It's so hard being a hero!

To be honest, he didn't think Sophia had done anything wrong.

Vlad's eyes widened.

"What are you hesitating for? She tipped off the monster and helped it escape; that's already a betrayal of humanity."

Harris opened his mouth, but ultimately nodded.

"Yes."

After saying that, he left with his men.

Meanwhile, Sofia was in the yard with Bethys, basking in the sun.

Bethys sat on a stone bench knitting, while Sophia lay on a rocking chair, squinting her eyes, looking quite relaxed.

But just then, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the courtyard gate.

Sophia immediately sat up and looked towards the door.

The courtyard gate was kicked open, and Harris led more than twenty fully armed knights in.

Bessis was startled.

"What are you doing?"

She stood up and blocked Sofia's way.

Sofia immediately reached out and patted her mother's shoulder to reassure her, while looking at Harris.

"Lord Harris, what do you mean by this?"

Harris immediately gave a wry smile.

"Miss Sophia, the Count requests your presence."

"please?"

Sophia glanced at the gleaming longswords in the knights' hands.

"This way of inviting people is quite unique."

Harris did not respond.

"Hey! Let's go, don't make things difficult for us."

Sophia sighed. She already knew what had happened, but she hadn't expected the Earl to be so clever.

Bisis grabbed her hand, his face full of worry.

"Mom, it's okay, I'll be right back."

Sofia patted the back of her hand, then followed Harris out of the yard.

Neither of them spoke the rest of the way.

As they approached the Earl's mansion, Sophia suddenly spoke.

"My father is in your hands?"

Harris paused for a moment.

"Yes."

Sophia nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Soon, in the Earl's mansion hall.

When Sophia walked in, the first thing she saw was Sulot kneeling on the ground.

He was bound hand and foot, and his face was very pale.

"dad."

Sophia called out.

Sulot looked up and saw her; his eyes instantly welled up with tears.

"Xiaofei, I'm sorry, Dad has told you everything..."

His voice trembled, like that of a child who had done something wrong.

Sophia shook her head.

"It's okay, it's not your fault."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Vlad, who was sitting in the main seat.

“Count Vlad, is that what you mean by this?”

Vlad looked Sophia up and down and realized that Sophia was indeed no ordinary person. Even though she had come all the way to him, she was still so calm.

Given that he was so young yet possessed bronze-level strength, she guessed that he probably had some kind of background.

But he wasn't afraid. He was an Imperial Earl and a local lord. He wasn't afraid of anything, not even Bronze-level or Gold-level.

"What do you mean?"

"Sophia, I'm asking you, is the Spider Kingdom's relocation related to you?"

Sophia looked at him and remained silent for two seconds.

"Yes."

"Did you tip them off, allowing them to escape ahead of time?"

"Yes."

Sofia admitted it.

Vlad's face turned bright red, and he slapped the armrest and stood up.

"Do you know what you've done? You helped the monster escape, and the monster emptied the mine, causing me to lose so much ore? That ore is the lifeblood of Kyle City."

"I know."

Sophia spoke calmly, while asking a question in return.

"But I ask you, have those spiders ever attacked humans on their own initiative?"

Vlad was taken aback.

"Do you have it?"

Sophia asked again.

"So what?"

Vlad's voice sounded a little weak.

"They are monsters, the enemies of mankind."

"Enemy? Who defined that? You?"

Sofia's eyes grew increasingly sharp.

“Countless living beings live in this world, and they also have the right to live. It was humans who dug mines right up to their doorsteps, which is why they fought back. If it were you, and someone broke into your home, what would you do?”

Vlad was left speechless by the question.

"We'll see."

Sofia continued.

"They've moved away and no longer pose a threat to anyone. As for your lost ore, what does that have to do with me?"

"you?"

Vlad was so angry that he trembled.

"You're just making excuses, that's just making excuses."

He took a deep breath and forced down his anger.

"I'm not going to waste my breath on you. Just admit it. Men, take her down."

After he finished speaking, several knights immediately stepped forward, ready to capture Sophia.

Chapter 45: The Reasoning Doesn't Work

"Hey! Why bother with all this?"

Sophia looked at the people surrounding her and sighed helplessly.

At the same time, she raised her right hand.

Azure wind-attribute magic surged from her palm, forming an invisible wind barrier within a three-meter radius around her.

The knights and soldiers who had just charged forward were bounced back as if they had hit an invisible wall.

Count Vlad's face darkened further upon seeing this; he hadn't expected this little girl to actually dare to defy him.

At the same time, I was also wondering why the other party had this confidence.

"Little girl, you dare to resist?"

Sophia withdrew her hand and sighed again.

“Oh, Count Vlad, listen to my advice once more.”

Vlad slammed his hand on the armrest and stood up abruptly.

"What else do you have to say?"

"You helped the monster escape, causing me to lose a lot of mines, and now you dare to resist arrest? Do you even have any respect for the laws of the Empire?"

"Or do you think you have a powerful backer protecting you, which is why you dare to oppose me and the Empire?"

This guy comes right off the bat and starts throwing out accusations.

Sophie found it really difficult to reason with this kind of person.

"Count Vlad, have you ever considered who humanity's true enemy is?"

These words came so suddenly that Vlad was taken aback.

What do you mean by that?