Minister of Trade suddenly turned himself in--
This startled the Bureau of Supervision.
But they soon discovered traces of Word of Power control.
There were only a few people capable of controlling Minister Drost... For safety's sake, they kept Minister of Trade locked in the basement—the same basement where Lloyd President had previously been held.
In any case, this was not something minor inspectors who had only just reached the Second Level could handle...
They would leave him there for now.
After Drost was locked in the basement, he regained his free will.
He was surprisingly quiet at the moment, because he knew someone would definitely come to rescue him. Even if the Avalonians did not come, the Stibnite People or Noble Red would.
So he merely opened his eyes, gazed into the darkness before him, and fell into prolonged thought.
So that's how it is. Meg is dying...
That was why she was so anxious. She had suddenly arrested Lloyd President and the vice president... The merchants had already begun to panic. His arrest would likely intensify that panic.
Before this, because Meg knew nothing about anything, she had chosen to ignore everything and focus on teaching students at the school.
Unless the Arbitration Hall asked her to do something or Her Majesty the Queen personally issued an order, she simply left everything to the Arbitration Hall. Someone had once asked her about it, and Meg's personal response was: "I don't want to ruin anything because of me, so I choose to do only what is right—and I have the ability to do what is right well."
--Contrary to her carefree personality, Meg was unexpectedly perceptive and thoughtful.
A long time ago, the Arbitration Hall had been the absolute supreme authority. It was the Round Table Hall's Round Table