"You really have the leisure and elegance to be here reading a book at this hour."

Elsa opened the door and looked at Orson's leisurely appearance, and couldn't help but complain.

"What else can I do?" Orson asked with a smile.

"Now, am I not just waiting for you, Princess, to rescue me?"

Hearing Orson say this, Elsa knew he was joking, so she turned her head away and coughed lightly.

"Stop joking and be serious."

After saying this, she looked at Orson seriously.

"They invited you here this time. There must be a reason, right? Can you tell me about it?"

"I think that as the head of the empire's justice system, Your Highness, you should know why I was arrested."

"Of course I know this, but I don't want to listen to their analysis. I want to listen to yours."

"Mine? That means someone is trying to frame me, or is trying to take me with him before he dies."

"You mean, the raven?"

"He is Giovanni's man. Will Giovanni tell him something before he dies? Will he do it? It's hard to say, isn't it?"

"That's true." Elsa sighed after hearing that.

"Well, in fact, if it was just Giovanni's confession and Sherlock's inference, they wouldn't treat you like this. It must be that someone really wanted to deal with you, so they presumed you guilty and arranged for you."

"Yes." Orson nodded. "So, Your Highness, did you come to me this time just to talk about these things?"

"Not really." Elsa shook her head. "It's just that you should know about Sherlock's plan to go to Antica to investigate, right?"

"Well, she told me, and I agreed."

“Won’t there be any problems in the middle?”

"Don't worry."

"Okay." Elsa heard that and didn't ask any more questions.

"Then I'll be leaving first. I can't let you out for now. This is the will of our father. But as long as Sherlock's investigation is fine, you should be able to get out."

Upon hearing this, Orson did not say anything and continued to look at the book in his hand.

"I hope so."

After a long time, he said this.

Elsa looked at Orson again and then left.

……

Time came to the second day. After yesterday's dispersal incident, more citizens gathered at the door of the security station. Many of them brought weapons such as wooden sticks, as if they were prepared to rely on these to fight against the fully armed guards.

However, it was not the guards who were waiting for them this time.

The door of the police station slowly opened and Orson walked out.

The townspeople quickly recognized Orson.

"It's Lord Orson!"

"Has Lord Orson been released? Our efforts were successful!"

"Great! Our blood was not shed in vain!"

"Lord Orson! Can you sign an autograph for me later?"

As the discussion among the citizens outside became increasingly bizarre, Orson raised his hand and pressed it down, signaling for everyone to be quiet.

The citizens also gave face and instantly quieted down.

Looking at this scene, Orson cleared his throat and then said:

"I'm sorry, everyone, I've made you worried because I haven't appeared in public these days."

"However, please rest assured that I am living a good life now. I have not suffered inhumane abuse as rumored, nor have I been stripped of my title. Now it is just a very serious case that involves me. I need to stay in the police station as a witness to provide clues, so I will continue to stay in the police station for a while. I hope everyone understands and cooperates with the work of the police station staff."

"That's all I have to say. If you don't have any other questions, you may leave."

After saying this, Orson glanced at the citizens around him.

Everyone looked at each other, but finally chose to believe Orson's words. After a few people chose to leave first, more and more people joined the queue to leave.

Orson did not return to the police station until the last person left and the street in front of the police station resumed normal operation.

"Is that all right? The citizens have finished their parade now."

"Yes." Owen nodded. "Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Orson."

"It's okay. I hope you can solve the case as soon as possible so that I can go back earlier."

Orson said this, waved his hand, and then walked towards his residence.

"Please rest assured, time will definitely pass quickly."

Chapter 3.4: If you want to investigate, then come on (K)

"What the hell, Orson showed up in person?"

In the dormitory, Lit was stunned when he heard the report brought back by Lianka.

"Yes." A trace of sweat also flowed down Lianka's forehead.

"I don't know what happened, but according to what the citizens said, it was Orson himself who asked them to disband."

"..."

When Lit heard this, his face suddenly became very ugly.

"There are only two possibilities now, Lianka." Litt looked at Lianka and said so.

"First, Orson was threatened by them, or they promised Orson some benefits, forcing him to say these words."

"Ah."

Lianka nodded.

"What about the second one?"

"The second is that Orson doesn't want to see us do this."

Having said that, Lit paused, and then continued:

"In short, no matter which possibility it is, Orson should have guessed that we were the one pushing this matter behind the scenes."

"So... what are you going to do, Leeteuk?"

Just at this moment, there was a knock on the dormitory door.

Lianka went to open the door and found Olivia standing at the door.

"The police station has given in. We can go visit Orson now."

"Really?!" Li Te was immediately excited when he heard this. "It seems that what we did was not ineffective!"

Seeing Leeteuk's reaction, Olivia smiled.

"However, on the other hand, the police station has a condition."

"Do they still dare to put forward conditions?"

When Lit heard this, he immediately felt dissatisfied.

"Even if they are death row inmates, their families have the right to visit them. It's fine that the police station didn't allow them to visit before, but now they dare to put forward conditions?"

Lianka was also quite unhappy at this time.

"Well, their condition is that after the visit, they spread the truth about Orson instead of spreading rumors and stirring up discontent."

As Olivia finished her words, Litt's heart skipped a beat.

"Wait... so they know what we did?" Lianka beside him spoke first.

"Well, it's actually very obvious. After all, people who are close to Orson can easily trace it back to us. Even if we didn't do it, the police station will probably ask us to help. After all, the words of people around us are the most trustworthy."

"Anyway, we can go now, right?"

"Ah."

"Then there is no time to lose, let's go now!"

……

The three of them called Lena who lived next door, and they took a carriage to the door of the police station.

Afterwards, under the guidance of a special person, they came to Orson's residence.

"Everyone, this is where Lord Orson will be staying temporarily."

At the door, a staff member said politely.

"Okay, thank you." Olivia nodded, knocked on the door a few times, and after receiving a response from inside, she walked in.

However, Litt and Lianka, who were following behind Olivia, did not treat each other well.

Lena, who was the last of the four to enter, passed by and seemed to notice the bad mood of Lit and Lianka. She smiled brightly at the staff leading the way and said sweetly:

"Thank you, big sister."

After hearing Lena's words, her depressed mood caused by being disliked was immediately swept away, and she turned to Lena with a polite smile.

Orson thought someone came to ask for his information again, but he didn't expect that as soon as he turned around, Olivia appeared in front of him.

"Long time no see, Orson."

"Well, long time no see, Olivia."

Several girls following closely behind Olivia also greeted Orson.

"Orson, you haven't been bullied by them these days, have you?"

Lit hurried to Orson and touched his arm.

"No, no, I'm fine, your brother. There's nothing wrong with me. Look at where I live. It doesn't look like I'll be abused."

"You never know! What if they're just pretending when we come to visit?"

"Alright, alright. Your brother is now nominally a seventh-rank expert, not to mention that I am a duke. They will not be rude to me no matter what."

The so-called nominal seventh level, after all, is just because Orson did not go to the Adventurer's Association to update his latest strength information, nor did he participate in the latest test of the academy, which resulted in his identity information still showing the seventh level.

While Orson and Litt were talking, Lianka glanced around the room, confirmed that everything was fine, and nodded with satisfaction.

"It seems that they really didn't abuse you that much."

"Of course, but I didn't expect you, Lianka, to come with them."

Orson replied to Lianka with a smile.

Hearing Orson's words, Lianka's expression changed slightly, then she tilted her head slightly to the side and coughed lightly twice.

"Why...what's the matter? I came here to accompany them. They all want to come, so I can't not come, right?"

"Eh? But Sister Lianka seemed to have offered to come here on her own initiative just now." Lena came up to make the right move.

Lianka's face flushed immediately, and she quickly explained:

"That was Lena, you heard it wrong! And it was Lit who first suggested coming here!"

Olivia, who was standing by, looked at Lianka's reaction, touched her chin, and narrowed her eyes.

I always feel like my sister did something behind my back?

She then turned her gaze in Orson's direction.

Sure enough, Orson also secretly glanced at Olivia at this time. When he saw Olivia looking at him, he immediately showed an expression of pleading for mercy.

Olivia smiled lightly and said nothing.

Then, Lena came directly to Orson, opened her arms and hugged him, then stood on tiptoe and gently smelled the scent on Orson's body.

This action made the three women next to him dumbfounded.

Orson was also stunned and let Lena hug him.

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