Watching Malz emerge with his men, everyone, including Arthur, sighed with relief.
However, Arthur did not show himself immediately.
Instead, he waited a moment before he straightened his coat and appeared silently behind Malz after Malz had completely dispatched his men to blockade and patrol Pine Street.
"Good gracious…"
"Arthur, do you have any idea how frightening that is!"
The Sheriff of Shire District let out a colloquialism and, upon realizing it was Arthur, started panting heavily with his hand over his heart—though the latter part was somewhat exaggerated, Malz was genuinely startled at first.
You see, there had been a fight when the newspapers were being sealed off.
Had it not been for the warning from his partner, who had prepared ahead of time, the casualties would have been severe.
"Was there a problem at the newspaper office?"
Arthur keenly noticed something was off with Malz.
