Within the palace grounds, Austin's entourage stood before the royal couple who remained seated on their raised platform. The two guards handed Eva's parents over to the royal guards.
Since her parents knew that they were on their way to their deaths, they were acted boldly and tried hard to drag another down with them. "It seems our daughter will be let off."
"They must have liked her smarts. Didn't we experience it ourselves when she tried to advise us in our schemes? "
"I didn't know that simply not staining your hands in blood makes you less guilty of something."
However, they were met with silence. Even a cricket's chirping would be heard in the large room of people. Somehow, this made them look, sound, and feel stupid. They turned red in the face and gritted their teeth.
"Well done, Austin, you've caught the murderers and avenged your parents." The old king with wrinkles and a head full of grey hair commended him.