506 Banquet for nobles (6)
After this bomb was dropped, Viscount Teomold immediately glared at the guild master who still had his head lowered.
The look in his eyes was as if he was saying, "Why did you do something so crazy and stupid?"
But the guild master kept his head down the entire time as if he was afraid to look up.
Seeing this, Viscount Teomold had no choice but to think quickly on his feet.
After a few seconds, he said, "Count Zwein, I had no idea that such a thing was happening in my territory. As long as you give me a chance, I promise that I will give you and his majesty a satisfactory explanation for this matter."
In short, he was throwing the Adventurer Guild under the bus.
At this point, he only cared about keeping his own head since attacking the business of the king was a death sentence.
He would do anything to live, even if he had to throw away everything else.
When I heard this, I couldn't help revealing a disappointed look before shaking my head and saying with a sigh, "Is that really all that you have to say?"
Viscount Teomold deeply knitted his brows when he heard this.
He thought that with the deal between them, Count Zwein would at least reconsider this matter.
That was why there was almost a pleading tone in his voice when he said this, as if he was asking Count Zwein to show mercy.
But based on what he said, it didn't seem like he was planning on showing any mercy…
Seeing that Viscount Teomold didn't say anything, I just calmly said, "So you're claiming that you had nothing to do with this and it was all the Adventurer Guild that attacked the caravan, right?"
Viscount Teomold was confused why he was being asked this, but he slowly gave a nod.
If he admitted it, wouldn't it be signing his own death warrant?
So why would he ever admit this?
I shook my head again and gave another sigh before saying, "But your men were found attacking the caravan as well. I know since I met them during the time that I was in your territory and they even admitted to this fact."
Viscount Teomold's chin dropped the moment that he heard this.
The look on his face was almost as if he didn't understand what I was saying, even if he understood the individual words.
He just stared at me with this look of disbelief the entire time.
Then after a few seconds of silence, he opened and closed his mouth as if he didn't know what to say.
Finally, he said, "There must be some kind of mistake!"
I shook my head and said, "No, your men have already been captured and there is already a report that is being sent to the capital with a list of all the crimes that you've committed."
"Crimes?" Viscount Teomold repeated in a very confused voice.
I said with a nod, "That's right. After they were captured, they already confessed to everything that you've done and we've already gotten all the evidence. In just a few days, a decree from his majesty should come that will strip you of your title and territory."
Viscount Teomold's jaw dropped once more when he heard this.
This time, he couldn't keep calm anymore as he shouted, "How could this happen?"
Then without any hesitation, he ran forward at the guild master with his hands raised and he wanted to attack him, but the knights stepped forward to push him back.
So Viscount Teomold could only shout at the man, "How could you be so stupid to do something like this? How could you be so stupid to even attack a caravan that belongs to the king?"
The guild master finally couldn't help looking up to say, "How was I supposed to know? It looked like a normal carriage, so we thought that it was just a normal merchant."
"What?" Viscount Teomold said in a shocked voice.
The guild master gave a nod before continuing, "Before we realized what happened, there were these knights that suddenly surrounded us. Half of us were cut down before we even had a chance to surrender. If only we didn't listen to you and fall for your lies, we never would have been in this situation."
Viscount Teomold couldn't hear anything after the first part.
He had fallen into deep though as if everything was clicking together inside of his head.
No matter how he thought about it, there was only one possible answer to the questions that he had.
He had been set up.
There was no other possible answer.
"You set me up." Viscount Teomold slowly said as he turned to look at me.
I didn't show any expressions as I calmly looked back at him.
"That's right! You set me up!" Viscount Teomold seemed like he had woken up from a deep sleep as he suddenly pointed at me and said, "How else would the royal caravan have looked like a normal caravan? There's no other explanation!"
Once again, I didn't say anything as I looked back at him with a calm look.
Viscount Teomold looked like he wanted to charge at me at this point, but before he could do anything, there were two guards that suddenly came forward to stand on his left and right sides respectively.
They didn't grab him, but it was clear that they could immobilize him at any moment.
Viscount Teomold wasn't a fighter, so he wouldn't be able to do anything against these two.
Seeing that he couldn't do anything, Viscount Teomold could only look at me and say, "Why? Why would you do something like this when we've already reached an agreement? What do you have to benefit from this?"
He was genuinely confused by all of this.
After all, if he was stripped of his title and territory like this, wouldn't Count Zwein suffer a loss?
Not only that, it would be unlikely that he would find someone else to trade with him after what happened.
So there was absolutely nothing for him to gain from this.
Or at least that was what Viscount Teomold thought with his shallow thoughts.
Should I play Honkai instead?
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