He paused to let the people process his words.
Murmurs started in the silent crowd. There were those who knew and those who didn't.
Raymond had to say all these because they needed to make the people here understand that Valeria did not attack simply to show how powerful they were or due to some flimsy impulse.
They had their reasons to attack and they must make it clear that it was Crux who refused to listen to peaceful negotiations.
"In all of Valeria, slavery is prohibited and heavily condemned," Ferdinand said and there was a lot of gasp and disbelief among the crowd.
They simply could not get the idea that in other places, slavery did not exist.
The slaves themselves were the ones who were most shocked by it because their whole lives, they were made to believe that some of them were simply born as slaves. That it was their purpose and function in life.
It was quite the horrible sight and Arabella had a lump in her throat as their thoughts flowed into her mind.
