Hwee-Mun, the head of the left ministers, was 65 years old, and she was also a living record of the royal family who had assisted the kings of the past three generations.

Her hair had already turned completely white, and her influence made it so that the left ministers, the right ministers, and even the king couldn’t treat her however they wished. She could be seen as the celebrity of the palace as all the left ministers of different species under her command, including the Humans, Elves, Halflings, Nixes, Dwarves, Kobolds, and Frogmen would follow her in a heartbeat.

Unlike what the rumors would suggest, however, Hwee-Mun was looking somewhat anxious.

The Hwee family was one of the most well-known in Black Scale. What set the Hwee family apart was the fact that all the other famous influential families in Black Scale were Lizardmen.

A member of the Hwee family would always assume the role of the lord and margrave of Automation, and the family also had the reputation of always being given the position of left ministers. They were noble and high-ranking officials, but above all, the Hwee family was a great merchant family. This was because the merchants entering Black Scale had to go through Automation, and that was also true for the merchants leaving Black Scale for other countries.

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