"What? They want to use our Carli Empire as a puppet, as a cover? How is that acceptable!"
The captain of the guard couldn't help blurting it out.
"Do you really think we still have the option to refuse?"
The Emperor of Che Li's bitterly smiling retort made the captain freeze, not knowing how to answer.
"You saw it just now too—the entire planet has already been almost completely sealed off, we've been totally cut off from the outside…
The war is a complete defeat as well; we practically have no bargaining power left."
The captain of the guard was struck dumb, but suddenly caught the wording the Emperor had just used.
Almost…
Right! There's still…
"Your Majesty! The State Preceptor has returned!"
The thought hadn't even surfaced fully in the captain's mind when this title was already shouted by one of his men.
