The Sun King's Evidence

"No! Sir! The witch told us not to see anyone else today!" There were still people in charge of watching the scene in the hotel, even though there were only two of them, they worked hard to block the stairs and not let Ike go up.

"My friend is critically injured. Please do me a favor. Thank you!" Ike was obviously very anxious and forced himself to rush up.

The paladins, travelers and Ryan in the hall were all stunned, wondering what kind of fun this was.

It's a bit exciting~ Ryan still wanted to watch the show, but when Ike saw that he still couldn't get up, he suddenly pulled out his long sword: "Then I can only say sorry!"

What answered him was the sound of a group of people unsheathing their swords.

Things did not develop as Ike expected. The result of force deterrence was that all the paladins sitting in the hall drew their swords. The jealous paladins would not watch the wandering knights abuse force.

The paladins had just unsheathed their swords, and the hotel owner was anxious. He quickly gave his waiter a look, and the waiter sneaked out of the hotel door knowingly. Then the boss ran out from behind the bar and begged the paladins. Put down the weapons: "Please put away the weapons! Please put away the weapons! Dear Paladins! Please don't use force in my shop, okay? Please!"

"But he drew the sword first, and we are helping you!" A young paladin stood up, a little frustrated: "Why didn't you stop him, and came to stop us?"

"I just want to stop you, you self-righteous guys!" Unexpectedly, the hotel owner was also furious. He said rudely: "If you fight, my store will be destroyed! That's enough! If you still want to Come on, I won’t accept the accommodation of you paladins, okay? You go find another hotel!”

"I\u0026%￥ # !" The paladin cursed a few times, but neither sheathed his sword nor stepped up to stop him. He just stood there and didn't know what to do. Most of the paladins were the same as him. I feel like I wanted to help out of good intentions but was treated as a bad person, so I feel aggrieved.

Ryan curled his lips when he saw this, thinking that order really makes people stupid. These paladins don't see where they are? If we really want to fight, will the hotel owner still be able to open his shop? Can it still be opened?

It's no wonder that businessmen and shopkeepers hate paladins, especially young paladins. These guys who are taught to "punish evil and promote good" all day long are the most likely to become passionate. After a beating and killing, they feel that justice has been achieved. When he got angry, he walked away, leaving behind a mess and a tearless face of the shop owner.

The people who like paladins most are the poor, especially tenants and workers who work for merchants. Whenever the paladins appear, justice will be done. Shop owners or nobles usually treat them in order not to offend the paladins. The treatment will be better. This is an unwritten tacit understanding. The Church of Justice and the lords and nobles have agreed never to intervene in the affairs between nobles or in the matter of taxation. In response, the lords and nobles will try their best to ensure that there will be no "Troublesome people" stopped the streets to complain about things like taxes or military service, which put the paladins in a dilemma.

The Church of Justice was still a small church during the Great Catastrophe. If it had not caught up with the rise of Charlemagne, it would have never been possible for the Church of Justice to develop into the largest church in the mainland today. The Empire and the Church of Justice support each other, have clear responsibilities, and are inseparable. This is also the only church that allows the emperor to directly command his own legion of paladins and knights. It is said that if it were not for the desperate efforts of Archbishop Vokmar Beckmann of the Church of Justice, the emperor Carl Franz Friedrich would have chosen the emperor. It is very likely that he will lose to his uncle Joseph Friedrich.

"No, you can't go up!" The guards in the store also unsheathed their weapons. One of them used a sword and the other used a gun. They were tall and strong, with big muscles and round waists. They were not good at all. The hotel owner came up and bowed first to show that he had no ill intentions. , and then said in a negotiating tone: "Ms. Dietlind said that no one is allowed to disturb her unless..."

"Unless there is something, tell me quickly!" Ike saw a group of paladins in the hall and knew that it was impossible to break in, so he said anxiously.

"Unless the White Wolf Knight is willing to lead people up." The boss pointed at Ryan who was sitting aside watching the show.

"??!!" Ryan thought to himself, why did this thing turn around and get back to me.

Only then did Ike realize that Ryan was also sitting in the hall. He quickly came to Ryan, ignoring the threatening looks of the paladins: "Mr. Ryan!"

"You can't always hide what is coming." Ryan complained. Alfred, who was sitting opposite him, laughed. The White Wolf Knight took the initiative to take over the conversation: "What exactly is it? Can you please explain it in detail? ?”

Then, Ryan nodded towards the Templar Froude who was leading the team. Froude gave an order, and the paladins put away their swords and sat down one after another. The innkeeper breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Lane, do you still remember when we fought side by side? The battle with the beastmen that night?" Ike was still anxious.

"Of course, your performance is impressive." Ryan remembered that Ike did perform well. He fought hard and eliminated several horned beasts.

"The wandering knight who fought with us that day was named Goodson. Do you remember?" Ike was very anxious. He felt like there was fire on the chair and was restless. "He was injured. He was seriously injured. He started last night. Dizziness, body fever, whole body twitching..."

"This is tetanus!" Ryan immediately realized the symptoms of the wandering knight. The beastmen's spearheads and weapons were always smeared with feces and mud, and there was a high possibility of wound infection if they were cut by them! Therefore, wound disinfection is very important. Not everyone is like Ryan, who has the ability to protect the body and is immune to all diseases.

"Yes! It's tetanus!" Ike was very anxious, his face burning with anger.

Tetanus was almost an incurable disease in the Middle Ages of Lane's world. After getting it, there was no other consequence except waiting for death. Everyone talked about it with a disdain. This was part of the reason why humans were so afraid of beastmen.

In this world of swords and magic, tetanus is not hopeless, but it is not easy to find a medicine that can cure tetanus. In the church, the five-ring magic "removing toxins" can cure tetanus, and the six-ring magic can cure tetanus. The "life regeneration" technique is also possible, but the price is obviously not affordable for the wandering knights. There are not many small lords who can easily get hundreds of gold coins, and the high-level mages or big nobles are about the same.

Then it's potions or magic. Ryan knows that the Gloria Council knows how to prepare a high-level magic potion called "healing potion", which can instantly restore health to the drinker. In addition, the potion counteracts all poisons and damage within the body, and also mitigates magical damage. Unlike other potions, healing potions have no duration; their effects remain until the drinker is injured again.

"Then you want to ask Ms. Dietlinde for a healing potion? But she has already said she won't see anyone else today." Ryan's face was not enthusiastic, and he didn't think Ike could afford the money. The price of the healing potion was astonishing, and he remembered the friendly price Dietlinde offered him: eighty gold coins a bottle.

For example, the pre-tax income of an ordinary tenant farmer in the Nord Kingdom is about eight to ten gold dinars a year. You can roughly know how much eighty gold coins are worth.

Seeing that things never turned around, Ike clenched his fists, knowing that there were things he couldn't do without doing something.

"Please, please recommend me to Mr. Lane because we have fought side by side!" Ike suddenly pleaded loudly to Lane in front of everyone, and then bowed deeply.

"???????" The scene became quiet, the hotel owner stopped his movements, the guests stopped holding knives and forks in their hands, and even the waiters stopped washing the dishes.

Everyone's eyes in the entire hotel lobby were on Ryan.

The paladins all looked at Ryan. They wanted to know what the White Wolf Knight, who was famous throughout the kingdom, would do?

The other guests also looked at Ryan. After this roar, they also knew who this young knight of the kingdom was.

The hotel owner and others were also waiting for Ryan's reaction.

This man! Ryan suddenly realized what Ike was doing.

This guy is forcing me! ?

The reputation of a knight is very important, especially for a young knight like Ryan. Reputation is invisible and intangible, but it is indeed a manifestation of a person's influence. The level of reputation affects all aspects of a person. and social status.

For example, for a knight, reputation and strength are both very important hard indicators, and reputation is especially superior to strength.

Take Ryan as an example. Ryan has been a knight of the kingdom for eight years and has made outstanding achievements in battle. He first killed "Fang" Gor and then the doomsday bull Tavus. He is famous in the Kingdom of Nord, even the empire and Britannia. Many people have heard of his name. In this case, if a court invites him to become a lord, or if the King of Nord orders him to enfeoff a piece of land, most nobles will not have any objections, because in their eyes It seems that Ryan should have been one of them a long time ago.

But what if the reputation is not enough?

So even if the King of Nord wants to forcibly appoint someone as a lord, or even canonize him as a knight, he will be opposed by all the nobles in the country from top to bottom, especially the low-level nobles and the knights of the established knights. In this case, not only would the canonization fail, but the king's prestige would be completely destroyed.

So Ike is forcing the palace.

Fighting side by side is a unique favor among knights. Generally speaking, when this is mentioned, according to the established convention, Ryan should provide help, because he himself is the beneficiary of this rule.

Ryan's expression changed slightly. After all, no knight wants to make fun of his reputation, especially since he has huge goals in the future, so he needs to cherish his feathers even more.

"Okay, because we have fought side by side, I will take you to see Ms. Dietlinde." Ryan finally nodded. Ike breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and Alfred, who was sitting opposite Ryan, also He showed a pleased expression.

"Afu. Let's go together!" Ryan motioned for his childhood playmate to follow.

"Okay~" Alfred jumped up from his seat and followed Ryan upstairs. Upon seeing this, Ike quickly followed.

Walking up the stairs, Alfred, who was wearing plate armor and carrying a shield behind him, stepped on the stairs and made a creaking sound, which made people worried whether he would crush the wooden stairs. When Ryan saw this He complained: "Afu, do you have to stay in this tin can every day?"

"Well, it's basically like this. I'm used to it." Alfred couldn't stop laughing when he heard this. He reached out and touched the back of his head: "I was a little unaccustomed to it a few years ago. After a long time, I occasionally take it off." This whole body, I feel completely empty.”

"..." Ryan rolled his eyes. The Church of Justice is powerful and financially sound, so all the church's paladins are basically equipped with breastplates and chainmails. As long as an advanced paladin like Alfred can Everyone can get a complete set of plate armor. Paladins generally do not take off their plate armor when going out. Over time, people on the mainland gave the paladins a nickname - tin cans.

Ryan thought it was quite vivid.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lane, this was not my intention, but Goodson's injury was really serious. I had no choice but to take this step." Ike knew that his behavior had made Lane unhappy, so he apologized quickly.

Ryan suddenly stopped going upstairs and turned around: "Mr. Ike, please tell me the truth, okay?"

A sudden thought occurred in Ike's heart, and some handsome guys quickly put smiles on their faces: "What's the truth, I don't understand."

"That's enough, stop pretending, tell me, that night when we were attacked by the beastmen at night, as soon as the beastmen appeared, Goodson was fully dressed to meet the enemy. You must know the inside story, right?"

"..." Ike stopped talking.

"Since you are unwilling to tell the truth to me, there is no need for me to introduce you to Ms. Dietlind, right?" Ryan stood still.

"You broke your promise, Mr. Lane..." Ike swallowed and said with difficulty.

"Oh, now you're saying I'm not trustworthy?" Ryan's face was cold, and the three of them stood at the corner of the stairs, with the oil lamp on the wall emitting a faint light.

The location he chose was good. From the lobby, the three of them had disappeared behind the corner, but Lane was stuck in the middle of the corridor. There was no way Ike could pass through him and go directly up to find the two Gloria congresswomen.

If they can't reach an agreement, he can take down Ike now. No one will know what happened, or Ike still wants to use force. Hey, attacking a kingdom knight is a serious crime and can be killed immediately. It is completely legal.

Okay, you are allowed to force me, but I am not allowed to force you?

Alfred immediately noticed the deep meaning in Ryan's words. The paladin immediately realized that being neatly dressed must be related to the appearance of the beastman, so he also reached out and held the hilt of the sword at his waist, indicating that he was standing beside Ryan. This side.

There was a long silence.

Ike's face turned red and white for a while. He knew that this paladin was covered in plate armor and could not be taken down by anyone at once, let alone Ryan. Moreover, everything would be over once they started fighting, and Goodson would definitely be hopeless.

The wandering knight was in great pain, and his eyes seemed to beg Ryan not to pursue the matter any further.

But Ryan's expression was as cold as frost, and he always looked at the wandering knight indifferently.

If he didn't tell what happened, Goodson would die.

If you want to use force here, then the two of us can take you down as soon as possible.

Finally, Ike spoke, with a mixture of shame and shame in his expression.

"That night, Goodson and others called me out to discuss something."

"Discuss the issue of... the ownership of Haixin Stone..."

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