Chapter 118: The Cavendish Family Rebellion
"My Lord Deya, please forgive me for writing to you again in such a short time.

Two days ago, I heard from the guards and maids in the palace that your father, Lord Cavendish, was arrested by the king.

I don't know the specific situation, and I don't know how to find out the information.

I'm sorry, Lord Deya, I can't do anything and can't help you in any way. I feel very guilty.

I only hope that this letter can be of some help to you. It is all I can do, your Celeste."

In a room in a corner of the palace with a monotonous interior, Sallysette finished writing the letter on the desk.

She wanted to say in the letter that she had been working hard on practicing calligraphy recently, and that her handwriting should be much better than before.

But after hesitating for a while, Sally still did not write these trivial matters in the letter.

My daily life is not important, the safety of Lord Cavendish is the most important.

But I can't tell these things to Lord Deya, I always feel uncomfortable.

She muttered something under her breath, limped to the window with the help of crutches.

Sally didn't want anyone to know that she had prosthetic limbs. Except for practicing using her prosthetic limbs late at night, she still walked with crutches as before.

After tying the letter to the crow's feet, Sally whispered to the crow, "Take the letter to Lord Deya. Be quick. The content this time is very urgent."

The crow seemed to understand what Sally said. It looked at Sally with its scarlet eyes, flapped its wings and flew away.

"Lord Deya and Lord Cavendish must be safe."

Sally didn't believe in God, she just prayed silently to God.

"I am so useless that I can't even help Lord Deya at this time."

The girl whispered softly, blaming herself and feeling guilty.

……

In the basement of a remote single-family house, Lamia was writing letters in beautiful lace font under the magic lamp.

Her content is much simpler:

"Earl Cavendish has been arrested. Return quickly. I am investigating the cause."

After letting the crow deliver the letter, Lamia changed out of her black dress and put on a simple gray dress. She also wrapped her hair with a headscarf, completely changing her appearance.

There are also spells in magic that can change their appearance, but that will cause spell fluctuations.

In front of ordinary people, it is a perfect disguise, but in front of spellcasters, especially those with high perception, it is basically telling others that I am pretending.

Sometimes, the older the disguise, the more deceptive it is.

……

Rainforest Wood Elf Camp——

Deya received the two letters almost at the same time.

All kinds of thoughts popped up in his mind, but he quickly suppressed them.

We can't let our minds wander at this time. We must first return to Abrana to understand the situation before making plans for the next step.

He immediately said goodbye to Alfred and the others, and then said to Upton: "If I really get any news about the Emerald Court, I will come to the rain forest to find you again."

Upton said, "The leaf I gave you can guide you to the location of the wood elves. Even if we move to another camp, you will be able to find us."

Deya nodded, mounted the falcon, and quickly said goodbye and left.

The bone dragon is too big and too conspicuous when flying, while the falcon is fast and its small body makes it more suitable as a means of transportation.

After Deya left the wood elf camp, Fanny suddenly said to Alfred: "Captain, what should we do next?"

Alfred hesitated for a moment and said, "Deya must have run into trouble. Let's rest here for a few days and then go back to the church.

When you return to the church...report what happened here truthfully."

As a paladin, he could not betray his friends, especially since Deya had saved their lives and lovingly saved so many wood elves.

But as a member of the church, he must fulfill his duties and cannot hide the news about Deya.

The conflict between duty and friendship made Alfred's choice very difficult.

He could see that Deya had encountered something important, which was why he was in such a hurry to go back.

Then the only thing I can do for him is to delay the time as much as possible to tell the church the detailed information about Deya.

In this way, no matter what Deya wants to do, at least during this period of time, he will not be stopped by the church.

"That's all we can do, Captain. Being a Paladin is really hard."

Fanny whispered sadly.

If a Paladin wants to maintain his power, he must abide by certain doctrines, and these doctrines are sometimes contradictory, which forces the Paladin to make difficult choices.

"Just get used to it."

Alfred also sighed softly.

……

Three days later, Deya flew back to Abranah on a falcon.

He did not go directly into the city, but turned into a black crow and flew into the city in the form of a crow.

Arriving at the remote detached house, Deya flew directly in through the open window on the second floor.

The crow changed its shape and transformed into Deya's figure.

There is no magical warning device in the house. As a safe house, sometimes being too cautious can make one look like one is hiding something.

He looked around the second floor but didn't see Lamia.

Deya went straight to the basement.

If the witch is not out at this time, she should be in the basement.

There are no magical devices in the basement, and it is protected by physical secret compartments.

Lamia, who was reading a book under the magic lamp in the basement, heard the sound of the stone door opening. She quickly closed the book, her expression frightened, and she made a gesture as if preparing to cast a spell.

"it's me."

The familiar voice coming from the stone gate softened Lamia's stern expression.

Seeing Deya walking in from outside, she got up from the chair, walked over quickly and hugged him.

Deya was stunned for a moment, then gently hugged the witch's soft body.

The witch's beautiful profile was pressed tightly against Deya's chest.

She listened to the strong heartbeat and sniffed the familiar smell. Her tense spirit over the past month completely relaxed.

This is... the sense of security I want, the sense of security I have been looking forward to for so many years.

Lamia suddenly felt a headache.

She raised her head with some annoyance. Patricia, who was sitting on Deya's shoulder, had just kicked her.

Seeing the puppet's half-smile, the witch decided not to argue with her. Taking a deep breath to calm her excitement, Lamia's delicate jade-like joyful face turned cold again.

She first walked to the desk, held the teapot and poured warm black tea into the white porcelain cup, then held the cup up to Deya and said, "You must have been on the road, drink some water first."

There was only one teacup on the table. Deya just noticed that the cup of tea was half drunk. This was the teacup that Lamia used herself.

The two people who already had an intimate relationship would not mind such unhygienic behavior as sharing a teacup. Deya took a few sips of tea to moisten his throat.

The witch gently took Deya's hand, led him to the table, and asked him to sit on another chair.

Without waiting for Deya to ask, she told him the results of her investigation: "Earl Cavendish was arrested ten days ago.

The king suddenly sent people to arrest Earl Cavendish who was working, but did not sentence him. The whole of Abram was discussing it a lot at the time.

Three days ago, the king suddenly announced that Earl Cavendish had embezzled a huge amount of state property, and many people in the financial department were also dealt with. "

Deya listened quietly to Lamia's words and found out the problem from her words.

“My father was arrested ten days ago, but no charges were announced. The king preferred to let the residents discuss it, and no conviction was made.

This shows that the king had not decided what crime to charge my father with at the time, and his arrest was intentional in order to frame him.

But three days ago, he was suddenly convicted of corruption..."

Deya stopped talking here.

Did my father drain Susetani's property? Of course he did.

Because their family had been preparing for a rebellion for a long time.

Deya couldn't guess whether this charge was discovered through the king's investigation or through torture of his father.

Whether it is past memories or present memories, Earl Cavendish, as a father, was always very good to Deya.

If the king really tortured my father...

A cold light flashed in Deya's eyes.

After Deya sorted out all the information, Lamia said, "I have already determined where Earl Cavendish is imprisoned. It is in the largest prison in Abramana, the Dinahua Prison.

It is heavily guarded, with a magic barrier that is no less powerful than that of the royal palace, which will reject all spells of the sixth ring and below.

After Earl Cavendish was captured, your brother Gavin Cavendish announced an uprising, and Austin, Earl Laurent and some other small and medium nobles responded.

However, they did not directly target the king, but instead launched an army on the grounds that this incident was a frame-up of Cavendish by Prime Minister Palin, and they wanted to seek justice for the Earl of Cavendish. "

Deya listened silently to what Lamia had learned and told her in detail.

These nobles are nominally servants of the king, and to rise up against the king directly is to commit insubordination, which is a bad behavior and will easily lead to his subordinates learning from it.

What if one's own subordinates also rebel against the monarch? So it is important to find a reason.

He did not keep all the money his father took out from Susaytani for himself. He kept the bulk of it and distributed the rest.

Coupled with the conflict between the parliamentary nobles and the king, it was only natural that other small and medium nobles would rise up to support Cavendish now that he had raised an army.

The conflict between the two sides broke out completely, and those small and medium-sized nobles had no way out.

They accepted benefits from Earl Cavendish, which meant they were accomplices. The king also wanted to give them fiefs, so if they did not resist, they would only wait for death.

Deya analyzed the situation calmly.

The war started unexpectedly. Now it is in the stage of garrisoning and preparation, and a direct war may break out at any time.

This happened much faster than he had imagined. He thought the king would be patient for a while and would only take action when he was ready.

Unexpectedly, the king couldn't wait any longer.

"England is also stationing troops on the border. The king is fighting a civil war regardless of England's threats..."

Deya thought of the game in which Cavendish was killed by being attacked from both sides.

The king would rather seek help from foreign forces than get rid of these nobles.

However, many landed nobles, led by the Cavendish family, were unable to defect to England.

England is a theocratic country. If you join them, you will have to let the church shit on your head!
The king saw this and was fearless.

On one side, the church is shitting on your head, and on the other side, the king is shitting on your head. All these nobles can do is to kill all these people!

Lamia looked at Deya's frowning brows. She placed her cold hands on Deya's cheeks and stroked them gently, as if trying to calm his troubled thoughts.

The witch lowered her eyes and said coldly, "I also got some information from the Witch Cult.

This matter is about a 'witch of wishes', but first find a way to rescue Earl Cavendish, and then I will tell you in detail about the witch. "

……

A special cell in the Dinarhua Prison in Abram.

The prison warden was holding a whip and beating the prisoner in front of him hard.

"My Lord Earl, I advise you to be honest and tell me directly where you hid the gold coins.

If you tell me the truth, I can give you a quick death and you won't have to suffer like this.

You are a count after all. Are you angry to be beaten and humiliated by a nobody like me?"

The warden said sarcastically, showing off in front of the bound Earl Cavendish.
"Your eldest son actually dared to rebel, did he think he could rescue you?

No, your Cavendish family will soon be wiped out by the kingdom. You will lose your territory, your title of earl, and even your bloodline will be cut off.

He can't save you, you and your eldest son will die!

Oh, by the way, you seem to have a little son, maybe you want to rely on him? But he is not even a sixth ring, what ability does he have?
Relying on the so-called Nine Rings Tower's identity? Haha, how could those big figures like the tower lord care about these little things? Their status is not that low.

That Deya actually dared to lose face for His Majesty in the palace. His Majesty said that he would make sure that guy was punished.

If you were smart, Count, and told me what I wanted to know, you wouldn't have to suffer here, and your son might be able to survive, don't you think?"

Lord Cavendish remained silent.

The warden looked furious, and whipped him a few more times, angrily saying, "Well, since you won't tell me, I will whip you every day from now on.

If the king hadn't considered that you are an earl, he would have punished you in various ways long ago. Now that I'm giving you face and you refuse it, don't blame me for being even more cruel after this.

When I catch your two sons, I'll see if you're still so tough."

The warden left cursing.

"Keep an eye on our Earl and don't let him die. The gold coins he coveted must be found. This is a death order from the king.

If you don't want to go to this jail, do your job well."

The warden was very angry that he didn't get what he wanted.

But it doesn't matter, he has plenty of time to waste.

Moreover, there are not many opportunities to abuse a powerful earl so casually. He must seize the opportunity to satisfy the happiness in his heart.

"Yes, Lord Warden!"

The soldiers in the prison said hurriedly.

(End of this chapter)