“Hm.”

The knights also seemed very curious about the contents of the letter, but as the Imperial Guards truly believed silence was a virtue, they didn’t verbalize their curiosity.

“Is there a mage to make telecommunication contact with the Imperial capital?”

“One of the royal mages resides in Mangsk, sir.”

Kim Seon-Hyeok asked that a mage be called to the room without delay.

“I want to communicate with the Imperial capital.”

“I will connect you immediately, sir.”

As with all mages, the royal mage immersed himself in his work without taking any notice of the disastrous room.

“It’s connected, sir.”

Just as Kim Seon-Hyeok saw a light momentarily flash from the communication device and crystal orb set up by the mage, he heard Ophelia’s voice coming from the crystal orb. 

[Why is it that once you go out, you never come back?]

Since he really did have a history of doing that, he had nothing to say for himself. He could only sweat at Ophelia’s scolding while babbling pathetic excuses.

“Well you see, somehow things got complicated again…”

[Do you truly wish for me to put a leash on you and keep you chained up in the capital?]

In the end, Ophelia stopped threatening him, and Kim Seon-Hyeok promised that this would be the last time he did something like this again. 

Of course, Ophelia didn’t seem to believe...