The sun is setting and dusk is approaching.

Without letting them wait too long, a group of people came towards the ruins in a mighty manner.

The person in charge was, as they expected, Shapllo.

By this time, Saphir had chosen a higher seat and sat down, looking at the group of people who were obviously reluctant.

She noticed that the moment the group of people walked over, under the setting sun, a small figure suddenly emerged from the shadow created by a piece of broken rock.

"Sister Weiwei..." Safier recognized the little girl with pink hair and white dress at a glance. The soft bell on her chest was swaying slightly, as usual.

"Father, Master, we have brought the person here." Shaplo half-knelt on the ground and reported.

Linnie frowned and looked at Shapleo with a pale face. He should have thought of it earlier. Shapleo's return was not accidental at all. He was sent by Saphir to deal with them from the beginning. It was just too late to know it now. There was no chance of resistance at all.

Fultz looked around with excitement in his eyes: "Is the execution going to happen? This is the first time I've seen an execution."

This child has lacked empathy since childhood, and when faced with the possibility of losing his brothers and sisters, curiosity still outweighs other emotions.

Paimon saw Linny's pale face and couldn't help but call out nervously, "Linny!"

Ying also saw Krevie in the shadows, with a complicated expression on her face.

"I'm sorry. I heard that you helped buy a lot of time. But we still failed and didn't find a way to help her realize her wish." Linnie was dejected and blamed himself for his failure.

At this time, Krevy took two steps forward in the shadows, staring at Arlecino who was standing there with burning eyes: "Ah...you are...Pepe?"

Her voice reached everyone's ears accurately, and except for a few people who were already present, the rest of the people showed expressions of fear and disbelief.

Ying lowered her eyes and said nothing. She knew what this meeting meant.

Saphir even crushed the stone that her right hand was supporting, but she quickly adjusted herself and regained her calm expression.

"Well, long time no see, Krevy." Alechino looked at the familiar figure and replied with words that he had rehearsed in his mind thousands of times.

This time, she could finally say goodbye to him once and for all.

"Pepe!" Krevie had no idea what she was about to face and was very happy.

But Alechino interrupted her thoughts of reminiscing about the past and raised his right index finger to his lips: "Shh...Stand there and don't move. Before we reminisce about the past, I have to settle your sins first."

After saying that, she walked towards Linny and his group. Saphir crossed his legs and supported his head with his left hand as he watched the scene.

It has been a long time since I last disciplined my children.

As Alecino approached, Lini immediately stood in front of everyone and tried to explain: "Father, about this matter..."

"Get out of the way." Alechino had no intention of listening to his explanation and just shouted coldly.

"Father..." Faced with such a Arlecino, even Linny lost the courage to continue speaking. He looked to Saphir for help.

But Saphir slowly turned his head away and did not respond to his expectations.

"You hid someone who was a threat to our family, so you deserve to be punished." Alechino stood in front of everyone, "But overall, your fault is not the most serious, so your punishment can be slowed down. Before that, we must first settle accounts with all those who betrayed our family."

Safire waved to Shapleo, who, upon seeing the message, immediately ran to Safire and handed her a briefing.

"The ones who betrayed our family... Are you talking about us?" Fjöll felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest. She smelled the scent of death.

Nanteuil also begged for mercy: "Father...let me explain, we didn't..." Seeing that Alechino had no intention of letting them go, he looked at Saphir again, "Sister..."

Saphir ignored him and read the briefing in his hand: "The third night talk, participants... Fjöll, Nanteuil, Soto, Tadiye...

Nanteuil made it clear during the talks: If only it wasn’t our father who took us in…

Soto expressed his support for this statement and echoed: Who doesn't want to live like an ordinary person? I'm really fed up with my current life...

Also attached are Fjöll's comments...how many are there?"

Saphir read through them one by one, his expression becoming amused: "What do you mean by that group of lunatics is simply unreasonable? A big lunatic leads a small lunatic... and a group of lunatics under his command... um..."

She raised her head and looked at the fashionable girl, and nodded: "A very pertinent comment."

"No... I didn't!" Fjöll felt that the countdown to her death had begun. She began to shift the blame in a hurry, "This is a false accusation! It's a false accusation!"

Her reaction was very telling, and it was basically a confession. Saphir waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I haven't finished reading it yet.

You guys, after that, started discussing the issues raised by Krevy, and used them as a weapon to question your father?

Fjöll, can I understand that you have grown up now and think that you can live a better life away from Hearth House, so you have completely forgotten who saved you from the brink of death when you were young, and who gave you a meal when you were alone and helpless?

Your father has been working hard for years, but in your mouths, he has become... a madman?

By the way, what does this sentence mean?

Fjöll once said... Who would pick up children to play with if they weren't mentally ill? And put those obviously abnormal people with us...

The ending is also very interesting: 'We are birds trapped in a cage, and the only way out is to break the cage'...

You want to go to heaven?"

"I...I..." Fjord was completely dumbfounded. She remembered that when she said these words, neither Safir nor Shaplo came back. That is to say, these words were heard by someone with ulterior motives and then written down in this briefing.

In extreme panic, she pointed the finger at Fultz: "You...is it you! Did you write these words?

We didn't hide anything from you at the beginning, so you wrote down all these things and then filed a report. You wish I would disappear immediately, right? How did I offend you?"

After complaining to Foltz, she looked at Shapleau again: "And you, Shapleau, before my sister came back, you were so badly injured, who was there to bandage your wounds? It was me!

Why did you do this? Tell me!"

Shapllo turned around and looked at Fjöll with eyes that were cold and almost ruthless. Just one look and Fjöll's words were choked in her throat and she couldn't speak.

Foltz sighed and said, "Sister Fjord, you misunderstood. Whether it's Brother Shapluo or me, we don't want to see our family die."

"You are lying! Then why are you still doing this? Why are you pushing us into a desperate situation?" Fjöll was completely furious. It was a dead end anyway, so he might as well ask clearly and die with a clear mind.

Shapllo took a deep breath and suddenly shouted, "Enough, Fjöll! Don't you understand why we are doing this? We are saving you!

Don't be stubborn and keep getting deeper and deeper into trouble! Without the Hearth House, we would have died long ago. Since we have survived by relying on the Hearth House, we must fulfill the corresponding obligations.

What good does it do you or anyone else to say those weird things and complain?

In wartime, anyone who disturbs the morale of the army will be executed. What is the difference between what you did and that person who disturbed the morale of the army? This is nothing short of betrayal.

Hearth House is an intelligence organization. If we betray someone, we will lose dozens or even hundreds of lives. We can't afford to lose! Aren't there too many similar things happening? Fjöll, do you want to be the next one? "

After Shapllo finished speaking, all the "bad kids" lowered their heads.

"Therefore, Hearth House cannot allow any form of betrayal. Since moving to Baisong Town, you have conspired seven times, and many discussions have clearly crossed the line." Fultz, a smart boy, spoke in a heavy tone.

Fjord looked at Foltz in disbelief: "How long have you been monitoring us... No, moving to Baisong Town was to make it easier for us to communicate with each other, right? You had planned it a long time ago..."

Shaplo's eyes were slightly red, and he was about to speak when Saphir suddenly jumped up and pressed his shoulders: "Okay."

Shapleu bowed his head deeply and took a step back.

Looking at the frightened people, Saphir let out a long sigh and said their names one by one: "Fjöll, Nantei... You have completely broken your father's heart."

Hearing this, Alechino's ears twitched, and he muttered to himself: This is the first time this guy calls me father...

Saphir was naturally unaware of Alecino's complaints, and she continued, "I haven't come back very often, and I haven't met you very often, so you may not know me very well, but you must have heard of me.

After leaving Hearth House, I worked under several executive officers and carried out countless missions, among which the most common mission was assassination.

I killed many high-ranking officials, wealthy people, and stubborn obstacles. But these were only a minority after all. The most common people who died at my hands were traitors.

"You should have known about the matter of Skarramzi. He died in Xumi. I killed him. So this time, my father called me back specifically. I think you should know what the purpose is. "

"No...no...I don't want to die, help, please don't kill me!" Fjöll's spirit was almost collapsed.

Nanteuil looked at his companions with an expression of pity, and then looked at Saphir who was wearing a black dress with a white flower on his chest: "So, my sister is dressed like this today..."

"No, this has nothing to do with you. I don't really care about the sense of ceremony, and I won't deliberately change into a set of clothes to execute you." Saphir shook his head, "I have executed countless traitors.

After seeing me, they usually don't have the chance to say a second sentence before their heads are moved. Logically, you will also die in my hands.

But... you can be a little thankful that because you belong to the Hearth House, you will have the opportunity to get internal processing.

In other words, I am just a witness, not an executioner. Hearth House, your father, gave you the last protection and the last chance to save yourself. "

"A chance to save ourselves..." Fjöll and the others opened their eyes wide at the same time and looked up at Saphir, somewhat unable to believe it.

But Saphir did not answer their doubts, but looked at Alechino: "I am the second seat of the Fatui executive officer, Dark Priest Aurora. Now, I will supervise the execution of the traitors in Hearth House."

Alechino stepped forward, expressionless: "Shapleau, according to the rules of the Hearth House, how should the betrayer be dealt with?"

"Any betrayal should be paid for with one's life." Shapllo half-knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice.

Alechino nodded: "Let's do it."

Fjöll immediately let out panicked sobs.

At this moment, Shapleu lowered his head with no expression on his face, and Fultz closed his eyes with a look of reluctance.

People had different expressions, but all of them looked unhappy. Fjöll and his companions seemed destined to face death.

At this moment, Lini finally rushed out, came to the inside of the ruins, and stood behind Alecino who turned away: "Please wait a moment, father."

"Is there anything you want to say, Linny?" Alechino asked calmly without turning back.

Linny summoned up his courage and pleaded, "I would like to ask my father to reconsider. Should Fjöll and the others' actions really be considered a betrayal? We come from broken families. From the day we joined Hearth House, we hoped to make it a real home.

But what a real home is like, none of us actually knows..."

When he said this, he glanced at Safir inconspicuously, still remembering that when he first joined Hearth House, Safir said: "Heat House is now more like a simple spy organization than a family, which is not good.

But... don't be afraid, I'm here, I know what a home should be like, and Sister Lei listens to me, so I can definitely turn this place into a warm family..."

It's a pity that there was no chance to fulfill these words. Because of the bloody case, Saphir left Fontaine. Because of her departure, this group of people who had never experienced the warmth of family returned to being in the dark.

After all, Hearth House never became what Safire had imagined. Linnie believed that Safire would be sad when he learned about this.

He thought Saphir would speak up for him, but...

“I don’t have the answer in my heart, but I think that if we execute Fjöll and others like this, although we uphold the rules, we will be further away from our true home.

Sister, do you really think a family would kill their children casually because of a few words? Is this really what you told me about the real family?

Father, sister, please reconsider it!" Lini said this with almost all his courage.

As soon as he finished speaking, Linnett quickly stepped forward and stood beside Linnie: "I agree with my brother's opinion."

"Father...sister...please..." Femini also stood beside Linny.

Seeing the three people coming forward, Nanteu was already stunned: "Linnie, you..."

Shapleau did not stand up, but whispered: “After being taken away by the master, I did not return to the Hearth House. At Sister Ada’s place, I experienced a different feeling and life.

They all told me that this is the style of Lord Shadow Priest's troops.

Several people who are not from Hearth House told me that this place feels like home. Master, I believe you definitely don’t want Hearth House to become a cold hell. Father… Master… I also hope you can reconsider it.”

Fjöll gradually stopped crying, and even her breathing slowed down a lot. She listened quietly to the announcement of her fate.

Alechino was silent for a long time, and finally said: "As a father, I will not take back the order. Even if I am willing to forgive, your sister, Master, is not on the side of the Hearth House.

The fools do not allow betrayal. Therefore, my decision alone cannot take effect. "

"Sister!" "Master!" They pleaded in unison.

Saphir frowned: "Is the pressure on me?" She looked at Alechino's back and could almost see the sly smile on the back of his head.

"In that case, let's follow the rules of the Hearth House. I remember... isn't there a rule in the house? When a family member has a dispute, they can resolve it by fighting. The loser must unconditionally obey all arrangements made by the winner." There was an obscure light flashing in Saphir's eyes.

She smiled at the people whose expressions became increasingly stiff, and slowly said, "Make a choice, children. You can challenge me or your father. As long as you can win, I will forgive your crimes on behalf of the Fatui."

As soon as these words came out, the scene fell into silence.

After several seconds, little Paimon's voice sounded weakly: "Defeat Saphir and the servant? Really? Ying, do you want to try? I think it's better to beat Saphir, after all, we know him well."

Ying rolled her eyes at her friend and said, "If you want me to die, just say so!"