After wiping out the human trafficking organization, Arthur had been staying at an inn.
He wanted to see how the Marleyan authorities would handle the matter.
Sure enough, within a few days, the incident began to cause a widespread uproar.
Marley's newspapers also exposed the enslavement and trafficking of Eldian children, drawing widespread public attention.
Other countries even learned of the incident, making it a stain on Marley's history.
To restore its image as a great power, Marley immediately launched nationwide raids, then announced to the outside world that the rescued Eldian children had been returned to the Liberio internment zone and given financial assistance.
But Arthur felt no happiness at all at Marley's measures. Instead, he scoffed at them, because Marley had actually covered up many of its own scandals, such as the Marleyan police's collusion with the human trafficking organization.
The crimes of those perverted wealthy people had not been exposed either.
Meanwhile, the Marleyan people were polarized in their views on the incident.
A tiny minority sympathized somewhat with the Eldian children's plight and believed Marley should give these children proper help.
But most of the Marleyan public said extremely vicious things.
"Every last one of those Eldian devils should die!"
"Which bastard saved those devils? They must be an Eldian devil too!"
"They deserved it. If you ask me, those Eldian devils got off far too lightly!"
Arthur found these typical examples of victim-blaming utterly unbelievable.
He had never imagined human nature could become so hideous at this moment. He could not understand why anyone would sympathize with human traffickers.
Crash! Blades that appeared in an instant sliced the furniture around Arthur to pieces, and the walls burst apart in the same instant.
Arthur was utterly furious. The innkeeper, who had just rushed upstairs, was cut