TVRTH [Book 2]

Chapter 223

Self-destruction, Part III

Translator: Khan

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

Despite the number of sinners, there was only one guillotine installed in the square a few days before the execution and rumors were saying that Isis was being executed alone. Isis had not slept yet after hearing it somewhere, and her look was getting haggard as days went by.

"Come out. Move."

"...?"

Dozens of knights, who had come in without a word, opened the door of the prison and pulled the sinners out. The sinners were all dragged out of fear because they did not tell them what punishment they would have.

In the meantime, the meals had not been provided in time and the heating facility was not installed even in the middle of winter, so they were not good as well as Isis. There were a lot of people who were sick of the harsh environment they had never experienced before, or who were unable to walk properly due to frostbite, and that was also true of Mielle.

"My head hurts so much... My feet, too...Sob..."

Cain rushed to support Mielle, who was stumbling. It was an unacceptable act because they were moving in a line, but it was not stopped because it was clear that Mielle would fall and become more annoying if they left it.

"Just hold on, Mielle. We will be back in the house soon."

"Brother..."

Cain was convinced because he believed in his lawyer and Aria. He didn't know that Aria was the starting point of this incident.

All of the prisoners were taken to the square by wagons made of iron that they had ridden when they had been first taken to prison. Whether the fact that today was the day of execution had spread throughout the capital, there were plenty of spectators on the way to the plaza.

"You bastards!"

"You are the shame of the empire!

"All the goodwill you've enjoyed so far is from selling the empire!"

The onlookers threw stones or cursed at the traitors who had lost their titles, and the carriage moved slowly as if to fan the flames. The sinners were not even able to refute, so they waited quietly for the carriage to stop.

"Get out."

Then in the square, a huge crowd was waiting for them. It was like everyone in the capital gathered there. They had not made any other space to block the spectators, so as they got out of the wagon and moved, hands that stretched out somewhere tormented them and grabbed their hair.

"Yaaah!"

Isis was pushed to the ground by someone's hand. She glared at the person who pushed her with her malicious eyes. No matter how haggard she was as a sinner, she had been living as the supreme noblewoman in the empire for nearly twenty years. The person who met her eyes quickly lowered his head and avoided her gaze.

"Brother!

Mielle, who had felt such strong hostility for the first time, was terrified by Cain's arms, and Cain followed the man in front of him, protecting his sister as much as he could. They moved for a moment and were able to reach the execution hall in the square.

"All sinners, stand in line."

The high-ranking nobleman, who had stood on the side of the royal family for a long time and had been confronted with the nobles of the Aristocratic Party, ordered. The sinners with hostility hesitated and did not move, and eventually, the knights who were waiting around used force.