"Besides, if Miss Akasha's kick really caused irreversible damage, Earl Clear's retaliation might not stop at Miss Akasha. You could be implicated too."
"The Earl of Trier?"
The name stirred something in Edward, and he soon remembered where he had heard it before:
The Sunset Elderly Group (the Twilight Hermit Order).
At the end of that gathering, Hermes had proposed three things to do next. The last had specifically mentioned Earl Clear of Intis's Conservatives, saying that he might even move against Roselle for his own interests.
And Roselle was the key figure the Russian Priest had personally designated to drive the tide of the times. Naturally, no one could be allowed to threaten him. Although Edward had kept this in mind, he had no intention of intervening.
After all, he had only just joined. He would watch how the veteran members handled things and learn from them first, lest he expose any flaws.
Yet, although he had not intended to bother with Earl Clear, the earl's... grandson had come knocking instead.
Chapter 495: Assassinating Earl Clear
Edward frowned and asked:
"How do you think this could implicate me? After all, Akasha is only a housekeeper I hired. Whatever she does outside, it has nothing to do with me, does it?"
Dubois shook his head. "Once someone has enough power, they can ignore plenty of laws and rules. To vent his anger, Earl Clear could invent any excuse or charge he wanted."
"For example?"
A flurry of hurried footsteps approached. Soon, the door was pushed open with a bang, and a man in a Trier Police Uniform held up a sheet of paper and announced loudly, "Klein Sparrow, I am the chief of the Trier Opera Borough Police Station. You are under arrest on suspicion of murdering the previous owner