Acquaintances and Friends

"The world really is vast..."

"There was a time when I believed that although the world was unimaginably vast, it could still be measured. There was no reason I couldn't see everything in my lifetime, taking in every sight the world had to offer."

"Who would have thought... the world's true size would far exceed my imagination..."

Inside the enormous Superdimensional Battleship.

Perhaps it was because his way of thinking had changed.

As he watched the various sights along the way within the Jianghuai Domain, Xalard Coles chatted impassively with the accompanying personnel sent by the Jianghuai Domain authorities, exchanging a few thoughts and experiences here and there.

Listening to those words.

The accompanying personnel, who had already learned through their previous exchanges that the other party had once been an inmate of the Super Prison, spoke at the appropriate moment:

"There's actually nothing wrong or bad about that. After all, the world can only become more colorful when it's sufficiently vast. If the world were too small, the weak wouldn't have any problems, but the powerful would probably find it unbearably boring..."

"My lord, the fact that you were able to escape the Super Prison and witness the boundless world outside—what else could that be but unparalleled luck?"

Halfway through speaking.

She then continued with a somewhat dreamy look in her eyes:

"Not to mention that you escaped the Super Prison together with the incomparably great Emperor Xi Shenlian."

"Since you're Emperor Xi Shenlian's fellow countryman, I imagine the two of you might even know each other..."

As a local official with a fair amount of connections and status within the Jianghuai Domain, she naturally wasn't as ignorant as many people at the bottom. She knew exactly which side the faction she belonged to stood on. She was well