Starfire Hall.
Beneath the Crystal Dome, which reflected countless fires of war like a heavenly curtain, blazing torches burned atop twelve obsidian pillars as if they would never be extinguished.
Xian arrived carrying a thick stack of papers detailing the criminals' offenses.
Tamerlane was teaching Thirteen to read by the long table. When they saw him arrive, both quickly stood and bowed.
"Your Highness, I mistakenly thought you wanted to have a pleasant dream tonight, so I overstepped without permission. Please forgive me."
Tamerlane apologized.
Seriously? Did something this minor warrant an apology?
Xian's lips twitched. Ever since he had transmigrated into this other world, he felt as though he had lost the rights of a normal person and could only be treated as cautiously as some kind of homeland Superman or Godzilla.
"It's fine. You two, help me look through these."
Xian took his seat at the head of the table and scattered the thick stack of charge sheets across its surface.
Tamerlane casually picked up one sheet, and what he read immediately made him frown.
Mo Er, proprietor of the Golden Jasmine Brothel. It was known that, under his orders, approximately seventeen people had been killed, thirty-one women had been forced into prostitution, and seven men had been forced into prostitution. The methods of coercion were exceptionally vicious. Execution recommended.
These crimes were jointly identified by twenty prostitutes and thirty residents of Wolf Fang Town. He had confessed under interrogation. Interrogator: Danielle Martha.
"Your Highness, these are..." Tamerlane could not help asking.
"I've been staying in a territory recently. At my persuasion, the local lord decided to carry out an act of justice and clean out all the brothels, Black Gang members, thugs, and hooligans within the territory."
"These are the charge sheets for the criminals who were