Lively Imperial Capital (13)

The battle between the knights orders of the Imperial Capital Spirit Cognition Institute and the Imperial Capital Royal Grand Library would not be recounted for now, because Ian was not big-hearted enough to run over and watch like an idiot.

In short, drawing on his extraordinarily rich experience in brawling, Phoenix Count led the Bookguard Knights Order in a lightning raid that successfully broke into Director Eidur Marcus's office. They knocked out and abducted the bewildered Director Eidur, stripped him naked, and hung him from the Grand Library's front entrance, drawing a crowd of nobles to watch.

Ordinary people, you ask?

Ordinary people had no business getting involved in this.

But it was certainly lively. The alarm whistles throughout most of the First District never stopped all night. Even ordinary people eagerly discussed what exactly had happened, and alcohol sales that night rose by 110% compared to usual.

After a brief bout of confusion, the raided Spirit Cognition Institute also attempted to gather its forces and reclaim its director—they had more manpower than Phoenix Count. But the old count and the Bookguard Knights Order under his command expertly surrounded the point and struck the reinforcements. After defeating the Spirit Cognition Institute's fourth special operations team, they entered negotiations with Moze Harnak, the institute's director, known as "the Knower."

After fully exchanging their views, both sides reserved their positions. Phoenix Count expressed regret at the Spirit Cognition Institute's attitude and repeatedly declared that until Director Eidur handed over the rare treasures he had stolen—or personally overseen the transfer of—he would remain hanging from the entrance of the Imperial Capital Grand Library as a warning to book thieves.

Minister Moze respected Phoenix Count's view, but expressed immense outrage at Phoenix Count's hasty and reckless actions. He believed that matters could be discussed