"Did you really do those things?"
Sid shook the snow off her boots as she asked from the side.
Generally speaking, a person's first reactions, assumptions, and deductions were closely tied to their own experiences.
No matter how she looked at it, she couldn't imagine that what those burly men on the distant snowfield were about to do involved kidnapping, human trafficking, or even harvesting organs.
"Absolutely not."
Lanchi shook his head, but seeing Sid's contemptuous gaze, he still took the "No Criminal Record Certificate" issued by the Protos Empire out of his bag:
Upon verification, the person queried: Luo Qi McCarthy. Nationality/region: Protos Empire/Southwest Province/Lilom City. Document name: Resident Identity Card. No criminal record found.
The document even bore the official seal of the police station at Helrom South Station in the imperial capital.
He proudly showed it to Sid, pointing at the contents. Everything was conveyed without words.
"I don't think a normal person would go out of their way to get one of those."
Sid gave her objective assessment.
"I call that taking pride in obeying the law."
Lanchi put away the No Criminal Record Certificate and gave an even prouder hum.
Elsewhere, on the snowfield in the distance.
The bandits, who had been drawn by the commotion in the snowy forest, gazed at the two figures from afar. The two actually ignored them and chatted among themselves, causing the bandits' expressions to become rather strange.
"Boss, do they look down on us?"
"Heh. When this southern young master first noticed us, hadn't he also failed to realize how serious the situation was?"
The bandits glanced at the noble young master still making a final struggle inside the barrier, sneered, and temporarily shifted their attention toward the snowy forest.
Though they were dozens of meters away, with