Chapter 24: ~The law.~ (1/2)

***Norfolk, Fellmar***

“I saw everything from the beginning to the end. The eight dead Jamaian nobles were the attackers. They walked up to that person and one of them stabbed him from behind with a knife. He fell to the ground and then they surrounded and started to kick him. But after some seconds something like an explosion blew everyone away. Then the assaulted person got up and fought back. It was so gruesome and everything happened very fast. I took cover behind a table. Just a few seconds of magical combat were enough to create this scene.”

Another eye-witness gives his report to the grumbling captain of the guard who is taking notes.

The guards arrived just a few seconds after Celestial. They sealed off the whole area and started to interrogate everyone. By that time I had already dealt with the bastards who attacked me without a word from behind.

What can I say to my defence? I simply snapped and murdered them any way I could? They babbled something about revenge and that I killed his brother. By listening and making a few guesses I came to the conclusion that they were related to Mr. Golden-Mask.

The captain forces a smile onto his face and turns towards me. “Looks like you acted in self-defence Ascathon Asceron. You can go for the time being. But please refrain from leaving the country until this case is closed. And try to stay away from the Jamaians who swore blood revenge against you.”

My head jerks up. “Really? No trial?”

“I don't see why I should waste my time with a judge if there are so many witnesses. And whom you killed during an honour-duel in a country on the other side of the continent is no concern of mine.” The guard stores away his notes and walks away. With the retreat of the guards an army of servants starts to clean up the mess.

Eh!? They simply left? No bureaucratic paper storm? “I ~love~ this country! The weather is nice. The people are reasonable. And now I find out that their judicature is fast and just!” It took the arriving guards just half an hour to interrogate all witnesses.

Case solved and documented.

Celestial and two other people were standing close to me while I had to answer the questions of the guards. Somehow Celestial doesn't look happy. Everything ended well, so why the sour mood? It was just a little problem.

I already healed my wound and the bruises but.... “~Sugar cat?~ Could you pull that knife out of my shoulder? It itches and I am not flexible enough to do it myself.”

“~Sure.~” Celestial reaches for my shoulder and pulls the knife out of it with a swift movement. I feel a stinging pain but my passive regeneration spell finally starts to work properly and the pain slowly fades away. I had numbed my feeling for pain by cutting several nerves with telekinsis.

I am a little afraid of this technique, so I don't use it very often. It's very helpful during a fight because you become a berserker who is able to ignore his wounds. The downside is because of what happens if you fail to execute it right.

In one of my past lifes I royally messed up and severed something at the wrong point. It interfered with my spell-casting too and so I ended that life in persistent vegetative state while slowly dying in my bed. Not a happy memory.

There is also a problem if I stay too long in this state. The nerves could heal on their own and it would become very hard to heal them up correctly again.

But the pain is finally gone. So I turn my attention towards Celestial and her companions. “So why the heavy atmosphere?”

“~Honey.~ These are Arduin Jasmine, my father and Idala Jasmine, my mother. Mom, Dad, this is Ascathon. My husband.” Celestial links arms with me while smiling.

Hmm. Parents? Parents in law? “Hi.” Oooh. Too bad I haven't invented a camera yet. Their expressions are genuine.

“Why don't we take this discussion elsewhere and give him time to clean himself.” Idala smiles at Arduin.

I look down at myself and realize that my right side is bloody all over. Celestial wisely stuck to my left which is still relatively clean.

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An hour later I acquired another suit and am cleaned up. I am in the dining area at a table with fine food to have a discussion with Celestial and her parents. Celestial is placed beside me with her parents in front of us.

“I won't approve of this!” Arduin shakes his head in denial.

“I have no...” Celestial pinches me from behind to shut me up. It feels like she used a forceps. But I know very well that she did it with her bare hands.

“But I love him ~daddy~. You won't be able to break us up. Besides. Liandra likes him too. And she treats Violetta like her little sister. The two of them are inseparable.” Celestial takes my hand to make a point.