CHAPTER 189

At the Foster family’s mansion.

By the time the knights arrived there to capture the entire family, Mirianne and her mother had already escaped somewhere with Rever guarding them.

Only Edward and Zebron were left in the mansion.

Because Zebron was there, Drake had to personally come to capture Edward.

“This is just a procedure, Zebron,” Drake said. “You know that he will come back soon if he’s proven innocent. So please don’t make this complicated. If you fight us now, you will be stripped off your title, and you will be considered a criminal. Even if Lord Edward proves himself to be innocent later on, your crime will still not be pardoned. Meaning… you will lose your knighthood forever if you raise your sword against us now.”

Zebron gritted his teeth and grabbed the hilt of his sword.

“Don’t do it,” Edward told him.

“But, Lord… This whole thing feels ominous,” Zebron said. “I think some people are conspiring to get you to rot in jail.”

“No matter what the people may plot,” Edward sai