The villager's eyes widened as they saw one of their best guards standing on a tall stool, a rope wrapped around his neck in the center of the plaza
The Lord had gathered everybody in the plaza for an execution, but they could never have guessed who it was for
Dante stood next to his brother, refusing to look up and meet his eyes
"All of you have gathered here today to see an execution, an execution of Gene Shadowheart. This man, who I thought to be a trusted guard, is nothing of that. This man is one of many demons I have seen in my lifetime. The man all of us thought we could trust planned on hurting my very own Daughter"
The Lord looked at Dante, wanting him to explain to the people what he had discovered
"Uhm, my bro- I man Gene, planning on using his magics for the wrong reasons. He was going to use them to get a girl he loved to love him back, even after being rejected"
Dante's voice was quiet, he didn't think he would ever have to tell his entire village this
"What our brave Dante here is trying to say is that Gene planned on using his magics to alter the memories of everyone here, including me and my daughter, to make everyone think that he and my daughter were engaged. My daughter, this strong beautiful woman, rejected him earlier this month. Gene thought he would get away with this, but our brave Dante, his younger brother here, overheard his plans and stepped up and told me. Praise Dante for doing the right thing, he is truly so much stronger than his older brother"
Dante didn't dare to look into the crowd, he didn't want to see his parents
"Dante, do it"
Dante took a second to register the lord's words, but when he did he did as he was told. He kicked the stool out from under his older brother.
"CURSE ALL OF YOU! DANTE I HATE YOU! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS"
Dante covered his ears, he didn't want to hear this
after a few minutes, Gene's struggles died down, he was dead.
Hung, Gene was hung by his own little brother.
