Philemon’s face becomes pale.
"Apologize or face death!"
Hearing that, Luke realized that this was a farce.
From the beginning, Ariel had anticipated that it would become like this.
She may say this now, but he won’t be executed.
The agreement with Ghyslaine was just verbal promise.
Ariel likely planned to spare Philemon.
For Ariel, Philemon was her strongest ally.
Although nowadays he’s become somewhat weakened, it is no exaggeration to say that before they ran away to Ranoa, Ariel’s faction revolved around Philemon.
He cannot be considered loyal, and yet...
Ariel was indebted to Philemon.
The one who made arrangements for Ariel to escape to the North was Philemon.
The one who provided assistance to Ariel was Philemon.
Ariel being alive now can be said is thanks to Philemon.
She won’t forget that favor.
But, just because he was forgiven after the betrayal, he wants to come back again.
Allowing this would have a bad influence on Ariel’s political activities in the future.
“Enough, if you don’t retract what you just said, I can’t hide what happened just now, thus execution.
Luke! Lend me your Sword! At the very least, I'll personally perform the last rite for him."
Listening to her words, Philemon saw Luke with a fearful look.
His eyes were begging for help.
Eyes focused on Luke.
Luke was lost in response to that gaze.