Chapter 128

"Whose head should I cut off first, Adele?"

"Just let them go, please."

Adele was far more worried about Aaron than about punishing those men. He'd just watched a man get run through with a sword, right in front of him.

She hurried to pull the boy, still caught in Christine's grip, into her arms.

"Are you all right, Aaron?"

"Yeah. Mom, are you okay?"

The boy lifted his chin, asking as though it were hard to breathe.

"Mommy's fine. Aaron protected me."

"Hehe. I'm glad."

Watching the two of them for a moment, Christine sheathed his bloodied sword.

Part of him wanted to cut these men down one by one, but even he understood this wasn't the place for it.

"Hey, that woman's a traitor's wife. Play hero for her and the Emperor might take your head off instead."

The men offered him this piece of advice. They had…