Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1239

The next moment, Malcolm and Fabian were summoned back into the hall to receive their scolding. The other two knelt and acknowledged their faults, but Carissa remained silent.

Salvador's anger flared again. "Don't think you're innocent, or that you've been unjustly accused. You knew Lord Gerald went to the gentlemen's retreat, yet you didn't report it in advance."

Carissa had endured a long night, and she was now being forced to be scolded alongside Malcolm and Fabian. Naturally, she felt a little disgruntled.

So, she lifted her head slightly and asked, "If I had reported it, would you have refrained from raiding the gentlemen's retreats, Your Majesty?"

Angry and embarrassed, Salvador shot back, "They would still have been raided, but..."

He trailed off, caught in his own thoughts. He knew he couldn't go back on what he had ordered, and he certainly couldn't say that having prior knowledge would have made him send someone to warn Gerald. Moreover, it was uncertain if he would actually visit the gentlemen's retreat last night. If Carissa had informed the king that she had seen Gerald there earlier, he wouldn't have believed her.

The truth was, before catching him, who could have believed it?

Gerald was a royal tutor-a revered figure with an unparalleled status, admired by the people and seen as a model by scholars across the kingdom. It seemed inconceivable that he would go to such a place. If Carissa had reported it in advance, Salvador would have denounced it as a baseless accusation. Carissa's voice rose as she continued, "And the Quinton family is such a large family. With servants all around, how could no one know that Lord Gerald went to the gentlemen's retreat? I am only in charge of investigating. I cannot predict who goes, when they go, or why. And Lord Gerald wasn't the only one present, there were many sons of noble families and officials as well.

"And about those loyal ministers you care so much about the ones you specifically asked me about? They've all been arrested as well, just as you instructed."

blinded by anger and refused to acknowledge

"In the end, it's your failure to handle things properly. There's nothing

replied, lowering her head. "Once I

Salvador's expression darkened.

should have been everyone. He had said before that whoever was caught would be locked up for

snapped back at him. For a moment, his rationality returned. He couldn't really blame

but he couldn't be sure if they were

now? That wasn't possible. There were too many eyes

were probably countless people waiting outside the Capital Guard headquarters, eager for the spectacle. Whether

That was not all.

the other people were freed. Only then, in the dead of

spoke up, "Your Majesty,

Malcolm to remind him of

Sinclair is right. Did none of you in the Quinton family

eyes demurely at the remark. So now, she was "Commander Sinclair," was she? Malcolm

being a devoted son, but now he was being blamed for something he never even considered. How could anyone have known Gerald was going there? It

always lived in a more remote part of the estate, saying he

ultimately, it was