“This matter puts a lot of pressure on us. After all, the evidence chain is insufficient, and we really can’t keep Henry imprisoned.”
Two Magic Knights responsible for interrogation walked toward the prison cell holding Henry.
In fact, they all found this matter incomprehensible.
Naturally, they didn’t dare to voice their objections to His Majesty the King’s arbitrary decision.
But as interrogators, the pressure on them was enormous.
What if Henry was really being framed, and they couldn’t find the real culprit? Wouldn’t Henry have to swallow this case in the end?
You must know that matters involving suspected cultists are all punishable by death!
“Sigh, we’re just low-level people and have no way to influence His Majesty the King’s opinion. Let’s just look for more clues and see if there’s any other information.”
The two pushed open the door, only to be startled by the scene before them.
They saw a lump of meat wearing clothes lying on the ground, constantly gasping for air, looking like a product created by cultists.
But upon closer inspection, it was actually an obese man!
This person seemed to be someone sent by the Rumelter Family, apparently to persuade Henry to tell the truth.
The Royal Knights had agreed to his request to enter.
But looking at his bruised and swollen appearance, it was hard to imagine what had happened to him in the prison cell just now.
The two looked toward Henry, who was sitting to one side with his eyes closed, resting.
Henry seemed not to see what was happening in front of him, just quietly closing his eyes.
“Are you alright?”
One of them walked to Pluoning’s side and tried to pull him up.
But the other’s weight exceeded his imagination—he nearly dislocated his arm but still couldn’t pull him up.
With no choice, he had to give up.
Upon hearing the inquiry, Pluoning instinctively looked toward Henry.
Henry slowly opened his eyes, his gaze coldly sweeping over him.
“What are you looking at me for? Did I lay a hand on you?”
“No… no, I fell by myself. My mental state isn’t very good, and I always do some strange behaviors.”
Pluoning struggled to get up from the ground.
He could even feel his body was about to fall apart.
But after witnessing Henry’s brutality, Pluoning no longer wanted to stay in this place.
He wanted to go home!
The two Magic Knights made way for him to leave, but he still fell to the ground when he reached the door.
Seeing this, they suppressed their expressions and didn’t let their faces show any amusement.
“What do you two need from me?”
“Cough cough, Henry. We need to take some statements from you now. We hope you can tell us truthfully.”
“Is taking statements meaningful? The fact that I can stay in this prison cell—isn’t this exactly what certain people want to see?”
Henry suddenly spoke out, interrupting their words.
The two looked at each other, not knowing how to respond to Henry’s words.
According to what Henry’s words implied, if it was really useful, then he couldn’t possibly appear here.
After all, there was no evidence that completely proved Henry was the murderer.
Moreover, would someone who had saved Princess Jessica really do such a heartless thing?
The human heart is like a scale—one more point of suspicion would make it tilt one more point.
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Jessica hurried toward the study in the palace!
In the past, she never wanted to stay in this place for long, but now, she just wanted to see her father quickly.
Arriving at the door, she saw two Royal Knights standing at the entrance.
Just as Jessica was about to push the door open, they stopped her.
“Your Highness the Princess, His Majesty has ordered that no one be allowed to enter!”
“Move aside, I have important matters to discuss!”
The Royal Knights all drew their great swords from their waists and pointed them at Jessica, seemingly not caring that Jessica was Her Highness the Princess.
This made Jessica extremely angry!
But their eyes seemed to have no expression at all, looking as if they had lost their souls.
“Do you know the consequences of doing this?”
“We only follow His Majesty the King’s orders! If anyone tries to enter, we can only kill them!”
The other party’s tone was sharp, and they showed no respect whatsoever.
But Jessica could not leave.
For Henry’s sake, she must break through this door today!
Her fingertip touched the golden sword sheath at her waist.
Before the two Royal Guards in the corridor could see their reflections in the silver armor, the carved bronze buckle had already sparked with a clang—the dragon-like sword cry tore through the night mist, and the airwave raised by the unsheathing sword blew away the crimson plumes on the guards’ helmets.
The guard on the left roared and swung his two-handed great sword, the heavy blade bringing a sharp whistle that cut through the air.
Jessica’s toes touched the ground as she charged forward swiftly, fire patterns surging on the surface of her blade, and the moment the red light it burst forth collided with the great sword, it exploded with BOOM in blazing heat waves.
In an instant, the guard’s tiger’s mouth split open, and the great sword cracked inch by inch from the middle, with scorched marks still remaining at the fracture!
At the same time, the right-side guard took the opportunity to swing his great sword horizontally, the blade wrapped in the force of wind and thunder as it chopped toward her neck, actually intending to kill her!
Jessica backhanded with an upward slash, her sword body erupting with scorching firelight like a flame splitting his great sword apart.
Then, she condensed Holy Attribute magic power forward, her palm already glowing with brilliant golden light.
Countless fine Holy Runes appeared beneath her skin, winding up along her arm like flowing liquid gold.
Killing intent flashed in her eyes, because the other party had really tried to kill her just now!
Even the Royal Knights of the past would never dare to do such a thing.
She could be certain that there was definitely something wrong with these two Royal Knights in front of her!
She pushed her palm forward forcefully, and a light pillar about ten feet in diameter roared forth.
The surface of the light pillar flowed with ancient maxims condensed from Holy Attribute magic power, each character bursting with sun-like blazing radiance.
The two Royal Knights let out piercing screams as their armor twisted and deformed under the burning of the Holy Power, and the broken swords in their hands crumbled inch by inch.
At the same time, Jessica noticed that a black mist seemed to disperse from the two Royal Knights.
She furrowed her brow, having a bad premonition in her mind.
She quickly stepped over the two Royal Knights and pushed open the door to enter the study.
But as soon as she opened the door, she saw her father lying in his chair, while behind him, a woman with a voluptuous figure and bizarre makeup was massaging his acupoints.
Seeing Jessica burst in, the woman pretended to cry out in alarm, startling Joseph, who was still indulging in comfort!
“Selina, what are you doing? Can’t you even handle such a small matter?”
Joseph complained dissatisfiedly, and at the same time, he opened his eyes to see his daughter and the messy scene outside the door.
He suddenly stood up from his chair, his eyes wide with fury, as if he wanted to tear Jessica apart alive!
“Jessica, what are you doing? Didn’t I order the Royal Knights not to let anyone in?”
“Your Majesty, I have urgent matters to see you!”
“What matter could be more important than my rest?”
“Regarding Henry’s matter, why did Your Majesty order his arrest? Clearly the evidence chain is completely insufficient!”
Jessica stood her ground without humility, looking directly at Joseph.
But looking at this face, Joseph subconsciously recalled a certain figure in his mind.
This made him even more disgusted!
He grabbed the documents on the desk and threw them at Jessica, completely disregarding his own status as he cursed:
“Are you trying to rebel? As His Majesty the King, what’s wrong with me arresting someone?! And you, you’re actually going against me for an unlearned and incompetent man?! Sure enough, you’re just as arrogant as your mother!”