Chapter 98 (1/2)

Chapter 98

ARTHUR LEYWIN’S POV:

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“Arthur Leywin, son of Reynolds and Alice Leywin The Council has decreed that, due to your recent actions of excessive violence and the inconclusive circumstances involved, your e will be stripped, and you will be incarcerated until further judgment”

“ Effective immediately”

Followed by those words from the female lance’s mouth were three distinct reactions from the people around norant They eyedmy appearance as they tried to fit me with the edict that had been read aloud by the female lance:

Inconclusive circumstances

Excessive violence

I could feel their cautious skepticisure out how a boy, as barely a teen, could cause the Council itself to issue the verdict instead of the city governor

The second reaction wascrowd Those that blindly worshi+pped the Council as well as all forher authority They took the words written on the communication artifact as God’s truth and looked at me with eyes of condemnation Their whispers could even be heard fro as their eyes narrowed into a disdainful glare,believing that I was so that had happened inside the acadeht I would only receive from my family No To my surprise, the students and faculty that were involved in the incident—those that had the strength to still speak—all cried out in protest Because my family was the closest, I could hear them the most clearly

“Incarcer… Your Honour, there must be some sort of mistake,” my mother voiced out from behind the fence

“Yes, I’m sure that there is an explanation for all of this My son would never… there must be an explanation for all of this,”perfectly hat I was capable of

There were other outcries of protest: sonized as well as fro the truth; all of which were ignored by the female lance

“This makes no sense! How dare you punish the one who actually did soood If it wasn’t for Arthur, you lances wouldn’t have had anyone left to save!” I turned my head towards the source of the voice Toin my direction with unbridled fury in her eyes; an expression I had neither seen nor expected from her

“I will see to it that my mother and father will rescind this decree at once—”

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“Your father andand Queen Greysunders, that had voted in favor of this judgment,” the female lance promptly interrupted While her words were respectful, her expression and tone could only be depicted as indifferent and rude

Before Kathlyn could get any closer, her brother held her back I couldn’t hear what he had told her but the princess finally relented, her face still red and body shaking

I knew that no matter how much I try to reason with the feo wasn’t her decision to make

“Can I speak to my family one last ti outa terse nod from the feainst the fence For a few seconds, we just stared at each other, not knowing how to begin

“Don’t look so sad, guys Things will be better after this rin, hoping to mask my uncertainty I had allies within the Council, but there were too many unknown factors at work here I wasn’t so worried for on alive in our continent wasn’t a matter that could be waved off

My facade hts; azed at me, wide-eyed and afraid

“Y-you… you honestly have no idea if you’ll be able to come back to us, do you?” I couldn’torry; I, instead, focused on her hand, her fingers were deathly pale and her nails red fro onto the iron fence

“Brother… you’re not going to anywhere, right? This is all a joke, right? Right?” Ellie’s face was a pale shade of cri her best to keep fro into sobs

I kneeled down so I could be at eye-level with my sister As I studied her childish face, I could hardly believe that she was already ten One ofable to be by her side as she grew up I had met my sister for the first time when she was four, and even after that, I was only with her for weeks at a ti at her, I could only hope that the next time I see her wouldn’t be when she was a teen… or an adult

I got back up, prying aze from Ellie whose face had been so tensed up that her lips were almost white “I’ll definitely return home” I turned back around just in time for my eyes to water without their notice

The lance naher in an orb of conjured ice Approaching us was Lance Bairon carrying the wrapped corpse of his deceased younger brother as his gaze continued to pierce through me with pure venom

Like that, we departed Bairon infor a detour to his family’s house to deliver Lucas’ body for a proper funeral

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I wasn’t sure if becoe came with the ability to fly, but all three of the lances were capable of flying without the need to invoke any spells, including the conjured knight that was carrying rew increasingly smaller the farther we flew The place itself didn’tCity of Xyrus had been one as an ordinary student ifted then, but I was still just a student As the distance between me and the acade my life as an ordinary student behind