'Sh*t!' Darryl's heart jolted, and he was close to tears. 'You're going to kill me for accidentally hitting your *ss? Isn't that a little too much?'

"Behave yourself, Veron!" Agatha said sternly. Then, she looked Darryl up and down impassively. "You say it was a misunderstanding? Do explain yourself."

Darryl nodded, took a deep breath, and told her everything. In the end, he shrugged, smiled bitterly, and said, "Your Excellency, I had just paid my respect to my dead mother when Miss Veron's men tried to rob me. Everything I did was out of self-defense, but she insisted on making me apologize, and when I did not, she forced me to fight her. Then, when she lost, she said I was picking on her. As for the misunderstanding, I swear it was an accident."

Silence blanketed the hall. A myriad of expressions flashed through Elder Wind's and the other elders' faces. 'It sounds like Miss Veron was the one being unreasonable here…'

Agatha's cheek flushed pink, and there was a hint of embarrassm