Chapter 196 Raghnalls Favorite Person Is Here! (1/2)

Garnel realized that he unknowingly cried out his inner thoughts and he immediately slapped his mouth shut with his hands as regret washed over him.

Hell's wrath! He messed up!

With a sigh, he knew that continuing his act was already pointless. So, he could only hide his face in shame as he squirmed slightly under Raghnall's grasp.

”Still not willing to tell them what happened?”

The irritation in Raghnall's tone made Garnel snap his head back up as he narrowed his eyes at him.

”I'll tell only when you put me down!”

Raghnall clicked his tongue as he lowered Garnel until his feet touched the floor. But, he didn't let go of his clothes which made Garnel scrunch up his face in silent complaint.

Raghnall ignored the face Garnel made as he tugged on his clothes as a warning for him to start talking. And when Garnel felt the harsh action, he gritted his teeth for a few seconds before he finally spoke.

”Okay, fine! I challenged her to a duel and she ALMOST beat me! I just… fainted… in the middle of the match! Obviously, the victor isn't deci--”

When Garnel felt Raghnall's grip on his clothes tighten, he decided to retract his words hastily.

”I, uhh, we were fighting and s-she slashed me in the n-neck. I guess it wasn't deep enough to k-kill but I ended up uhm… fainting… from shock.”

But despite Garnel giving the two guards the gist of the story, they still didn't seem to find the connection between what they saw and what he just said.

”And what does your duel have to do with her strangling someone?”

Garnel looked at the corner of his eye to peek at his friend in confusion. From seeing the action, Raghnall knew that he was probably still unconscious when the student started attacking her so he decided to be the one to talk about it instead.

”The guy she strangled was a friend of this guy here.”

He gestured at Garnel before continuing his explanation.

”With this guy fainting at the right timing, everyone here all stupidly thought that this guy died. And although deaths in duels are not uncommon, his dear friends over there thought it would be right to call MY dear friend a murderer. And they somehow deluded themselves into thinking that they were righteous idiots. Thus, one of them decided to get revenge by attacking my dear friend. And so, in an appropriate act of self-defense, my dear friend had no other choice but to retaliate. Hence, forming the scene you tumbled upon.”

While hearing Raghnall's explanation, they examined the whole crowd's reaction to verify if what he said was truly correct. And when they saw the guilty faces made by the three students along with the nodding gestures of some of the people in the crowd, they knew that what Raghnall was saying was the truth.

”It seems that we were wrong. And although the place and time were not really right for a duel, we should still honor it as such since it must've been validated by witnesses, no? Henceforth, given that the only trace of violence was done by the student who attacked her outside of the duel, she is hereby deemed free of all charges. And in her stead, we will be taking the student instead.”

And after saying the last few words, they decided to let go of their grip on Inna. But once they did, they hurriedly gripped her again as they stopped her limp body from dropping to the ground, face flat.

Noticing the sudden loss of voluntary motion in her body, they both looked at her in disbelief. And their eyes widened even more when they saw the huge pool of an unknown substance that seemed to form directly below Inna's bowed head.