Things progressed even more smoothly than Nie Yun had imagined.
The next day, Nie Yun received notice that he would be granted an audience with the Emperor. The Imperial House even assigned a court etiquette officer to him.
Nie Yun had no interest whatsoever in learning such elaborate etiquette, however. He simply turned into "Divine Physician Hua's Silver Needles" and went AFK on the spot, returning control of the body to Viscount Ironwall, Alfonso.
Viscount Ironwall was helpless, but he had no choice but to cooperate.
Ever since witnessing the covert clashes between the Second Prince's faction and that of the other princes, especially Linda's real-life example, he had no doubts left about the existence of the "Enchantment Technique."
The "Enchantment Technique," still a shocking secret to outsiders, had now become an almost open secret between the two factions.
Determined to save his former superior... or perhaps Duke Horton, with whom he shared a more complicated relationship, Viscount Ironwall could only pin his hopes on Nie Yun. He had committed himself completely and become Nie Yun's stand-in player while he was AFK.
And as a viscount, he was naturally familiar with court etiquette.
No, he was an expert!
And so the court etiquette officer discovered... that he had suddenly lost the joy of being a teacher...
On the third day, Nie Yun boarded an imperial spaceship and arrived at the Empire's absolute center of power... the Imperial Star!
Before the audience, a rigorous security screening was naturally unavoidable...
"Beep, beep!"
Suddenly, the scanning equipment detected something on "Divine Physician Hua."
"Oh, these are my medical tools. I'm used to working with them."
As he spoke, Viscount Ironwall calmly took out the set of "Silver Needles" he had displayed earlier.
The Silver Needles were then subjected to a thorough scan