The Butler soon returned and reported everything that had happened in the Imperial Arbitration Court to Lu Xingshi in full detail, neither exaggerating nor concealing anything.
Lu Xingshi was not particularly surprised by this. It was indeed within his expectations.
As for Flander once again seeking to appeal to the Arbitration Council, the Arbitration Council merely accepted his appeal request and told him to go home and wait for notification.
This case would now be dragged out indefinitely.
Then Flander was arrested on charges of spreading rumors, fraud, and impersonating a noble.
He had been spreading word everywhere that he was the true Landon Grand Duke, that he had received the Imperial Arbitration Court's recognition, and that he possessed the Empire's legal acknowledgment and support.
Of course, it could hardly be called spreading word. At most, he had been showing off.
However, people had long since fixed their eyes on him, so he was arrested not long after he began spreading it around.
The three charges had not been pinned onto Flander out of thin air. If they truly followed the Empire's laws and procedures, Flander did indeed stand accused of all three crimes.
After all, the Arbitration Council had not completed its ruling, instead postponing it until the next arbitration. Therefore, Flander had not received the Arbitration Council's recognition.
And with that, the legal acknowledgment and support no longer existed.
Thus, charging him with spreading rumors, fraud, and impersonating a noble was perfectly justified.
Had Flander still been valuable as before, the Noble Faction and the Imperial Family would certainly have acted to protect him. Yet now, there was no movement whatsoever.
By all rights, that should not have been the case. Flander still had value; no matter what, they should have squeezed him dry first. Yet he had