Chapter 104: The Toad Sits in Prison

  If it were up to Xia Ya's own temperament, he wouldn't have cared about the Byzantine Empire's dogshit officer position and could have just walked away. Although the other side had a large number of people, relying on his dragon-blood enhanced physique, ordinary attacks were almost ineffective against him, and with his dragon-scale armor, fiery trident, and crimson killing intent in its short-term invincibility state - although there were many people on the other side, it seemed that none of them were particularly powerful. If he forced his way through, it wouldn't be a big problem to run away.

  Now that I have a different identity, if I were to run away once the fight starts, these Rodoria cavalry comrades would definitely not sit idly by and would certainly draw their swords to help. If we start fighting and I run away, I'm afraid these cavalry brothers will take the fall! They are all true Byzantines, with families and mouths to feed, and military positions...

  Xia Ya took a deep breath and his face gradually calmed down. He raised his hand, and the opposing officer immediately became very tense, taking several steps back and raising his sword.

  Xia Ya sneered and pressed her hand on the back of Sharba's hand beside her, pressing down the pickaxe in Sharba's hand, then took two steps forward: "I'll go with you."

  The cavalry beside him suddenly burst into an uproar, but Xia Ya turned around abruptly and shouted loudly: "Shut up with so much nonsense! All of you shut your mouths!!"

  His eyes swept over the cavalrymen, and he said slowly: "What does everyone want to do? Kill officials and rebel? Don't forget your identity. Hmm... I'll go with them, other things, just leave it to everyone!"

  Shalba immediately understood, this rough man and Xia Ya were the best of friends, and immediately said: "Don't worry, if you want to move us Rodrians, you have to ask General first!"

  Xia Ya glanced at the officer and sneered: "Do you need to tie me up?"

  The officer hesitated for a moment: "Never mind, just take you back for interrogation, it's not an arrest warrant."

  "Then, can I bring personal items?"

  "Weapons, horses and armor are not allowed to be brought along." The officer thought for a moment: "Personal clothing is okay."

  Xia Ya drew out a fire fork with her backhand: "Is this also considered a weapon?"

  The officer took a glance, the fire fork was dull and unremarkable, it was obviously one of those common things used to dig out furnace bottoms. He looked puzzled but still shook his head: "You must be joking, this thing doesn't count as a weapon, however...it is an iron tool..."

  "This is what I treasure most, the only thing left by my foster father, and I take it with me wherever I go." Xia Ya shook his head.

  The officer thought for a moment, and it was easy to get this guy to cooperate. Since they didn't need to fight, he could have the broken iron fork if he wanted. What waves could he stir up anyway? He nodded immediately.

  Xia Ya changed into a new set of clothes, carrying a small bundle with him. The soldiers also checked the contents of the bundle to ensure that he was not carrying any sharp objects like daggers.

  Xia Ya instructed Sharba: "That earth spirit saved my life, take good care of it. When it's healed and wants to leave, let it go."

  Several soldiers immediately surrounded Xia and left with him, outside were indeed hundreds of fully armed Byzantine infantrymen holding positions. Xia was surrounded by these people and got on a horse-drawn carriage. Before getting on the carriage, the officer whispered in Xia's ear: "I also respect the Rodoria Cavalry Team, this time I have orders to follow, no choice, forgive me!"

  Tortoise has always been soft and not hard, others are polite to him, he is also polite, heard the words nodded, got on the carriage without a word.

  The wheels rolled away under the guard of infantry.

  The cavalry behind him chased all the way to the street, Sharba was so angry that his face turned red, he shouted loudly and angrily slammed the mace on the ground, stomping his foot fiercely. The cavalry beside him were all with faces of injustice, some were angry, some were disappointed.

  "Return to your quarters! Prepare the troops, and immediately dispatch someone back to headquarters to report urgently to the General!!"

  The cavalrymen went back with a whoop to get ready.

  It was Doro who walked last, with a hesitant expression on his face.

  This tortoise has been caught...... Hmm, should I try to inform Lady Edelin about this? Oh dear...... It's really troublesome...... The lady didn't allow me to reveal her identity......

  Xia Ya had originally thought that what awaited him would be a severe interrogation, some kind of torture or corporal punishment, such as whipping, branding with hot irons, the tiger stool and chili water, and other legendary things.

  Anyway, he himself has a physique strengthened by dragon blood, and his heart is not afraid of anything. As long as he finds the right opportunity to escape from prison, at that time, the cavalry brothers should have already left Wildfire Town to return to the 13th Cavalry Regiment to report back. With Adelric's protection, they won't be in danger either. When the time comes for him to escape from prison and flee, the sky will be high and the sea will be wide, birds will fly and fish will jump, and at worst, after the Byzantines retreat, he can go back to being a demon hunter or become a mercenary, living a carefree life.

  However, the interrogation he had anticipated did not arrive as expected.

  He was taken directly to a courtyard in the city by carriage, this courtyard was on a street next to the Defense Department, with high walls and thick walls, two teams of iron-clad infantry guarding, Xia Ya was sent into the innermost house, the house had beds and tables, Xia Ya was informed that he would wait for the military department's disposal.

  The officer who brought him in secretly sent someone to give him a thick woolen blanket before leaving.

  Xiaya was placed under house arrest anyway.

  He was told that as long as he didn't go out of the house or into the yard, his other actions were free, but having stayed for less than two hours, a strange middle-aged military officer with a sallow face and a bitter expression, with a stern face, as if others owed him a hundred gold coins, heavily threw a stack of paper, a goose feather pen and an ink bottle on the table.

  "Write down here how you were responsible for escorting Sir Bonfret, and the circumstances of his murder, and your own dereliction of duty!"

  He said that and then walked away.

  Xia Ya was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, and naturally didn't care about anything else. She fell onto the bed, wrapped herself in the quilt, and started snoring loudly as she fell into a deep sleep.

  At night, he woke up and found a tray at the door with a water bottle, three meat pies, and Xia Ya didn't care about the cold food and drink, grabbed one and ate half of it, then sat in front of the table, looked at the stack of paper, suddenly felt his stomach rumbling, quickly grabbed a stack of paper and ran to the outhouse behind the house, squatted for half an hour before walking out with a satisfied sigh. As for those papers, naturally...

  It took two days like this, except for the first day when someone brought him paper and pen to confess his crimes, no one came to bother him again.

  It's just that every day, three meals are delivered, and the food keeps coming, although it's a bit rough, but it's just some cold pancakes with meat. However, as a toad who is used to living a hard life, now there is a roof to shelter from the wind and rain, and someone delivers food every day, yet I feel a few moments of comfort.

  As for what to do with the guilty material, of course not a single word was written. Every day I eat and sleep, sleep and eat, occasionally when I'm bored in the house, I chat with Dora in my mind to pass the time.

  Dora naturally ridiculed Xia Ya's situation with cold words and hot mockery, but after listening to it many times, the turtle didn't think much of it, and her attitude was very calm.

  So to speak, the Byzantine military did not beat or kill him, nor did they interrogate or try him, but instead raised him like a pig, and Shaya also experienced a happy life like a pig.

  The food is not good, but it's better than relying on the old guys for everything. We ate one meal and then had nothing to eat for the next, but at least we're better off now. The only regret is that there's no wine to drink.

  Since it's like this, Xia Ya didn't hurry to leave anymore. If he ran away, he'd probably have to sleep under the wind and dew, where could he find such a comfortable place?

  Sometimes, Tu Bie couldn't help but think:

  If being imprisoned in the Byzantine Empire is so comfortable, I'd rather spend two years in prison and enjoy this leisurely life.

  It had been like this for over ten days, and finally, on the fifteenth day of Xia Ya's house arrest, someone came to see him at noon.

  Xia Ya had just finished lunch and was lying on the bed, letting out a contented belch. The past half month had been too relaxing, and Xia Ya even felt like she had gained some weight. She was happily patting her belly when the door was pushed open and someone walked in from outside.

  This man had a large build, broad shoulders and a round waist, with a face like a round plate, full of horizontal flesh, but he smiled so that his two eyes narrowed into a line. As soon as he came in, he looked at Xia Ya on the bed and said: "You little Xia Ya, still so comfortable, do you know or not, outside for you, it's almost upside down!"

  Xia Ya took one look at the person and sprang up from bed with a thud.

  "Rabbit will... no, General Rul?"

  Here is the translation:

  It was indeed Lü Er who had arrived, but he seemed to have lost some weight. He strode over with big steps, carrying a bundle, and plopped himself down on the bed without any reserve, completely unfazed by Xia Ya's momentary slip of the tongue earlier. He stared at Xia Ya for two seconds, shook his head, and tutted: "Looks like I was right, you little scoundrel! You're really a heartless thing, living it up here, aren't you? Got food to eat, drink, and sleep, no need to fight on the battlefield. And look at you, your whole face is rosy, even your cheeks have rounded out some more. At this rate, I reckon you'll soon catch up with old man me!"

  Xia Yahahahaha laughed and sat down, holding his head against the bedhead: "General Lul, what brings you here? Are you sent by the military to interrogate me?"

  "Interrogation? What a joke! You little lucky bastard! Now that you're all high and mighty, which idiot in the military department would dare to interrogate you? Aren't you afraid of being drowned by their slobber?"

  "Alright! No more nonsense!" he said with a slap on the bed, "Pack up your things and let's go with me!"

  Xia Ya grunted, subconsciously getting up to clean up, but suddenly his heart skipped a beat. He vaguely sensed that there was something fishy about this rabbit general's words. The turtle sat back down on the bed with a thud, his face full of mischief as he stared at Rourou: "Damn it! If you want to catch me, then catch me! If you want to let me go, then let me go! What kind of person do you think I am? You don't make things clear, and I'm not leaving! Not leaving! Absolutely not leaving!!!"

  He actually crawled onto the bed with a thick face, hugged the bedside with both hands, buried his head and shouted: "I'm not leaving! I won't leave! You don't give me an explanation, don't think about making me leave here!"