"Were the soldiers asleep when the ship hit the rocks?" Kant asked.
"Well," the Elf King recalled Raphael's words, and said, "It is said that it was early in the morning. The soldiers had already rested, but they were awakened by the alarm bell."
"What about the other people on board? I mean the captain." Kant asked after thinking for a while.
"Those people seemed to have escaped in lifeboats when the accident just happened." The Elven King said: "Speaking of this, we are still in contact with the operation of the sunken ship. It is also impossible to know whether the crew members have landed safely."
"Well. It's better to contact those people as soon as possible." Kant said.
The two chatted about various details about the accident. Until the carriage arrived at the palace of the elves.
After Kant took his seat, he asked the elf king: "Your Highness, since you have prepared such a sumptuous food. Why don't you invite the elf soldiers who escaped from death to come and reward them. I happen to be a little I want to ask them something."
Meeting the elf soldiers who had stayed on the island was the primary purpose of Kant's visit this time.
Kant’s eagerness to make the request was considered helpless, after all, he and Bundak were leaving for Cumberland tomorrow. Not much time left.
After hearing Kant's request, the Elf King was stunned for a second. Then he smiled and agreed: "His Highness Kant's proposal is very good. I will send someone to call them here."
"Thank you His Majesty the Elven King for your permission." Kant nodded.
The waiter first brought an aperitif, and the two chatted while tasting the fine wine.
Bandak and others did not enter the palace, but enjoyed dinner in the restaurant in the barracks.
After a while, an elf guard led Raphael and his party into the hall, and they all bowed to the two monarchs: "His Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness Kant."
"Please get up." Kant said softly.
After all the elf soldiers raised their faces, Kant put down his wine glass and measured it carefully.
Raphael kept avoiding Kant's gaze, and glanced elsewhere.
"Hurry up and sit down. His Highness Kant will have a good chat with you." The Elf King greeted cordially.
The soldiers leading the way had retreated, and the elf soldiers walked to the newly-installed tables and chairs with anticipation, and sat down cross-legged.
After all, they had never dined with a lord before, and this time it was not only the monarch of their own family, but also the monarch of the soldier's country who was framed by them, so it was inevitable that they felt timid.
"Thank you for your hard work. DeWitt and the others must have received a lot of care from you during their lifetime. My glass of wine is a toast to you on behalf of them." Kant exhaled and said with a smile.
Looking at the healthy and active appearance of these soldiers, Kant couldn't help but think in his heart: It would be great if some soldiers in Calradia escaped from that disaster.
"We didn't do anything for Calradia's reinforcements." Raphael raised his glass and responded, "It's really sad to suffer such unexpected disasters."
"I heard that in your team, there is a general named Abel who is very courageous. I wonder where he is now?" Kant changed the subject after taking a sip of wine, and asked the elf soldiers.
"He is still on the island and is in charge of guarding the camp." Raphael's hand under the table began to tremble uncontrollably.
Every time Kant looked at him, he was shocked by the sharpness in those eyes.
I don't know if I am too guilty, or the other party's aura is too strong.
"The camp on the island?" Kant looked a little surprised, and said, "According to the letter from your outpost, aren't you currently hiding in the mountains? When will there be another camp?"
"That's right." The Elf King also asked, "Didn't it mean that the forces on the island have snatched away the outpost by the beach?"
Raphael's heart skipped a beat when he heard the question. Realized that he had slipped his mouth. Trying to make amends, he said: "Because... the forces on the island returned the residence by the sea to us. So we built a new camp."
"Why did you return it to you?" Kant's eyes became sharper.
He started from a small oasis, so he naturally knows the cruelty of this reality. I have never heard of such a thing as taking away the territory and returning it without reason.
"Because..." Raphael was too nervous to speak because of Kant's pressing step by step.
"Raphael?" The Elf King frowned.
Kant's eyes sank, and his face became serious. Said: "Did you exchange something with the forces on the island?"
Raphael suddenly raised his head and looked at Kant. The eyes of the two collided. The thoughts in Raphael's mind were like a mess, and Kant's eyes were like a shadow blade, cutting off his retreat.
Raphael shrugged his shoulders and said, "Yes."
The Elf King looked disbelieving, and asked, "You, no, you betrayed the Elven Kingdom?"
"I guess they not only betrayed the kingdom of elves, but also the soldiers on the ship." Kant's cold eyes swept over every elf soldier present: "Tell me, what did you do on the ship?"
Raphael's eye sockets were already bloodshot, and he raised his head and stated to Kant: "We installed a bomb on the ship."
"Bastard!" The Elf King raised his hand and threw the wine glass in front of Raphael: "You bunch of heartless things!"
The liquid in the cup splashed on the faces of Raphael and several other kneeling elf soldiers.
Raphael felt a cold liquid streak across his face, and suddenly he was furious, and he slapped the table. Pointing at the Elf King and Kant, he shouted: "You say we are heartless, what qualifications do you have to say that! When we were isolated and helpless on the island and asked you for help, didn't you all ignore it? After all , All of this, you deserve it! If it weren’t for the ten-year comrade-in-arms relationship between Abel and me, I would have burned them all with one fire.”
"It's crazy! Come on!" The Elf King shouted to the outside of the hall.
A column of guards rushed into the hall and surrounded Raphael and his party.
"It was indeed our fault that we failed to reinforce in time." Kant said calmly, "But it's the same thing. You guys killed more than 20 Calradian soldiers on board. You also think that Is it a matter of course?"
"Oh, I didn't kill anyone." Raphael snorted coldly, "We will obey whoever saves our lives. It can only be said that outsiders can't participate in the affairs on this island from the very beginning. "
"No killer? What do you mean?" Kant asked quickly.
(end of this chapter)