Chapter 144
Chapter 144
I knelt alongside Lieutenant Colonel Kasert, waiting for Francec to continue.
There wasn’t even a single guard around him. He had revealed himself alone in a danger zone.
“Shwell Kasert, open the checkpoint and protect the citizens of the Empire.”
Francec spoke as he stood up. His voice carried far without the need for a loudspeaker. It had a resonance as if multiple people were speaking at once.
“Is this an order from His Highness? Or from His Majesty?”
Lieutenant Colonel Kasert asked, keeping his knees and head bowed.
“Are you saying you wouldn’t obey if it were my order?”
“...I’m merely curious.”
“What value does an army have if it cannot even protect its own people?”
“It is a decision made to protect more lives.”
“Say it properly. Not ‘more lives’—you mean the privileged few!”