Chapter 44 The End of the Farce and Gavins's Distress

"The outcome of the matter will probably not change, but it shouldn't be what you expect. And for us, the friendship of the Sutherland family is not as valuable as you think!"

As this sudden speech came, a golden-armored guard stepped in from the unclosed door outside the hall.

Calvin raised his eyebrows. Although this was not the Titan base where his family was located, within a short period of time after a mortal was allowed to enter at will, another guard envoy, who was also an uninvited guest with obvious good intentions, broke in.

This could not help but make him question the work ability of his own guard leader Gavins. But now is not the time to care about these details, so Calvin did not comment on it. He just turned his head to look at Gavins standing beside him, and the latter seemed a little anxious because he found his own work flaws.

Although there are various reasons, such as the Grey Knights have never had a gene primarch in the past, so the champions of the regiment have no experience in working as honor guards. But Gavins did not intend to defend himself. The honor and consciousness of a soldier made him understand that there had never been a winner 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 former's attitude made Calvin understand that these proud champions' sense of honor for their duties was still worthy of his trust.

After entering the room, the imperial guards envoy walked towards the crowd. After seeing Calvin sitting behind the desk, this noble envoy, who usually represented the will of the throne court as long as he appeared outside the core area of ​​the palace, stopped and nodded to Calvin 5 meters away.

And Matthews, whose conversation rhythm was interrupted by this prominent imperial guard, was even more shocked by the meaning of this scene.

This kind of etiquette detail made Matthews, a native noble of Terra, 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 huge sense of crisis began to descend on his heart.

"Something must have gone wrong." Matthews thought.

The cause of the error is no longer important now, but the result of the error is that his assessment of the influence of the party represented by Calvin in Terra has a serious, even fatal fallacy.

You still need to look at the owner when beating a dog, so what if it is not the dog that is beaten, but the owner? What if the owner happens to be a dragon?

While Matthews, who had not figured out how to end the situation, was still standing there anxiously thinking, the messenger from the throne continued what he had just said, looking at Matthews, who was the smallest in terms of power and actual size, and said:

"Mortal, your misfortune has come! Instead of thinking about the future of your relatives, you might as well hurry up and worry about your family."

After saying this, the imperial guardsman turned and looked at Calvin:

"Good day, messenger from Titan, I brought the goodwill from Marshal Trajan, these small matters have been resolved, don't worry about it. Lord Trajan asked me to bring a message before I left, if the time is right, please be sure to go to the throne room to meet."

After saying this, the imperial guard nodded to Calvin again, then turned around and left, never looking at the mortal who had been frightened to the ground by his words.

The scene returned to its initial quietness, but unlike before, the situation of both sides might never return to the original state.

When Calvin, who was also surprised, had just sorted out the situation at the scene and had no time to speak, someone broke in again outside the door that was not closed tightly.

Calvin raised his eyebrows again and again, and he looked at Gavins beside him with a playful look, and the latter's face was as red as the curtains behind him. Today, I think this will be the longest day in the life of this former high-level paladin after he changed his career and became the leader of the guard.

The new uninvited guest was a young woman wearing black tight ceramic armor. She appeared at the door of the living room with two stormtroopers armed with live ammunition.

After signaling to Calvin and others in the room, the woman walked in slowly with a rhythmic step.

Compared with her sexy figure, the bolt gun on her waist and the mechanical prosthetic eye on her head that occupied half of the forehead space both showed that she came from some powerful units, and the blood-red Roman numerals "Ⅰ" on the shoulder armor and the sacred skull in the center of the numbers also proved this information.

After bowing to Calvin and performing the Skyhawk Salute, she said to Calvin: "I brought the help of the Inquisition, which came from the kindness of the new Terra Inquisition Lord Stad Northumberland."

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

"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 benefits for your family that do not belong to you! After investigation, you exceeded your authority and arbitrarily transferred the whereabouts of the students of the Star Torch Court, interfered with the operation of the Empire's confidential institutions, and damaged the core interests of the Empire. After urgent deliberation and decision by the High Lords' Council: You will be sentenced to death, and it will be executed immediately! And your family will have all its property confiscated, and all family members will be exiled to the Far East Star Region. All honors awarded to Sutherland in the past will be recovered, and the family emblem of the Sutherland family, which has been hanging in the Imperial Senate since 33000, will be permanently revoked."

After saying that, she waved to the stormtroopers waiting at the door. The soldiers who had been waiting for a long time came in, picked up the limp object from both sides of the completely disabled Matthews, and dragged him out. The woman bowed and stepped back after saluting again, and finally disappeared at the door of the living room. It was not until their footsteps went far away that the screams from the former first-class knight Matthews of the Empire finally sounded:

"Wait! I have made contributions to the Empire! I have shed blood for the Ministry of the Interior! I want to see the Prime Minister! Let me see the Lord of the General Council..."

"Bang!... Bang! "The sound of the execution by the grenade gun sounded outside, and the two subsequent shots fully proved the high professional quality of the staff of the Inquisition, which was worthy of being the head of the powerful departments of Terra.

The sun was shining at noon, and the warm breeze blew gently from the terrace. The green plants used for decoration in the house and the tassels of the curtains were gently catering to the caress of the breeze. The quiet atmosphere in the living room seemed to tell Calvin that it was time to end this extraordinary farce.

Calvin stretched his body back and glanced at the paladins on both sides, indicating that they could also relax their tense postures for a while.

But before the two paladins responded, heavy footsteps sounded in the corridor again. The three people who were very sensitive to the weight of this level immediately understood the approximate identity of the visitor. Today, in the 39th thousandth year of the Imperial Calendar, the only people who can wear a set of Mark series power armor and come to Calvin's residence at this time and place can only be the Imperial Fists who are nicknamed "Stone Men" among the brothers because of their strict discipline.

As one of the backgrounds of this incident, although Calvin never believed that his descendants would do such a despicable thing as proud as Dorne. But since they have been involved, it has nothing to do with right or wrong. They should give an explanation to Calvin who was innocently affected. This is also a basic respect for each other, regardless of identity or background.

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

It seems that the upright character of the Primarch Dorn really flows in the blood of every son of Dorn. In the eyes of these sons of Dorn, the explanation of the innocent people affected by themselves is probably a torture for them every minute.

Calvin, who was visited four times in a row in the morning, pulled the corner of his mouth speechlessly. At this moment, not rolling his eyes is the greatest manifestation of his strengthened psychological quality since he became a Grey Knight.

He turned his head and looked 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 on your dereliction of duty today. I think you should have no objection to this."

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