I became a cannon fodder villain. If I want to survive, I must take care of my baby first.

"Miss Ruthmary, since you said that Miss Manjusawa secretly made potions, what evidence do you have?" The sheriff echoed with a serious expression.

Mailing a letter was a sensitive matter, and Ruthmary couldn't find anyone to help her, so she had to do it herself.

Unexpectedly, because of this small mistake, she had to stand up and confront Manjushage face to face.

But now that the ruse had been exposed, Ruthmary simply decided not to act anymore. Her situation was already so bad, how much worse could it get?

Moreover, breaking up with Manjusaka will not only do little harm, but also bring many benefits.

She had no choice but to refuse to admit that she had written the letter. After all, Ruthmary was a maid serving Lycoris radiata, and she would definitely be punished if she was found out to have done such a thing.

"It doesn't matter. How can I get ahead without paying a price?" Ruthmary comforted herself in her heart that the sheriff would definitely make a reasonable judgment and would forgive this small flaw even if he knew she was lying.

So, Rosemary began to analyze in front of everyone: "I noticed that all the men in this castle have an inexplicable obsession with Miss Manjushage. She is indeed very beautiful, but not everyone likes her so much, right? So I thought that Miss Manjushage must have used some means to make so many men only have her in their hearts."

"So you are absolutely sure that Miss Manjushage used a potion to charm them?" Echo frowned. Why did it sound like Ruthmary was jealous of Manjushage's good looks?

He suddenly felt like a clown having come all this way.

Manjushage waved her hands: "There are also mistakes in being pretty."

"of course not!"

Ruth Mary also knew that this alone was not enough to convict Manjusaka, so she continued:

"I know that you can't arbitrarily accuse someone of a crime without evidence, but this incident is too unusual. Every time I think about it, I worry so much that I can't eat or sleep at night."

Hui Sheng's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself, "How jealous are you of her that you can't even eat or sleep well?"

However, the punishment for commoners who wrongly accused nobles was quite severe, and if things went wrong, the entire family would be executed.

Hui Xiang didn't want to believe that this beautiful girl would risk her own life out of jealousy, so he had to bite the bullet and continue listening.

"Miss Manjushage must have guessed that I was investigating this matter, so she repeatedly targeted me, threw away my favorite jewelry, cut up my clothes, and drove me to the utility room to do dirty and tiring work with the movers!"

As she spoke, Ruthmary actually started to cry out of grievance.

She said this without blushing or beating her heart. Even Manjushage couldn't help but wonder if she really had made the potion unconsciously and punished Ruthmary as a warning.

However, she soon realized that Ruthmary had brought this upon herself, and that the treatment she had received previously was the utmost mercy.

"Oh, as a maid, you stole my clothes and repeatedly disobeyed my orders to disturb Luo Shiqi's magic training. If Doyle hadn't rescued you in time every time, you would have died on the training ground long ago." She retorted.

"Oh?" Manjushage's words caught Echo's attention.

The Knights are a team armed with magic. In order to improve their combat capabilities, they train hard every day. They naturally know how terrifying the battle between magicians is.

Ordinary people would be torn into pieces by the aftermath of magic just by getting close, not to mention that Luo Shiqi is one of the world's top magicians. Ruthmary has been able to survive after breaking into the training ground many times. She really has to thank Doyle.

Ruth Mary blushed immediately: "I just borrowed your skirt to wear for a while, what's wrong with that? You have so many beautiful clothes that you don't wear. Instead of leaving them in the closet and waiting for them to mold, why not leave them to me?"

She didn't think she did anything wrong at all, but was upset about her skirt being cut into pieces.

When she was working before, she happened to see many luxurious and expensive beautiful clothes in Manjushage's closet. Ruth Mary asked Manjushage why she didn't wear so many beautiful clothes. Her answer at that time was that it was inconvenient to wear them.

Ruthmary plucked up the courage to ask if the clothes could be given to Lycoris radiata since she didn't want to wear them.

But who would have thought that Lycoris radiata would say that Ruthmary was just a commoner and would definitely be bullied for dressing like a princess.

This was originally a reminder, but after being rejected, Ruthmary felt that Lycoris was mocking her for not being worthy of such good clothes, so she became resentful and looked for an opportunity to steal the clothes and secretly wore them in her room.

Manjushage really didn't like these clothes, and it took her a long time to realize something was wrong. Even so, she didn't think much about it, and just thought they were thrown in some corner where no one noticed.

So when she discovered the missing clothes in Ruthmary's closet, she cut them all off without hesitation.

Echo was stunned listening.

I originally thought that this girl must have suffered some great injustice, so she would take the risk to report Manjushage. Unexpectedly, not only was she not treated harshly, but she also had a kind master.

After all, to be honest, ordinary nobles would not necessarily give luxury goods to their servants even if they were to reward good things, but Ruthmary asked Manjusaka directly for it, which would definitely cause dissatisfaction among the masters in other places, and their wages would be deducted.

Not only did Lycoris Radiata not punish Ruthmary, but she also kindly advised her, which was enough to show that she was really good to her servants.

But even so, Ruthmary still held a grudge and stole her master's things!

Echo previously went to a nobleman's house to investigate a case in which a cook stole jewelry to sell for money. He was sentenced to death by hanging after being caught. However, Lycoris radiata did not ask any questions and just cut up the stolen clothes. Wasn't that equivalent to helping Ruthmary destroy the evidence to avoid being gossiped about?

No wonder Ruthmary said that every man in the castle loves Lycoris radiata. Who can not love someone who is as beautiful as an angel and has such a kind heart!

If he hadn't already had someone in his heart, Huiying would have been conquered by the charm of Lycoris radiata on the spot.

He now completely believed that Lycoris radiata was definitely wronged. After all, she was so perfect that it was inevitable that she was liked by so many people. She didn't even have time to worry about it, so how could she break the taboo and refine a magic potion with enchanting effects?

It would be fine if Ruthmary had just been quiet, but she had to force Lycoris radiata to tell all this. Did she think she wasn't dying fast enough?

If Ruthmary hadn't insisted that Manjushage was secretly making potions, Echo would have thought that she was deceived by Manjushage and reported it. Otherwise, wouldn't Ruthmary have walked into her own trap?

As a sheriff, Hui Xiang was a man who had seen the world, but he had never seen a slave wrongly accuse his master.

In particular, Manjusaka was a considerate, generous and kind boss. Not only did she not deduct the maids' wages, she also gave them a lot of benefits.

Otherwise, how could the maids in each family be so plump and beautiful, and live better than the nobles outside?

Right now, Manjushage had only said a few words to defend herself, but she had already exposed so many bad things that Ruthmary had done. If she were asked to list Ruthmary's crimes directly, it would probably take her three days and three nights to finish.

Since it's been a farce from beginning to end, it's better to end it sooner rather than later.

Echo looked at Ruthmary and said, "Ahem, since you can't produce any evidence, we can't convict Miss Manjusaka. Instead, we have to try you for the mistakes you've made."

He looked around and said loudly, "Can anyone testify to what Miss Manjushage just said?"

Once this was said, the response was extremely enthusiastic.

A maid spoke first: "Mr. Sheriff, I testify that Ruth Mary stole Miss Manjusawa's best clothes. Instead of hiding them, she showed them off in front of us all day long, saying that they were the reward for her hard work."

Another maid took over the conversation and continued, "But she is always lazy and Miss Manjushage has told her many times that there will be no reward. I have long seen that those beautiful skirts are not from good places, but I didn't expect her to be so bold as to steal things!"

"I was saying that she had such beautiful clothes but never dared to wear them out openly. It turns out she was afraid of being discovered!"

"In my opinion, Miss Manjushage must have discovered it a long time ago, but she wanted to protect Ruthmary's face, so she didn't say it directly, but cut off those clothes as a punishment. I didn't expect that this guy was not grateful, but instead wrongly accused Miss Manjushage."

Recently, Ruthmary's former colleagues have gradually realized that they were deceived by Ruthmary in the past. They thought that Manjushage liked them, so they made friends with her and imitated her to make Manjushage unhappy.

From time to time, this guy would take out some precious items to show off, which made everyone jealous. They felt that even if there was a reward, it should not be given to Ruthmary, who was lazy and only knew how to cause trouble.

Now that I think about it, I was blind to help Ruthmary with her work and even plead with Miss Lycoris Radiata on her behalf!