On that day in the Imperial Palace, in the grand hall, Ryan became the focus of every noble's gaze.
"Five months ago, nobles from the Corland Kingdom actually dared question His Majesty the Emperor of the empire, accusing the empire of interfering in Corland's internal affairs without cause. Shameless and vile."
"But later, it was discovered that this was not His Majesty the Emperor's order, but the private action of Ryan Clayton, lord of Frozen Earth Territory and a baron." "The empire's nobles are not permitted to interfere in a kingdom's internal affairs. Could Baron Ryan not understand that? He is a baron personally crowned and enfeoffed by His Majesty Columbus III."
"Beyond that, I have also heard that Baron Ryan made a fortune from war, shamelessly and despicably using the Abyss Demon invasion to destroy the unity of human nobles."
"His army transformed into a slave-hunting band and swept through the nobles' subjects."
"His army also burned down large numbers of villages and towns, turning farmland into scorched earth."
"He even, as an imperial noble, joined forces with a kingdom's army without cause to harass and plunder noble lands, and to occupy them in disgrace." "I believe Baron Ryan has no qualification, nor any right, to carry out such actions."
In the spacious palace hall, Chrysus Mayers spoke with righteous severity, holding a noble's letter of accusation high in his hand. Of course, the nobles could only tell that it had come from a noble's hand; they could not discern exactly whose.
He said this letter denounced Ryan, so the contents within it were clearly being judged as facts that truly existed.
He also said it had only been discovered recently, all thanks to the wise His Majesty the Emperor. In the recent administrative orders, a large reduction of