"What message did you want to convey on behalf of that being called the Emperor?"
When they arrived at a secluded room branching off from the council hall corridor, Qin Mo sat in a chair and looked at Malcador, asking why he had come.
Ever since the Emperor and Malcador had gone to the City on the Peak posing as volunteer doctors, the people living in the mobile fortress had had some contact with those in the Himalayas. The Emperor no longer hid behind the identity of a doctor, openly admitting during several encounters that he was the one called the Emperor.
As for Malcador, he could only be equally forthright.
Qin Mo had not known why Malcador and the Emperor had disguised themselves as doctors and come to see him back then. But as his understanding of his own power deepened, he gradually guessed that the two had come to test him, a user of the C'tan's power.
As for Malcador's purpose in coming this time, that remained unknown for now.
"What do you know about Saturn in the Solar System?" Malcador stood solemnly with his scepter, speaking as though he were about to tell a story.
Qin Mo shook his head, indicating that he did not know.
"After humanity fell into the Age of Strife and its once-vast dominion shattered, Saturn was taken over by an enlightened force called the Silent Xiu Hui."
"To be fair, their rule was enlightened and gentle. But it had one enormous problem: it was neither secure nor free from constant threat."
"Among Saturn's many moons, numerous ones have been occupied by various alien species. The humans on those moons live under the brutal enslavement of those aliens."
Qin Mo actually knew the story of Saturn that Malcador was telling. He also knew