"Boris, as a member of Qingxi Academy, you have done such a shameful thing and been arrested. I am only here to visit you on behalf of the academy."
Standing outside the cell, Wayne asked quietly and calmly: "Do you have any objection to the outcome of the trial itself?"
Boris suddenly showed a complicated expression after hearing this.
"I didn't expect...even if I did such a shameful thing, the academy would still be willing to listen to my opinion. But I have nothing more to say, and I deserve this punishment."
Boris only has one thought now: Fortunately, he was not expelled from the academy. If his reputation is lost, it will be lost.
As long as you can retain your status as a Qingxi student, you can find opportunities to do odd jobs after you are released from prison. At worst, if you work harder, you can always make some money to pay off your debts.
"——I heard that you owe a lot of debt because of playing poker? So can the compensation that should be repaid to the victim Jonia be paid on time?"
Boris was mortified when he heard this question.
"My parents didn't know about this before, but now they can no longer hide it. I don't know where they got a sum of money to pay off the compensation first. As for other debts... I'm afraid they can only wait until later. Pay it back slowly."
Even with noble status, he did not dare to pay off those foreign debts.
No, it would be better to say that just because they are nobles, they have too many weaknesses that can be exploited, so they cannot be as careless as those who have nothing.
"Well, do you owe Peggy money too?"
Wayne asked in a calm voice.
"……Yes."
Although Boris didn't understand why he wanted to inquire about this, he still explained everything in detail.
"However, the amount of money I owed him was not too much, and it was not lost in a card game. It was because I couldn't pay the deposit for playing, so he lent me a temporary loan to help me make some money."
At this point, Boris hesitated.
He complained secretly that he had the audacity to do such a thing because he believed Peggy's words that nothing would go wrong. At the same time, she thought to herself that Peggy probably introduced this mission to herself so that she could repay her debt as soon as possible...
From this point of view, he may not have intended to harm himself. Perhaps he just mistakenly believed that the probability of the plan's success was high.
After being caught, he bit him out without saying a word and asked him to join him in the crime. Isn't this too unloyal?
He hesitated for a moment.
"Master Wayne, I don't know... I don't know Pegui..."
"he died."
Wayne clearly saw that Boris's eyes widened suddenly, as if he couldn't understand what he heard.
"He He……"
After stammering for a long time, Boris couldn't even speak a complete sentence.
Wayne sighed and said with emotion: "If you do something wrong, you have to pay the price! The evil deeds Peggy has done have reached the point where he can't even pay for it with his life."
After speaking, he stared at Boris meaningfully.
However, Boris only had a look of horror in his eyes, and he said in a panic: "How could it be? We just poisoned the horses of civilians! And, and we haven't succeeded yet..."
His first reaction was flawless, with no flaws visible.
It seemed that this man really had no idea what Peggy had done.
Then Wayne's words became straightforward.
"You may not know that Peggy often invites others to participate in gambling games in the name of friends and receives benefits from them."
"——The more gambling debts owed by the people he takes there, the greater the commission he can get."
He spoke with sympathy as he stated these facts.
Boris was stunned for a moment, and then said in shock: "Isn't it because you want to introduce your friends to me?"
"What's your relationship with him? Why does he introduce all his friends to you?" Wayne asked.
"Besides, are those guys really his friends?"
The cell fell silent.
After a moment of silence, Boris whispered to himself: "I understand!"
"No wonder he has no business income, but he is always rich. He spends a lot of money to go out with friends..."
After muttering a few words inaudibly, he hurriedly raised his voice and surrendered to Wayne: "I can identify him and those who made me owe a huge gambling debt of two thousand pounds. Please tell me my grievances on my behalf." To all the adults of the City Guard, I, Boris, and the family behind me are all grateful to you!"
The trace of guilt I felt towards Peggy just now disappeared completely in the blink of an eye.
The adjutant, who had been standing beside Wayne and listened, couldn't help but look a little strange in his eyes.
This is exactly the result that the City Guards expected... As long as the charges against Peggy are finalized, why he died will become an irrelevant matter.
In this way, the city guard was at best negligent in their duties, but in the end the result was not considered to have done anything wrong.
Could it be that this Young Master Wayne is actually here to help Lord Bulwer?
"No, no, no, that's not the point of the problem." Wayne shook his head.
"If you think about it, Peggy is a 'well-connected' person in a gray area."
"However, he was forcibly killed by the city guards for very ridiculous reasons."
He smiled. "The reason is that Peggy, who was sentenced to three months in prison, wanted to forcefully escape from prison."
"What do you think of from this known information?"
Boris said confusedly: "It's someone in the city guard who doesn't want him to get involved in more things?"
Adjutant Dennis couldn't remain silent any longer, and he couldn't help but forcibly interrupted the conversation between the two.
"This is nonsense! How could anyone in the city guard do such a thing? Since there are so many secrets behind him, isn't it normal for him to try to escape from prison in a panic because he is afraid of being exposed?"
"But can he run away?"
Wayne turned to look at Dennis.
It seems that this adjutant also knows something inside.
"This is the first question. He is not just a cat or a dog who can live happily in other places by changing his name... he is a nobleman with a name. He can escape, but his family cannot escape."
Although in the eyes of the real upper class, the difference between these people and cats and dogs is not much different.
"Question 2. Even in the academy, he was not a top student with excellent magic skills, otherwise I would have heard of his name. So, where did he get the confidence to escape from the heavily guarded city guards?"
Perhaps in order to save space, he was imprisoned in an ordinary cell, so that he could "escape" easily.
But just coming out of the cell doesn't mean that he can really leave this prison.
Since she was admitted to Qingxi Academy before, Peggy must have normal thinking ability and should not be unable to understand such simple things.
