"Is the Prefectural Assistant threatening me?" The Prefectural Assistant narrowed his eyes, unable to stop a trace of a high-ranking official's fury from surfacing. His eyes fixed on Lin Bai's Rose Mask like a hawk's.
"Even if you tell the Crown Prince everything, I'm merely the Prefectural Assistant of the insignificant Badlands Prefecture. Would the Crown Prince really lower himself to deal with me?" After thinking it over, the Prefectural Assistant's expression returned to calm as he spoke.
"Looks like the Prefectural Assistant still has some self-awareness, and knows that he's merely an insignificant nobody in the divine capital!" Lin Bai chuckled. "Then tell me, if an insignificant nobody like that died one day, would the Sacred Kingdom turn the world upside down to find his killer?"
"I know that Your Excellency is a Prefectural Assistant appointed by the Sacred Kingdom, with an official position to your name!"
"But please remember, Your Excellency: the one thing the divine capital is never short of is people with official positions!"
"I did indeed come here today to threaten Your Excellency. I have no reason to deny it!"
"Now, the choice is yours."
Lin Bai smiled faintly, his eyes coldly fixed on the Prefectural Assistant.
The Prefectural Assistant's gaze was icy. A trace of contemplation flickered in his eyes. After weighing it again and again, he slowly opened his mouth. "Even if I don't interfere in the Sword Alliance's affairs, Quan Guang of the Right Prime Minister's Residence and Hua Zu, the Imperial General, won't easily give up this plump morsel that is the Badlands Prefecture."
"You needn't worry about that, Your Excellency!" After speaking, Lin Bai rose from his chair and headed for the door, with White Crane following behind.
After the Prefectural Assistant spoke just now, Lin Bai already knew that