You are well within your rights to execute these men where they stand. If you allow them to defy The Pact, others will surely follow, endangering the lives of all Free Companymen. Looking at their faces though, you see fathers, and sons - not guards. These commoners would not be the only ones to suffer your judgement should you choose to execute it.

Relenting, you urge them off their knees and make it clear that their forthrightness is no longer an option. Your tone brooks no argument, your word is law. The guards nod, clearly grateful, and lead you into the village. The unexpected second chance at life succeeds in loosening their lips.