071 Whatever you see then, you cannot regret it ......

　　Evelyn was tugged by Asa, carefully walking down a long, seemingly endless flight of steps.Evelyn had one hand held in Asa's palm and one hand assisting the wall.

　　The walls were wet and cold, like moss growing out of sight.Evelyn walked slowly and carefully as she listened to Asa's whispered instructions to her.

　　The deeper she went into the dungeon, the more she could feel an unusual chill.Evelyn heard many low, subdued, and intertwined voices, densely overlapping each other like ants swarming from all directions. She listened carefully and realized that the voices were chanting the precepts of the temple incoherently.

　　After some time, Asa's steps finally stopped.

　　"It's already here."

　　Asa said, "This is the deepest part of the temple dungeon."

　　"In six days' time His Excellency Xavier will be executed by decapitation, and according to the precepts he must undergo a seven-day period of corporal punishment before he is beheaded, a