"Okay, okay, I won't," Maya promised Aydin that she wouldn't speak ill of their relatives again, and only then did he become less angry at her.
It was quite suspicious that they were charged with a severe crime and killed overnight by the same person.
Aydin knew his parents well; they weren't the type of people to cause other harm.
They were good people who had donated their clothes and wealth to the people and even sent weekly or monthly rations to poor households many times.
They didn't have much themselves. They were nobles only in name. That's the best way to explain them. But they helped as many people as they could.
So... how could they give in to Chaos? It didn't make any sense!
Aydin was certain that either they were silenced or someone fooled the Duke into killing them.