Chapter 61

The verdict on Nick was handed down three days later.
The ordinary clan knows little about the rebels, and the royal family has no need to spread this kind of thing to cause panic, using a more official excuse to briefly inform the clan, the real verdict is made by internal personnel.
Nick did not know whether Aaron was deliberate or merciful, he did not kill him, but sentenced him to life imprisonment, so that he could not get out of the cage that imprisoned him for the rest of his life, just as he could not walk away from the obsession that had imprisoned him since childhood.
It was a week after the trial when he saw Aaron again.
He had just woken up from a nightmare of sickness, leaning against the cold wall of the prison cell, the hallucinations in his ears not yet completely gone, and he could always hear the sneers of people he knew and didn't know.
They were laughing at him, at the fact that he had tried so hard and was still a loser.
It was at this time that Aaron came outside the iron gate that imprisoned him, separated from him by a cage, one dazzling and dazzling, the other down and out like a rat in the gutter, even wearing clothes made of gray fabric like rat skin.
Cheap, comically ridiculous.
He even had a kind of cowardice that did not dare to look directly at Aaron, like the old cowardly self.
He didn't like this kind of self, all he lifted his head to meet his gaze directly.
Then he was stunned.
The gaze did not nurture his imagination of ridicule, contempt, or hatred of skin and tears, only calm, as calm as the surface of the water without ripples.
As if nothing had happened, they are still the old Alpha and Beta relationship, sitting face to face talking about various insights.
But it was always different.
How can a damned prisoner be the same as a respectable beta?
He didn't speak first, didn't bother to say anything that would make him look ridiculous, and they just stared at each other until Aaron turned to leave.
"Do you still get stuck?"
He hadn't opened his mouth in days, and when he did his voice was hoarse and hard to hear.
He asked a clueless question, but Aaron got it, and he paused in his steps, looking at him sideways.
"No." He said calmly, "The grudges in this world are insoluble, perhaps someone will be crushed by them, but that person will certainly not be me."
"Those nightmares that once trapped me, I will never forget, but they can never trap me again either."
Nick froze, listening to him finish, and suddenly buried his face in his palms.
No sound came, but Aaron inexplicably felt him cry, so he didn't look back at his wretched and helpless appearance, a final sign of respect.
"You came to ask me about the rebels, didn't you?" Nick asked calmly, wiping his face with his sleeve and hugging his knees.
"Hmm."
Aaron admitted.
There had been no news from Karida's side, they didn't even know if she was alive or dead, and the news from the other insiders wouldn't arrive until later, Aaron thought of asking Nick and dropping by to see him as well.
"We don't have a fixed base."
"I joined later than those at the top, and they were willing to make me the leader just because of who I was, and the convenience I could bring, and I didn't have a few of my own soldiers because they wanted to restrain me. " Nick said mockingly.
"They have a lot of secrets they won't share with me, but I was able to find out that they hide a very secret place, and they are extremely attached to that place, and even I don't know the exact location"
"I'm not interested in that kind of place, my interest is only in killing you, so I never interfere with them."
Aaron did not expect him to take the initiative to bring up something related to the rebels, froze slightly and listened to him quietly.
Nick's eyes were lightless, his spirit had been crushed, how could he struggle with an empty shell left behind.
"Although they fight under the banner of destroying the wolves, in fact, none of their purposes are pure, and they are only using each other, they are already in chaos internally, as long as you find their secret base, you can completely bring people to capture them directly, they don't have much armed force left." Nick unmercifully exposed the rebels.
He then said out a string of names, each of which was not simple in the identity of the Wolf Clan.
Aaron's pupils widened slightly, the rebels had actually invaded so deeply already.
"The few people I just mentioned are a few people who have an important voice in the rebels, as long as they are controlled, the others have nothing to worry about."
After saying that, he laid down with his back to the iron door and waved his hand.
"That's all I can say, you go."
Aaron stood quietly for half a minute, lifted his feet and left.
Behind him came Nick's shouted voice.
"Don't come back."
Don't come back, don't come back over and over again to remind me of the harsh truths, to watch my ugliness.
Just let me rot and die alone in this breathless prison.
Rot with my soul.
Don't let me see those horrible faces again, and the person who brought me a lifetime of obsession.
......
When Sophia found Aaron with Karida's message, Aaron was crouched in the middle of the old torture chamber, moving carefully and deliberately to remove the blood-stained ropes from the gallows and place them in a black wooden box to the side.
Sophia knew that this place had a great effect on Aaron. Sophia put her hands behind her back, lightened her footsteps and came quietly behind him.
"Why are you the one doing this?"
Aaron closed the wooden box and handed it to a servant who was standing guard.
"There are some things that I have to draw my own end to, and from now on, the bloody past that once was can never affect me again."
Aaron took the towel handed to him by the servant, wiped his hands clean, and took her hand to wander around the torture ground.
"I'll bulldoze this lot and plant flowers all over it, okay?"
"Sure." Sophia raised her smile, "Does your mother have any favorite flowers? We can plant all her favorite flowers here, she'll be happy."
"Good." Aaron put his arm around her shoulders, "All yours."
"Right."
Sophia pulled out the letter Karida had sent.
"Karida said she has found the exact location of the rebel base, and she will wait for us at the location on the letter to take us to eliminate the rebels together."
"The men Nick mentioned have also been brought under control, they were denying it, but we searched their homes for evidence." Sophia frowned for a moment, "Except for the one that wasn't found, I heard that he had been staying at the base and that he had been in charge of the base's escort."
"I'll arrange for someone to rally the troops." Aaron nodded, and after reading the letter Karida sent, he burned it with a fire by hand.
Sophia took his arm, leaned on him, and whispered, "After it's over. karida can come back, right, will you send her to trial?"
"Will."
Aaron stroked her head, Sophia blinked her eyes like a little kitten that pestered her master to play games.
Aaron's heart melted, and he had a rare moment of fun with her.
"If you're so worried about her that you can't even get those offsets, wouldn't that spoil our queen's piece of goodwill?"
Sophia fell her head on his shoulder and laughed.
"Don't worry, what she's done in the meantime is more than enough to offset her previous sins, and I'm sure everyone will give a fair and just trial result."
They joked with each other and stepped into the council chamber, facing the serious looking subordinates.
Aaron coughed lowly and laid out the tasks in a clear and organized manner.
The subordinate who was temporarily transferred to his side was not as satisfactory as Nick, some things were always not to his liking, and most of the time he would reprimand him, only occasionally, he would look at his clumsy look a little out of breath.
Sophia knows that he has less of a competent person around him, there will be a lot of uncomfortable places, I'm afraid to do things are not as smooth as before, so take out more time to stay by his side, personally help him to deal with some of the affairs that should be done by the next person, is finally able to let Aaron breathe a sigh of relief.
In addition to reorganizing the army and working to eliminate the rebels, he did not forget what he had said that day.
The torture ground had been bulldozed, the dark brown soil had been turned up and watered to look wet, and the land that had obviously not been planted with any plants was unexpectedly fertile.
While they were taking the army to the border between the Wolf and Witch Clans, the florists in the palace had already started preparing to plant flowers on the land, large red roses that had been transplanted over.
Very delicate.
Aaron led the army to the agreed place with Karida, Aaron looked at the familiar land not far away and felt emotion in his heart.
Two years ago, it was here that he repelled the army of the Witch Clan and made his own prestige, so that the people of the Wolf Clan could live a stable life.
But he was not a competent king. He had allowed the rebels to be active under his eyes for two years, but he had not been able to eliminate them all and let his people suffer and be injured as a result.
Now, he could finally eradicate this hidden problem once and for all, put down this heavy boulder, and bring peace with the witch tribe soon, and give his people a real stability.
"Here!"
The traces of the army could not be concealed at all, Karida saw them from a long distance and released a hurricane to greet them, blowing the column of people walking in the forefront to the side.
"Been waiting for you guys for a long time." Karida was dressed in a witch black robe, petite, the whole enveloped in black robes.
Then frowning, she said, "That old guy inside is especially vigilant, when a little hint of your side popped up, he already had the base closed off, it was indeed heavily guarded, but only some of his own men, everyone else ran away."
"I don't know what he's holding on to, what treasure is inside that he's so obsessed with."
"Cut the crap." Aaron interrupted her, two fingers pinching her collar and tugging her forward, "Lead the way."
"Let go!" Karida face black, sullen face backhand is a claw, Aaron dodged.
Finally, it was Sophia to free her from Aaron's hands, the two of them did not continue to play.
Karida cautiously down and began to lead the way.