Charlotte had never been loyal to Julius Axel VI!
He was a transmigrator. Why would he play at being a loyal subject!?
Charlotte had never cared about the Empire's laws, either.
Well, by Earth's laws, many of Fars's laws were quite "illegal."
As for Zimmerman's various crimes, Charlotte had studied them as well. After all, he had helped Menilman burn the records back then. By Earthling moral standards, aside from killing people in duels, Zimmerman had not committed anything particularly unforgivable.
So Charlotte's feelings toward Zimmerman were complicated: a slight sense of novelty, along with a little envy.
Charlotte hesitated for a moment and gently stroked Whispers of Destiny on his hand. The Golden Serpent Ring suddenly gave him a remarkably clear instruction: burn this top-secret document.
Charlotte was startled. Whispers of Destiny had almost never given such a clear directive, and it had explicitly told him that Zimmerman had escaped rather than simply "disappeared" in the ordinary sense.
This matter...
Really was getting interesting.
Charlotte rubbed his hands together, and a streak of bloodfire flew out, igniting the document.
He decided to heed the oracle of the Serpent of Destiny.
However, once he got off work, he still planned to find Antonio and tell his "brother-in-law" about this. Antonio had taken part in the siege of Zimmerman back then. What if that Imperial legend still remembered something and suddenly came seeking revenge on Antonio?
He deliberately followed Whispers of Destiny's guidance once more. This time, the Golden Serpent Ring returned to its usual state, vague and indistinct as a breeze brushing against him.
But Whispers of Destiny did not object to him telling Antonio about it.
Having learned such a great secret, Charlotte had no interest in continuing to "work." Just as he was about to leave, he remembered