"Now, make sure you keep this in mind, what I say, I always do," she said, clutching Sam's head as he knelt on the floor, holding his stomach.
"I told you before, you wouldn't get another chance... and you won't." She watched as his eyes fluttered shut, unconscious.
"Tch..." She let go of his hair, letting his head drop. "Useless."
She walked back to the stage, sat down with her legs crossed, and looked at the four nobles, now trembling with sweat-covered bodies.
"Now, do you remember what mistakes you four made?"
The leading man nodded and quickly knelt on the floor, shouting, "My lord, our mistake was not respecting you as our lord and trying to harm you. Please forgive us!"
The other three's eyes lit up as they quickly followed his lead.
Bennett gritted her teeth in anger. "Are you testing my patience now? Your mistake is that you embezzled the money and food meant for the commoners."
