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“Count Husson I am not so easily swayed by the prospects of glory.” Lucian said to the man.
The man looked a little surprised. Such made sense for he was just rejected by a Knight Errant. He took a moment to turn from that, his recovery hampered by the alcohol that he had been drinking until then.
“Fine, it seems that I cannot convince someone like you to fight on my side.” Husson said as he sighed, “Then what will you do?”
“I am going to your rival, Count Rivel, to see what answers he has to the accusations that you laid against him.” Lucian was truthful as he ever had been with the words he had been delivering, “I can tell from your voice that you did not commit any of the actions that I am investigating. The same determination must be made to Count Rivel.”
“You think he is going to allow you into his camp if he is the perpetrator?” The Count asked with a sense of confusion, “He will cut you down if you make such an accusation.”
“If Morr allows him, and he will not.” Lucian told the man, “I have already set a precedent before what happens to those like him, if he is as you say.”
There was a look of disbelief written upon the man’s face, then that face began to turn, “You did not lie, you brought down Baron Budapest!?”
“I have no reason to lie about my past deed if it was chivalric. Budapest, the fool, was attacking a village for a manufactured slight. If you did the same then I would be forced by our laws to commit you to Morr’s Garden.”
“Leave, Black Knight.” The words came with a slight bit of shakiness to them. Lucian could see him twitching, as if he was keeping down the nerves who were itching at him, “Go to Count Rivel, learn what I already know.”
“Thank you, Count Husson.” Lucian said as he and his posse turned around and made their way out of the camp.
