"We did nothing wrong, Mr. Kazuki!" One member blurted out, his gaze seemingly asking Mr. Kazuki and Mr. Hiroshi for help.
Kazuki quickly snatched the leather whip from Tatsumi. "Who gave you the right to discipline our men? Explain first. What's going on here?"
The men regained their confidence because of their clan leader's arrival. One of them finally spoke up about what had happened. They believed that Mr. Hiroshi would take their side and might even reward them for what they had done to Alexander.
"Since he is now our clan's slave, we just ordered him to clean our quarters before he could take a rest. However, he failed to do his job. That's why we punished him. We beat him up, and he fainted."
Jane's expression turned grim upon hearing that.
