Dialogue

The relevant files on the twenty-four captains who had set out in advance had long since been placed before him. How could His Majesty Rusty not know who Karos was?

He directly interrupted Karos.

He had no interest in hearing that long chain of affiliations. Get to the specifics already, would you?

"Your Majesty, our ship has now arrived at Heres and has made preliminary contact with that evil race known as humanity."

Having heard only the opening sentence, His Majesty Rusty raised an eyebrow.

That evil race, humanity?

What was that supposed to mean?

To be honest, His Majesty Rusty truly had not known about this.

After all, he only grasped the Empire's overall direction, while the details were handled by the ministers below.

For example.

Back then, after he had resolved to send the Silas Empire and the Sallamo Republic out in full force to the Viers Supercluster to eliminate humanity and seize the secret behind humanity's killing of Heg, the ministers under him had launched extensive propaganda about humanity throughout the imperial military in preparation for war.

Therefore, Latis truly had no idea about the label of humanity as an evil race.

Still, even if he did not know, he could roughly guess what had happened.

"Mm, continue."

Seeing Karos stop because of his raised eyebrow, His Majesty Rusty said nothing further and told him to continue.

"It is like this, Your Majesty. We have now made preliminary contact with humanity and, following your instructions, expressed our desire to establish a virtual space for dialogue. We are currently awaiting their response!"

"You have done well. However, do not mention this claim that humanity is an evil race when dealing with them, lest you offend them and cause the entire plan to fail!"

"Yes, I understand, His Majesty