Lü'er An rose awkwardly and bowed in apology. "General, I'm sorry, I..."
His expression was uneasy, and his tone wavered. It was obvious that he was worried about losing his job over this.
The mistake was not Lü'er An's. Klein understood that. He suppressed the urge to question Alice and said in an emotionless voice:
"Continue your report."
This instead made Lü'er An let out a sigh of relief. However, he did not try to sit down again. Still bent at the waist from his bow, he took out a stack of documents from the black briefcase he carried. "Your Excellency, Admiral, these are the consolidated accounts submitted by Aulavy Naval Base for the year 1349."
Klein reached out to take them, casually flipped through a few pages, and skimmed them.
A roll of toilet paper cost one pound, and the naval base's bathhouse had been renovated twenty times in a single year... Alice secretly glanced at the bill. Without needing to think much, the "Robot" Extraordinary Ability calculated some absurd figures.
Admiral Emlyn's subordinates really were... rigorously disciplined.
Alice looked away with a complicated expression, feeling as though her understanding of the world had been refreshed. Still, she remembered Klein's warning and did not reveal herself just to give Lü'er An a scare.
As for what had just happened... what did that have to do with her? Lü'er An had brought it upon himself!
Alice nodded without the slightest guilt, then watched Klein finish reading the documents and say expressionlessly:
"Put them on my desk."
Alice blinked twice. She thought Klein's noncommittal reaction was wonderful. After all, the big shots in her impression all seemed to be like this—just like the Goddess, who had been unwilling to say anything at first.
Alice decided to learn from this.
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