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Chapter 1188 - 462: The Divine Farmer_3

Chapter 1188: Chapter 462: The Divine Farmer_3

The Five Founding Dukes cursed inwardly. Did they really need the Horizon Bureau to enforce their family rules? The Horizon Bureau was overstepping its boundaries. But could anyone stop Owen Bertram from enforcing the law? He was so powerful!

The Duke of Stev bowed his head begrudgingly and said, "We admit our wrongdoing. Please rest assured, Your Honor, we will surely provide a satisfactory compensation."

"There’s no need for any compensation," Owen Bertram waved his hand dismissively. "I’ve always been disinterested in material things. But, well..." He pointed towards the Seventh Level man, "Is he your family’s live-in son-in-law?"

The Duke of Stev didn’t understand his intention and replied, "Yes."

"Set him free," Owen Bertram said lightly.

"This..." The Duke of Stev hesitated. The control of the Five Founding Dukes over their live-in son-in-law was certainly not as simple as his title. However, could they really just let go of the Seventh Level man? Even the founding dukes couldn’t muster the determination immediately.

Owen Bertram’s face showed a mocking smile, "My lord doesn’t want to let go? Then we will have to discuss the grievances my sister and I have suffered."

The Seventh Level man, accompanying Santa, had a flash of brilliance in his eyes but quickly lowered his gaze to hide everything.

The Duke of Stev chuckled and said, "Lionel Charlton is a son-in-law of our family. Why talk about freedom or lack thereof within a family? I, the Duke of Stev, have never restricted him."

As it turned out, the Seventh Level man was called Lionel Charlton. If Master Lane were here, he should be able to recall that in the era before him, there indeed was such a brilliant and talented young man from an impoverished family. However, he ultimately disappeared without a trace, and it turned out that he was recruited as a son-in-law by the Duke of Stev’s household.

"We, the Five Founding Duke households will definitely give an explanation for the grievances that Your Honor and your esteemed sister have suffered," the Duke of Stev eventually chose not to submit! A Seventh Level powerful individual – over the years, their duke household had invested so much resources to raise him to this level. And such a talent was hard to come by. With the advent of the Origin Resurgence, he might even make a breakthrough to the Eighth Realm!

At the same time, the Duke of Stev had an unyielding and unafraid heart, as their status was clear. Sure, you might be able to kill the illustrious Taoist Master to relieve your anger, but what could you really do to a group of Founding Dukes?

The complexion on Owen Bertram’s face darkened, and he sneered coldly, "Santa, let’s go." The Magpie immediately flapped its wings and landed, offering an earnest look for its master to mount. The master straddled the Magpie’s back and flew away with Santa.

Duke of Stev laughed coldly, "He talks fiercely but dares not to harm us after all, for we are the Founding Dukes!"

However, that very afternoon, various scandals from the Five Founding Dukes’ households began to circulate in the Capital, spreading quickly. Owen Bertram personally handled the case. Discrediting crimes like killing were excluded – although these crimes were more heinous, the people of the Capital were long used to the aristocracy killing people.

This time, what was widely spread were those "cuckoldry" and "raising a stepbrother" kind of scandals. These were the gossips the masses found interesting. Moreover, Owen Bertram did not fabricate them out of thin air – these were real events from the Five Founding Dukes’ households. To be honest, even Owen Bertram couldn’t help but exclaim "Fog Grass" when he saw the truth. These scandals were even more exciting than the crosstalk compiled by the little black fatty in the past! It was truly unimaginable, yet they managed to pull it off!

Verna tried to follow her elder brother with the two little ones, but they lost track of him as soon as they left the courtyard. The three discussed for a while and decided to drop the "important matters" and went to Riverfront Street to have a wonderful meal!

By the time of the Empress’s banquet the next day, the whole capital was buzzing with rumors. At the banquet, Owen Bertram bluntly told the Empress: The Five Founding Dukes’ households had corrupted morals!

Well, this was truly a harsh accusation!

No matter how rumors spread around the Capital, not a word of it would leak to the Empress. And the Empress herself was indeed a benevolent elder. Owen Bertram took the scandals of the Five Founding Dukes’ households investigated by the Horizon Bureau, compiled them all, and submitted a record to the Empress, which left her fuming! She fiercely scolded the five old dukes and then apologized to Owen Bertram, saying that she almost sent a good young girl into a den of wolves!This matter had embarrassed the Empress, but Owen Bertram didn’t feel he owed Nick Liam and Abner Lane anything. After all, he hadn’t promised anything before. Dare to target my sister, then don’t blame me for poking a hole in the sky.

But the thing Owen Bertram wanted to do was not to simply make a mess of the Five Founding Dukes. He said he wanted to make the Duke of Stev release Lionel Charlton, and he must do it!

Verna went with her elder brother to the palace. She didn’t pay attention to what her brother said to those people, focusing all her attention on the Imperial Banquet. The food prepared by the Royal Kitchen was quite delicious. The Empress was very kind and still granted Verna the set of headgear and jewelry as compensation for feeling guilty.

Today, Verna pestered her elder brother to take her out for fun, but he had something to do today. He placated her with kind words and asked them to wait in the mansion first.

Owen Bertram went to find Nick Liam.

Seeing him, Nick Liam turned and walked away. Owen Bertram chased after her and shouted earnestly: "Sister Liam, wait for me, don’t run..."

Nick Liam felt quite helpless. She hadn’t been able to break through the Seventh Level yet, but she felt like she had already touched the opportunity. At most, after three more months of wandering in the flower field, she would be on par with Abner Lane! But now, she was still on the same level as Owen Bertram, so even when she gave her all in flying, she was still caught up by Owen Bertram outside the city.

Nick Liam felt quite regretful. If it hadn’t been for this time of day, when all the flower houses were closed, with your personality, Master Owen, she could easily have hidden in a boudoir and blocked the entrance with a group of Warblers. You wouldn’t be able to come in!

"What’s it for?" Nick Liam rolled her eyes and said crossly, "The Empress has been so angry that she can’t even eat. We have told you time and time again to leave some dignity for her, but you went ahead and told her everything dirty!"

Owen Bertram was aggrieved at first: "How is it my fault? The one doing things utterly devoid of conscience is the Five Founding Dukes!" Then he suddenly smirked: "Hehe, when Master Liam said ’we,’ who else were you referring to besides yourself?"

Nick Liam raised her eyebrows and pointed her delicate finger at Owen Bertram’s nose: "You still have the nerve to say it! What is it with you recruiting someone like Tamsin Macy? As soon as that big-footed, dark-skinned woman entered the capital, she and your former boss were a match made in heaven and knew each other very well. They were just short of having a candlelit conversation!"

Owen Bertram was stunned. How did it involve Tamsin Macy again? But he quickly caught on: So that’s it! I was just the target of anger. Naturally, Owen Bertram didn’t want to shoulder the blame for Abner Lane. He waved his hand and changed the subject: "I have official business with Sister Liam. The powerful beings who sit in the Five Founding Duke’s mansions are their sons-in-law, right? How do they control these people?"

Nick Liam had been unable to hold back her true emotions just now and regretted it in secret. Owen Bertram didn’t ask her, so she didn’t mention it. She asked along with Owen’s topic: "What do you want to do? Not all of the five powerful beings who sit in the Duke’s mansions are sons-in-law, the one in Duke Liam’s family is a distant relative."

Owen Bertram said: "You don’t have to worry about it, I have my own plans. The Five Founding Dukes tried to target my sister, so this time I have to hit them hard and kill the chicken to scare the monkey to eliminate future troubles!"

Nick Liam said: "The means they use is the Great Oath Command. When those sons-in-law entered the mansions of the Five Founding Dukes, they all made irresistible Great Oaths. And the Five Founding Dukes used huge resources to set up a great formation, and when they took the oath, this token was condensed. As long as they hold this token, those sons-in-law can only obey obediently even if they reach the Eighth or Ninth Great Realm."

Nick Liam asked again: "Is it true that the Five Founding Duke’s mansions have been involved in all those scandals?"

"Of course it’s true. They were all investigated by the Central Prison."

Nick Liam clenched her silver teeth: "These beasts!" She waved her hand: "You go back, I’ll have someone send you the information about these sons-in-law later."

"Thank you, Sister Liam!" Owen Bertram smiled and secretly vowed that he would now strike a bigger blow, knocking out all the powerful beings guarding the Five Founding Duke’s mansions! This is equivalent to pulling out the tiger’s tusks. Without these powerful beings, the huge wealth of the Five Founding Duke’s mansions would naturally attract a pack of wolves! As for the struggle between the tiger and the pack of wolves, Owen was too lazy to care. In any case, the Five Founding Duke’s mansions would suffer a great loss of vitality.