“Did you really do it, Mr. Jule?” Faith asked, her expression stern.
Anon smiled but remained silent.
“I asked you something, Mr. Jule. Did you murder your own father with two other civilians, who were also your neighbors? Because all of your neighbors have confirmed this statement,” Faith repeated.
Anon glanced at his neighbors’ houses and noticed their fearful expressions, as if someone had coerced them into corroborating this lie.
Anon quickly grasped the situation.
“Not only did he kill Ian and abduct girls from my collection, but he also threatened them to corroborate this false statement in their testimonies. This bastard has planned this out. Let’s see how this game unfolds,” Anon thought, a smile forming on his face.
Anon turned his attention back to Faith and confessed, “I did it…”
“Good, soldiers, arrest this boy and place him in the prison cell,” Faith ordered.
“Yes, Ma’am.” Two female elves approached Anon.
“Show us your hands,” one of them said as she produced a golden, glowing rope from her bag.
“Yes, Ma’am,” Anon complied, raising his hands.
The elf girl proceeded to bind Anon’s hands with the golden rope, and a message popped up before him: [Your Magic has been sealed.]
“Wow, that’s some impressive rope,” Anon commented with a smile.
“This is a Magic Sealing rope, you criminal,” the elf girl replied with disdain, gripping the rope’s other end.
“Get him inside the carriage…” Faith commanded.
“Yes, ma’am,” the elf girl said as she pulled on the rope, directing Anon to walk alongside her.
“You’ll be serving a long sentence. Did you not feel any guilt after killing your own father?” the elf soldier asked Anon.
Anon closed the distance between them and whispered coldly and menacingly in her ear, “I enjoy killing, and I have no mercy for anyone, girl. You shouldn’t ask questions like that. I’m not in a good mood right now, so shut up and get me inside the damn carriage.”
A shiver ran down the elf soldier’s spine.
“Y-You piece of garbage,” she muttered as she opened the door to the criminal carriage.
Anon stepped inside, but Faith’s voice rang out from behind.
“Yes, ma’am?” the female elf soldier turned and asked, her expression one of shock and bewilderment.
“Get him into my carriage,” Faith ordered.
“But ma’am…?” The elf soldier was visibly surprised.
“Just do it,” Faith insisted.
“Y-Yes, ma’am. Oi, you heard her… Get down and walk toward Madam Faith’s carriage,” the elf soldier announced, addressing Anon.
Anon quietly disembarked from the carriage and moved toward Faith’s.
Once he reached it, Anon entered and saw Faith already seated inside.
He sat down, and the elf soldier closed the gate.
“Hyaa…”
Whip
The carriage driver cracked his whip, and the carriage set off.
“Who did it, Jule?” Faith asked, her expression serious. ．
“Hmm…? I did it. Didn’t you get the statement from the neighbors?” Anon replied.
“You were at the academy the entire day, sleeping. You only returned home recently, and your neighbors are being monitored. That’s why they lied. I can easily detect falsehoods. Just as I caught you,” Faith noted.
“You should work on your lying skills. So, who is trying to frame you for this?” Faith asked, her expression still serious.
“Why did you arrest me if you knew I was lying?” Anon inquired.
“Well, now that I’ve arrested you, the ones trying to frame you for this murder will be at ease, thinking you’re in prison. This will be the perfect opportunity to catch them, as they believe you’re behind bars. Now, tell me, who are they?” Faith pressed with a serious expression.
“Well, there was this guy named Oxmaul that I may have hurt in the Immortal Arena previously. Now, his brother is looking for me. He killed my father and kidnapped my sister and mother. He wants me to reach a certain location within two hours if I want to see them alive,” Anon explained, displaying the letter to Faith.
Faith examined the letter with a grave expression.
“This bastard. I’ll dispatch someone to rescue your mother and sister as soon as we reach the prison. You won’t be in there for long. Afterward, I’ll get you out,” Faith promised.
“Yeah, that’s the problem. You see, I found this letter just about an hour and thirty minutes ago, which means I only have about thirty minutes to do something about it. The city prison is still forty minutes away from here, and this location is only two blocks from our current position,” Anon remarked, smiling at Faith.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t have an experienced team available right now, so I can’t help you immediately. But believe me, once we get back to the prison, I’ll send my best soldier to aid your mother and sister,” Faith replied.
Anon suddenly stood up and looked at Faith with a smile.
“Jule, sit down. Don’t do anything foolish. This could be used against you in the Royal Court, you don’t know how strictly children like gets punished. The queen can easily grant you death penalty for this.” Faith warned.
“Love, a man has to take care of his family. I’m sorry, but I have to go,” Anon declared, breaking the carriage door with a single kick.
Boom
“Jule don’t get me to withdraw my sword or something very wrong will happen.” Faith spoke with a serious expression.
“Sorry, Luv. I have got to do, what I have got to do.” Anon spoke as he smiled at her.
“Jule, you’re not going anywhere, you will come to the city prison with me. You can’t even use magic with the magic seal Whip around your arms.” Faith declared, drawing her sword and placing it against Anon’s throat.
“This toy is useless against me,” Anon said as Auric Energy enveloped his body, shattering the blade that Faith had pressed against his throat. Anon pulled his hands away from each other and the Golden whip that was tied around his hand was torn apart.
Crack
“What…? How did you do that?” Faith asked, bewildered, as she examined the handle of her sword because that was the only thing that remained of her sword.
“Oh and about that date…I’ll make it up to you, I promise,” Anon said, planting a brief kiss on Faith’s lips before leaping out of the carriage.