Ain stood upright inside the castle gate, his left hand hanging naturally, his right hand holding the sword on his waist, looking at Werther blankly.
He was wearing the special attire of a knight commander and looked very fit. Witte looked at the energetic Ain and couldn't help but sigh, he was born with the temperament of a knight commander, and he was worthy of being a descendant of the Swade family.
Werther stood up from the chair in the hall and walked towards him with a smile: "Ain, how have you been recently?"
Ain frowned slightly and said, "Your Highness, didn't we just meet yesterday? When you and Mrs. Agnes had a cooking competition, you asked me to be the judge."
"It seems like it really happened yesterday...why do I feel like so many days have passed."
"Then why did His Highness come to me? If you want to ask about the situation of the Cavaliers, then I can confidently tell His Highness that their recent training has been very good. Almost everyone's swordsmanship has improved, and the overall situation has also improved.
Very coordinated.”
"Yeah." Witte nodded with satisfaction, "I believe you can lead the Cavaliers well. However, I didn't ask you here today to ask about this, but to have other things."
"Other things?" Ain looked confused, "Does His Highness want me to help as a judge again?"
"No, there is no cooking competition today. Come with me to the study."
Ain was confused and followed Werther into the study.
After making sure there was no one outside, Werther gently closed the study door, then turned around and said to Ain: "Sit down. Don't let others hear what I want to ask you today."
Ain did not sit down, but looked around for a while.
The window of the study room was blocked by a bookshelf full of books, so the sunlight was relatively dark. This did not affect the conversation between the two, but Ain seemed a little uncomfortable. He looked at the bookshelf awkwardly, biting his thin lips hard, and curled up his upper body slightly.
, crossed his hands and rubbed his arms gently.
Ain seems a little cold, but the castle's study is not cold.
"Are you cold?" Werther looked at him curiously.
The reason why Werther was so curious was because he had the impression that Ain was a young man who was very strict with his posture, especially in front of the lord, he would stand straight. Even that time he stood wearing extremely thin clothes.
He would not show any fear of the cold outdoors, not to mention that this study was much warmer than outside, so there was no need for it to be so cold.
"I'm a little cold, Your Highness, but it doesn't matter. I'll be fine in a while." Ain lowered his head and pursed his lips. It could be seen that he seemed to be worried.
"Do you need to put on a cloak?" Werther stood up, "I'll ask Tom to get it for you."
"No need to trouble Mr. Tom, Your Highness, this is a problem in my mind. In a study with this layout, no matter how many clothes I put on, a chill will surge from the bottom of my heart and run through my whole body and even my lungs. So wearing more clothes is useless.
use."
"Why is this happening? Have you received any stimulation?"
"Yes." Ain simply answered and said no more.
Werther felt that there was a vague pain in his heart, so he did not dare to ask any more questions.
"Maybe we can go to my bedroom to talk."
"No, Your Highness, that would be inappropriate. What's more, you are a lord, so you shouldn't accommodate me." Ain's eyes exuded sincerity.
"Okay then. Ain, actually the reason why I came to you this time is to ask about your father and Duke Dark."
"Your Highness, please speak
, I hate Duke Dak with all my heart, and I know that His Highness is also being harmed by Duke Dak, so I will definitely tell His Highness what I know."
"I heard about your parents from Margaery. Do you know why Duke Dark sent people to kill them?"
Ain was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head slightly, frowned, and opened his mouth slightly, as if he didn't know where to start.
Seeing Ain's appearance, Witte suddenly felt a little nervous. His behavior today seemed to bring back too many memories of Ain, and he didn't know what Ain was thinking in his heart at the moment.
After a while, Ain said: "Duke Dak gave my father an order, but my father was unwilling to obey, so he became an abandoned son of Duke Dak. Duke Dak sent people to kill him.
, and killed my mother by the way."
Therefore, the reason why Duke Dark sent people to kill Ain's parents was because he suspected that they had betrayed him and was worried that his secrets would be leaked. Duke Dark is so bad, there must be many secrets known to his subordinates.
Once a subordinate is unwilling to obey his orders, he will inevitably suspect that the subordinate will betray him.
"Can you tell me what order Duke Dark gave your father?"
"Since you are the grandson of Duke Majik, of course I am willing to tell you, Your Highness. After the Majik family was exterminated, Duke Dark led people to the Majik house to look for two things related to magic. One was a memory
There is a magic parchment, and the other is a treasure with magical power.
Duke Dark only found the parchment, but not another treasure.
He searched for this treasure for many years but could not find it, so he suspected my father.
My father has always been dissatisfied with the evil things Duke Dak has done, and Duke Dak also understands my father's attitude in his heart.
Duke Duke believes that none of his subordinates dare to disobey his instructions. Only an upright person like my father will stop him from continuing to do bad things.
That's why he suspected that my father secretly hid the treasure, so he gave him an order to hand over the treasure."
"Is that treasure called a magic ring?" Werther asked excitedly.
"Sorry, Your Highness, I don't know what that thing is called." Ain said.
"Then is the treasure you mentioned really in your father's hands?" Werther asked slowly.
"Yes, my father has always hidden this thing so that Duke Dark would not find it." Ain lowered his head slightly and said while recalling, "And Duke Dark also believed that the treasure was in my father's hands. He felt that my father
If you don't obey his orders, you will definitely tell others, even the king, about the bad things he has done in the future."
"Presumably Duke Dark occupied your home later because he wanted to search through your home to find treasures." Werther touched his chin with his hand and thought deeply.
"Yes, as soon as I was kicked out of the house, Duke Dark took many people to my house to rummage through the cabinets, obviously looking for something." Ain suddenly sneered, "But what they didn't know was that before I left home, I
They had already brought that stuff out. When they went into my house to look for it, there was no more treasure in my house. Their efforts were in vain.
Later, I went to the Duke of Darke's house to ask for an explanation. On that day, he happened to return to the castle in Darke City from the royal palace in Frank City. After seeing me, he took me into his study and did not make any comment on the death of my parents.
Any explanation, but forcing me to hand over the treasure."
Ain sat up from the chair, continued to rub his arms, and began to pace, as if he was trapped in another painful memory.
"That was the first time I had a face-to-face conversation with Duke Dark. In order to force me to tell the whereabouts of the treasure, he used torture. He asked the elves to use ice magic to freeze my body, but he did not let me die, leaving me in the infinite
I felt the feeling of despair in the cold. The study room layout in Duck City Castle was exactly the same as this one, and it was that time that I left a shadow on this kind of study room."
It turned out that this was the reason why Ain felt cold at the moment. Werther thought to himself that the terror of Duke Dark was far beyond his previous imagination, and he actually carried out such a vicious attack on Ain who was still a child at the time.
"Didn't Duke Dark find that treasure on you?"
"I buried the treasure under the shallow river bed a long time ago, and he couldn't find it on me." Ain said with a bitter smile, "It wasn't until I came out of his house alive that I picked up the treasure and hid it in
He secretly left Duck City in his own clothes."
"You were so young at that time, but you were able to persist in not telling the whereabouts of the treasure under torture. It's really admirable."
"Your Highness, I just felt that my father did not hand over the treasure just for the sake of justice, which led to the tragic death of him and my mother. I couldn't let them die in vain, so I also wanted to hide the treasure and not give him to Duke Dark.
"
"Since Duke Dark is so sure that you know the whereabouts of the treasure," Werther said, "then why did he let you go?"
"At first, when he saw that he couldn't get anything out of me, he wanted to kill me to silence me. It was Mrs. Agnes who begged him to let me go."
"Why is Alice so nice to you?"
"How can you really be nice to me?" Ain said with a helpless smile. "The real reason is that she hopes that I can be her son's scapegoat. Her son Wright and I are very similar in appearance, body shape and age. She hopes to stay with her."
He followed me, and when Wright was in danger, he swapped me with Wright and asked me to die in Wright's place."
After hearing what he said, Werther carefully observed Ain's appearance and found that he was indeed very similar to Wright, but their temperaments were very different. Ain was upright, while Wright was arrogant and domineering.
"But now that you have not become Wright's substitute, nor have you been held hostage by Mrs. Agnes, how did you escape from her clutches?"
"It's because Mrs. Agnes was careless. After I was released, she asked me to wait for her outside. She said she would take me back to Dawn Town with her.
Before she came out, I immediately changed into my ragged clothes and smeared some mud on my face. Making sure that no one could recognize me, I went to the river to dig out the treasure and hid it in my clothes.
Keshi escaped.
I know that Mrs. Alice often lives in Daybreak Town. The most dangerous place is the safest place. If they want to find me, the most difficult place to think of is Daybreak Town.
So I simply fled to Daybreak Town. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Agnes really didn't find me. She didn't see me again until yesterday. However, now that I have an official position, she can no longer do whatever she wants to me.
Speaking of which, I sincerely thank His Highness for taking me in."
Ain's eyes were full of sincerity when he looked at Werther, and Werther couldn't help but be touched.
"Ahem, this is the position you deserve, Ain." Witte said with a smile, "You really did a great job this time. The magic ring finally appeared. Where is the treasure now, please take me to get it.
.”
Now Werther was very sure that the treasure Ain mentioned was the magic ring mentioned in the letter. Fortunately, he was smart and resourceful, so he could find it so easily.
However, Ain became silent. He sat down and stared at Werther with his eyes wide open.