Leah clutched the piece of paper covered with names and walked out of the mansion with mixed feelings.

At this moment, the contents of that piece of paper seemed to be more than just ordinary names.

It's more like a list of fates, or rather, a death note.

With a heart as heavy as if a boulder were pressing down on her, Lia stepped back onto the carriage.

Inside the carriage sat an elf wearing a hood.

She covered the lower half of her face, revealing only a pair of eyes as bright as emeralds.

"Miss Lia, how is the situation?"

"I need to deal with him..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lia quickly reached out and covered the elf's mouth.

"Nonsense... what nonsense are you talking about! He is, after all, the head of the Clavner family!"

"Let me tell you, Leon, you are forbidden from causing him any trouble without my permission!"

Leon nodded calmly.

She was willing to do anything as long as it was Miss Lia's order.

At that moment, Lia held the piece of paper in her hand, looking at the name on it.

He remained silent, his gaze somewhat unfocused.

It was as if she was making some kind of choice, and she was extremely conflicted.

Leon observed the papers in Lia's hand and asked, puzzled:

"Miss Leah, may I take a look at what you're holding?"

"Ah, okay."

Lia blinked, and before she could react, she handed the paper to Leon.

Leon took the list, carefully studied several names, and then pointed out,

“Miss Liya, this one, this one, and this one too.”

“I investigated them in the capital, and most of them were involved in the illegal activity of trafficking demi-humans.”

Selling demi-humans?

Lia was slightly taken aback, then her expression suddenly turned serious.

Leon hadn't finished speaking.

"And these few families, I saw their family members trading with civilians earlier today."

"I crept closer and overheard them talking..."

At this point, Leon hesitated slightly.

But by this time, Leah's temper had been ignited, and she directly urged Leon:

"Go on, what did they say?"

"yes."

Leon nodded, no longer hesitating, and continued speaking:

“They told the group of civilians to continue to smear Victor Clevina’s reputation.”

Leon paused for a moment, then looked up to carefully observe Leah's reaction.

Now, she is very calm, even frighteningly calm.

It turns out that Viktor was not completely ignorant.

On the contrary, it was precisely because he knew everything that he was able to record the names of these small families one by one.

Then, it was handed to her.

The choice is in her hands.

Should we continue to do what we're supposed to do, or should we make a decision?

Leah leaned quietly against the back of the carriage seat.

Her clear eyes sparkled in the moonlight streaming through the car window, yet a subtle, unfathomable shadow lurked beneath them.

"Leon, make it cleaner."

“Of course, Miss Liya.”

...

The next day, a shocking piece of news broke in the capital:

The heads of seventeen noble families died mysteriously overnight.

Although these aristocratic families were not at the core of power, the incident still attracted widespread attention.

Especially the royal family, with the emperor personally ordering the Knights to investigate these bizarre deaths.

Gwen was naturally drawn into the investigation as well.

Initially, the Knights' investigation team had no clue about the silent manner of these deaths.

These dead people seemed to lose their lives without any resistance, as if ghosts in the night had stolen their breath.

For a time, the entire capital was filled with panic.

No one even noticed that during this period, no one paid much attention to spreading rumors about Viktor.

After a long and fruitless investigation, Gwen seems to have discovered a new clue and decides to take a different approach.

She temporarily left the Knights and went to Clavner Manor to find Victor.

In the living room of the mansion, she finally met Victor, just as she had hoped.

"Were you the murderer who killed them?"

She asked directly.

Viktor sat on the sofa, silent.

The silence lasted for a long time, with Gwen waiting for Viktor's response, but he remained silent.

This seems to prove something.

Gwen lowered her head, clenching her fists in utter despair.

"I see."

She stood up weakly, turned and left the Clevina mansion.

Upon returning to the Knights, she pushed forward the investigation with all her might, even summoning and questioning members of these noble families one by one.

The investigation, however in-depth, revealed that all seventeen families had problems.

They were either embezzling and accepting bribes, or they were involved in the slave trade.

They've done all sorts of illegal things.

The murderer was not caught, but the minor nobles involved in these events were imprisoned for breaking the law.

This incident also led to Gwen being promoted to Junior Knight Commander.

The search for the murderer ultimately came to nothing.

But these families, and even the higher-ranking nobles, all actually knew who the murderer was.

Only the person who wronged others knows how wronged that person was.

But no one dared to say who that person was.

After the deaths of these seventeen noble families in the capital, Victor's reputation did not improve.

But at least no more large-scale, or even more absurd, rumors have emerged.

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