Kyle left the room with a smile.
’Well, that went better than expected.’
"I don’t trust him," Theodor said.
Kyle just rolled his eyes. "You trust nobody," he whispered.
"This is different," Theodor answered. "He is someone who has quite a bit of power while you don’t. According to the laws, you did not do anything wrong, but that doesn’t matter."
"He let me go and even offered free treatment at the clinic," Kyle whispered.
"To stop you from becoming suspicious," Theodor answered.
"Suspicious of what exactly?" Kyle asked with a bit of annoyance.
"Politics, foolish inheritor," Theodor answered. "I can already see what’s going to happen."
"They are going to conclude that Baron Herlington is responsible for the entire incident. In answer, Baron Herlington will deny his involvement and say that this was a rogue agent."
"Baron Sumar won’t buy it, and trade between the two towns will decrease."
"Baron Herlington will pull along and also decrease the trade. The two towns will then be at each other’s throats."
"Sometime later, the two Barons will talk again since this new situation just hurts both sides."
"They will be much more amenable during that conversation, and they will agree with each other a lot."
"Then, they will both apologize."
"Baron Herlington will say that he should have paid more attention to his agents and give Theodor’s Rest some benefits." freēwēbnovel.com
"In return, Baron Sumar will say that he shouldn’t have accused Baron Herlington this quickly and that they should have investigated more."
"Your name will fall during that conversation, and both Barons will agree that your inaccurate, false, and vague testimony was the reason for the bad trade relations between the two towns."
"In the end, they will capture you under suspicion of bringing discord to the city, and you will be found guilty."
"Finally, you will be executed."
"Baron Sumar gets some good trade deals in exchange for the life of a random person."
"That’s a trade anyone with a bit of ambition would accept."
Kyle grew nervous when he heard Theodor’s explanation.
"I think you’re overthinking things," Kyle said.
"I’m not," Theodor answered. "I saw this exact scenario play out plenty of times."
"The law is not there to protect you. The law is there to protect the people in power."
"The law is their weapon."
Kyle believed Theodor was just being paranoid, as always.
However, he couldn’t disagree with Theodor’s logic.
While it wouldn’t necessarily go down this route, this was one possible outcome.
So, whether he liked it or not, Kyle felt a bit anxious about his future.
He just hoped Theodor was wrong.
"Assuming I believe you," Kyle whispered. "What should I do?"
"Nothing I say matters because your dwarf brain won’t learn before you see it for yourself," Theodor spoke with arrogance. "You will see the signs with time. When you genuinely believe me, we can talk about this topic again."
Kyle just snorted.
"Fine, if I die, don’t blame me," Kyle whispered.
Theodor didn’t deign to dignify that statement with an answer.
After some time, Kyle found the infirmary and entered.
Inside the infirmary, he saw a young girl with a big blue hat. She was wearing long robes and looked like some kind of magician from an old fantasy game from the 80s.
’Well, if that’s not a Sorcerer, I don’t know who is,’ Kyle thought.
"Y-yes?" the girl asked. "How can I help you?"
"Yes, hello, my name is Kyle. I have been sent by Captain Roland. According to him, my treatment will be on the house," he said.
"Oh!" the girl answered, looking at the arrows poking out of Kyle’s chest.
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