CH 117

The room fell into an eerie silence. No one spoke or moved. They seemed to be shocked by Duke Wilson’s words and they couldn’t find anything to say.

Colonel Mel’s face was very ugly. He looked at Duke Wilson with a pale face. His eyes were full of despair and panic. He clenched his fists tightly, as if he was ready to escape from this place at any time.

Sheriff Chandler was the first to come back to his senses and broke the tranquility.

“Duke…Your Excellency, I think, I need to chat with these witnesses to obtain testimony.” His tone was weak, as if he was feeling a little guilty.

Duke Wilson nodded, “You will get all the help you want, but now Reverend Bruce…” He stopped talking and looked at Sheriff Chandler meaningfully.

Sheriff Chandler’s forehead was dripping with cold sweat, he pulled the corners of his mouth stiffly and showed an extremely ugly smile, “The Reverend has been cleared, of course there is no need to go to the police station. Please don’t worry, we will take Colonel Mel into custody and after three days, you will hear the news from the prosecution.”

This case has been backlogged for a long time and their chief had wanted to close the case a long time ago, but he was the one who suppressed it all the time. Now it seems that after investigating and going around in a whole circle, in the end, he returned to the beginning.

Duke Wilson nodded in satisfaction. With a sneer on the corner of his mouth, he looked at Colonel Mel, who had been silent with his head down and mocked him, “What’s the matter, Colonel Mel? Weren’t you still very active before? Why don’t you say a word now? Don’t you want to admit that you killed Eliza now?”

Duke Wilson’s words made Colonel Mel’s body tremble. He raised his head and looked at Duke Wilson with a dazed expression.

“Your Excellency, this time you won.” He said these words very calmly, as if what he was about to face was not the death penalty but a warm home.

“I killed Eliza. She was a lovely girl. Unfortunately, she was so stupid that she wanted to marry me on a whim. This made me very embarrassed, so I killed her.”

Now it seems that the present Colonel Mel is not the same person as the former Colonel Mel, who is so affectionate as his current calmness is really scary.

But after hearing these words, Evan frowned slightly, but he still didn’t say much.

“It’s just…just because of this reason!” Sheriff Chandler’s face was flushed red by Colonel Mel’s indifference and seeing his appearance, he even wanted to slap him twice.

“You are such a villain! Bastard!” Sheriff Chandler reprimanded through gritted teeth.

But Colonel Mel didn’t even frown, his expression remained calm.

“Sheriff, what you said is absolutely right, that’s the kind of person I am.” He looked at Sheriff Chandler calmly, without any guilt or shame in his expression.

Sheriff Chandler was dumbfounded. He had never seen such a shameless person, that a person could be without any sense of shame.

“My lord, thank you very much for your help.” Sheriff Chandler seemed to have given up on reasoning with Colonel Mel, stood up angrily and said goodbye to Duke Wilson, “I am sorry for bothering you today and I am very sorry for accusing Reverend Bruce. I’m sorry, I’ll leave first.”

After speaking, he pulled Colonel Mel’s handcuffs and left without looking back.

Looking at Sheriff Chandler as he hurried away and Colonel Mel who was slightly staggering behind him, Evan knew very well in his heart that this was not the end of this matter.

But obviously Duke Wilson didn’t think so. He completely let go of the boulder in his heart at this time and heaved a long sigh of relief. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the living room, he stepped forward and hugged Evan’s waist and whispered in his ear, “What a bunch of annoying people, are you not scared?”

For a moment, Evan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “Could it be that I am such a weak person in your heart?” Seeing Duke Wilson’s slightly panicked look, he smiled, “Thank you this time, if not for you, I’m afraid I would have become a prisoner.”

Duke Wilson shook his head, his expression shy, “This time it’s all because I got you in trouble. If it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t have gotten involved in this matter, let alone be framed by Mel.”

Hearing what he said, Evan smiled bitterly in his heart. Maybe he had already been involved in this matter and looking at Mel’s preparations, he might have already prepared this trap a long time ago. He didn’t know why Mel would do this before, but now…

Looking into Duke Wilson’s gentle eyes, Evan suddenly felt that he understood Mel’s thoughts.

“Charles.” Evan lowered his head and whispered in Duke Wilson’s ear, “I need to go to the monastery once.”

“Go to the monastery?” Duke Wilson looked at Evan, surprised, “Why do you want to go there? What are you doing? Isn’t the case over?”

Evan smiled with lowered eyebrows, “I still have doubts in my heart, and I need an answer.”

Duke Wilson looked at Evan with a frown, slightly puzzled in his heart, but in the end he still nodded, “Since you are worried, go and have a look, I will go with you.”

He said this very firmly and Evan knew that he could not refuse, so he could only smile and agree.

Evan didn’t procrastinate on this matter and almost immediately, they took Duke Wilson’s carriage and headed towards the monastery.

The abbey is not too close to Delanlier, so even if Evan and Duke Wilson hurried, they only arrived at the abbey before dark.

The attitude of the nuns in the monastery towards Evan was not good. They belonged to different churches so there were already big differences.

But even so, the nuns still answered and responded to Evan’s question and Evan got a satisfactory answer, and even invited the head nun to return to Delanlier with them.

Duke Wilson’s complexion has become very ugly since Evan started asking questions about the nun and it was even more difficult for him to have a good complexion along the way. When Evan saw it, he just smiled. Not to mention Duke Wilson, even himself, when faced with the results, his heart was not very calm.

That night, Evan basically didn’t sleep and he suffered from insomnia for the first time since he came to this place.

Before this, he had never thought much about this world, but this case made him think about his position in this world. This case made him see the ability of the natives and also made him understand that not everything can be carried out according to his ideas.

When he woke up the next morning, Duke Wilson kept looking at the dark circles under Evan’s eyes.

“Did you not rest?” Duke Wilson asked, very worried.

But Evan just smiled, “It’s okay, as long as this matter is over.”

Speaking of this, a distorted expression flashed on Duke Wilson’s face and Evan started laughing when he saw it. Maybe this time, it was also the biggest fall for Duke Wilson.

Last night, Duke Wilson had already contacted Sheriff Chandler. They will meet in Colonel Mel’s manor today. And everything will end today.

When they arrived at Colonel Mel’s manor, everyone had already arrived and Sheriff Chandler came forward with an anxious expression on his face “My lord, what’s the matter?”

Duke Wilson’s expression was dark. After waving his hand and saying nothing, Sheriff Chandler’s heart sank, thinking that something serious had happened.

Evan smiled reassuringly at Sheriff Chandler and then his eyes were completely focused on Colonel Mel who was sitting in the corner.

He seemed to have broken away from the previous emotional state he was in. At this time, Colonel Mel was like a silent statue, with no vitality in his whole body.

When Evan and Duke Wilson came in, he barely raised his eyelids, he was still sitting there but his clenched fists revealed his current mood.

After everyone arrived, Sheriff Chandler was about to ask questions, but Evan spoke first, “Since Colonel Mel is here, why don’t we let Mrs Mel come down as well? I think Mrs Mel is also very involved in this matter.”

“No need!” Colonel Mel raised his head abruptly and said in a firm tone, “She is pregnant, so there is no need to let her come down. I will admit to everything I have done. Don’t torture Katrina any more.”

Evan looked at Colonel Mel with a half-smile, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

“Colonel, I think at this time, there should be no room for you to refuse. Your spirit of sacrifice is good, but your intention to hide it is also a crime!” Evan’s loud words made the unaware Sheriff Chandler jump as he looked surprised, but the face of Duke Wilson, who knew the inside story, became even more ugly.

“Aren’t you confused? I didn’t hide anything, I did all of this!” Colonel Mel finally showed a trace of panic on his face at this time.

But Evan didn’t soften his heart in the slightest.

“You don’t have to deny it anymore. I have already investigated this matter clearly. Although your spirit of sacrifice is admirable, you must understand that all your means are now useless.” When Evan said this, there was a cold light flashing in his eyes and Duke Wilson, who was sitting opposite him, looked at Evan in a trance.

Evan frowned slightly, the light in his eyes moved slightly, but in the end, he still didn’t change at all and he still looked at Colonel Mel coldly.

Colonel Mel’s expression had changed a lot at this time. He looked at Evan in amazement and didn’t know whether what Evan said was true or not. He turned his head to look at the butler standing at the door, but before he could speak, a crying female voice came from upstairs.

“Charlie!” Wearing a white dressing gown, she dashed down the stairs, as if the pregnancy had no effect on her. This was Mrs Mel.

Colonel Mel saw her like this, stood up anxiously, went up to her and hugged her. Mrs Mel buried her head in Colonel Mel’s arms, sobbing loudly, “Oh, Charlie, you Why!? This is terrible!”

It seems that she already knew about Colonel Mel’s confession and she was crying like a child at this time, holding on to Colonel Mel’s cuff, looking at him sadly.

Colonel Mel’s eyes were also filled with deep sorrow. He looked at Mrs Mel as if he was looking at a dream of his.

Evan stood by and watched, but there was always a sneer on the corner of his mouth. He could almost feel Duke Wilson’s scorching gaze, but at this moment, he didn’t have the slightest intention to take back his ugly side.

“Mrs Mel.” Evan said slowly, “Or should I put it in another way. Sister Eliza?”

Evan’s words were earth-shattering and the room fell into a strange silence.

T/N: BOOM!!! And Evan dropped a bombshell

Wow! Those who suggested the face changing theory were right after all.

People can be really scary.