Charlotte stopped outside Seagull City and sent Dobbin and Yellow Bear to notify Baron Valentin.
He had no desire to see the Baron, and the matter even made him feel awkward.
Charlotte hoped Baron Valentin would hand over the Knight Order so he could return and report to Kreil, keeping things as simple as possible.
Dobbin and Yellow Bear returned within half an hour. Both had been forcibly shaved bald, and they brought back a message: "Tell Charlotte to wash his ass!"
It had been nothing more than a simple threat, but for an instant, Charlotte thought that what had happened between himself, the Baroness, and the Baron's Daughter had been exposed.
He repeatedly questioned them about the details before confirming that it had nothing to do with Baron Valentin. The Baron still "knew nothing," and someone else was the one flying into a rage.
The one who had ordered Dobbin and Yellow Bear restrained and shaved bald was one of Baron Valentin's Knight Captains, Freeman Martin.
Knight Captain Freeman Martin had fought without the slightest sense of honor. Once Dobbin and Yellow Bear entered Seagull City, he had ordered them surrounded. Under the threat of more than a hundred rifles, they could not resist and could only be humiliated, pinned to the ground, and shaved bald.
Charlotte found the whole matter deeply helpless.
Freeman Martin was the man who had once chased Mr. Charlotte Mecklen through the streets while he ran naked. At the time, Freeman Martin had still belonged to the Mostarburg Knight Order and had been a mid-ranking officer. Charlotte had never expected Mr. Freeman Martin to return to his hometown and become Baron Valentin's subordinate.
Well, if Freeman Martin's home had not been in Seagull City while he himself had been stationed in Mostarburg, that incident