"This would have been a very good offer, if I was guilty. But I'm not. I didn't steal the sword. I retrieved it before it could be sold off to the Valderran Royals. In a way, I should be getting awarded a medal, don't you think?" Alrik smirked.
This was another unexpected response from him and it was clear they didn't know how to respond to it. They didn't expect this level of push back from Alrik, and he was doing it while looking so calm, and pretending like he didn't understand the tension in the room.
