Chapter 426 - Colorful Line-Up
—Early evening, At the City Guard's barracks somewhere close to the western gate in the commoner's district of Higrove —
Inside a room lit by a series of bronze lanterns, several prominent figures of Higrove and even the kingdom could be seen sitting around a large wooden table.
At one side, chained down on the ground and the steel chair he was sitting on, a mysterious stranger, his hair, which was once pure matte black had several gray strains of hair woven in-between. This man, trotting through the middle years of life was now wearing a sack-like light grey, patched-up robe, his proud-looking set of armor, his weapon, even his coin purse was all taken into custody.
His face, whilst he mostly managed to retain a calm outlook, wasn't entirely thorough. The edges of his lips and facial muscles could be seen twitching as he tried to push back on his tumultuous anger.