Nowaru

- Of course, of course. - The head of the guard showed hospitality and indicated two chairs in the room for the two suspects. - Please, have a seat.

- Thank you for your hospitality, - Saburo nodded, sitting down on a chair. - Well, as for me, I will be brief and frank. As you could easily guess, I am a samurai and a servant of the warrior patron Shimeimaru, and I arrived in this wonderful city just a few days ago to visit the local Temple. Unfortunately, I heard sad news that the city was temporarily closed to travelers, but I hope this problem will be resolved soon. So. - After a short pause, the Taoist continued his story. - Arriving at the Temple of Shimeimaru, I was extremely upset by the difficult financial situation in which this sacred place found itself, which I understood from a conversation with the local abbot, whose words could be the best confirmation of our conversation, if you, of course, deign to ask him about these issues. As it turned out, in Ilinaire, temples are subject to extremely high taxes, which makes their continued existence practically impossible without a sufficient number of parishioners. Since such a misfortune has clearly befallen not only Taoist temples, such as Shimeimaru, but also many others, I volunteered to go to the Justiciar in the council building to request an audience and ask for help in resolving this important issue. Unfortunately, on the way, I got a little lost, and I also wanted to find a few other establishments in the city, so I decided to ask for help from a random passerby who was following a similar route, and that's how I approached this respectable gentleman. - He nodded towards the Darnean. - He told me that he had been unfairly accused of an imperfect and unproven crime of allegedly attacking the wife of one of the councilors, and therefore he was going to the building to ask for fair justice. Whether there was truth in his words or not, I unfortunately do not know, but I was surprised by the honesty and courage of this man, and I was also confident in the impartiality and fairness of the Ilinaire judicial system, so I did not see anything criminal in his intentions, rather the opposite. Thus, we soon reached the council building, where we explained our problems to the guard and asked to meet with the Justiciar. The guard, for some unknown reason, refused to help us and froze in place, trembling with fear, which I consider to be at least disrespectful, and at most unworthy behavior. After that, his colleagues came out of the building, and we repeated our requests to them, but they unexpectedly decided to arrest us. To be honest, without weapons, I feel a little uncomfortable, but we did not resist and were happy to surrender to the hands of justice in order to resolve any possible misunderstandings, which probably took place. That's the story. - the samurai finished his story.