Half an hour later, the group arrived at the Lord's Mansion, and it was then that Karin, the branch president of the Golden Town Commerce Association, took her leave, fleeing as if escaping from something.
There was no helping it, as the reputation of the Judgment Court was not very good, after all, it was an organization dedicated to purging internally. Any normal witch would feel uncomfortable in the presence of a Judge from the Judgment Court, for fear that they might suddenly decide to subject them to a rigorous investigation and the like.
Who doesn't have some secrets these days, especially for a big merchant like Karin? Though she didn't have the guts to evade taxes, she was quite audacious when it came to skimming off the top. Even though strictly speaking, this isn't illegal and there's not much to investigate, it probably boils down to a guilty conscience.
And without Karin as the intermediary, the atmosphere in the Lord's Mansion suddenly became awkward.
