Bored, Rita leafed through intelligence files that were difficult to obtain outside. Setting aside the useless material, she gained a better understanding of the Imperial Capital.
Besides that, Rita unexpectedly found information on Esdeath.
It turned out Esdeath had entered the Empire long ago. According to the intelligence, once Esdeath returned to the Imperial Capital from the border this time, the Empire would gain another female general.
"Ma'am, the captains of the security forces have all arrived. We're just waiting for you!" As Rita sat at her desk reading the files, a member of the Security Department entered to report to her.
He did not dare look at Rita too much. Though the new minister was a woman—and a beautiful one at that... it was still quite rare.
After all, the previous minister would occasionally bring his cronies and some women to the office to put on... exercise sessions.
But now, a female minister had arrived.
Still, a minister who had been directly parachuted into the position was not someone he could afford to provoke. He feared that if he could not resist taking a few extra looks, his head might be separated from his body.
"They're all here? Good."
Rita tossed aside the documents in her hand, rose to her feet, and headed toward the conference room.
Before Rita even entered, she could hear the conference room buzzing with noise. Most of them were discussing the minister who had suddenly been parachuted in. Quite a few captains were clearly dissatisfied. The ministerial position ought to have gone to someone promoted from within the security forces; having someone sent in from above was infuriating no matter how they looked at it.
"Creak—"
Without giving them time to continue their discussion, Rita opened the door and walked in.
The instant Rita