Fyodor Dostoevsky
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After catching what was supposedly a ‘Traveling Minstrel’, you had him chained up in the dungeons of the castle you guarded.
You watched him very closely to make sure he had nothing up his sleeves, it was not too long before dawn, where you would have to impale his body with his spear.
“…”
The young-looking man, who was chained up hadn’t spoken a word, his head hanging low, although he didn’t seem to be scared of his fate.
He seemed to be planning something, but you couldn’t place your finger on what. He then smirked and began to speak to you.
“If you allow me to be free, I’ll do something in your favor.”