Not long after the charity auction for building Garbage Planet concluded, Jeremy Dodge invited Saine, in a private capacity, to attend a small banquet he had organized himself.
This banquet was far smaller in scale than the previous auction and far more discreet. Jeremy had not invited many other friends, either.
However, these "friends" shared one thing in common: many of them were Shi'a Empire beings with bird heads and human bodies.
Jeremy hoped his friends could help him resolve some business troubles in Goleit Province of the Shi'a Empire.
In response to Jeremy's request, all the Shi'a Empire beings present, Saine included, enthusiastically agreed.
Though the Shi'a Empire was a large world civilization, it preferred to divide the starfields under its command into individual provinces.
This was perhaps related to the Shi'a Empire's system. Nearly every province was governed by an Imperial Duke or marquis. These great nobles pledged loyalty to the imperial family and directly upheld the Shi'a Empire's stable rule.
The ones Jeremy had invited were all members of minor and mid-ranking noble families, but their influence was not to be underestimated.
The portion of the Dodge Family business under Jeremy's responsibility was not some major commercial operation, so help from members of these small and mid-sized Noble Families was more than sufficient.
During this time, Saine, using the alias "Pulis," provided him with tremendous help.
With Saine's intelligence and judgment, he had barely needed to exert any effort before smoothing out the necessary connections deep within the Shi'a Empire for Jeremy.
Saine's identity could withstand scrutiny.
Combined with the information he had obtained from Pulis's very soul, even if Pulis's biological father—the Imperial Earl—stood before him, he would not discover that this son of his was a counterfeit.
His excellent social skills, along with the considerable