"Your status is not enough to judge me!" Abel's voice emerged from his robe. His voice was full of sarcasm and mockery.
"Please show me your status to prove it!" The two judges were not angry. As long as they were not idiots, no one would dare to talk nonsense in a place like the noble arbitration tribunal.
"Sure!" Abel took out a coat of arms from his chest and handed it to the two judges. Ritch also wanted to see what it was, but one of the judges blocked his view with his body.
After 2 blinks of an eye, one of the judges handed the coat of arms back to Abel with both hands and said in a very serious voice, "I'm sorry, noble baron, you will be treated according to your status!"
"Baron?" When Ritch heard this word, he couldn't help but feel dizzy. What kind of person did he offend? How could there be such a young baron in the Duchy of Carmel?
"It's fake, it must be fake!" Ritchie yelled loudly. He had put everything he had on the line for this matter. Whether it was the risk of offending Novice Wizard Sam by kicking out his wizard apprentice, or using his family's name to use the family's influence to command the sheriff and aristocratic arbitral tribunal to serve him. No matter which one of these things was exposed, there would be terrible consequences. The former could be directly killed by Novice Wizard Sam, the latter could be abandoned by the family.
"Honorable judges of the goddess of justice and order, Ritch has insulted my family's coat of arms in front of you, and he has also despised the dignity of the noble arbitration tribunal!" Abel said calmly.
"We can no longer deal with this matter, noble baron. Please wait for a moment, I will ask the chief judge on duty to serve you. Please take a seat and have a cup of coffee!" One of the judges ordered the waiter to serve Abel a cup of coffee and gave the other judge a look.
The other judge bowed to Abel and left.
Looking at Abel calmly sitting down and enjoying the steaming hot coffee, Ritch knew something was wrong. Being able to sit down and enjoy coffee was not something a baron could give, which meant this baron must have a more prominent identity.
"Honorable baron Abel, honorable Master Abel, is chief judge Randall at your service?" Behind the judge, a middle-aged man wearing a uniform with the goddess of justice and order on it walked in and said. His uniform only had a few extra gold lines, but it made it look even more noble.
"Honorable chief judge Randall, the Benson family has made a ridiculous accusation against me. They said that I, a military baron and a blacksmith master, stole Ritch's gold coins and insulted the Benson family's coat of arms!" Abel's voice was full of sarcasm.
"Mr. Ritch, you said Baron Abel stole your gold coins and insulted your family's coat of arms. When and where did he steal your gold coins, and where did he insult your family's coat of arms?" Chief Judge Randall asked Ritch.
Ritch was not prepared for this question at all. It was just a formality. As long as he could escort Abel out of Bakong City to Murray City, he could arrange for someone to kill him on the way, and everything would be perfect. However, at this moment, Chief Judge Randall, who was not related to the Benson family, asked him this question. For a moment, he didn't know how to answer. Seeing the coldness in Chief Judge Randall's eyes, he couldn't help but panic and say, "Yesterday in the magic tower, it was in the magic tower that he insulted my family's coat of arms."
At this moment, Abel gently took off the hood on his head, revealing his ridiculously young face. He said with a sneer, "Mr. Ritch, you seem to have forgotten that you were kicked out of the magic tower a few days ago. With your status, do you have the right to carry your family's coat of arms?"
Only the heir and the head of the family could carry a family's coat of arms. If other family members wanted to use it, they could only display it on a carriage or a flag.
"Arrest Ritch!" Chief Judge Randall said loudly. As soon as his voice faded, 2 other judges stepped up and held Ritch down. At this moment, they couldn't care less about Ritch. They had to do their best to protect themselves in front of Baron Abel.
"What do you want?" Chief Judge Randall turned to Abel and asked.
"If the Benson family doesn't offer enough compensation, then I will initiate a family arbitration!" Abel said calmly.
However, what Abel said was not as calm as it sounded. A family arbitration meant that this matter would be handed over to the highest judge of the noble arbitration tribunal. The losing family would have to compensate half of the family's assets to the winning family. This was not a simple decision. It was a competition of power and connections between the two families. Whoever could influence the highest judge would be the final winner.
Ritch, who was tied up, couldn't help but feel happy when he heard Abel's words. He had never even heard of Abel's family. How could it be comparable to the prestigious Benson family? If a family arbitration really took place, then the Benson family would definitely win.
"No need to think about it. We are willing to compensate Baron Abel to your satisfaction!" An old man's voice came. Following the voice, an old man in a luxurious robe walked in.
"Leader!" Ritch's jaw dropped as he stared at the old man in luxurious robe.
The old man in luxurious robe stared coldly at the tied-up Ritch. He then turned around and bowed to Abel, "The prestigious Baron Abel, I am deeply sorry that a scum like you has appeared in my family. The Benson family is willing to compensate you with 2 shops on Tianjing Avenue and a manor outside of Bakong City!"
Whether it was the 2 judges or the head judge Randall, they were all stunned by the Benson family leader's generosity. Ritchie was even trembling. He finally understood that the young baron was someone that even the Benson family didn't want to mess with. He had already made a huge mistake, and there was no way he could turn back.
Tianjing Avenue was the main road of Bakong City. The shops on both sides were all worth more than 100,000 gold coins, and they were all priceless. No one would give up these top shops in the Duchy of Carmel. The land outside of Bakong City was extremely expensive, and each manor had its own unique characteristics. Although they didn't know which manor it was, with the power of the Benson family, it couldn't be an ordinary manor.
"The prestigious leader of the Benson family, I accept your compensation!" Abel bowed back.
When the leader of the Benson family heard that Abel had agreed to the compensation, he let out a long sigh of relief. Others might not know, but as the leader of one of the 4 big families in Bakong City, how could he not know the relationship between this young Baron and Head Knight Hoover?
Although the story was covered up, the leader of the Benson family knew all the details, including how Head Knight Hoover bowed to Abel, how Head Knight Hoover promised Abel that no one would attack Abel in Bakong City, and so on. Today, he received news that his family's Ritch had used his family's power to deal with a young wizard apprentice named Abel. The leader of the Benson family rushed over, just in case this young wizard apprentice was Baron Abel. As soon as he arrived, he heard the dissatisfaction in Baron Abel's voice.
No matter if it was the family arbitration or the revenge of Head Knight Hoover, the leader of the Benson family could not accept the result. Head Knight Hoover had just said that Abel would not be attacked in Bakong City, and then his family's people slandered Abel. This was like slapping Head Knight Hoover's face. Just thinking about what would happen if Head Knight Hoover knew about this, the leader of the Benson family couldn't help but shudder.
Therefore, the leader of the Benson family quickly stepped forward and asked for Abel's forgiveness with a heavy compensation. He wanted to solve this quickly.
"Thank you for forgiving the Benson family's offense. Ritch will be sent to Murray City and will never come back!" The leader of the Benson family bowed to Abel.
"I am very satisfied with your decision! I will be friends with the Benson family! "Said Abel with a smile.
After coming out of the noble arbitration tribunal, Abel refused the head judge Randall's offer to send him back. Instead, he called for a rental carriage outside. Sitting in the carriage, Abel couldn't help but laugh. Novice Wizard Sam had asked him to come back to find more resources, and now someone had sent him resources. It seemed like he would have to come back to the noble arbitration tribunal tomorrow to deal with another compensation matter.
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