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Luvia pursed her lips, quietly reached out and touched Richard's finger.

Richard's mood was a little complicated, but he didn't dodge.

Then, he felt the wonderful tenderness...

after an hour.

After everyone had eaten and drank enough, they set out to return.

Midway through, Luvia said goodbye and said nothing else except that she would still train swordsmanship tomorrow, which surprised Zoe.

But when we arrived at Saint Goethe's door.

Richard was surprised to find that two people seemed to be waiting for him.

One is a secretary whom I haven’t seen for a long time, and the other is a somewhat familiar woman...

“Your Highness, something happened to Lady Megan!”

Chapter 85 Late but late malice

Megan Herrera, the court mage of the Connaught royal family, was also Richard's magic teacher before coming to St. Goethe, and was someone he respected very much.

And after hearing the secretary's reminder, he also remembered that the woman next to him seemed to be Teacher Megan's wife, Mrs. Herrera, right?

"What the hell happened?"

As soon as Richard finished asking, he noticed that Mrs. Herrera's face was full of exhaustion, and he quickly added: "There is a cafe in the school that can entertain outsiders. Let's go there and sit down and talk."

He turned to look at Zoe again, only to see that the little girl who was a little sleepy after eating now had her eyes widened and she clenched her pink fists: “Teacher Megan’s business is also my business!”

Richard nodded and led everyone to the cafe.

After everyone sat down, Mrs. Herrera couldn't hold back her tears.

"Your Highness, my merciful Highness, my husband, he..."

Richard quickly handed over the handkerchief: "Don't be nervous, take your time."

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness." Mrs. Herrera sniffed and spoke a little more steadily: "Megan, he was imprisoned by the Empire!"

ha?

Good guy, am I related to the word prison recently?

Richard's mouth twitched slightly and he quickly asked for details.

This matter started a month ago.

At that time, Megan was buying fresh fairy powder and mermaid scales on the Western Ocean, which was what he did every year - after all, the Connaught market was too small, just like Nyon, which was short of mercury, there were many We can't get everything together, so we have to go out and buy it.

However, on his return journey, he encountered a small group of pirates at sea.

As a silver, Megan is naturally not afraid of ordinary pirates, and will give the enemy a good beating. Logically speaking, the matter should end successfully here...

But when Megan landed at a nearby third-party port that did not belong to the empire, a group of people came up to accuse him, saying that not all the people he killed were pirates. Among them were three imperial citizens, one of whom was a noble cousin, the Standard Fruit Company. manager.

Megan tried to resist, but was surprised to find that two silvers of the same level were hiding on the small island. As a result, he was subdued and was escorted directly to the empire without being able to return to Connaught.

"We have protested to the Empire."

At this time, the secretary interjected: "On the territory of a third country, arresting our country's court mage without trial is unreasonable no matter how you look at it! But..."

But the empire is governed by a long arm, right?

There is no need to continue listening, Richard has already guessed the result.

Moreover, he smelled a hint of conspiracy in this matter.

Indeed, compared to Luvia, Teacher Megan is not a strong person.

But how much gold can there be in overseas islands?It stands to reason that Bai Yin can already walk sideways, but if someone catches him like this, he would not believe it if he said that he was lying in wait until nothing happened.

From this point of view, it is strange that protests and defenses can be useful.

So who did it?Standard fruit?Dulles?Was it a routine oppression against Connaught, or was it because of the commotion he made in the empire that someone attacked his relatives and friends in his hometown?

Richard frowned and dug his nails into the tabletop slightly.

The clerk sighed: "Your Highness, we didn't want to disturb your studies, but we heard that you have been studying for half a year and have some connections in the empire..."

"I see, I'll help."

Richard immediately regained his composure, comforted Mrs. Herrera, and then asked the clerk: "Has anyone made any conditions to us?"

"No……"

“Then where is Teacher Megan currently being held?”

"In the Longstone Prison of Idaril."

Huh, luckily, it's not the Central Prison.

"It's too late today, Mrs. Herrera, you should go and rest first. I will find someone tomorrow and see the teacher first before making any arguments..."

After speaking, Richard helped the woman up and left the cafe.

the next day.

They say they are looking for someone, but in fact they can only ask Luvia.

Richard was a little embarrassed about this, but it was about his teacher's safety, so he could only look down.

Needless to say, Luvia's reaction was that after Richard made it clear that the Dulles family might be behind this, she simply agreed to help.

She wrote a letter to Richard on the pretext of helping her former comrades in Nyon.

So at noon that day, Richard came to Longstone Prison with a letter of introduction from the Sword of the Empire. No one would stop him, and he met Megan smoothly.

In the dark and damp demon-forbidden cell, the once dashing middle-aged mage was now heavily shackled and looked depressed.

"teacher!"

"Richard?"

Megan raised her head and saw the young man outside the railing. She perked up. Then she shook her head with a wry smile and said, "Ah, really, I let you see such a shameful side."

"Teacher, if you care about this, I can turn around and leave now."

"I think your sense of humor has deteriorated, which is too bad."

"Then no more joking, can you tell me the details of your encounter?"

Seeing that Richard became serious, Meghan immediately told everything she knew. Overall, it was similar to what Mrs. Herrera told last night.

This made Richard feel a little uncomfortable.

After listening to it for the second time, he found that this case is currently watertight. Except that long-arm jurisdiction is a diplomatic issue, there is nothing else that can be a breakthrough for Meghan to be exonerated.

Meghan also waved her hand and said: "Don't think about it, Richard, this is a trap, you can't defeat them in their position... Fortunately, the Imperial Adjudicator seems to accept my statement that I was killed by manslaughter, and His Majesty the King I will definitely not be sentenced to death despite the diplomatic protests."

"Then he will be imprisoned for at least several decades."

"It doesn't matter, that way I can still watch you continue to let the Empire's defenses be broken." Megan's lips curled up and she smiled: "Haha, that's enough for me... I heard your story, Richard, and your future Guangda, don’t get involved in the whirlpool for me and delay yourself.”

Richard raised his eyebrows and did not reply to this sentence.

Immediately, he noticed Megan's shoulders, with several whip marks half exposed on them.

"The people in prison are torturing you?"

"In the beginning of the torture, there was a red beard who liked this method very much, but this is also their common method, so it's nothing."

Meghan was a little impatient: "It's time for you to go. Let the older generation like me and your father handle the matters here. You should rest assured and study."

"How do you make me feel at ease...Okay, I'll come see you in two days."

Richard stood up, followed the guard who led the way, and walked out with a heavy heart.

Halfway through, while passing through a corridor, he caught a glimpse of a red-bearded guard chatting with his companions:

"I heard that the person who came to visit the prisoner in Room 404 today took a letter of introduction from Lady Luvia. Damn it, I can't figure out how a prisoner from Connaught could be connected with that woman?"

"I remember, didn't you whip that guy a lot before?"

"Ah, yes, you know I like this process... so I'm a little scared now, don't let me get involved in some big shot fight again. Alas, it obviously doesn't matter how the warden said before..."

After passing two turns, Richard suddenly stopped, looked directly into the guide's eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I have something I want to go back to tell you. Can you wait for me here for a while?"

"Sir, this is not very customary...but if only for a moment..."

The guard who led the way only hesitated for a moment, and inexplicably felt that Richard was irresistible, and quickly nodded.

"Please go back quickly sir."

"no problem."

Richard quietly took a detour and came to where the red-bearded guard was. The latter had separated from his companions and was playing with keys and drinking alone.

Seeing someone coming, he opened his mouth to ask.

boom!

Richard punched him directly in the face, knocking him to the ground on the spot!

"Sweet! You..."

The man covered his mouth full of blood, stood up unsteadily, and wanted to pull out the stick from his waist and fight back.

But at this time, Richard looked directly into the other person's eyes and shouted:

"You have a big deal!"

"……what?"

The red beard stared at him, and was a little confused immediately, and the hand holding the stick froze in mid-air.

Richard continued to scold: "Who do you think is locked up in 404?"

"No, isn't he just a Connacht man?"

Snapped!