At the Banshee hearing venue.
Melina was not dressed plainly today. She wore a black off-the-shoulder black tulle dress adorned with red and blue ribbons, and a black wavy wide-brimmed hat pinned with red and blue fake roses. Her ash-silver long hair was tied into a wolf-tail braid.
Elegant, yet aggressive.
Standing beside her was Miss Russell, dressed identically, except that the fake roses and ribbons were all replaced with gold.
This was the scene of the second consecutive hearing.
The man tumbled across the ground several times, lying prone with his back to Karabis in an ungraceful heap. Karabis lunged forward, keeping his wits about him—approaching sideways. Sure enough, the man suddenly sprang up and thrust back, but Karabis dodged it.
Unawares, Liu Bei also found his ambition to vie for dominance in the world growing fainter. Liu Bei knew full well in his heart: even if he struggled all his life and eventually had the opportunity to supplant Pang Shanmin and rule Jingxiang, would the people of Jingxiang ever recognize him as an imperial uncle of the Han?
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