The city guard grinned, looking rather short, while the other guards, including the captain standing before them, remained expressionless. The moment Mirai dared to resist, they intended to punish him on the spot.
"Humph! Shameless!" Mirai's eyes darted as he said angrily, "If you want to prove that I'm guilty, it'd be easy enough to find his dog. I'm not guilty at all, nor am I a spy for any other family. You... you can't arrest me!"
Mirai spoke especially loudly. Everyone in the restaurant—the servers, the owner, and the customers eating there—paid close attention. After he finished speaking, some of them even showed sympathy.
At that moment, Mirai threw himself into the role and performed to his heart's content like an actor. At the same time, he secretly observed the "audience" around him. When he saw their expressions, Mirai was delighted.
Judging from their expressions, they clearly believed what Mirai had said, which showed that his performance had been highly successful.
But from another angle, these "spectators" showed sympathy without any surprise or curiosity. In other words... did these people do this sort of thing often?
As soon as he thought of that, the guards around him immediately confirmed Mirai's suspicions.
"Hehe, go ahead and scream. Scream all you want—no one will come to your aid!"
The guards at the city gate burst into laughter, while the guards around them looked smug and self-satisfied.
Mirai was startled by the strange thought that had suddenly surfaced, then dismissed it. At that moment, he saw Ye Nan looking around anxiously and could not help falling silent.
This little girl looked like she had never seen the world. Had she really been frightened by something at this level?
But he could not blame Ye Nan either. Although she had experienced that sort