Outside the Governor's Mansion on [Ether Star], the area was already under heavy guard, sealed up as tightly as an iron barrel.
Princess Your Highness had descended upon her own territory, only to be assassinated. No matter how one looked at it, Governor Marco Polo could not shirk responsibility.
He now had only two paths before him.
Either he killed Princess Your Highness (crossed out), issued an order to seal everyone's lips, and then led the entire [Aether River] in rebellion, defecting to another civilized empire (struck through)!
Or he admitted his failure, offered the loyalty of the [Teddy Jones] Family, and begged the Princess for forgiveness ().
"Listen, Ham Hank. I don't want even a mosquito getting in!"
"Yes, Father!"
As the Governor's son, Ham Hank was technically going into battle injured. He still had bandages wrapped around him.
It wasn't that his injuries couldn't be healed. In fact, all it would have taken was lying down in a medical restoration pod for a while. But wearing bandages made him look tragic, especially since the kind that would split his wounds and make them bleed whenever he moved.
He boarded an advanced mecha... The machine directly held a spear in its hands and stood before the Governor's Mansion gates. Meanwhile, Ham Hank was hunched over in the cockpit, writing a letter.
"To my dear classmate and friend, Melon Fox..."
The people outside not only failed to disperse, but continued gathering in greater numbers. This was Princess Raphael's first descent upon [Ether Star], and the entire event was being broadcast live on the official channel.
Thus, the people across the entire [Aether River] had witnessed with their own eyes the whole process of Princess Raphael rescuing the Governor's son and several officials from the explosion, then repelling the assassins.