After stepping down from the carriage, Lester saw a beautifully dressed woman laden with gold and silver gripping a timidly dressed woman in plain clothes and hurling vicious insults at her.
The filthy words she used made even the onlookers frown.
But with both the culprit and stolen goods supposedly caught, they could not say much and could only wait for the Constable to arrive and pass judgment.
Lester squeezed through the crowd to the front, opened the Soul Eye in the center of his forehead, and examined the colors of the two women's souls to determine their alignments.
The soul of the richly dressed woman was white tinged with gray, placing her in the neutral alignment.
The plainly dressed woman's soul was white tinged with red, belonging to the Neutral Good alignment, but there was a black blotch upon it that constantly infected her soul.
Hearing those utterly humiliating insults, Lester's gaze turned ice-cold as he said, "Enough."
The richly dressed woman looked up at Lester. Though he wore simple clothing, his bearing was clearly far from ordinary. She swallowed the words about to leave her mouth, shot the "thief" a vicious glare, and decided to wait for the Constable to arrive.
Before long, three Constables in white hurried over from the distance.
"Step back."
At the Constables' commanding words, the crowd retreated several steps and cleared the area.
As for Lester, he did not move at all and simply watched in silence.
One of the younger Constables saw that Lester remained unmoved and was about to step forward to drive him away when his captain raised a hand to stop him.
Seeing the more mature Constable preparing to bow, Lester said, "Handle your case. Don't mind me."
"Yes."
The Constable captain's eyes filled with respect. He nodded slightly,