Hearing the warning, the two guards were in utter shock and awe, as they gazed at the holy priest in front of them, whose anger was still visible on his face. But weirdly, instead of trying to arrest Hui Shi, the previously shoved guard that at some point in time, finally righted himself and stood up from the ground, and in wonder and awe said cautiously to Hui Shi, “My humble priest of Ensieth. Are you truly Hui Shi, from the Holy Myan District?”
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Seeing the angered state that Hui Shi was in, and the wanted poster on the holographic screen, and lastly the words uttered by the guard, Lain could only come forward, as he placed his right hand on Hui Shi’s shoulder, while saying “Brother Hui Shi, there’s no need for such aggressiveness. I believe they may have a reasonable excuse why they would allow young Elena to wander about outside the city gates.” Then he also looked at the guards questioningly.
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Elena, hearing her name, finally realized that the current conflict was her fault, so she shrank her neck due to shame and hid behind the large neck of Emily. Hoping Hui Shi and Lain wouldn’t notice her.
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Seeing Elena’s overreaction to the situation and hearing Lain’s words, Hui Shi, could only calm down his righteous anger, before replying to the guard’s question. “Of course, my brother. I am Hui Shi. Now, can you kindly answer my question? I’m truly curious to know your reasonings behind allowing a child to leave the city’s gates unsupervised.”
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He then pointed to the hidden Elena, in grief and indignation, hoping the city’s law enforcement agency hasn’t degraded to such an unjust level within the span of the few years that he’s been away from home.
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Hearing his question, the shoved guard could only answer him truthfully. “I’m sorry, but we guards are in incapable of stopping a young noble lady from either entering or exiting any cities within the empire of Gilagesh.” As the other guard calmly went towards Emily and Elena, before reaching out his hand toward the guilt ridden Elena. Seeing the out stretched hand of the guard, with practiced experience, Elena easily pulled off a small ring that she had worn on the pinky finger of her left hand, and handed it to the guard.
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Seeing this action, Lain, could only become curious. But before he could ask his growing list of questions, the guard with the ring continued off where the other guard stopped, by saying, “Due to the fact that we had to allow her to do as she wished, all law enforcements by law have to provide a protection ring to all young nobles that ventured outside any city, until they’ve become of age. Making sure the ring is on their person, at all times.”
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Hui Shi then wondered to himself for a few seconds as he gazed at the ring. Watching the ring, Lain couldn’t help but ask, “What are the functions of that ring? How does it guarantee their safety?”
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