Chapter 873: Frad
Quinn rubbed his eyes a few tis, and even pinched himself to check that he wasn’t asleep. It was safe to say none of it worked, because the scene in front of him didn’t change. After realising it was all real, he still couldn’t believe his eyes.
’Hey, you’re also seeing this, right? The one on the table is Dwight, isn’t it?’ Quinn asked the only other person who could see the sa thing as him, hoping he wasn’t going crazy.
’It certainly looks like Dwight, but we can’t be sure until we check. Make sure you lock the door behind you, Quinn. There is obviously sothing very strange going on here. Hurry, there’s a chance we might be able to still save him.’ Vincent stressed.
’Still save him?’ Quinn thought those words were a long shot since he was unable to hear a heartbeat. Of course, there was the possibility that the scene in front of them was fake, but the sll of blood at the scene certainly made it seem real.
Quinn approached the body carefully, he didn’t want to disrupt the possible evidence, yet at the sa ti he was listening outside, to see if the others had already noticed. Based on how the other guards had reacted, it would appear that he was the first one to find him like that.
If they were to storm in and see him with Dwight like this... it was clear who their number one suspect would be.
’It’s too late.’ Vincent said in a sad voice. ’There were cases of recently impaled vampires that had been saved by an injection of human blood directly into their hearts. Their brains had still been intact, so the next important organ would be the heart, but from the way the spear is stuck in his body, his heart is clearly pierced beyond repair. Whoever is behind this wanted to make sure Dwight would remain dead.’
Vincent had claid to have done research on many different subjects many tis before, and Quinn had experienced certain types of research even. So of them had seed cruel, but there had often been a sincere desire to help behind them.
Checking a bit more, there were no indications of who the weapon belonged to, no markings and such, and surprisingly there were no indications of a struggle either. There was blood but only Dwight’s, while the rest of the room was in perfect condition.
’How? Just who could kill soone like Dwight this perfectly? As important figures, I thought the King’s Royal Knights were supposed to have roughly the sa strength as a leader?" Quinn pointed out the condition of the room.
’I find this difficult to understand as well. Dwight was a cautious person, whoever it was, it had to be soone he trusted. Maybe there was a eting set up before yours? That would explain why he looks so calm in his seat, and then at the worst ti he had been stabbed by that person from behind?’ Vincent theorised.
Quinn wanted to touch the spear but at the sa ti didn’t want to either, as it would just confirm the reality of the situation. Ti and ti again it looked like his allies were getting killed.
’Dwight you only wanted to find out the truth and help the vampires and this is what happened to you.’ Quinn thought, looking at his body.
At that mont, Quinn could hear the sound of footsteps coming towards the door and so light knocks on the door. In order to conceal himself he used the Shadow cloak and hid in the corner of the room. After a while, the person on the other side slowly opened the door.
It turned out to be another leader, Muka. The look on his face was nearly as shaking as Quinn’s had been. He quickly closed the door behind him, and went up to Dwight’s body, making sure he did not touch anything. It was almost a repeat of what Quinn had done, until he looked into the corner of the room.
"Quinn, is that you there? I can sense your presence." Muka asked softly.
Of course the cloak was not as effective against other leaders.
"The guards told that you were already in a eting with Dwight. I was ant to have one after him, so I thought it could save us all so ti if I were to join you. What happened here? Was it..." Muka paused before finishing the sentence.
"Of course, it wasn’t !" Quinn replied back in an angry whisper. "I ca in only a few monts before you. Besides, do you really think I would be so stupid to announce myself to the guards and stay behind, waiting for soone like you to co in and catch ?! Before you interrupted , I tried to inspect the scene just like you were right now."
Muka thought about it for a while, and started to inspect the room at the sa ti, seeing the sa things Quinn had seen.
"It has to be Bryce! Who else could go this far, not to ntion be able to kill Dwight? He was a strong Vampire Royal Knight. He might have weakened since he is past his pri, but barely anyone would be able to finish him so... cleanly." Muka claid.
However, Quinn wasn’t convinced. Bryce should be as hurt as Quinn currently was, aning he should be recovering right now. After their encounter, Bryce was no longer on the top of his list of suspects.
Still, it would have been easier for Muka to just fra Quinn right now, but it looked like he was genuinely trying to figure out who it was. Was soone really pulling the strings behind Mala’s back making him think it was Bryce or was it sothing else?
Both of them turned their heads towards the door, as they started to hear a large commotion and the look on Muka’s face was now one of shock. Sothing had happened, only they both were unaware what.
"Quinn, I’m sorry..." Muka said. "But as a leader I must do my duty. They are accusing you of a possible assassination attempt on Dwight’s life. Based on what I see here, I must bring you in and you shall be held until a decision has been made."
"What?!" Quinn shouted back. "What nonsense are you spouting? I VERY CLEARLY am being frad. I just told you that I ca in right before you. You are literally the first person I see enter after , so whoever is accusing must have already seen the outco of this and is trying to pin the bla on !"
Muka stayed silent for a mont and had his back held against the door. It sounded like there were those trying to rush into the room from the outside but Muka was stopping them.
"Quinn, this is a ssage that everyone has received. I can only advise you to not resist. If everything really is as you claim then there is nothing for you to fear. Just let us get to the bottom of this, I promise our side will help you! We promised to help you, didn’t we? If you act out now, it will just complicate things and might bring danger to your family."
Not understanding what was happening, and now being accused of a cri he didn’t commit, Quinn was angry. As the doors burst open and the Royal Guard rushed in. He quickly used his Shadow travel to escape through the castle walls outside to the front of the castle.
However, he didn’t get far, as a large explosion hit the ground where he was, kicking Quinn out of his shadow, making him skid across the floor.
When he looked up, he broke out in laughter at the absurdity of the scene.
"So everyone thinks I’ve killed Dwight? And now SOHOW all of the leaders JUST HAPPEN TO BE here at the sa ti?" Quinn pointed out the ’coincidence’.
In front of him were six of the family leaders, who were closest to the castle.
Jin, the 4th leader, Prima the 12th leader, David the 11th leader, Kyle the 7th leader, and Susan the 3rd leader.
"Quinn, we have just been made aware of a possible assassination attempt on Dwight. We need to go inside and confirm it’s true. Please co with us quietly!" Jin shouted.
A few seconds later, the Royal Guards ran out of the room. "We hereby confirm that Royal Knight Dwight has been killed!"
This certainly wasn’t looking like a good situation.
"Look, I know we don’t get along, but don’t you think it’s at least a LITTLE STRANGE that you guys co here right now and just happen to find right next to Dwight’s body?!" Quinn questioned.
"It’s not strange at all!" Susan replied. "We were inford of your etings and have evidence in regards to your plan to kill the Royal Knight Dwight! We just anded to catch you red handed. Unfortunately we were one step too late and you’ve already committed your cri!."
It was clear that everyone had already agreed that Quinn was the murder without an investigation. They probably wouldn’t even attempt one and just directly put everything on him.
Now it was up to Quinn whether he would trust in his allies who might insist on an investigation which might clear him... or whether he would attempt to fight his way out of this ss.
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