"A good beginning..."
Duke Simon furrowed his brow slightly, pondering for quite a while before he finally asked, "Is there really no other way besides 'punishment' and 'observation'?"
He looked at Motan with some confusion. After all, in Simon's mind, neither the 'punishment' that involved severe sentences according to the Imperial Codex, nor the 'observation' that was akin to an exoneration, counted as a good beginning. The former was almost tantamount to the destruction of the Marshall family, while the latter could lead to a devastating conflict in the Fire Claw region. Of course, this was assuming everything that Dabus, Double Leaf, and Duke Tan had said was true...
Regardless of whether the 'threats' from Fire Claw were real, Simon, who always put the Empire first, did not dare to take any risks, however small they might be!
