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Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 176: Verdict
“…Now, do you understand? The journey home is very long.”
Owen said.
“Even so, I’m going back.”
Ellie Renee said stubbornly.
“As long as I know the direction, I’ll definitely be able to return to Venora Forest. I’ll set out on my own tomorrow.”
The Venora Forest generally refers to the Venora Council because almost all the elves live in that forest.
Ellie Renee knew that she was lucky to be rescued, and she didn’t expect the other party to continue to provide help, as she wouldn’t get any benefits from it.
“Are you going back alone?”
Owen shook his head, looking completely pessimistic.
“If your identity is exposed on the way back, you will definitely be caught and sold by other humans.”
What the other party said was right, but Ellie Renee would not change her mind easily.
“I can protect myself, so you don’t have to worry about me.”
“If you could really protect yourself, you wouldn’t be sold here, right?”
Owen’s words mercilessly touched Ellie Renee’s sore spot and slightly angered her.
“So what do you want from me?”
“I hope you can follow our army back to Bianshu Town and stay there for a while.”
Hearing this, Ellie Renee suddenly became alert and questioned.
“Why should I go to Bianshu Town with you? Are you planning to lock me up too?”
“I won’t do that. You want to go home, and I won’t force you to stay.”
Owen explained.
“We’re letting you stay in Bianshu Town for a while to await the Holy Knight support this winter. After we survive the winter crisis, you’ll follow them to the Holy Kingdom of Caleb, and then the Church will send you home.”
After a pause, he added.
“Bianshu Town is within my territory. There are also lizardmen in the town. My people are very accepting of subhumans, so you can rest assured. The church is also trustworthy. Racial equality is their philosophy, and they will definitely send you back to Venora Forest safely.”
This was the safest solution Owen could think of. Compared to sending someone to escort Ellie Renee back himself, the powerful church could obviously do a better job.
“You……”
Ellie Renee looked at Owen in disbelief and asked.
“Why are you helping me? What’s in it for you?”
“Why do I have to help you in exchange for something in return? Can’t I just be kind enough to help you?”
Owen asked back.
“Aren’t all of you humans…”
“Aren’t they all cunning and selfish?”
Owen said what she wanted to say.
Ellie Renee nodded.
How should I put it? Humanity has indeed done many “good things” to subhumans in the past, which has led to their generally poor evaluation of humans.
“I don’t deny that there are such people among humans, but you can’t generalize and think that all humans are like this. We have both good and bad people, just like you.”
“…”
Ellie Renee fell silent. What the other party said made sense.
But after she was captured by humans, she traveled to many places, experienced all kinds of things, and saw too many dark sides of humans. It was still a little difficult for her to believe in humans all of a sudden.
Seeing this, Mapel stepped forward and said.
“Ellie Renee, please trust Lord Owen. He will definitely be able to send you home safely.”
After some thought, Ellie Renee finally agreed.
“Okay, I’ll go with you to that Bianshu town.”
“That would be best. However, you’ll have to stay in the castle for a few days. I just took over Dongsheng Fortress and there are many things I need to take care of.”
After saying that, Owen turned around and prepared to leave the room. Seeing this, Mapel followed him.
“Um, wait a minute!”
Ellie Renee quickly called out to Owen.
Owen stopped and turned around to ask.
“Anything else?”
“I’m deeply sorry for my rude attitude towards you just now. Also…”
Ellie Renee bowed.
“Thank you.”
“You should thank Mapel more than me.”
Owen said.
“She really wants you to return home safely, which is why I came all the way here to talk to you.”
Turning her gaze to Mapel, Ellie Renee bowed again.
“Thank you very much, Mapel.”
“I just heard about your situation and wanted to help you.”
Mapel responded modestly.
Next, Mapel went to inform the other imprisoned human women, telling them that they could follow the army to Bianshu town and start a new life.
Upon hearing the news, they were all moved to tears and expressed their gratitude to Mapel.
When Owen learned that Duke Eddie had just woken up, he immediately ordered the soldiers to bring him over, as it was time for trial.
Euchina and Fanny were also called over, the former to identify the lies, and the latter to see what punishment Duke Eddie would be sentenced to in the end.
During the interrogation, Owen focused on questions related to Fanny’s friend, Priest Enri.
It turned out that at the end of last autumn, Enri tried to convey the news of Bianshu Town to Bray.
This action angered Duke Eddie, who then sent people to secretly kidnap Enri and found a group of people to gang-rape her in the dungeon, with the aim of destroying Enri mentally.
In other words, Enri went crazy because she angered Duke Eddie with the Bianshu Town incident.
Owen was quite angry about this.
Listening to Duke Eddie’s confession, Fanny almost wanted to rush up and use magic to burn him to death.
Fortunately, this did not happen, and Fanny suppressed her anger.
Owen then interrogated Duke Eddie about his other crimes.
After the trial, Owen stood up and announced the verdict, sentencing Duke Eddie to be beheaded, which was carried out in public in the square two days later.
Knowing that he was doomed, Duke Eddie fainted again out of fright.
There was no other choice, so Owen had to order several soldiers to drag the death row prisoner back to the dungeon.
Watching Duke Eddie being dragged away, Owen walked down and said to Fanny.
“Duke Eddie has received the punishment he deserves. Now, you should feel relieved, right?”
“Thank you, Lord, for seeking justice for my friend Enri.”
Fanny said gratefully.
“That’s right.”
Owen remembered that the other imprisoned women had been properly arranged, except for Anli, so he asked.
“Fanny, how do you plan to arrange for your friend?”
After a moment’s thought, Fanny replied.
“My Lord, can I take Enri back to Bianshu Town? She helped me a lot when I was in Dongsheng Fortress, and now it’s my turn to repay her.”
“That’s fine on my end.”
Owen said.
“But your friend is a clergyman. Shouldn’t we go to the church and ask the archbishop first?”
“That’s true.”
Fanny said suddenly.
The church was not too far from the lord’s castle, so Owen went to the church with Fanny.
With the help of Owen’s identity, Fanny soon met the Archbishop.
Upon hearing the news about Enri, the Archbishop was surprised and heartbroken.
He said that Enri was very pious to the gods, kind and charitable, and a good priest. Last year, she disappeared for several months without explanation and was unexpectedly kidnapped by Duke Eddie.
The Archbishop agreed to Fanny’s request without much thought.
The main reason was that the church was short of staff, and the archbishop was worried that Enri could not be well taken care of here, so he had to entrust her to Fanny.