In the end, Carolon agreed to let Zorro take Xia Lin to the place where the servants were detained. Due to Xia Lin's special status, he had come into contact with quite a few servants that day, about a dozen of them.
Each of these dozen servants was a suspect, and every one claimed to be innocent. Carolon was extremely annoyed. Pointing at them, he said, "Let's just kill all these dozen people. Anyway, they're all suspects!" No one dared to stop Carolon's order.
【Ding~ New mission: Stop Carolon from killing all the servants. Mission reward: A random superpower. Failure penalty: Experience the pain of being poisoned for three hours】
Oh no! This penalty was truly terrifying. Xia Lin shook his head. But even without this mission, he couldn't just sit back and watch Carolon kill the innocent.
"Carolon, don't!"
Xia Lin grabbed Carolon's arm, drawing everyone's attention to him.
Even though it was Xia Lin who was opposing his decision when he was angry, Carolon wasn't very happy about it.
Seeing his expression, Xia Lin quickly explained, "No, let's find a way to identify the real culprit. If we kill the innocent indiscriminately, it will make the others in the palace feel disheartened!"
Carolon gave a cold laugh. "They wouldn't dare!"
Xia Lin was helpless. "But Carolon, this is my request. I hope we can try to find the real murderer. After all, it's unfair for the innocent to take the blame for others. And..." Xia Lin flashed a big smile at Carolon. "I'm fine now, aren't I? Since I'm okay, don't be so angry, Carolon~ Alright~" Oh well, as a man (?), he had to act like a coquettish girl. It was really embarrassing, but there was no other way. Based on his experience with Carolon, this was the only thing that worked on him.
Sure enough, seeing the boy he had a crush on smiling sweetly at him, Carolon's anger subsided a bit. But for the sake of his pride, he deliberately let out a cold snort. "Fine, I'll wait and see if those useless subordinates can find out anything."
【Ding~ Congratulations to the host for completing the mission. The random mission reward, a small space, has been credited. Please check】
Xia Lin was very curious about what the small space was. After reading the description, he thought, just as he had expected, it was a portable space. However, unlike those in farming novels, it couldn't hold living things.
In fact, the investigation team, who had been labeled as "useless" by Carolon, was actually quite capable. After all, they were the elite selected from the whole country.
Soon, they zeroed in on a maid named Carly. This maid had been in the palace for over a decade and was quite experienced.
"Tell me, why did you do this!" Carolon kicked Carly hard. Normally, he wouldn't have done this. He would have just ordered her execution directly. Even when it came to torture, he would have let his subordinates do it. But this time, he was extremely angry.
Carly was kicked seven or eight meters away. Xia Lin stared in disbelief. How much strength did that take!
Carly groaned and managed to stand up. With a numb expression, looking as if she didn't care what they did to her, she said, "I had no other purpose. I was just jealous of him and hated him!"
Seeing Carly like that, Carolon felt so disgusted that he didn't even want to touch her. Just thinking that his future queen had almost died because of this woman, Carolon wished he could tear Carly to pieces.
Carolon gave Zorro a look, and Zorro slowly walked towards Carly.