Tangled By Fate

467 THE NOBLEMEN’S CONFUSION

Duke De la Pole was arrested along with other nobles and sent to the dungeon.

In the dirty dungeon, they were imprisoned.

They were only provided with water in a small pouch.

Most of them were too disgusted to move on the dirty floor let alone drink water.

They cried and complained but no one came to save them.

“This is going too far! No matter what, we are nobles. How could they imprison us like this?”

“They should be executed for doing this to us!”

“Why is no one coming to help us out? We can reward them with a hefty amount!”

“It can’t be that His Majesty has abandoned us!”

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“Huh! How can that be? Without nobles, what can a king do?”

The nobles became angry at the situation. Then, they began to blame their surroundings.

When they were scared, they pointed their fingers at the king and acted smugly.

Later, they talked to themselves.

“Duke De la Pole, I didn’t think you would be here with us.”

Duke De la Pole was shivering in the cold. He would be healed only outwardly. His inner wound was prickling him.

He wiped his sweat and looked at the noble who talked to him first.

“It’s a surprise to see you all here too,” he replied.

The noble sneered.

“Did you think you are the only one who supports the slave system? We all do. We all have slaves.”

Duke De la Pole noticed how arrogant the noble was.

He asked, “Aren’t you scared of the punishment?”

The noble smirked.

“We are the foundation of the empire. Whatever we want, we get. Without us or our support, even a king cannot do anything.”

Duke De la Pole became quiet.

He couldn’t brush off the noble’s logic.

The nobles were right at not bothering with this.

This imprisonment could be a show for the commoners and a small warning to the nobles who broke the rules.

There was never a history of the King of Tybu punishing the nobles for slavery. Since it never happened before, the nobles weren’t worried.

After all, the person behind the continuation of the slave system was from the Imperial Family.

His Majesty the King wouldn’t risk it for the sake of his name and fame.

If he decided to punish the nobles, he would know very well that the nobles wouldn’t sit ideally.

The nobles would open their mouths and commoners would point their fingers at the Imperial Palace.

The King might need to step down from the throne which no king in the world would want to do while staying alive.

Thus, most of the nobles weren’t worried. More than that, they were dissatisfied with where they were kept.

One of the noblemen couldn’t stay quiet.

He remarked, “Isn’t it strange? Why is there no guard? More importantly, the only reason we are here is because Her Majesty let the slave system continue. Why didn’t she save us when we are all held captive?”

“It could be because she can’t help us?” one of them supported the Queen.

“She is the second powerful person in our kingdom. How come she can’t order some guards to free us from the imperial dungeon?”

“Maybe it’s not the imperial dungeon,” one of them said. He was calmer and quieter than the rest.

The other noblemen looked at him.

“What do you mean?”

“Aren’t we in the imperial dungeon? Then where are we?”

They kept questioning.

“Think again. The people who attacked us tonight weren’t part of the Imperial Guards. Moreover, the guards were being respective and cooperative to them.”

When the noble explained the details, other nobles thought about it.

“You are right. I’ve never seen those fighters before.”

“That’s right. Especially the white-haired lady. I have never seen her before.”

“The white-haired one huh… wait! I think I’ve seen her before. Her figure is too much like the archer who won in archery in the competition.”

The nobles recalled the competition that was held this year.

They had seen many warriors but the archer who won this time around was a woman.

After she won, she vanished into thin air. No one saw or heard of her again.

Even when the King sought her, he couldn’t find her.

“B-but this girl has silver hair. Wasn’t that archer girl…”

“Why does it matter what hair color she has? Hair color can be changed at any time. Maybe after joining a gang, she changed her hair color.”

“It can be. I mean how many girls can fight against men. She struck four men all at once. I was so scared that I couldn’t move my legs. I should have taken the chance to escape.”

“True. She was truly terrifying. She didn’t hesitate to injure anyone even though she was outnumbered. If I could escape while she was busy with Duke De la Pole, I wouldn’t have been stuck here.”

“Who is she? Who is she working for?”

“If this isn’t the Imperial dungeon, then there can be only one place where we can be locked up,” the calm nobleman said.

“What…what place?”

The noblemen were nervous.

“Don’t you know? There is only one place that has a dungeon other than the Imperial Palace. The Magic Tower,” the calm noble said.

“What?!”

“The Ma-magic Tower?!”

“Impossible!!”

No matter how many times they wanted to deny it, it was true that the Magic Tower had a dungeon.

And the noblemen were teleported here directly after they were arrested.

The Imperial Palace had a magic neutralizer that prevented magicians from using magic inside the palace.

There was no way the criminals couldn’t be teleported inside the palace dungeon.

The moment they realized they were under the same roof as the Master of the Magic Tower, the noblemen couldn’t stay still.

They were so scared that they dared not to talk anymore.

What if the Master of the Magic Tower eavesdropped on their conversation using magic?

They had already spoken too much. They didn’t want to slip any more information.

The night passed slowly. The noblemen were exhausted before they were called out.

They were abruptly teleported outside.

From the darkness, they were taken to the light.

The bright sunlight blinded them. They squeezed their eyes shut, unable to look.

They heard commotion surrounding them.

The noblemen opened their eyes and were shocked.

There was an ocean of crowd. People were swarming like bugs.

In front of the nobles was a throne.

His Majesty the King was sitting there.

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Right beside him stood the Master of the Magic Tower, Arthur.