Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 44 The End of the Farce and Gavins' Distress
"I'm afraid the outcome of the matter will not change, but it shouldn't be what you expected. And to us, the friendship of the Sutherland family is not as valuable as you think!"

Following this sudden speech, a forbidden soldier in golden armor stepped in from the open door outside the hall.

Calvin frowned. Although this was not the Titan VI base where his family was located, within a short period of time after allowing a mortal to enter at will, there was another emissary of the Forbidden Army who was an uninvited guest with obvious good intentions. break in.

This had to make him question the ability of his guard leader, Gavins.But now is not the time to worry about these details, so Calvin did not comment on it.He just turned his head to look at Gavins who was standing beside him, and the latter was also looking a little anxious because he realized that he had made a mistake in his work.

Although there are reasons for this, such as the Gray Knights have never had a Primarch in the past, so the Chapter Champions have no work experience as honor guards.But Gavins didn't intend to defend himself. The honor and consciousness of a soldier made him understand that there has never been a victor who asked where the gun was on the battlefield.

So when his eyes met Calvin's questioning eyes, the unmistakable apology satisfied the latter.At least the attitude of the former made Calvin understand that the sense of honor of these proud champions for their duties was worthy of his trust.

After entering the room, the envoy of the imperial army walked towards the crowd. After seeing Calvin sitting behind the desk, this noble envoy, as usual, must represent the will of the throne court as long as he appeared outside the core area of ​​the palace, which is rare. He stopped in his tracks and nodded to Calvin at a distance of 5 meters.

And Matthews, who was interrupted by the protruding imperial guard, was even more horrified by the meaning of the scene.

This kind of etiquette details made Terra native noble Matthews, who was already known for his red tape, sensitively receive information that was completely inconsistent with his cognition. At the same time, after combining this information with his current situation, A sense of great crisis began to descend in his heart.

"There must be something wrong," Matthews thought.

The reasons for the error are now irrelevant, but the consequence of the error was that his assessment of the influence of the party represented by Calvin on Terra was seriously, even fatally, fallacious.

Beating a dog still depends on the owner, so what if it is not the dog that is beating, but the owner?What if the owner also happens to be a dragon?
While Matthews, who hadn't figured out how to end it, was still standing there anxiously thinking, the envoy from the throne picked up what he had just said, seeing that both the power represented and the actual figure in the presence were the smallest Matthews said:
"Mortal, your calamity has arrived! Instead of thinking about the future of your own relatives, you should hurry up and worry about your family."

After saying this, the emissary of the Imperial Army turned to look at Calvin:

"Good day, Messenger from the Titans, I bring goodwill from Marshal Trajan, these small matters have been settled, don't bother about it. Lord Trajan asked me to bring a message before I left, such as the timing Appropriate, please go to the throne room for a meeting."

After finishing speaking, the guard nodded to Calvin again, then turned around and left without looking at the mortal who had been so frightened to the ground by his words.

The scene has returned to its original tranquility, but unlike before, the situation on both sides may never return to its original state.

When Calvin, who was also surprised, had just sorted out the situation at the scene and had time to speak in the future, someone broke in again from the unclosed door.

Calvin raised his eyebrows again and again, and he looked at Gavins next to him playfully, and the latter's face was as blood red as the curtain behind him.Today, I think it will be the longest day in the life of this former high-ranking paladin after he became the leader of the guard.

The new visitor was a young woman in tight black ceramic armor who appeared at the living room door with two stormtroopers armed with guns.

After gesturing to Calvin and the others in the room, the woman walked in slowly with swaying rhythmic steps.

Compared with her sexy figure, the bolt gun on her waist and the mechanical prosthetic eye on her head that occupy half of the forehead all indicate that she comes from some powerful unit, and the blood-red Roman numeral "I" on the shoulder armor and the number in the center The Sacred Skull also attests to this information.

After bowing to Calvin and performing the eagle salute, she said to Calvin: "I bring the help of the Inquisition from the kindness of Lord Stad Northumberland, the new Lord of the Inquisition of Terra."

After obtaining Calvin's permission, the subordinate of the high-ranking judge turned his head to look at Matthews who was slumped on the ground, read out his name word by word, and began to briefly describe his crimes and trial results :

"Matthews de Sutherland, former first-class knight of the empire. You are accused of using the sacred public power granted to you by the empire to seek interests that should not belong to your family! It has been verified that you have exceeded your authority to mobilize the astronomical torch without authorization. The whereabouts of the family members, interfering with the operation of the empire’s secret institutions, and harming the core interests of the empire. After urgent discussion by the high lord council, it was decided that you will be sentenced to death and executed immediately! And your family will have all property confiscated, and all family members will be exiled to Far East Starfield. All past honors related to Sutherland will be recovered, and the family coat of arms of the Sutherland family that has been hung in the Imperial Senate since the 33rd millennium will be permanently revoked."

After finishing speaking, she waved to the stormtroopers waiting at the door, and the soldiers who had been waiting for a long time walked in, picked up the limp object from both sides of Matthews who had been completely disabled, and dragged him out.The woman also bowed and stepped back after saluting again, and finally disappeared at the door of the living room.And it wasn't until their footsteps went far away that the screams from Lord Matthews, the former first-class lord of the empire, sounded belatedly:
"Wait! I have served the empire! I have shed blood for the Ministry of the Interior! I want to see the prime minister! Let me see the prime minister and the lord..."

"Tom!...Tom tom!" The sound of the bolter execution sounded outside, and the subsequent two shots fully proved the high professionalism of the court personnel, and they were worthy of being the top of all powerful departments on Terra.

The afternoon sun was just right, and a warm breeze blew in from the terrace. The green plants used for decoration and the tassels of the curtains in the house were gently catering to the caress of the breeze.The quiet atmosphere in the waiting room seemed to be telling Calvin that it was time to end this extraordinary farce.

Calvin stretched his body back in a relaxed manner, and glanced left and right at the paladins on both sides, indicating that they could also properly relax the posture he had been tense all afternoon.

But before the two paladins could respond, there was another sound of heavy footsteps in the corridor. The three of them, who are very sensitive to the weight of this level, immediately understood the approximate identity of the person who came.Today in Imperial Calendar No. 309000, the only people who can come to the place where Calvin lives wearing a set of Mark series power armor at this time and place can only be those who are ridiculed among brothers because of too strict discipline. The Fist of the Empire, known as the "Stone Men".

As one of the backgrounds of this incident, although Calvin never believed that Pride was like Donne, his heirs would do such vile things.But since they have already been involved in the incident, it has nothing to do with right or wrong, and they should have an explanation to Calvin who was innocently affected.This is also a basic respect for each other, regardless of identity, regardless of background.

Calvin also expected that the other party would make a satisfactory compensation for the occurrence of this incident at another suitable time, but he did not expect it to come so quickly.

It seems that the upright character derived from the Primarch Dorne is really in the blood of every son of Dorne. In the eyes of these Dorne sons, the confession of the innocent people who have been affected by him may be It is true that every minute of delay is an extra point of torture for them.

Calvin, who had been visited four times in a row in one morning, twitched the corner of his mouth speechlessly. At this moment, being able not to roll his eyes was the biggest manifestation of his mental strength since he became a gray knight.

He turned his head to look at Gavins who had given up struggling and said:

"After today, I will have a complete reflection meeting with all the brothers in the guard regarding your dereliction of duty today. I think you should have no objection to this."

　No one found my easter egg in this chapter.Heh heh heh, you are not loyal!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)