Lancelot greeted Jack with a fist-to-palm salute as he stepped forward.

“Take a seat!”

Jack gave a wan smile and waited for Lancelot to sit down. “I’ve already talked to my father about your problem,” he said slowly. “We held a meeting to discuss about raising the tithe for the martial resources.”

Jack paused here for a while before continuing, “But we only raised it once, increasing it from 50 percent to 60. And we didn’t raise it anymore after that. That’s why it’s obvious that the Third Elder and the Mistress have conspired to take the martial resources you gave!”

“I never thought that they would take it for themselves!”

Although he had long suspected that this was the case, Lancelot was still shocked after Jack confirmed the fact. At the same time, anger sparked in him.

does the Master

at Jack. He was aware that although this corruption

It was

he was young, and he was not that skilled yet. It would be difficult if the Third Elder

Spread the word about this to the other

disappointment flashed in

quickly tempered himself and forced a smile. “Thank you, Young Master. Thank goodness that Master knows about who the ones working behind his back are,” he said. “He’s not in the best condition right now, and the Mistress is the first daughter

are able to choose two or three of their master youths every month to join

“What!”

when he heard this. “Young Master, are

father will hold a meeting later. Besides, he’ll allow me to take charge of these

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