As we left the casino, we embraced the gifts given to us by the casino management. The gifts’ purpose was to request that we avoid damaging the casino from the incident of setting up Flam in the underground ring. In a word, it was a bribe.

Since they were not aware of this, it was understandable, but still, from the casino's point of view, they had messed with a civil servant. I have mentioned this before, but under imperial law, civil servants were the Emperor's servants and his hands and feet.

The casino was already walking a fine line between being legal and illegal. So, with the added fact that they messed with a civil servant, the casino management was at risk of being killed. Literally.

Considering the dignity of the Emperor, it was unclear whether only the management would be killed. In fact, if the adventurer's guild genuinely decided to cause a ruckus at the casino even before the law came into effect, the casino would be ruined that same day.

The casino was already looked at unfavorably for having retired adventurers and mercenaries in the underground ring, so this situation was a real...