Hearing the door open, the two people embracing quickly separated.
Velin, Leonas, and Seraphina entered the room. Looking at the pair pretending nothing had happened, they very much wanted to tell them that the three of them knew everything.
"Jiawen, Donaya, you have passed my trial. However..."
At this point, Velin suddenly changed his tone, making the two of them feel uneasy. They did not know how Lord Eternal Dawn Knight would deal with them.
"Someone badmouthed me during the trial. That still needs to be dealt with."
Hearing this, Jiawen immediately sensed trouble.
In that world, he had cursed the mastermind behind it all quite a few times to vent his dissatisfaction.
Now that the "mastermind" wanted to settle accounts with him, he did not dare resist and could only accept it.
Sensing Jiawen's unease, Donaya looked up at Velin and said, "Lord Eternal Dawn Knight, I was the mastermind during the trial. Jiawen merely..."
"I was the mastermind." Jiawen interrupted Donaya, speaking firmly. "Lord Eternal Dawn Knight, I slandered you many times during the trial. Please give me the punishment I deserve, and I beg you not to implicate Donaya."
An anxious expression appeared on Donaya's face, and she shouted without regard for the occasion, "Jiawen, shut up."
Watching the scene before him, Velin's mouth twitched slightly.
"Enough. Both of you, be quiet."
The two, who had still been arguing over who should receive the punishment, fell silent.
Velin looked at them and slowly said, "I only said I would deal with it. I never said I would punish you."
"Leonas, are you still short on attendant guards?"
Without hesitation, Leonas replied, "Yes."
"Then let Jiawen serve as your guard for ten years. What do you think?"
"No problem."
Leonas greatly appreciated what this lad had done in