Chapter 185
< Evade the Hero and Flee! Side Stories – A certain imperial princess’s reminiscence (19) >
#25 Their circumstance: A certain villain’s circumstance
“Have you lost your mind, Sir Ast?!”
Even as the Foreign Affair’s Count yelled at me, I simply maintained my expressionless face.
“Yes, we were dispatched as an investigation team, but we still entered this kingdom with a sizeable contingent of combatants! Yet, you dare to use a transfer gate without the approval of the royal court?!”
This man occupied a pretty good position in the Foreign Affairs office. He was also a Count, a noble title verging on the doorstep of high-ranking nobility. He might not possess a tremendously important title but, in a way, he could be seen as a thread connecting to some very important people.
Even though the majority of the travelling group came from my camp and I held the authority to command them, getting on the bad books of someone like this Count was an act of foolishness itself. Even though I knew that, I still went ahead, anyway.
“We are currently inside a kingdom embroiled in a war, sir.”
“Sir Ast, I know what you’re trying to say! However, this country is not at war, and more importantly, it’s an allied nation to our empire!”