I opened a clinic in the Abyss World

"If you try to stop me, you'll be taken away for harboring a criminal and obstructing law enforcement," Diana sneered. "The jail at the police station was only recently built; it's quite empty. One more person won't make a difference."

The fox guards continued forward, one of them even removing a pair of shackles from his waist and fixing his gaze on Fulda.

"stop!"

At that moment, a strong and resonant voice rang out.

A tall, thin man walked in from outside the courtyard with a grim face. He came to Fulda and Archie, glanced at the two men whose faces were covered in blood, and his expression became even more gloomy.

"Father! You've finally come! Diana is going to kill me!" Archie cried as he complained.

"That damned girl, I even want to kill her. Look at my face, she's ruined it." Fulda sobbed.

Abraham looked at Diana and said in a deep voice, "Diana, what's going on?"

Diana looked at him, a hint of sarcasm in her voice, and said, "What's going on, Uncle? Since you've already pleaded with my father, you should know the answer, right?"

Abraham looked displeased, but still nodded slightly and said, "I have indeed discussed this with my elder brother. Archie is still a child and his actions are indeed not mature enough. I will discipline him strictly from now on. This matter should not be publicized, as it will damage the reputation of our Harriman family. Let's just let it go."

"Chief Dek has already agreed to your request?" Diana's eyes narrowed slightly.

Abraham's expression was slightly unnatural. He said, "My elder brother said that you are in charge of this matter, but he has always valued the family's reputation and naturally does not want such a disgraceful thing to be spread. For the sake of the family's reputation and the fact that Archie is your brother, you should let him go and let the matter rest. I will also compensate those girls with some money. What do you think?"

Fulida immediately retorted unhappily, "Losing money? If you ask me..."

However, Abraham silenced her with a single glare.

  

"I don't think so. The girls he drove mad also think it won't work, and the girls who died at his hands think it even more so." Diana looked at the family of three with a mocking expression. "You three are truly something else. A thirty-year-old kid, committing murder and rape, actually thinks he can just settle it with some money? Let me tell you clearly today, no way! Protecting this kind of scum will truly ruin the Harriman family's reputation!"

Abraham said in a deep voice, "Diana, remember your place. I am your uncle!"

"Arrest them and send them to the police station. Anyone who tries to stop them, arrest them too!" Diana ordered.

"Let's see who dares!" Abraham stepped forward, releasing his level-five fox demon aura, which suppressed the fox guards and prevented them from advancing.

"Abraham, if you dare to stop me today, I'll arrest you too!" Diana also took a step forward, her five fox tails fluttering behind her. Her powerful aura forced Abraham to take a half step back.

Abraham's face darkened, and five gray fox tails rose behind him as he coldly said, "You, Diana, have no respect for your elders and act recklessly. Today I will teach you a lesson so that you will know the difference between elders and juniors."

For a moment, tensions rose and the atmosphere became somewhat strained.

"What right do you have to lecture him?"

Just then, a deep voice rang out from outside the courtyard.

Alfred walked in.

"Father," Abraham quickly composed himself and said, "Diana wanted to send Archie to the police station, but I advised her to consider the bigger picture and not tarnish the Harriman family's reputation."

"Look at her, she's so tyrannical now. She even beats me, her aunt, at will. Our Archie is beaten so badly he's unrecognizable. His face is all bruised and battered." Fulda said with a sob in her voice, looking like she had suffered a great injustice.

Archie burst into tears on the spot, wailing, "Grandfather, you must do justice for your grandson! Diana tried to kill me! She just tried to kill me!"

Diana looked at the dramatic family of three with a mocking expression, but didn't say a word in rebuttal.

Alfred stepped forward and swung his hand, slapping a large, hard object into his hand.

"Snapped!"

Abraham was slapped so hard that he flew through the air, knocking over a group of his people who were kneeling on the ground behind him.

Fulita, who was still trying to squeeze out tears, froze on the spot and took a half step back in fear.

The scene was completely silent; even the guys who had been knocked to the ground didn't dare to utter a sound.

"You've failed to raise your son properly, spoiling and indulging him until he's become like this. And you dare to say you want to teach him a lesson?" Alfred shouted at Abraham, who was covering his face and looking completely bewildered.

"Father, I..." Abraham met Alfred's stern gaze, his momentum faltered, and he could not utter the rest of his words.

Alfred glanced at Frilla, whose lips moved as if to plead for mercy, but he immediately roared, "A doting mother spoils her son! Get out!"

The roar sent Fulda staggering backward, landing hard on her backside with a look of utter horror on her face. Alfred had never spoken to her like that before.

Archie knelt on the ground, his previous arrogance completely gone, and his gaze towards Alfred was filled with awe and fear.

"If Diana wanted to kill you, you would have died a thousand times over. How dare you accuse her first?" Alfred's eyes were full of disappointment. He shook his head and said to the fox guard standing to the side, "Take him to the police station and deal with him according to the law."

The two fox guards immediately stepped forward and lifted Archie up from the left and right.

"Grandfather! Please give me another chance! I promise I'll never do it again!" Archie struggled and cried out in a panic.

Fulda also came to her senses, crawled over on her knees, and pleaded, "Father, Archie is your own grandson, please forgive him this time. I promise I will keep a close eye on him and won't let him make this mistake again."

Abraham's lips moved, but he ultimately lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Alfred flung Frilla's hand away, looked at the captured clansmen and servants in the courtyard, and declared in a booming voice, "On the day the Abyss was founded and the twenty-three laws were promulgated, I emphasized to you that members of the Harriman family and commoners of the Abyss are equal before the law. This was a mutual agreement among the three families and was approved by the Abyss Council. I am the Grand Elder of the Abyss Council. Your actions will be investigated by the police and tried according to the law. The Harriman family will not tolerate this! Anyone who attempts to interfere or cover it up will be handed over to the police!"

These words were resounding, and everyone in the room turned pale instantly; some even began to sob quietly.

Alfred is the absolute ruler of the Harriman family, and his statement means that no matter what their status or relationship is within the Harriman family, there is no possibility of any leniency.

According to the law, most of them will be hanged.

Archie's eyes were glazed over, and his legs were limp. He was carried out of the courtyard and put into a carriage by two guards.

The other people in the courtyard were also successively put onto carriages and sent to the police station.

"Archie, my son..." Frilla sat on the ground and wailed, but dared not do anything in front of Alfred.

Alfred turned and walked out of the yard.

Diana glanced at Frilla, scoffed, and followed Alfred away.

Abraham silently got up and went to help Prudence up.

Snapped!

Flint raised her hand and slapped Abraham across the face, cursing, "Useless man! You didn't dare say a word when your son was taken away. If Archie dies, I won't live either."

"Shut up. If you hadn't spoiled him, things wouldn't have come to this." Abraham's face darkened as he grabbed her wrist, which she had raised again, and said fiercely, "If you want to die, then find a place to die, don't dirty Harriman Manor."

After saying that, he strode away.

Flint collapsed back to the ground, yelling, "Abraham, you bastard! You had a son with that vixen, and you abandoned your own son! You bastard..."

"Grandfather, what brings you here?" Diana quickened her pace to catch up with Alfred, and asked softly, looking at her grandfather's somber expression.

"Your father is hiding his head and refusing to show himself. I can't let Abraham and his family make a scene and become a laughingstock for the servants." Alfred sighed. "He was a clever child when he was young. How did he turn out like this?"

Diana's expression turned slightly cold as she said, "He simply misused his cleverness, treating the whole world like fools. Even after the law was enacted, he still refused to stop, thinking that hiding people in the cellar would make them unknown."

"Did Charlotte give you the message?" Alfred asked.

"That's right, lately his place has almost become a complaint office for the local police station." Diana nodded.

Alfred couldn't help but laugh, "This guy is really something. He single-handedly turned the Abyss upside down, and he wasn't satisfied with putting the Duru family on the spot. He also wants to lift the Harriman family up with him."

Diana said earnestly, "He did the right thing. The Duru family can turn the world upside down, and so can our Harriman family. If these parasites are not removed, the sheriff's office will exist in name only, and the Abyss will never become Kalva."

Alfred nodded slightly and said nothing more.

"Then I'll also go to the police station to hand over the case, so that the Tru family won't interfere." Diana said goodbye and left, taking a car to the police station.

Meanwhile, Charlotte had already left Harriman Manor openly and legitimately, avoiding unnecessary attention and concern caused by her overly skilled stealth abilities.

The abyss could no longer contain his sword practice, but instead of going to the open space above the abyss, he leaped down from the seaside platform and landed on the rocks protruding from the sea.

The damp rocks were covered with seaweed and oyster shells, making them slippery and sharp, but Charlotte stood firmly on them.

The sword flashed, its energy crisscrossing, and the oncoming seawater was cleaved in two with a single strike, creating a huge splash a hundred meters away.

Charlotte moved like a nimble ghost, weaving among the uneven rocks on the shore, her longsword flashing and occasionally unleashing a ghostly strike.

The increase in strength is not just a number, but a comprehensive improvement of the body by the power potion, which is ultimately measured in strength.

In just four days, he drank 470 bottles of strength potion, his strength almost doubled, and his physical condition improved significantly.

The improvement in muscle explosiveness led to an increase in speed, and he also underwent more body movement training in order to more accurately control his current body.

He glanced at his attribute panel.

[Player: Charlotte]

[Occupations: Knight, Doctor, Pharmacist]

[Rank: Elite Knight: 98200/100000]

Senior Pharmacist: 3440/4000

[Wealth Points: 2260]

……

He's not far from breaking through to the sixth level of legendary knight; he only needs 18 more power potions.

With a casual slash, a sword aura the size of a wheel flew out, exploding into a shower of water a hundred meters away.

If he had possessed his current strength when he fought Lorenzo that day, he would have won more easily.

As for Alden, who was at level six, Charlotte was no longer afraid of him.

Confidence stems from ability.

……

Truman Estate.

"It's all over, it's all over. Even Sva has been captured. Your father-in-law is probably not going to get out. Joseph is truly rebellious, actually betraying his own people." Kenneth paced back and forth in the council chamber, his face full of anxiety.

Alvin and Alva sat to the side, also looking as if they had lost their parents.

They were still somewhat incredulous when they received the news in the afternoon.

Sva is the grandson of the Great Elder and holds a high position within the tribe, enjoying the Great Elder's favor.

Joseph showed them no respect, not only arresting Anselm, but also, just one day later, arresting Sva as well.

Even more outrageous, when the Grand Elder heard the news, he went to the police station to demand the person, but was stopped at the door by Joseph and Diana and didn't even get to see Swah.

The news that Sva had become a eunuch had spread throughout the Abyss, and the news that Alden's personal attempt to rescue him had been refused also spread like wildfire, adding to Joseph's reputation for being incorruptible, but also causing the Grand Elder to lose face.

Alden couldn't even get his own grandson out, so how could he possibly go after Anselm first?

"Father, now the feud between Joseph and the Grand Elder is truly sealed. I heard that the Grand Elder is going to convene an elders' meeting tomorrow, most likely to remove Joseph from office," Alvin said. "If Joseph is no longer the patriarch of the Duru family, he certainly won't be able to keep his position as city lord. We still have a chance."

Alva chimed in, "This is our last chance. If we succeed in removing him from office, Father will become the new clan chief, and perhaps even the new city lord. That way, we can absolve our elder brother and father-in-law of their crimes."

"New patriarch, new city lord." Kenneth stopped, a glint of shrewdness in his eyes.

"Keep a low profile and be shrewd during this time. The Abyss may be about to change again. If the Harriman family and Joseph stand together, the Tru family and the Harriman family may inevitably have conflicts," Kenneth advised the two.

The two brothers agreed and then got up to take their leave.

"I heard that Sva has also been arrested. Is there any new information from Father?" Alvin was stopped by Guavas as soon as he returned to the house and asked anxiously.

Alvin shook his head and said, "There's no good news right now, but the clan is holding an elders' meeting tomorrow. It's said that the Grand Elder wants to remove Joseph from his position as clan chief and make my father the new clan chief. He might even become the new city lord. Then we'll be able to have some influence with the police station."

"Really?" A hint of doubt appeared in Guavas's eyes.

"You wouldn't believe it, after Sva was arrested, the Grand Elder personally went to the police station to bail him out, but Joseph and Diana blocked him at the door and he couldn't even get in. When the Grand Elder returned, he was furious and immediately summoned all the elders to hold an elders' meeting first thing tomorrow morning to remove Joseph from office," Alva nodded.

Guavass seemed thoughtful, but still worried, "Even if Joseph is removed from his position as patriarch, the position of city lord is probably not something the Grand Elder can control. The Abyss Council has ten elders, and the Duru family only has four, with Roland holding one. Even if the other two elders side with the Grand Elder, their number is still less than half. Currently, the Harriman family is on good terms with Joseph, while the Daniel family has always avoided offending either side, and it's even less likely that they would side with the Grand Elder."

"What you said makes some sense." Alvin frowned. The appointment and removal of the Abyss City Lord must be decided by the Abyss Council, not by the Duru family.

Guava continued, "If you ask me, we can only prepare for two scenarios now. It would be best if the Grand Elder succeeded, but now that Sva is also in prison, the Grand Elder will definitely save Sva first if he has the ability. Whether he can save my father is another matter. We can't just sit and wait for death. I've saved some money over the years, and I plan to go to the patient who was bitten by the dog first thing tomorrow morning to try to get her forgiveness and reduce my father's punishment."

"Are you going to find Charlotte?" Alvin asked, looking at her.

Guavas nodded: "That's right, you have to come with me to apologize to him."

"I'm not going." Alvin shook his head vigorously, his scalp tingling at the thought of Charlotte.

"Are you going or not!" Guavas's gaze turned fierce, and a short stick appeared in his hand.

"Go..." Alva immediately went limp.

……

When Charlotte returned to Harriman Manor, she encountered Diana at the gate, who had just returned from the sheriff's office.

Climbing into the carriage, Charlotte looked at Diana, who appeared slightly tired, and chuckled, "What, you went to train too?"

"Last night, I sent all those scumbags to the police station," Diana said, smiling at him.

"All of them?" Charlotte was somewhat surprised. Among the stack of lawsuits he handed to Diana, one was Archie, the son of her own uncle, whose status was comparable to that of Swa in the Duru family.

"Yes, all of them." Diana nodded.

Charlotte stood in awe and solemnly said, "Starting tomorrow, everyone in the Abyss will hold the Twenty-Three Laws in awe."

"I completely agree with that," Diana said, her eyes gleaming with pride.

The carriage returned to the villa, and a sleepy Diana went to sleep. Charlotte went back to her room to wash up, changed her clothes, and went to the dining room to have breakfast with Vivian and the others. Then they took the carriage arranged by Buddy and returned to the clinic.

"The food here at the landlady's place is so good, I always eat until I'm stuffed every time I come," Vivian said, her mouth bulging as she held a chicken leg in her hand.

After visiting a few times, she became familiar with the kitchen staff and developed some hidden menu items.

Perhaps Buddy had spoken to the kitchen staff beforehand; in any case, they were quite lenient with her and always granted her requests.

"The bed is so comfortable, it feels like sleeping on a cloud," Ino exclaimed, the luxury of her accommodations last night exceeding her expectations.

These words resonated with Lina and Amiro, as this experience was quite novel for them; they had never had such an enjoyment back in the Elf City.

"Lina, today you will be in my operating room, performing a simple bone resetting procedure," Charlotte said, looking at Lina and issuing her assignment for the day.