Under Conley's assurance, Wayne became a trial member of the so-called treatment cabin with doubts.
Just wait for him to finish the test machine, and you will know whether it is a mule or a horse.
With a little bit of hope, Wayne could only hope that this thing would really have an effect on Tasia's mother's illness.
After all, Professor Conley is the only breakthrough point that can be grasped by his side.
As a teacher, he is usually relatively competent...except that he always finds various excuses to get sponsorship fees from his family.
…
Palace prison.
After being held in solitary confinement for several days, Bulwer was finally received by His Majesty.
After taking an unknown number of detours and walking for an unknown amount of time, he was taken to another empty room.
Several royal ministers were guarding the surroundings, while His Majesty the King sat quietly at the top, with a pot of hot tea placed in the middle of the table.
"sit."
He motioned to the empty seat opposite his tea table, his expression actually looking very calm.
However, since meeting Echos, Bulwer actually no longer feels uncomfortable being treated coldly.
He even occasionally felt that even though he was imprisoned, it was a rare opportunity to finally have a few days where he didn't have to work.
Although he was not afraid of unexpected events in his heart, Bulwer naturally could not show an indifferent attitude in front of His Majesty the King.
"His Majesty--"
Bulwer looked at the king with eyes full of excitement, grievance and hope that he had secretly practiced countless times.
After a very sincere salute, Bulwer exclaimed: "In this case, I was framed!"
Hearing this, the king's expression changed.
"...What? Didn't you kill the person?" he asked calmly.
At this moment, Bulwer could not see any trace of guilt on his face.
After discussing it with Aikos, he had already decided what caliber he would use to excuse himself.
Of course that is - refuse to admit it.
There was no need for Echos to deceive herself on this matter. If he says that the king is still biased towards him, it means that there is still room for maneuver.
As long as he refuses to admit that he did this intentionally, which in fact was not the case, the king will naturally excuse himself.
To put it bluntly, if I really compare myself with Chapman now, there is no doubt that I am the only one who can provide certain value to His Majesty the King...
Bulwer slightly embellished what happened that night. He did not say that he had lost consciousness at that time, but tried his best to paint a picture of himself being manipulated by some evil force.
"After the last trace of reason was exhausted... I seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. The last picture in front of me was of myself falling to the ground..."
There was fear and concern in Bulwer's tone.
"Your Majesty, to put it bluntly, even if I really acted to silence Earl Chapman because of my personal grudge, there is no way I would do it at such a bad time!" He said sadly, "I am also very sad about this matter. , if possible, I hope to express my apology to Earl Chapman in person, and work with him to find the real murderer!"
Hearing his excuse, the king hesitated.
He did feel that Bulwer was innocent in this matter.
Before the incident that night, he mobilized a lot of people to search for the real culprit of the "Pig Man" case. It didn't look like he wanted to take this opportunity to eradicate dissidents.
"So, you mean you were 'controlled' at that time?" The king frowned.
"Yes." Bulwer replied with certainty.
"Your Majesty suspects that the other party is a force involved in the magic of darkness, so I hope that Your Majesty will ask the church to send someone to check my physical condition to avoid any further trouble." Bulwer revealed his true intention.
As long as the blame doesn't fall on you in the end, this seemingly big storm will turn out to be nothing more than a gentle breeze.
Hearing the words "Dark Magic", the king fell silent.
He stared at Bulwer for a long time and then said softly: "I will find a suitable time for Mr. Willard to check you out."
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The turmoil among the kingdom's top leaders finally caused a series of chain reactions.
Within the palace, the ministers started a new round of quarreling and criticizing each other.
Just as Wayne had expected before, perhaps because the king had been reluctant to punish Bulwer for a long time, some speculators smelled something different, so they started to cheer for Bulwer.
There are signs that the trend of public opinion is changing from "Why did Bulwer kill" to "Who framed Bulwer?"
For a time, about Chapman's case, about Bulwer's case, about the appointment of the new commander of the City Guard... many things were all mixed together, making it a headache.
Out of the need to win over allies, Duke Elliot often took Lady Ashwell out for social activities.
However, the couple kept Wayne and Chris at home and strictly prohibited them from attending any banquets.
"Ugh...it's so unfair!" Chris was very unhappy. "I know that I go out to play every day without thinking about us at all."
Because of the access control imposed by Elliot, Chris's rare invitations to her friends had to be canceled, which made her very frustrated.
Glancing at the way she was grabbing the stuffed doll and beating it around, Wayne comforted her: "It will be the same if we have the opportunity to make up for it in the future. This is also for the safety of all of us."
"Can't we just let Eve and the others take the initiative to come to our house to look for me? It doesn't have to go out..." Chris sighed.
Chris was very happy when she heard her friends talking about wanting to play together on the weekend. But she was shocked when she came back.
Not even allowing her to object, Elliot simply sent someone to inform him that today's appointment was cancelled.
"..."
In fact, Wayne also felt that Elliot's restrictions were too strict.
However, he can probably understand that as a father, he does not want to see his daughter facing any danger.
"It won't always be like this," Wayne said.
"Even if you don't consider whether those who are at odds with our family will take advantage of the opportunity to do evil, you don't want yourself or your friends to encounter the rumored 'pig man', right?"
When this topic was brought up, Kris immediately put down the innocently beaten plush doll in her hand.
"...Obviously this case was so bad, but the murderer was not caught, and the person who went to investigate was arrested instead."
She showed dissatisfaction, "I have long felt that the City Guards were inefficient. Look at the internal fighting now. It's amazing that they can do a good job!"
