Chapter 258: Small Character's Legacy_3

Nine people stepped out of the long corridor, with two rows of royal guards in identical outfits. Including the old man who came with Emily, everyone who arrived with their lord had disappeared.

Double Leaf nodded in satisfaction and left the side of the Crystal Wolf Duke, approaching Marshal Bafel. With a charming glint in her eyes, she asked the slightly unsettled Duke, "May I walk beside you?"

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Twenty minutes later

Sālāmù'ēn, The Court of Red

The Minister of Internal Affairs of the Fire Claw, a fox tribe half-Orc named Leven, stepped forward with a smile. The surprised expression was nowhere to be found on his face. He greeted everyone present with perfect noble etiquette, and with special enthusiasm he said, "Honorable lords, have you come to see the evidence? We have prepared it all for you. Come on, the case files left by Mr. Ned are inside, ah, the king's guards may rest in the front yard. Would anyone like tea, or perhaps some fruit?"