Binding System

"Henry's subordinate?" Ace understood everything right away.

'It seems like he is still suspecting me. His instinct is not bad.'

He returned his attention to Roy and Jay.

"Let's bring them to the city guard headquarters and deal with them later." Even though Scarlett was furious, she could control herself.

"Sure." Ace agreed immediately.

He immediately grabbed their hair and dragged them to the city guard headquarters.

Even though his method was cruel and inhuman, Ace did not care about it because they were his enemy.

Scarlett also did not say anything when she saw Ace dragging them by their hair.

'He already made his move.'

She was unhappy with Henry's actions.

As Ace was dragging Roy and Jay by their hair, several people looked at them.

"Hey, what's going on?"

"Why is Ace dragging these two people?"

"I don't know."

"Did they try to hurt him? Or did they try to do something bad to city mistress?"

"It seems like they try to hurt Ace. You know how protective city mistress is toward him, right?"

"What a fool!"

"That's right. They are stupid."

Even though Ace and Scarlett did something cruel, it did not ruin their reputation because her people knew it must not be their fault.

After walking for several minutes, they finally reached the city guard headquarters.

Like her people, all city guards were stunned when they saw Ace dragging Jay and Roy by their hair.

"What's going on?"

"They must have done something bad to Ace or city mistress."

"Then shall we beat them up now?"

"But they are unconscious now."

"Easy! Just throw water in their face. I'm sure they will regain consciousness immediately."

"Wait! Why do I feel like I have seen them before?"

"Aren't they Henry's subordinates?"

"Ah! You are right. They are Henry's subordinates!"

"Then does that mean they tried to do something bad to Ace earlier?"

"I believe they tried to hurt Ace earlier. You know that Henry likes our city mistress, right?"

"I see. So, it's because of love, huh?"

"I hope city mistress will do something to Henry."

"I support that idea. To be honest, I hate Henry and his subordinates. They are different from other big families. They always act high and arrogantly as if this city is theirs."

"Hey, watch your words!"

"Hmf! I don't care and I'm not afraid of them!"

"I'm sure city mistress doesn't like them either. She is holding back her anger because he is still of use to her."

"I think so too. After all, Henry always disturbs her."

Chatter erupted when they saw Ace dragging Jay and Roy by their hair.

Captain Lia immediately walked toward Scarlett. "City mistress, did they do something bad to you?"

Scarlett did not answer Captain Lia's question and uttered, "Go to Henry's house and tell him to meet me here."

"Understood." After saying that, Captain Lia brought four subordinates to go to Henry's house with her.

----

Henry's House, Living Room.

Henry was currently talking with Liam in the living room. His face was red from anger after hearing Liam's words.

"Did they really say it?" Henry was breathless with anger.

"Yes. My lord." Lian responded, "They said they won't tolerate us anymore if we still try to interrogate their subordinates."

Lexie and the other family heads didn't want Liam to interrogate their subordinates because they didn't want any information about their families to be leaked to him.

Bang!

Henry hit the wooden table.

"I only want to investigate the death of my second son, but they still don't want to help me. Damn it!" Of course, Henry still remembered that he did not have a good relationship with them, but they should not stop Liam from interrogating their subordinates because he just wanted to know how his son could die.

As Henry was talking with Liam, Captain Lia and four of her subordinates arrived at his house.

"Move!" Captain Lia said angrily. "I have a message from city mistress for Henry. Move now!"

She was unhappy when two of Henry's subordinates, who were guarding the entrance, stopped them.

Henry's subordinates exchanged a glance with each other.

'What should we do?'

Previously, Henry ordered them not to let anyone enter his house, so they did not know what to do.

"I will count to three. If you still stop me, then don't blame me for hurting you." Captain Lia threatened them.

After thinking for several seconds, Henry's subordinates decided to keep stopping them because they were afraid that Henry would be angry if they let her enter his house.

"Sorry, Captain Lia. Our lord doesn't want to meet anyone now. Can you come back later?" the red-haired man responded.

"I have a message from city mistress for your lord, but you still dare to say it. Have you forgotten who is the owner of this city?" after saying that, Captain Lia kicked the red-haired man.

Bang!

The red-haired man was thrown ten meters from where he was.

Because the red-haired man fell to the terrace, Henry and Liam could hear it.

'What's going on?'

They immediately headed to the terrace.

"Who dare cause trouble in my place?!" Henry was in a bad mood, so the flames of anger could control his actions easily.

"That's me, Lia Walsh!" Captain Lia walked closer to Henry.

Henry was shocked when he saw Captain Lia.

'Captain Lia? What is she doing in my place?'

He looked at his subordinates before returning his attention to Captain Lia.

"Henry, your two subordinates are in our headquarters. City mistress order you to meet her at our base now!" Captain Lia went straight to the point.

Henry finally understood everything.

They caught his two subordinates!

He ordered two of his subordinates to monitor Ace last night.

He just didn't expect that they would get caught in the morning.

'Useless!'

He did not say anything and only stared at Captain Lia.

"I suggest you go to our base immediately or else city mistress will be angry at you later. You know how important Ace is to her, right?" Captain Lia said as she walked away from his house.

Liam, who was standing next to Henry, inquired, "Shall we go now, my lord?"

"Yes." Henry responded, "Let's go now."

They then headed to the city guard headquarters.

----

City Guard Headquarters, Practice Ring.

Scarlett was currently sitting on a wooden chair with her arms crossed over her chest. Her eyes were locked on her two subordinates, who were sparing on the battle ring.

Her cheerful and childish expression was nowhere to be seen.

All they could see was her serious face, as if she was a cold and mature lady.

"Lieutenant Valeria, when was the last time we did Wilderness Martyr for them?" Scarlett inquired.

Wilderness Martyr was a training she created to make her subordinates stronger.

To put it in short, she would bring several of her subordinates to Framingburns forest to train them.

They would stay in the Framingburns forest for two to three weeks and hunt magical beasts every single day.

Even though it was dangerous, but it was very beneficial for them because they could get beast cores and also get stronger.

It was like killing two birds with one stone!

"Four months ago, city mistress." Lieutenant Valeria, who was standing behind Scarlett, responded.

"Four months ago? Then it's time to do the Wilderness Martyr training again." Scarlett responded, "Choose fifty people later. We will go to Framingburns forest the day after tomorrow."

"Understood." Lieutenant Valeria answered.

Shortly after that, Captain Lia arrived at the city guard headquarters.

"City mistress, I have delivered your message to him. I think he will come in a few minutes." Captain Lia did not tell Scarlett what had happened at Henry's house because it was not important in her eyes.

"Well done." Scarlett responded.

Like Lieutenant Valeria, Captain Lia immediately stood behind Scarlett.

Shortly after that, Henry and Liam arrived.

Henry was a little displeased when he saw his two subordinates unconscious on the ground.

Yes, Roy and Jay were in front of Scarlett!

Of course, he did not show his anger on his face because he liked her.

Like before, Scarlett still sat on a wooden chair with her arms crossed over her chest. "Henry, explain this to me!"

"Scarlett, I'm sure there is a misunderstanding here. I never gave them any orders because I was busy ever since we came back from our mission." Henry did not admit everything because he did not want Scarlett to hate him.

"Misunderstanding, huh?" of course, Scarlett did not believe it. "Then if I kill them, you don't mind it, right?"

"What?! You want to kill them?!" Henry said in surprise.

Sure, his two underlings had done bad things, but killing them as their punishment was too much.

"What? Do you think my punishment is too much?" Scarlett inquired.

"Yes. It's too much." Henry responded.

"Henry, they dared to spy on me, so my punishment is normal." Scarlett spoke and paused for a second before she continued, "Or, are you planning to rebel?"

"Scarlett, you know how much I love you. There is no way I will do something like rebel." Henry did not lie when he said this because he had never planned to rebel.

"Then why did they spy on me?" Scarlett inquired.

"They did not monitor you, but they spied on Ace!" Henry slipped his tongue.

Scarlett's lips curled up into a smirk.

'Got you!'

Previously, she lured Henry into telling the truth.

She did not expect Henry to tell the truth easily.

Henry, who realized what he had just said, cursed venomously in his heart.

'Fuck! Damn it!'