Gedell glanced at his attendant.
"Other than handling propaganda, I haven't accomplished much."
"It's been three years. Green next door has at least completed several economic plans: buying grain to implement the Grain Law, lowering food prices, increasing the number of workers, and stimulating an economic boom."
"Everyone, follow the Grand Commander's words. Let the fire of resistance begin here."
"If we succeed here, people along the borders of the other two kingdoms will be affected, too."
A guard standing nearby asked, "My lord, what do you mean?"
"Can't we just gather evidence and spread the word?"
"Why not lead an army and arrest this so-called Underground Emperor?"
"He's just a big rat. What right does he have to call himself an emperor?"
Gedell shook his head. "No, no. We're not here to suppress them. We're here to hand them the knife."
"This is the border of Ivrea, where the Kingdom of Ivrea meets the Kingdom of Dietmar and the Kingdom of Yutlandia."
"It could be called No-man's-land."
"The chain of interests here is enormous."
"At the same time, this is still the land of the Kingdom of Ivrea—or, more accurately, the land of Ivrea's nobles."
"The noble in this city is only a viscount."
"He doesn't dare say a word against that so-called Underground Emperor."
"But this place has already become a den of thieves."
The guard beside him asked in confusion, "Then what do you mean, my lord?"
Gedell took out some documents. "These describe the problems that existed during the abolition of slavery under the Northern Defense Treaty."
"They show that although slavery was officially abolished, the Black market still existed in secret, trafficking in people."
"Even though the evidence has already been erased, it still served as a wake-up call for me."
"Human trafficking can't succeed