He picked it up and looked at it, and there were only two short sentences:

"When I came, there was nothing, and now I'm leaving, there's nothing."

Roger's heart suddenly tightened. He was not a fool, so he certainly understood what Shana meant.

In order to prove her innocence, she even gave up the salary that should have belonged to her.

Shana is using this method to show him that she really does not have a necklace.

Roger stared at the letter blankly.

Then, he looked at Muttiyi with suspicious eyes.

He asked, "Did Shana give you that necklace, that purple-red gem necklace?"

Muttier replied frankly: "She gave me the red-brown gem necklace. Didn't I give it to you?"

Roger angrily took out the necklace that Muthiei gave him from his pocket.

He clenched his fists and waved it.

He said angrily: "Everyone said no, no, where did the purple-red gem necklace go?"

Muttier widened his eyes and said, "Isn't it in your hands?"

Roger didn't even look at the necklace, and slapped it on the table with a "slap".

He could feel the broken gem piercing the skin on his hand.

But he ignored it at all, and shouted at Muttier: "It's time, you still spend my time."

Muttier suddenly became timid. He shrank his body and murmured softly: "But but..."

Roger covered his face with both hands, allowing the blood from his palm to flow on his face.

He thought, what's wrong?

Why are everyone around you lying?

Why do people you trust deceive him for a necklace?

Are they too kind to think they can provoke their authority?

Or are they too strict that they need to rely on lies to shirk their responsibilities?

At this time, the guards reported: "The Duke Welf and Lady Ada arrived."

As soon as the guard finished speaking, the drunk Duke Welf, holding Mrs. Aida's hand, walked into the tent.

As soon as Welf came in, he shouted: "Whatever you offer, I'll set that necklace."

Mrs. Aida stared blankly at Roger's table.

She said in surprise: "Oh my God, what a good gem? Why did you smash it?"

Roger said indifferently: "It's just a red-brown gem, not a purple-red one."

He said as he looked at the table.

Then he looked at the gem that was broken by him in disbelief.

Under the light of the fire, they emit a brilliant purple-red light.

Roger rubbed his eyes and looked carefully.

It is indeed a purple-red gem, emitting a dazzling and noble purple light under the light of the fire.

But, broken.

Roger muttered to himself: "Isn't it red-brown? Shouldn't it be red-brown?"

Mrs. Aida said regretfully: "This color-changing stone is very rare..."

Roger's sensitive ears caught the point.

He interrupted Mrs. Aida's narration and asked, "Will this stone change color?"

Mrs. Ai said, "Yes, it's because this gem will change color, so I feel it's rare.

“I have a lot of gems, but I haven’t had this kind of gem that would change color before.

"In Phylomelim, my subordinates helped me find a few color-changing stones from the city lord's mansion, but they were all small and not as big as this one.

"Those color-changing stones will turn pink under the sun, red-brown in places where the sun cannot shine directly, and purple-red under torches. It's amazing.

“I specifically asked the gem craftsmen in the city lord’s mansion.

"They say that this color-changing stone is called Sultanite, and can only be found on remote peaks with snow in the Anatolian Mountains, and it is very difficult to mine.

"Only a very small amount of this breathtaking gem is obtained from a large number of ores.

"And this kind of gem is easy to break. If you don't pay attention to it during processing, it will break into small pieces, so large sultanites are very rare."

Mrs. Aida sighed and continued, "Since it has been broken into small pieces, I am no longer interested."

Roger looked at Mrs. Aida, holding the drunk Duke Welf, and left his tent.

His mind was in chaos.

This gem will change color, this gem will change color?!

So no one deceives himself, there is no deception at all.

If there must be, it is that the gems deceived themselves.

No, it is not a gem, it is your own eyes, it is your own eyes that deceives you.

Yes, but when did it start?

When did you lose the patience to distinguish right from wrong and explore the truth?

When did I start to look at my most trusted subordinates with suspicious eyes?

Unconsciously, Roger picked up pieces of shattered color-changing stones with his trembling hands and put them in his palm.

Helplessly, he tried to put these broken gems together.

It seems that as long as the gem is put in completeness, everything can be returned to its original state.

But no matter how he did, he could not spell the gem back.

The pieces of shattered gems emitted by the torch, deeply stinged Roger's eyes.

His eyes were red and even tears were irritated.

However, he didn't care, because what hurts more was his heart.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in Roger's mind, which was his knight mentor, Baron Rollo.

He thought of Rolo, after killing an innocent, unresisting little girl in Jerusalem, did not dare to face reality. In order to escape condemnation of conscience, he became a deserter and returned to Sicily's past.

He thought of the past when Rolo had to sleep with his own sword every night before he could fall asleep.

He thought that in the end, under his influence, Rolo decided to return to Jerusalem and face the past of his life.

He thought, if you are wrong, you are wrong, just make it clear, what can I avoid?

No matter what the result is, just face it directly.

He thought, I am a "fair man", what do I dare not face?

So Roger stood up with a "huh".

He shouted: "Prepare horses, prepare horses for me."

Roger shouted, and stepped out of the tent a few steps.

Behind him, Mutelyi chased after him.

Roger shouted to the attendant outside the tent:

"Which officer is on duty today, go call him to me, and Odin, call him together."
Chapter completed!