Even with a heart full of desolation, Kevin propped himself up like a big ball and rushed outside, trying his best to escape. However, the servants surrounding him blocked him back, and he even rolled twice.
"Please let me go, I beg you!"
"Miss, Miss, I was wrong, I shouldn't have—"
Kevin's pleas for mercy came to an abrupt halt as Aldrich, not far away, strode forward with a sword in hand!
Before Kevin could continue pleading—
With a 'glug' sound.
Kevin's head had rolled to the ground, blood splattering everywhere and staining the ground red. The entire slave market was deathly silent!
In the deathly silence, Aldrich's hand holding the longsword fell naturally to his sides, the tip touching the ground. He looked down at Kevin's headless corpse, his face devoid of any trace of innocence.
In his dark eyes, a glimmer of dark green mixed with faintly flashing black characters, he lowered his head and whispered, "I don't know if killing you would make me happy, I only know—I don't want you to live in this world anymore."
"...They're insane, absolutely insane."
When Eileen got up from the ground, she still looked incredulous and surprised, staring blankly at Aldridge.
Is he a mentally challenged idiot?
No, this guy is clearly a ruthless killer! What five- or six-year-old child could do something like this?!
Faced with this situation, Ruan Qing'an chuckled and clapped her hands, her applause sounding particularly abrupt in the deathly silence.
Why seek the approval of others?
"Just do what you can do with a clear conscience, and I believe that Aldridge killed not people, but animals."
Eileen felt as if she had been slapped hard across the face by Ruan Qing'an!
Her face was extremely pale, and she could no longer maintain her benevolent saintly demeanor. She couldn't help but say, "Dolores, you killed Kevin, so what will happen to these slaves!"
Upon hearing this, Ruan Qing'an glanced at Eileen indifferently.
Suddenly she laughed and casually pointed at one of the nobles watching the show. Soon, the others took a half step back, making way for the noble who had been pointed at.
"You, come here."
"Huh? Me? Huh? Me?"
The nobleman pointed to his own nose, looking around in utter bewilderment, only to find himself all alone.
Seeing Ruan Qing'an looking at him with a half-smile, the nobleman didn't have Eileen's guts. Just because he was Ruan Qing'an's friend, he went against the Lancaster family, the most prestigious family in the Lycas Empire.
He gave an awkward smile and shuffled forward, saying, "Miss."
Ruan Qingan crossed his arms and casually said, "I'll visit the Lancaster family this afternoon. Lucas will arrange the follow-up."
"W-what is it?"
“The Lancaster family will take over Kevin’s slave business entirely, and you will be his agent. I will only take 60% of the profits, and the remaining 40% will go to your family. At the same time—the Lancaster family will protect him. Do you understand?”
Upon hearing this, the nobleman immediately understood, completely stunned by this windfall!
Don't assume that 60% is a lot.
First, the Lancaster family bore the initial costs;
Secondly, the slave industry was a truly highly profitable business.
Third, they now have a protective umbrella outside the Lycas Empire.
These alone would be a huge profit for the Lancaster family, even if they only gave them 60%. When the nobleman readily agreed, the other nobles who were initially afraid to leave rushed forward.
But the nobleman had already agreed and quickly got into his carriage and left, seemingly preparing to rush to find Lucas.
This turn of events was something Eileen had never even imagined.
Ruan Qing'an's smiling gaze fell on Eileen: "So, what you were worried about before—"
"Is it something I can easily solve with money?"
Poor Eileen: ...Really, this is hard to judge.
Eileen never imagined that one day she would be so thoroughly humiliated by that idiot Ruan Qing'an!
She stood frozen in place. At that moment, Nguyen Thanh An waved to Aldrich, and the other servants quickly followed the carriage. She stepped onto the jeweled steps and approached the carriage.
At that very moment—
Dolores!
"No matter how you deal with these slaves, the largest slave owner in the slave market is dead, and the inquisition will not stand idly by!"
Eileen spoke loudly, and when she heard this, Ruan Qing'an paused in her movement to enter the carriage. The servant was lifting the beaded curtain of the carriage, and the pearls and gems were not as radiant as the smile on her lips.
The Tribunal was jointly established by the royal families of various empires and the Church of Light to judge those who had committed sins.
Ruan Qingan looked at Eileen with his leaden gray eyes.
"You can go and inform them."
"Let's see if they dare to come to my Lancaster Manor and personally come to arrest me and take me to the courthouse to face their judgment."
Having said that, Nguyen Thanh An didn't even bother to see Eileen's reaction. He got into the carriage, followed by Aldrich and the other servants, and soon they left.
Eileen was left standing there alone, her once pure white saint's robe now stained with spots of dirt, looking utterly disheveled.
The nobles who had been watching the show lost interest after Ruan Qing'an left. Those who had previously been friendly and supportive of Eileen, even hinting at helping her, now gave her a knowing smile and turned away without even glancing at her.
Eileen panicked and quickly chased after him.
"Before we—"
"Hmm? Is there something you need, Saintess Eileen?"
The man replied casually and left on his own.
Upon witnessing this scene, Eileen lost her composure. She hadn't expected these nobles to be so pragmatic, treating her like this when they sensed Ruan Qing'an was showing signs of breaking off their relationship!
She couldn't help but curse, "Just like Dolores, no matter how well they manage their reputation, it's all about profit for them!"
Although Dolores had a bad temper and no one among the nobles was close to her, no one dared to provoke her. Realizing this, Eileen was even more furious.
"A bunch of idiots!"
"Let's see how you treat me again after Dolores becomes eager to be friends with me."
Eileen thought to herself, "Sooner or later, everything that idiot Dolores has will become hers, Eileen's!"
She cursed under her breath, glanced at Kevin's corpse on the ground with disgust, snorted coldly, and turned to leave. If it weren't for this person, how could she have been so embarrassed today?
Just as Eileen was leaving the slave market, a jet-black raven was cawing shrilly from an old tree.
But Eileen seemed to hear heavenly music. After looking around, she went to the tree where the crow was, and sure enough, there was a crumpled piece of paper: "See you at the church tonight."
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