"Are you new here?" Richard asked, scrutinizing the servant.
"Ah, yes, my lord, I'm new," the servant answered quickly.
"What happened? Where are Buzi, Bailun, and Borg?" Richard asked. Buzi, Bailun, and Borg were the names of three male servants.
The new servant answered, "My lord, Buzi and Bailun are still here, but Borg has left. I was transferred here to replace Borg. I just arrived."
"Borg left? Why?"
The new servant hesitated before saying, "I heard Borg was found guilty of something. People from the Security Division came this afternoon and took Borg away directly."
"So Borg was taken away, and Mas transferred you here?"
"Actually, Lord Fei Rui transferred me here," the new servant said cautiously. "Lord Mas was taken away this morning too. I heard it was done by another group called the City Defense Division."
Richard narrowed his eyes slightly, looking thoughtful.
After a few seconds, he nodded and waved to the new servant. "All right, I understand. You can leave now."
"Yes, my lord. I'll take my leave." As the servant was leaving, he seemed to remember something and quickly added, "Oh, my lord, my name is Lan Ke. Although Borg has left, you can tell me to do anything you need."
"Mm, I understand."
"Goodbye, my lord."
"Mm, go."
Bang!
The study door closed again. Richard returned to the room, thinking over what the new servant, Lan Ke, had said and processing the information within it.
The news of Oscar's assassination was already shocking enough. It showed that the political situation in Xia Ya, and even the entire Alliance, had begun to collapse from the top down. Then there was his former servant Borg and Mas, the person in charge of the reception office, who had been taken away by two organizations that