On Rhino Horn Mountain, Ryan looked at the huge pile of letters before him with a headache.
The letter from the Imperial Capital, bearing words from His Majesty the Emperor, naturally lay in the very center.
Unfortunately, His Majesty Emperor Columbus IV, who was still relatively close to Ryan politically, filled his letter with furious demands for an explanation.
An explanation for what?
He demanded to know why Baron Ryan Clayton, lord of Frozen Earth Territory, had such a massive army appearing on that land filled with Noble Territories.
And why it had seriously disrupted His Majesty Emperor Flor's plans for that land, making the Church of Light's preaching efforts extremely difficult.
He questioned whether Ryan was still loyal to the Emperor of the Florian Empire and demanded that Ryan personally travel to the Imperial Capital to explain everything that had happened.
The letter was filled with rebukes and the majesty of a noble emperor. Ryan picked up his quill and considered how he should respond to the ruler of the Empire.
He could not go to the Imperial Capital, at least not now. Otherwise, all the Dawn Followers' preaching efforts in that land would have been wasted. All the fruits of profit would be plucked away by the Emperor, and the Dawn Followers might even have to fly the Church of Light's banner over their heads.
So how should he explain it?
Ryan thought for a long time before deciding to use several Kingdoms as his point of entry.
In his reply to the Emperor, he mentioned that the Dawn Followers had little to do with him. In that land, his name merely carried the nominal title of commander of the army.
He emphasized that the name Ryan Clayton held a status comparable to that of a great noble