Chapter 38 The Confessor, the Eternal Warrior

Chapter 38 The Confessor, the Eternal Warrior

If you stay in that village.

This is a question that the old man has been thinking about over the years. He also knows that time cannot flow backwards and he cannot return to the intersection where he made a new choice.

He came here to tell this story because of the guilt in his heart and to repent of his past sins. He wanted to go to court to face his belated trial.

But he didn't know whether the court would accept the absurd behavior of an old man like him.

Perhaps those judges and jurors will just think that they are old fools, sneer at their own stories, and even praise their imaginary stories as not bad, and then easily tell them as jokes when they are drunk and gossiping.

This question made Hastur fall into silence.

It is impossible for the Kingdom of Loen to allow the old man to go to court and admit that the past killings were wrong.

Because in this way, the wrong people are not just the old people, but the royal family and the powerful.

Moreover, this is also a disguised admission that the war between the Loen Kingdom and Feysac is far less just than ordinary people think.

This is absolutely not allowed.

If the old man's story were told from a different perspective, for example, the man rescued by the village was a soldier of Fusac, and the place that was destroyed was a village in the Kingdom of Loen.

Then, the Loen royal family and dignitaries will definitely let the old man tell such a thing at a critical moment, so that the people can see Fusac's cruelty and terror.

Unfortunately, it cannot be replaced.

Is the old man at fault?

Hastur is not qualified to judge him, but if the protagonist is him, he will only quietly take away the girl who loves him wholeheartedly after recovering from the injury, then leave the battlefield and find a quiet small village to spend the rest of his life.

"Sir, I don't think I can help you in this matter." Hastur said, his tone solemn and apologetic.

If he was involved in this matter, the final result would be just one more drowned noble body in the Tasok River.

"Your words are the greatest help to me."

The old man stood up tremblingly, with no trace of disappointment on his face, as if he was not surprised by such an answer.

"Sir, there are many things that we can't change now." Hasta thought for a long time and finally said this.

"Yes, I understand."

The old man's tone was very relaxed, with a faint smile on his face. He said goodbye to Hastur and turned to leave.

"..."

Hastur suddenly wanted to open the curtain and take a look at this legendary old man.

But he still resisted the urge. Even if he saw him, he couldn't help him.

After the old man left, Hastur sat quietly for a long time, and finally sighed. As expected, he still couldn't just sit back and watch the old man die.

After a moment of silence, Hastur stood up and left through the back door. After going to say hello to Lecturer Foulun, he took a carriage to the nearest court.

When he arrived at the court, Hasta glanced at his pocket watch. It was five-twenty, which was forty minutes before the court closed.

He got out of the carriage and stood waiting near the courthouse gate.

If he guessed correctly, the old man should already be on his way here.

From the old man's confession to his final relief, Hastur already understood what he was thinking.

Although the old man knows that his behavior is absurd and ridiculous and nothing can be changed, he still does it because he is old.

Some people will become extremely panicked when death is approaching, while others will feel relieved when they look back on the past.

The old man belongs to the latter, so he will come, and today!

After waiting for about ten minutes, Hastur saw an old man getting off the carriage.

The old man was wearing a black formal suit, leaning on a cane, and his silver hair was neatly combed. The deep wrinkles carved by the years were like knives and axes. His dark brown pupils contained the calmness of the vicissitudes of life, and the faint smile on his face was Calmness in facing the ups and downs of life.

With just one glance, Hastur recognized that this was the old man who had just asked for his help.

The old man looked at the court in front of him, where crimes were judged, and subconsciously bent down. Then he straightened up again and walked towards him with firm steps.

As he approached the door of the court, Hastur took a step forward and said, "Sir, you can only repent for the things you are guilty of while you are alive."

The old man paused, looked at Hastur carefully, and said with a smile: "May you have no regrets in the future."

"Same for you."

"It was an afternoon full of surprises."

Under the gaze of Hastur, the old man walked into the court with a smile.

Hastur did not follow, nor did he say anything. He just watched silently as the old man disappeared from sight and entered the hall that symbolized judgment.

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"Baron Campbell, we meet again. Thank you for your generosity last time."

At night, at Gray Linte's house, Hastur met Xio and Forsi again.

In order to get in touch with the extraordinary party held by Mr. A, Hastur sought the introduction of Forsi through Gray Lint, nominally claiming that he was interested in this extraordinary party.

Unexpectedly, Xio also followed Forsi this time.

"Ms. Hugh, I would also like to thank you for your contribution to rescuing Professor Wayne last time." Hastur replied with a smile.

Three question marks flashed over Forsi's head. He glanced at Hastur and then stared at Xio, trying to find out the relationship between them from their conversations and expressions.

"Just an unexpected hire."

Xio couldn't stand Forsi's gaze, so she could only give a simple explanation. Seeing Forsi's thoughtful gaze, Xio secretly touched her shoulder and told her to pay attention to her image.

"It's getting late, we can go."

"Well, I'm sure it will be an interesting night."

Hastur smiled and left in a carriage with Forsi and Xio. As for Viscount Gray Lint, he had something to deal with tonight and really couldn't get away. He just entrusted Hastur to help him ask the pharmacist for the potion formula. matter.

The last time Forsi took over this task, there was no news after that. It was not until he contacted him some time ago that Forsi politely apologized to him and said that he had no way to find the vampires hiding in the night.

In fact, Forsi just asked Xio to post a mission to find vampires, and then nothing happened again.

The carriage drove for more than ten minutes before reaching its destination, which was a wooden house on the roadside. The environment here looked very desolate and remote.

The three of them got off the carriage and came to the wooden door. Xio said, "It's better to try not to reveal your true identity when attending this extraordinary gathering."

In order to prepare for this extraordinary gathering, she herself went through no less than three layers of disguise, and even used insoles to increase her height.

Well, she swore that it was really just a little bit higher. This was out of the need to disguise, not because she disliked herself for being too short.

Hastur also went through some disguise, wearing a black robe that could cover his whole body, and a black hood to block his hair color, and his face was wearing a randomly bought cat-face mask.

He was leaning on a cane that could draw out a sharp sword when necessary. This was a good thing he found while sorting out the relics left by the original owner.

This cane is silver-gray in color. The head of the cane is inlaid with a large white-yellow crystal. A short section of the cane is twisted in a spiral pattern. Inside the cane is an elegant and slender sword. , about sixty centimeters in length.

Hastur tried to pull out the sword to test its strength. It was very thin and sharp, and could easily cut through hard bones. The steel was unusual, and the forging skills were excellent, so it was not easy to curl the blade.

He suspected that this sword might be some extraordinary weapon, but he had not discovered its extraordinary use yet.

Seeing that Hastur and Forsi were ready, Xio came to the wooden door and knocked on it in a rhythm of three long and two short.

With a creak, the wooden door slowly opened, and there were already many participants sitting inside. Most of them used various methods to hide their true appearance, and only a few of them revealed their true appearance calmly.

The three of them walked in, and the wooden door was closed again by the attendant.

Their arrival attracted the attention of everyone present, among which Mr. A’s gaze was the most impressive.

His eyes were like two slippery tentacles, crawling over people's bodies as they looked, as if they wanted to pull off other people's clothes and penetrate deeply. This goosebump feeling was disgusting.

This also made Hastur recognize who Mr. A was at a glance, but he remained silent and deliberately showed a hint of curiosity.

Xio introduced: "That person is Mr. A, a powerful extraordinary person and the convener of this extraordinary gathering."

Hastur nodded silently, while Forsi looked at the two blackboards erected in front of him, with lines of words written on them.

Hugh introduced some of the trading rules here to Hasta, who came here for the first time to attend an extraordinary gathering.

What’s on the blackboard is the deal the participants want to make.

They will write down what they need and what price they are willing to pay for it. If someone likes it and is willing to trade, they can directly complete the transaction.

All transactions are notarized by Mr. A, and there will be no fraud.

Hastur listened silently, and then imitated Forsi and began to write his needs on the blackboard.

In addition to the earth rhinoceros solid horn crystal, he also wrote the medicine man's potion recipe.

He is not here to buy Roselle's diary, that would be too eye-catching.

He could already feel Mr. A's eyes falling on him from time to time, as if he was measuring something.

Soon, each transaction was completed under the witness of Hasta and the other three.

But until near the end of the party, there was no news about the medicine man's potion formula or the Earth Rhino Solid Unicorn Crystal that Hastur needed.

"What a failed party. It seems we need to ask Greco for help."

Hastur murmured in his heart that his lawyer potion was almost digested and he needed to gather the barbarian potion ingredients as soon as possible.

Just when Hastur was disappointed with tonight's party, an attendant quietly came to him, handed him a note, and whispered: "This is for you from Mr. A."