"I, I didn't know Lord Heroic was at Kyoto Academy back then. If I had known, I definitely wouldn't have spoken disrespectfully."
"No need to explain, it's useless!" A middle-aged man, kneeling before him and bearing some resemblance, said through gritted teeth:
"I warned you earlier, absolutely do not provoke the Chen Family during this period. You treated my words as wind in your ears, and even caused such a big trouble. I really want to slap you to death!"
Next to them, members of the Zheng and Sun families similarly adopted a look of anger but dared not speak, and said:
"You two are the same!"
"This time, our three families have thoroughly lost face!"
"Even if we obtain Lord Heroic's forgiveness, we cannot continue to stay in Kyoto Prefecture!"
The three young scholars looked fearful, glanced at each other, and all dejectedly hung their heads.
"I, I was wrong..."
