Chapter 20: Arrest

"You like a rapier, right? I have many rapiers Lady Diana!"-Scarlett

I gently grab Diana's wrist and let her inside the room.

The room is slightly smaller than my storage room on the north but it is still filled with weapons in every inch the room.

Holding Diana's wrist, I walk towards the rapier section of my babies and look for a good and better quality than suits Diana.

'All of this is good but it's missing something…' I thought to myself, looking at my baby rapiers intensely.

"Um…Princess, you don't mind if I pick on myself?"-Diana

Diana spoke, disrupting my thoughts.

I look at Diana and then tilt my head a little bit before answering her question with a big smile on my face.

"Sure! Just tell me if you anything that you want"-Scarlett

I nodded in agreement.

I stare at Diana when she's looking at the rapiers that were neatly displayed. I also look around to see if there's any damage on my babies, knowing that I haven't come back for years.

'Very good, the condition is good…if it wasn't…I guess we're gonna have a problem' I thought to myself while narrowing my eyes, grabbing Harkin from the display stand and inspecting it thoroughly.

"Princess would it be okay to grab this?"-Diana

Diana asks me politely, grabbing my baby rapier called Bruno. Bruno's feature is a black rapier with gold rims on the handle with slight emerald gems placed on the guard.

"…."-Scarlett

I didn't reply to Diana's question, instead, I stared at her with my head tilted to the side.

Seeing my stare at her, Diana realizes the reason why I'm staring at her. Her cheek slightly blushes in embarrassment before clearing her throat and speaking.

"Princess, I'll have this"-Diana

Diana casually spoke to me this time with a hint of blush on her ears, embarrassed but still casually spoke to me confidently.

"Bruno! Yeah sure, you can have him"-Scarlett

I nodded at Diana with a smile on my face, saying my baby Bruno's name with an approving look on my face.

"Bruno? Is that the name of the sword Princess?"-Diana

Diana tilted her head to the side with curiosity in her eyes, curiously asking me.

"Uh-huh! So that's why you have to take care of it like it's your child, Lady Diana"-Scarlett

I nod my head again and speak to Diana as I entrust her with my valuable thing with a reassuring smile on my face.

"I will Princess"-Diana

Diana smiles brightly and held Bruno tightly as if she's afraid of it getting scratched, she seems happy to be entrusted with something.

[Knock][Knock]

"Princess, Lady Diana, the carriage is ready" Julie's voice sounded after knocking on the door.

I look at Diana and grab her hand, leaving the room with a smile on my face.

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Arriving at the abandoned church, our carriage park is not far away from the abandoned church.

Being the first one to leave the carriage, I held Diana's hand to support her as she steps out of the carriage.

"Abandon church…Princess should we bust in now?"-Diana

Diana muttered as she looks at the abandoned church not far away from her, she looks at me and ask while glancing at the knights on our back.

"No, let's wait for a while, there's still some missing person"-Scarlett

I shake my head and raise my hand to tell the knights to wait as I stare at one of the windows of the abandoned church.

Diana and I and the knights waited for about 10 minutes before we saw someone's carriage arriving at the front of the abandoned church.

I look closely at the carriage and notice a noble's crest.

"That's from an Earl's crest, precisely, it's Earl Raye"-Scarlett

I informed Diana and the knights, staring at the carriage before looking at them.

"I heard from my father that the Raye family that there's been a suspicious movement around them, I didn't expect that they would do slavery"-Diana

Diana spoke, looking at the crest and then at the floor with a disgusted look on her face.

"There are many nobles that are corrupt Lady Diana, you should be careful in the future"-Scarlett

I place my finger on my lips and gave off a mysterious smile to Diana then remove my finger to my lips and give her a bright smile after the other smile quickly disappeared as if I had never smiled at her that way.

"Let's move"-Scarlett

I said to the knights, glancing at them before walking ahead with Diana on my side and the knights on our back.

Anne and Julie didn't join for a reason that they might get hurt while arresting the people.

As we barge in inside the abandoned church, we didn't see someone guarding the entrance of the building.

"We'll split, knights A go to the left while Knights B go to the right and Knights C go follow us outside with Lady Diana"-Scarlett

I separated the knights into three and separated them, giving them orders before we head outside.

"You're highness, it's lock"-Knight

The knight informs me when he tried to open the door that leads outside of the church, he tried to budge the door but it seems that something heavy is blocking the door.

"Move"-Scarlett

I wave my hand as I ordered the knight to move. Walking toward the door, I lift my foot and kick the door with enough force to destroy it.

The wardrobe that is blocking the door flew a couple of meters away from the broken door.

"Let's go"-Scarlett

I lead the knights to the platform with Diana on my side, I glance at her and smile before walking.

"Head of the Orphanage!! I hereby arrest you for committing a serious crime of slavery!!"-Diana

Diana barged in on the conversation of the head of the orphanage and other people, shouting in a firm and stern voice with a cold look on her face while showing the document to the head of the orphanage.

"Your Highness!! Lady Diana!!"-Head

The head of the orphanage color on his face faded immediately the moment he saw us; he froze in place as if he had seen a ghost.

"Arrest all people here, don't let anyone escape! Save the children immediately"-Diana

Diana ordered half of the knights C to arrest all of the people and ordered the other half to save the children.

The knights immediately followed Diana's order without a problem. They tie up the head and the other accomplices.

The criminals move too late that they were tied up by the knights, some of them even struggle but it's all in vain as the knights wouldn't budge an inch.

"Princess, what are we going to do with all of the children?"-Diana

Diana then turns her head to look at me and ask, the cold look on her face earlier immediately soften when talking about the children.

"Do you want to take care of it, Lady Diana?"-Scarlett

I didn't answer Diana's question, I look at the criminals and the children before asking Diana.

"EH? I-I can do that?"-Diana

Diana seems to be in disbelief as she asks me if she can do it, leaning slightly forward with a look of expectant and hope on her face.

"Of course, anything to clear your reputation, Lady Diana"-Scarlett

I nodded to Diana, giving her a response with a smile on my face.

'Trust me, I didn't give it to you because I was lazy to deal with all of this

"How about you talk to the knights' Lady Diana and I will talk to the criminals"-Scarlett

I suggest to Diana with a smile on my face, tilting my head to the side as I point my finger at the knights and then at the criminals.

I didn't wait for Diana to reply and walk toward the criminals.

'1…2..3..4' counting the number of the criminals on my mind, I immediately spotted that Earl Rei is missing.

"Knights find Earl Rei! He's not here!"-Diana

Diana was the first one to speak before me, ordering the knights with a frown on her pretty face.

'Oh, she spoke before me' I glance at Diana with a smile on my face before staring down at the head of the orphanage.

"Hey~ we meet again"-Scarlett

I cheerfully smile at him, looking at the horrified expression on his face.

'Ah~ how fun~' my eyes narrowed in delight as I continue to stare at his face turning scared to horrified expression as I smile at him.

'Oops, I gotta stop now' I quickly stop my expression from turning to even more delight from seeing his expression.

"P-Princess! This is just a misunderstanding!!"-Head

The head's expression morphed into a disgusting pleading look, pleading to me with a teary look on his face.

'How disgusting'

"Misunderstanding? How so?"-Scarlett

I put my finger to my cheek and tilted my head, questioning his word with an innocent look on my face.

"I-I was forced t-to be here!"-Head

The head shouted as he explained his situation while stuttering, his expression turned more unbearable as he continues to speak.

""Force?" you say? Then what about this document saying that you agreed at the meet-up?"-Diana

Diana appears right beside me with a cold look on her face, holding the document in her hand and showing it to the head.

The head's disgusting expression froze when he heard the word document, his eyes widen as if he realizes something.

"W-what?! H-h-how did you get that?!!"-Head

His expression displayed great shock; his forehead started sweating while giving us a weird smile.

"You bitch!! You're only here because of your highness! Don't get cocky here you spawn of the devil!"-Head

The head of the orphanage didn't let Diana speak; he immediately change from pleading to looking at Diana madly. Cursing her with an ugly look on his face, letting out a mocking smile at Diana as his eyes glared in anger.

'What…'

"Shut up"-Scarlett

I spoke in a commanding tone, kicking his mouth with a small force so as to not break his head. His head hit the ground really hard, before he could do anything to his head or mouth, I covered his mouth with my foot.

I gave him a grim smile as I continue to cover his mouth with my foot. He shakes his head as he can only stare at me, looking deep into my eyes.

The more he shakes his head, the more piss I am to him.

'I really want to kill you'

Coldly staring at him as if he was my prey. Lightly pressing my foot into his mouth, causing him to scream in muffle and piss himself.

"Don't worry about him Lady Diana, go take care of the kids"-Scarlett

I turn my head toward Diana and gave her a kind smile, different from earlier. I shake my hand lightly before letting go of my foot to his mouth.

He immediately sat up with a scared look on his face.

Diana's face froze when she heard his word, clenching her hand into a fist as she stares at him even colder than before. A stare that could kill.

"Take care of him Princess"-Diana

Diana nodded her head and stared at him with a cold smile on her face, different from the shy or bright smile she always gave me.

She turns her head to face me, smiling brightly like she never gave him a cold smile before walking out toward the knights who handle the children.

"Sooo~ what now~?"-Scarlett

Rubbing my chin with my finger as I tilt my head to the side, I innocently ask him with a bright look on my face.

The head of the orphanage shake his head in fear, tears started to flow on his deformed face but afraid to make a sound.

[Snicker]

I cover my mouth that has been flowing a mocking smile with my hand as I snicker at him.

His face turned even whiter when he heard me snicker, he finally stops shaking his head and look down at the floor with a soulless look on his face as he mutters some incoherent words.

'Hmm'

I kneeled down after staring at him for a second, holding his shoulder.

"You know, you should thank someone"-Scarlett

Whispering to him, I look at his expression from the corner of my eyes while smiling.

"If it wasn't for them, this wouldn't have happened"-Scarlett

I continue my sentence, whispering to him like a devil as I give him the cruel smile that he needed.

I saw his soulless eyes widen when he heard my word, he didn't turn his head in my direction but I could feel his body shaking uncontrollably.

"I wonder who's the traitor amongst you…is it him, is it her? Or is it…you?"-Scarlett

I raise my voice a bit so that the other criminals here could hear my word, especially the word 'traitor' and 'you'.

'This is fun~'

The head of the orphanage started muttering incoherent words as his face darken. When the criminals heard my word, their faces immediately died with anger as they suspect their accomplices.

"But really…that child is such a great help"-Scarlett

I ended my word with an amused smile on my face, looking at his face. Lowering my voice so that only the two of us could hear.

His eyes widen in disbelief, shock, and anger, then turned into a rage. Grinding his teeth as he scowls with his eyes bulging, veins pulsing on his forehead.

He already knows who's the child that I'm talking about without saying her name.

The smile on my face faded, I stare at him boringly when I saw his expression.

'Oh…how boring, I thought I could see different expressions from him' I thought to myself.

I stop looking at the other criminal's face which is filled with rage, suspicion and betrayed look on their faces.

'I've already seen this look' I gave up looking at their face at goes back to look at the head of the orphanage.

"Quick question, what's your name?"-Scarlett

I ask him a question casually as if him being arrested and a criminal didn't happen.

The head of the orphanage finally turn his head towards me and look in disbelief, couldn't believe that I would ask something like this in this situation.

"Come on, I need to know"-Scarlett

I smile at him as I urge him to say his name. I slightly squeeze his shoulder when he didn't immediately answer.

'Someone here is getting lazy, so I need to know'

I add this thought to my sentence earlier since they wouldn't understand what I'm talking about.

"H-Hamilton Caulfield, Your Highness"-Hamilton

Hamilton answered as he stutters at the beginning, he didn't dare to look at me at all with his ugly pale face with his mouth still have a mark of my shoes.

"Hamilton means crooked, it suits you, congratulations"-Scarlett

I immediately thought of the meaning of his name and congratulate him with a bright smile on my face, patting his shoulder but still won't let go of his shoulder.

"Your highness, Lady Diana ask me to tell you that "it seems Kyle is not with the children" and Lady Diana said that "Kyle is safe because she isn't here""-Knight

One of the knights C walk toward me and informed me what Diana said, kneeling down on one knee with her hand on her chest.

It seems that Diana got the knights a bit of their trust.

I look at Hamilton's face and his eyes widen; he looks at the knight in disbelief as if that child is part of the sold children.

"I-impossible! That child is here for sure!!"-Hamilton

Hamilton shouted; a face full of disbelief as he angrily stares at the knight as if he was stolen something from him.

"She's really mysterious, isn't it?"-Scarlett

I said to him, an enigmatic smile appeared on my face as I squeeze his shoulders to the point that I heard something break.

"ARRRGGGHHHH!!!!"-Hamilton

Hamilton screamed in pain as his head touch the ground, his face turned to deform from all the pain he felt.

'Oops, I squeeze it a little hard I thought to myself, standing up but I felt something.

I immediately look back.

Just milliseconds later, a body wearing a cloak appeared in the sky out of thin air.

As if the person uses magic

I quickly respond and took Veronica out of my waist and block the sword that is aiming at me.

It happened so fast that the knights, the criminals, and Diana didn't react before I was moving an inch away from my original position.