Chapter 1547
At this point, Vice President Lanster sighed as well. "Miss Gongsun, if you hadn't disappeared during this time and had stayed at the Association to help us with the investigation, perhaps things wouldn't have become so complicated."
"Of course, it's more likely we would have lost the chance to follow up on the investigation. In the end, Miss Gongsun's name would still be stained by the accusation that she murdered her colleague, and we would have lost our chance to uncover the truth. The Bracer Association isn't as pure as the public imagines." Inspector Stoneheart still offered a fair assessment.
"You always make a lot of sense." Lanster agreed with a blank expression. "If the Association were truly pure, it never would have lasted until today."
Gongsun Qing expressed her gratitude with great sincerity. "I know, Mr. Lanster. You've been helping me all along."
The vice president shook his head. "I was the one who sponsored your membership, after all! Helping you is much the same as helping myself. But, Bracer Gongsun, I can't help you for much longer. Your name is still on the nobility list at the Empire's Heraldic Institute. Your status as the heir to the Earldom of Yongdi can't protect you in the current international climate. If anything, it's only going to make things worse. Some people have even suggested that you might be an imperial spy, sent to the Commonwealth to carry out sabotage."
"I understand. This, this... I'm truly sorry." Gongsun Qing's smile seemed troubled. At a loss for words, she could only continue apologizing anxiously.
Anyone capable of thinking would know how absurd that theory was. Even the Galactic Empire wouldn't be so extravagant as to send an earl's heir—a combat and psychic prodigy whose talent was plain to see—on a