Someone begged for mercy, which did not surprise Perfikot.
Or rather, this was normal. These people were not fools, nor were they brainless, nor were they the kind of idiots who, with a knife at their throat, would boast about being nobility, thinking you wouldn't dare kill them.
On the contrary, precisely because they were nobility, they valued their lives even more.
So when four Knights truly began to lift their blades and slaughter the noble council members in the assembly hall, those who quickly grasped the situation naturally knelt before Perfikot and begged her for mercy.
Yet Perfikot was unmoved, or perhaps the fate of these people was sealed when she decided to attend this hearing.
