74 Friend Or Foe - Part 3 [Dragon's Tail]

Gudrod, who was adamant up till now, swallowed hard as thick blocks of bloodied sweat began to crash down his hard face from his bleeding hairline.

Somebody decided to speak up.

"Your Highness… If this man as you have so mentioned yourself, has indeed not had a hand in the failed assassination attempt on your life at the deep of night, then what usefulness is it if we kept him bonded still? It is more reasonable to have him questioned for every other matter you may have with him, still pending. 

"But, for the sake of our ageing hearts, too much violence is not good. This, I implore you, Your Majesty. In your stead, let Counselor Gerhard play the part of a Questioner. In that way, the truth you seek after can be lured from him, civilly" Lord Faxon; a man in his mid-sixties made bold to speak the minds of everyone else present.