In the past, Old Follett would lead the family guard team to resolve such disputes, both in public and private matters, but now he no longer has such power. In recent years, Old Follett's housekeeping work has not gone smoothly, and some incidents often occur.
Detailed errors, such as the discrepancy between the property in the family warehouse and the statistical list. Of course, Old Follett believed that he would not make such mistakes. Some of the hidden secrets were self-evident, but there was nothing that Old Follett could do.
When approaching the residence of Duke Alsis on the island, Aranza's mood had calmed down. Old Follett could not help but silently nod in appreciation. The flowing lava was more destructive than the burning flame. This at least showed that Aranza would deal with the situation rationally.
Something, old Follett thought, feeling relieved in his heart.
The residence of the Duke of Alsis on the island is located in the northeast corner of the island, the headquarters of the Lane family, and is still some distance away from Aranza's residence in the northwest corner. At this time, in front of this small building that is extremely luxuriously decorated just from the outside.
, two groups of people were facing each other nervously. On one side were Jessie, Cyril, Silas and Nicole who was responsible for serving Aranza.
Or should not say confrontation, because the Thorn Mercenary Group was silently enduring the taunts from the other side.
On the other side, Shim Lane, the son of Duke Alsis, was protected by a group of guards, pointing at Jessie and scolding her for daring to contradict him. Dolores was being trampled under his feet, with hard iron chains holding her
She was tied tightly and could not break free. The cold iron chain cut into her skin, leaving visible bruises and some blood marks.
Dolores did not expect to be treated like this. Even when she was captured by the slave owner, she had never been mistreated like this. Moreover, at this time, in the consciousness of the prairie elf, this place was clearly Aranza's family, and she was Aranza's family.
My friend, why was she treated like this? Her pure white hair was scattered on the ground, and a few strands of hair tried to cover her frightened face, but they were wetted together by tears and dripped down her cheeks in embarrassment.
The northeastern corner of the island is the territory of the Duke of Alsis, and there is no free passage, so there are no onlookers. In other words, the onlookers are all people of the Duke of Alsis. At this time, they are all on the side of Shim.
They were watching the show with schadenfreude, or looking at the looming skin under the torn clothes of the prairie elves when they resisted arrest, or laughing at Jie Xi and others.
Aranza spotted them from a distance.
His gaze first passed over the family guards, and then settled on the face of the crying prairie elf.
"What's going on?!"
Aranza walked to the field, stood at the front of the Thorn Mercenary Group, looked at the proud-looking Him opposite, and asked sternly.
"Oh, isn't this Aranza? I thought you would keep hiding and let a little girl come forward for you." When Sim saw Aranza, he was not worried but happy. He stretched out his hand delicately, like a woman.
, nodded in the direction of Jie Xi, "Who does she think she is, daring to fight me?"
The vivid effeminate tone sounded very harsh to Aranza's ears.
The faces behind Him burst into laughter. Of course, the laughter was not in the tone of Him's voice.
Being called out and laughed at, Jiexi did not utter a retort. When Aranza turned around to look at her, she was bowing her head deeply and seemed to be sobbing. Aranza felt the strangeness in Jiexi's emotions and frowned even more.
He stretched out his hand and forcibly lifted the girl's face.
The red palm marks were shocking on her fair face.
Aranza forcibly raised her face, and Jexi was a little at a loss. She bit her lower lip lightly and tried to avoid his gaze with her red eyes.
"Who did it?" Aranza asked.
"Those guards are all level six..." Jie Xi wanted to drop the topic.
"Why are you pretending to be innocent? I slapped this," Sim interrupted their conversation, raised the hand that had slapped Jessie in the face, showed it to Aranza, and looked at him with disdain.
"It's just a slap. Why, Aranza, look at how disgusting you are. Are you not convinced that I hit your woman? I don't mind slapping her a few more times."
Aranza ignored the clamoring Sim. He called Nicole and asked what happened. Nicole was also a little unclear about what happened, so she took Jessi and the others to eat in Restaurant No. 1. Sim suddenly led a group of guards to break in.
He came in and took Dolores directly without giving any reason. Jessie wisely stopped her companions from using force and instead resorted to negotiation. Unexpectedly, as soon as she opened her mouth to speak, she was slapped in the face by Shim in public.
Hearing this, Aranza turned to look at Him, and the matter was already clear.
The other party was completely premeditated.
"Xim, are you provoking me by robbing me for no reason?"
"Oh, Aranza, you can't say that," Sim laughed, "What do you mean without a reason? I heard that in Brett City, you killed Baron Moni Sparrow for no reason, oh.
No, it’s not for no reason. You are fighting for this slave. Aranza, the Sparrow family is a vassal of our Lane family and works for us. If you kill one of their people, you must have an explanation, right?"
As he spoke, Sim exerted force on his feet, and his jet-black leather boots rubbed Dolores's body, forcing Dolores to let out clearer sobs. Abusing the slave seemed to make him excited, and Sim stretched out his hand to cover it.
He opened his mouth, as if he didn't want his sharp smile to be too obvious, and continued: "Aranza, this kind of thing is originally a life-for-life, but you see how good I am to you, isn't this slave just you and Moni...
As for Baron Sparrow’s trouble, I’ll hand her over to the Sparrow family for you and resolve the matter, and you’ll be fine, right?”
The faces behind Him burst into laughter again, as if praising Him for his kindness.
At this moment, Old Follett, who had been silent all this time, stepped forward and said to Aranza: "Your Highness, this matter concerning the Sparrow family has been dealt with long ago."
He deliberately raised his voice, obviously speaking to other people.
"Shut up! You old guy, you have nothing to do here!"
Seeing Old Follett interfering, Sim immediately yelled and scolded him, and even pointed at Old Follett's nose unceremoniously, making Old Follett's face turn pale for a while, but he could not say anything. His power had been taken back by the head of the family. Indeed,
Not being able to interfere in family affairs, Old Follett sighed and silently retreated behind Aranza.
Seeing this, the faces behind Him hissed in unison.
Aranza is not very good at talking to others. These things were all handled by Jie Xi in the past. But although Jie Xi is scheming, she is only a little girl and cannot control her emotions well. At this time, she has been
Sim's slap in the face left him a little overwhelmed. As for old Follett, Alanza, who has the special ability of the soul, does not doubt his loyalty, but the current situation is what just happened. Old Follett has been deprived of his rights and lost his words.
Quan can't help Aranza.
Well, Aranza looked at his friends, and now, he could only solve the problem in his own way.
The atmosphere suddenly changed.
"Xim, you have two choices, give me back my people, or die."
Aranza finally spoke, and took two steps forward, approaching the guard blocking the center.
The taciturn Cyril also drew out his dagger at this time and squatted down. The lightning on Silas's body suddenly became violent, and he also squatted down like when hunting. They were ready to fight, and they only waited for Aranza's order.
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Aranza's reaction was beyond Sim's expectation.
The guards in front of Him moved forward and reacted, raising their swords in a defensive posture. They were not aware of the dispute between Him and Aranza. They were just following orders. Although they understood that Aranza
identity, but as long as it does not harm Lord Aranza, these guards thought in their minds.
"Oh, Aranza, do you think you can kill me? Do you think you are..."
Him tried to change the mood.
"Xim, you have two choices, return my people, or die." Aranza repeated again, her voice rising a bit.
"Ouch, Aranza..."
"Give my people back, or die." Aranza repeated again, and the determination in his voice clearly stated his attitude, leaving no room for doubt.
"snort!"
The pampered Him was instantly angered. He didn't believe that Aranza dared to kill him here. He suddenly exerted force on his feet and kicked Dolores in the lower abdomen, causing the sobbing prairie elf to scream in pain.
Mu scolded Aranza with a serious expression, "Do you think it's great that you are the son of the King of Heroes? The King of Heroes is dead! The current head of the Lane family is my father! Come on! Come and try to kill me!"
"I'll kill you!"
Without looking back, Aranza took the two-handed giant sword that Jie Xi took out from the space ring with her backhand, and actually planned to take action.
Jexi's mind was completely confused, and she just reacted instinctively based on Aranza's words. She did not imagine the consequences of Aranza and Shim's fight at this time. But Old Follett was very calm, and he thought Aranza would choose to endure it.
But he didn't expect that he would choose a more violent explosion.
"Your Highness!" Old Follett tried to stop Aranza.
The situation was tense, not only the atmosphere, but also the situation in front of him was directly reversed by the vague force.
Regardless of whether Sim believed it or not, Aranza was really going to take action. He finally felt a little frightened and more angry. Sim's gray face was somewhat deformed by various emotions. He shouted at his guards angrily.
, screamed: "Don't you see? He wants to kill me, why don't I take him down!"
The faces behind Him also shouted and encouraged the guards to catch Aranza.
Aranza really wanted to take Dolores back by force, but in the end, he failed.
Because, just when the guards were hesitating, an old figure appeared on the periphery of the crowd. He coughed lightly, and his voice seemed so small amidst the provocations of many people, but the person who found him covered his mouth in horror, and the sound was loud.
The throat suddenly stopped.
The white robe covers his old but still upright body, and the golden lion emblem is embroidered on the chest of the robe, which is the symbol of the members of the Lane Family Council.
The person who came was none other than one of the seven elders of the Lane Family Council, Goethe Lane.