It's so hard being a hero!

"this."

"What is this?"

Hinoya interrupted him.

"You've been interrogating me all night, you should know these basic details, right?"

A fine layer of sweat appeared on Baird's forehead.

Of course he didn't know.

He received a tip-off from the Marquis of Roland in the provincial capital, saying that Xinoya was coming to inspect the fortress.

So he quickly dealt with all the people who had been arrested the day before.

"Um, Lady Shinoya, well, I haven't had time to record this in detail yet. As you know, I've been very busy with military affairs..."

"Busy with military affairs?"

Xinuoya's voice rose, and her entire demeanor suddenly changed.

"As a legion commander of a fortress with 20,000 troops under your command, is your military duty simply to support a group of women for eating, drinking, and merrymaking? Or is your military duty simply to allow your men to burn, kill, and plunder?"

She asked, word by word, each word seeming to carry a blazing fire.

Baird's smile finally crumbled.

"Lady Xinuoya, what do you mean by that? Are you doubting me?"

Hinoya stood up and looked down at him.

"Can't I have doubts?"

These words made Baird's face turn pale and then red. He wanted to retort, but when he saw Xinuoya's cold eyes, he swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

"Lady Xinuoya, I... I am utterly loyal to the Empire and have been guarding this land for the Empire for ten years."

"Ten years? Hah, you've been guarding the border for so many years, and this is the result you've achieved?"

Shinoya pointed outside the palace.

"All I saw along the way were women and children. Where were the men?"

“I’m not saying they’re all going.”

Baird quickly tried to explain himself.

But she was interrupted by Xinuoya.

Do you think I'm an idiot?

Baird's face immediately turned extremely ugly.

He knew that Xinuoya was not easy to fool, but he did not expect her to be so direct.

"Lady Shinoya, please let me explain."

"Explain what?"

Hinoya interrupted him again.

"Explain why you killed someone last night?"

Baird opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

"Do you think that as long as you kill the person and there are no witnesses, this matter can be suppressed?"

Hinoya walked up to him and looked at him coldly.

"Or do you think I can't investigate you?"

Baird's face finally darkened completely.

“Lady Xinuoya, I am an Imperial Viscount, and my legion is directly under the Imperial Military Headquarters. You cannot assume I have a problem just because you hear a few idle words.”

Hinoya sneered, took out a crystal badge from her pocket, and threw it in front of Baird.

Baird instinctively took it and looked at it.

"Look what this is."

Baird's gaze fell on the badge, and his face stiffened.

That was an insignia of the Imperial Censorate.

This means that Hinoya herself possesses prosecutorial authority within the military.

She could bypass some procedures and conduct military investigations directly.

Baird's face turned pale instantly.

"you?"

"What do you mean, 'you'?"

Hinoya took the badge back.

"Belder, listen carefully, I'm giving you two options now."

She held up one finger.

"First, cooperate with the investigation and tell me everything you know, and I can still save you some face."

She then raised her second finger.

"Second, you can choose not to say anything, and I will send you directly back to the capital."

Upon hearing this, Baird's lips trembled several times, but in the end, he said nothing.

Xinuoya waited a few seconds, and seeing his expression, she immediately became impatient.

"Alright, take him back to Roland City first."

After he finished speaking, two officers immediately stepped forward and grabbed Baird's arms, one on each side.

Baird then realized what was happening and tried to struggle.

Even as a diamond-level expert, he still had the power to resist when facing a grandmaster-level expert like Xinuoya. However, if he resisted, he would be giving her a reason to kill him.

If he doesn't resist, there's still a chance, because he's a nobleman and Xinuoya has no right to deal with him; she can only send him back to the capital.

But he was still panicked.

"Sinoa, you can't do this."

Xinuoya didn't even lift her eyelids, and simply said something indifferently.

"Heh, that's just how I am, you're not convinced?"

After saying that, she waved her hand, signaling the officer to take the person away.

Baird was dragged out of the palace, and the sound faded into the distance.

Shinoya watched Baird's retreating figure and sighed regretfully.

"Oh dear, how did it turn out like this? He was such a talented person back then."

After sighing, she turned to look at the palace entrance.

"Hey there, little girl, shouldn't you be coming out by now?"

Chapter 64: Another neurotic

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, then suddenly looked towards the palace gate.

Suddenly, ripples appeared on the water in the empty space, and then Sophia emerged from the void.

Everyone was astonished when they saw Sophia.

In particular, several high-level mages had not noticed Sophia's presence at all.

Sophia glanced at the crowd and then strolled over.

She then introduced herself, saying, "You must be Lady Shinoya, I am Sophia."

When Xinuoya saw Chu Sufiya's appearance, she was taken aback.

Her expression was one of utter disbelief, her eyes wide with disbelief.

Then, she suddenly teleported and appeared in front of Sophia in the blink of an eye, startling Sophia.

Xinuoya looked down at her, looking her left and right, up and down.

"Huh?"

Xinuoya suddenly gasped, then reached out and pinched Sophia's face repeatedly.

Sophia's cheeks stung from the pinch, and her lips twitched, but she forced herself not to pull away.

He could roughly guess what the other person was thinking at that moment.

"You little girl, don't you resemble my unscrupulous senior uncle who died more than twenty years ago?"

"I can't speak," Shinoya said, her voice trembling.

Sophia's smile froze on the spot.

Then he quickly said, "Um, Your Excellency, you must have mistaken me for someone else. I'm from Kyle City, on my way to Tianxing Academy, just passing through here."

But Xinuoya completely ignored her words.

She bent down, getting even closer, her nose almost touching Sofia's face.

She stared intently into Sophia's eyes, as if searching for something.

"No, no, that's not right."

She nodded as she read.

"Your appearance is not exactly the same, but it's almost identical. If my senior uncle were the same age as you, he would probably look like you. It's a pity he's a girl."

She straightened up again, put her hands on her hips, and looked down at Sophia with great interest.

"Little girl, tell me honestly, do you have a long-lost relative? What's your grandfather's name? What's your great-grandfather's name?"

Sophia was speechless after being bombarded with questions. She thought to herself, "Where did I get a great-grandfather? I was an orphan in my past life, okay?"