Citywide Manhunt

"Hey! Anji! You know that guy named Mel, right? He's an Imperial fugitive now, so don't you dare make any mistakes!"

Hearing the threat, Anji could only lower his head and try to explain.

"Captain, could there be some misunderstanding? I don't think Mel is such a vicious person. We even escaped the mine together back then."

"Yeah, Brother Mel may have stolen things before, but didn't he willingly accept the consequences? Besides, that Hero used to be..." Barney had wanted to continue, but Wein shoved his face straight into the mud.

"You still have the nerve to talk? As a member of the Knight Order, you actually got captured by slave traders! You've utterly disgraced us."

"It wasn't like I wanted that to happen! It's been so many years already, can we stop bringing it up?" Barney got back up and continued doing push-ups. Being taken to the mines by slave traders was the greatest stain on his life, though fortunately, not many people knew he had stolen dogs to eat.

Wein naturally knew that Mel had already paid the proper price for his actions, but that did not mean the victims had to forgive him. It was precisely because Mel had chosen to bear the consequences openly that she had lacked a reason to act at the time.

As the captain of the Darian family's Knight Order, her every word and action represented the Darian family. Before the family head gave an order, she naturally would not do anything unnecessary.

Back then, she had thought she would leave the Darian family forever, but the family head had still given her another chance. Within the Knight Order, she had fully displayed her talents and steadily risen to become its captain.

"Finish today's training, now."

Wein rose from Barney's back