Chapter 673 - Visiting Ellena In Prison (1/2)

Chapter 673 - Visiting Ellena In Prison

Seeing Kira was interested to see Ellena in prison, Gewen decided he wanted to come too So, the four of them went to the prison cell where Ellena was held for almost one year

On their way to prison, Kira heard from Emmelyn how Ellena could frame her and in the end Emmelyn had to fake her death and flee Draec It was all because her uncle slash father, Duke Preston, was a very powerful duke He was also the pried to bla

Now, Duke Preston was no longer a prime minister He claimed to have severe health issues after the incident where Ellena stabbed the for the last royal ball

He and his wife threw Ellena under the bus and said they had nothing to do with her and they were just as shocked and disappointed in Ellena as everybody else

Since there was no evidence of the duke's involve to punish Duke Preston It's not that he didn't work hard to collect evidence, but the duke was slick as a snake

Finally, Mars could only bite his disappointment and accepted the fact that perhaps soht if Duke Preston stayed away from the capital and the royal affairs, Mars had to let hi as Ellena could be punished, he would take it He just wanted to make Ellena pay for the crimes she did to Emmelyn

Mars hoped someday he could also find a way to punish Duke Preston, but until then, punishi+ng Ellena would have to do

"So that wench's fah evidence?" Kira asked in displeasure "I think you need to up your game in tortureDuke Preston and his wife to thecold on his back when he heard Kira's words She talked about torture as if discussing what to eat for dinner

The king didn't doubt her for a second, that Kira h tortureon tortures to make Ellena talk was not an effective way

Ellena actually didn't hesitate to name Duke Preston as her accomplice or the person who enabled her to do all her crimes She did use Duke Preston's wealth and power for her benefit She also wanted to get her own punishment reduced if she could name other people responsible for the crimes

However, the proble It became a case of he said she said Mars couldn't punish the duke and his wife based on the testimony of the crime's main suspect

Duke Preston would use his network of supporters to protest and accuse Mars of being unjust and only trying to get rid of the poor old duke fro

"That's not the problem," Mars finally told Kira "We need evidence, not just testihteous people are a lot of hassle You know they are guilty but you cannot punish the bad people Our life as pirates is siet punished"

"That's because we are different frohed "We have laws here We are not barbarians"

The king iretted his words as soon as he said that