Roland's lips moved slightly, but in the end he said nothing.
When Esther told this, Roland had already realized the ending of the story.
"In the end, the hunter fell down, fell into the trap he had set, and died."
An astonishingly dry smile appeared on Esther's face, like a barbed wire: "How about it? It's an interesting story, isn't it?"
"...Ah, indeed."
For a moment, Roland didn't know how to respond.
This style of story is far different from the Esther in Roland's impression.
There is no doubt that this story must be of great significance to Esther.
But what Roland doesn't understand is, who is Esther?
Is it the hunter? Or the dog? Or the rich man?
Esther took a few deep breaths and showed her gentle and polite smile again: "Okay, it's your turn to reveal the answer to the mystery. I'm looking forward to it."
"...No, my story is not as interesting as yours."
Roland shrugged and said very sincerely.
"It's okay. Just say it."
Esther chuckled and replied.
Roland tilted his head and recalled what he had just said before continuing: "The dog ran home and gave the silver coin to the hunter."
"But the hunter is very angry——"
"'I asked you to keep an eye on the cart, but you actually stole a silver coin back!'"
At this point, Roland paused:
"——So the hunter killed the dog."
The atmosphere was dull for a few seconds, and then Esther suddenly burst out laughing.
"Hehehahaha...ahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so...
At first, Esther just chuckled like usual, but soon his laughter was completely out of control. It turned into almost hysterical laughter.
In that laughter was sadness that was inconsistent with Esther's character. Just listening to Esther's laughter, Roland felt that his heart was tightly bound by dry iron wires. It was beating with a depressing rhythm.
The skin was scratched by the wire and coagulated blood oozed out.
The feeling was so sincere that Roland wondered if he had been deceived by Esther. Maybe the sadness Esther was showing now was just Esther's lie.
But just when Roland was almost convinced, he suddenly realized that maybe Esther had indeed revealed his true feelings before. But now he just deliberately continued to reveal his true feelings, hoping to make the suspicious Roland doubt his previous guesses...
…
And he did succeed. For a moment, Roland couldn't tell whether Esther's previous emotions were true or false.
For a moment, Roland suddenly remembered the story of the boy who cried wolf.
If a liar is not known to anyone, then he is a successful liar; if a liar is known to many people, then he is a failed liar, because everyone will be wary of him.
And if everyone knows that someone is a big liar, it will be easier for this liar to successfully deceive people.
If you don't want to be deceived when facing a liar, you must not believe anything related to him - and being extremely convinced that "he is a liar" itself violates this rule.
A subtle feeling of being educated by his seniors made Roland couldn't help but laugh.
"What a funny joke..."
About another half minute passed, until Esther's laughter became dry, and he stopped and repeated: "What an interesting ending."
"Is it interesting?"
"It's so interesting. I'm almost excited."
"So..."
Roland raised his face and chatted and laughed with Esther casually, with a complicated smile on his face.
"Robert, he is a joke."
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"...To put it simply, it is like this. Because all the witnesses committed suicide, and no matter how interrogated, Orlando's confession could not be obtained, so it reached a deadlock."
Naxi looked around for a moment. Then he lowered his voice and explained to Robert: "The only certain crime of Orlando is the murder of a girl. However, murder is not a very serious crime in the White Tower. If only one person is killed,
.No matter how serious the situation is, it is just hanging. Unless it is a particularly large-scale murder, the death penalty will be carried out... After all, the soul of the person who is burned at the stake will continue to suffer after death."
...The person killed by Orlando must be Herlan.
Hearing this, dark anger suddenly arose in Robert's heart.
No evidence?
No kidding - everyone knows about Orlando's crimes. What difference does it make if there is solid evidence?
If Robert guessed correctly, it might be because the senior management received money from Orlando.
Robert does know several ways to resurrect the dead.
Not to mention anything else... Ms. Anvilia alone has mastered a method that can resurrect the dead. Moreover, it is said that Su Ze also has an alchemy technique that can extract the memory of the dead. There are still people in the Northern Wasteland who can resurrect the dead.
The Lord of Ghosts who transforms dead people into self-aware spirits.
Maybe Orlando wanted to be hanged because he wanted to be resurrected after death, so that he could keep his whole body?
Oh……
Robert would never let Orlando have his way.
Let alone hanging, Orlando would not be able to satisfy Robert even if he was burned at the stake.
Even if the soul will be ignited and suffer pain after death, there is still the possibility of Orlando's resurrection from the dead.
Neither can crucifixion.
That just means that Orlando's soul is nailed to this earth, unable to return to the kingdom of God. There is still no way to avoid the possibility of Orlando being resurrected.
If you want to eliminate this possibility, the only way is to inject money.
The souls that died after being injected with silver were too heavy to be resurrected as ghosts, nor could they ascend to heaven and return to the kingdom of the gods.
No, just injecting silver into the blood vessels is not enough. There is a question of quantity to consider.
Maybe the amount of mercury that killed Orlando was not enough to mercuryize his soul. To ensure this, Orlando's body must be completely submerged in mercury and then buried deep underground together with the coffin.
In this case, Orlando's soul will be solidified in the coffin forever and buried underground. Even if Orlando's coffin is discovered by the underground race decades later, his soul has been completely solidified and can only be used as a material for enchanting equipment.
use.
Only in this way can we make up for the pain that Herlan's death caused Robert.
Thinking of this, the anger in Robert's heart calmed down a little.
"Thanks, Naxi. I owe you once."
After Robert and Naxi thanked them, they immediately ran somewhere.
Even if his identity is exposed, it doesn't matter. The identity of Prince Titan gives him some say in the White Tower.
Orlando will die in the end anyway. If Orlando's death sentence is suddenly changed to a cash injection, he will have no ability to resist.
It’s impossible for White Tower to admit that he has a deal with Orlando in public—
Robert, who never fails to do anything, acted for the first time based on the impulse emerging from his heart.
For the first time in his life, Robert somewhat understood his father's method of doing things.
...To be honest, this feeling of being able to do whatever you want is not bad.
An unprecedented, transparent impulse gradually ignited in Robert's heart. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net