrained pillar recognizes you!" The visitors were none other than Karu and his sister Ife.
Aranza was quite surprised by Carew's arrival and asked, "Well, why are you here?"
"No need to ask, of course I'm here to hang out with the group leader!" Karu laughed, and Ifei behind him nodded shyly.
Jie Xi frowned and asked, "Are you sure? There is still your family behind you."
"Of course!" Kalu hugged his pillar, slammed it into the ground, and said loudly: "His Royal Highness can let go of the family, why can't I!"
"Our family is just a vassal of the Lane family. My brother's decision is a personal decision and will not affect anything..." Yifei added on her brother's behalf.
"Well, that's fine. Also, I'm not a prince now."
"If you are not, who else is! Whoever dares to say that you are not, just taste my pillar first!" Karu roared, while glaring at the servants in the hotel who were looking curiously, scaring them so much that they immediately continued to pretend.
The work of the hand.
The group then chatted for a while, and everyone learned from Karu that after Aranza left, the Lane family redistributed the members of the Rookie League B team, and Nicole was included in Elita's team, while Karu and Ife were
They gave up this opportunity. With the deliberate help of Elder Goethe, the two of them arrived at the hotel where Aranza was staying without any hindrance.
Moreover, Elder Goethe also asked Carew to send a message to Aranza for him and bring Aranza a space beacon. He said that soon, old Follett would find Aranza through this beacon. As for what happened after finding it,
Goethe did not say.
As a result, when the day came to an end, two more members were added to the Thorn Mercenary Group, one of whom was the priest that every mercenary group longed to have.
Jiexi booked two more rooms for the Karu brothers and sisters, and the group went back to their rooms to rest, falling asleep one after another, waiting for the unknown itinerary the next day.
The lonely moonlight passed through the window and fell on the white ground.
"Look, it's not like we didn't gain anything this time. At least we got a priest." Jexi stood in front of Aranza, unfastening the locks on his platinum armor bit by bit, and helping him put the suit on.
The fine armor comes off.
"Well, there is also a big man who can fight." Aranza said with a smile. He was indeed more inclined to get the rough fighting power of Karu than to get Ife.
Karu's fighting style is similar to that of the Golden Tauren Mundo, but is more skillful and delicate. Coupled with some of the healing magic he possesses, Karu is an indestructible meat grinder on the battlefield.
"Aranza, tell me what's on your mind."
Jiexi suddenly changed the subject. She took off Aranza's armor and put it into the space ring. She then removed the lined white shirt for him, revealing Aranza's toned but not overly muscular upper body. Then she said: "Expelled from the family.
,Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
What she answered was a long silence. It wasn't until Jie Xi leaned her head on his chest that he sighed softly. The boy who usually laughed and laughed suddenly became calm and vicissitudes of life.
He stroked her hair gently and replied: "After killing Him, I thought I could face the consequences calmly. I am also very calm now, right? It's just... I always feel like something is stuck in my heart, but I don't know what it is.
What."
"No matter what it is, no matter what is waiting for us in the future, I will be with you." Jie Xi smiled softly, and the moonlight instantly gathered in her eyes, reflecting her determination.
Immediately afterwards, the moonlight began to slowly stain her white back after the clothes faded away little by little, and the atmosphere shrouded in magic lights became sticky and soft.
"Well, I won't be polite." Aranza chuckled, picked up Jessie's charming body, and strode towards the bed, temporarily putting aside the complicated things in her mind.