Everyone held their breaths as the hangman grabbed the lever. Veandra could not bear to see the love of her life dying before her eyes.
She leaned forward then, “This punishment is not right, brother,” said Vendric.
“Stop!” halted Eldric so the hangman let go of the lever. Everyone felt relieved as well as Veandra. He turned to his sitting brother and asked, “What do you mean?”
He rested his head on his palm as he is suspicious of Veandra leaning forward when he said, “I mean that although he has sinned for going after your wife, we could not deny that he is a hero. It is an utter disgrace and over-humiliation if this Great Knight, The Sunrider, and hero will die from the hangman's dirty rope.”
Eldric thought for a while then asked, “What do you suggest?
“A simple banishment would su
