The next day.
Just as the captain said, Hulim was really approached by the Council of Elders.
Arrived at the audience hall of the royal city.
There was a fierce quarrel going on inside.
"...What should we do now? Without those people, who are we going to find to participate in the competition?"
"What can we do?! Everyone has already left!"
"Then go find it!"
"Find him back? What nonsense are you talking about? He left the royal city, and there are already rumors outside. How can we possibly find him back?!"
"But what about the conference?!"
"Then find someone else!"
"Where else..."
Amidst the quarrel, Hulim walked in.
The sound of quarreling suddenly disappeared.
All eyes in the audience hall were focused on Hulim.
"Hey, human, why are you interfering in the internal affairs of our white cat clan?"
Someone immediately questioned Hulim. These were probably those who were dissatisfied with the sudden departure of James and the other two.
"What's with that attitude? When did we, the White Cat Clan, ever have someone as rude as you?"
"What did you say--"
"Don't worry, little girl. We won't let these guys bully you."
Immediately, there were people who agreed with Hulim's action of driving those people away and expressed their support for Hulim.
"What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by bullying? I'm just asking normal questions!"
"That's what you call a questioning attitude!?"
"What did you say!?"
For a moment, the audience hall was once again in an argument.
"Okay, be quiet!"
On the throne, Bars spoke up to stop the quarrel.
"Elders, we are here today to discuss this matter and reach a conclusion, not to argue."
The elders looked at each other and fell silent.
"Speak one by one. And... I hope the elders will pay attention! The other party is not only a noble of the Pasala Empire, but also a child!"
After Bars finished speaking, he looked around the audience hall with a scrutinizing look, his meaning was self-evident, and finally he silently gave Hulim a reassuring look.
Then, the elders began to speak one by one.
"Hulim Haieral, tell us your purpose. Why are you doing this?"
The first person to ask a question was the one who objected to Hulim's behavior.
"About this..."
Hulim just started to explain.
"Wait a moment--!"
A figure suddenly rushed in.
"What are you doing?! Why are you questioning Hulim?! Hulim has done nothing wrong!"
The elders were stunned when they saw the figure that broke in and made a lot of noise.
"Miko, what are you doing!? Is this the place for you to make a scene? Get out of here right now!"
Bars scolded loudly.
"Dad—! You are! What are you doing?! Why don't you help Hulim?!"
Miko shouted directly at Bals, not even bothering to use the honorific.
Balston's face darkened.
I won't help? Now aren't you the one who's making things worse?! It's so simple that it could be easily dealt with, but you insist on making it complicated, right?
"Mike, stop messing around here and get out of here!"
"I'm not leaving! If I have to leave, it's Hulim who's going with me!"
Mi Ke stood there angrily, showing no intention of leaving.
“You, you—”
"Stop arguing!"
At this moment, another voice broke in.
"Look at what you look like."
Seeing that person, everyone in the audience hall fell silent.
"Mother, why are you here?"
Bars quickly stood up from the throne.
"Lord Aperu!"
The other elders also stood up quickly.
"Mother-in-law~!"
Miko suddenly seemed to have found his backbone, and threw himself into Aperu's arms with a look of grievance on his face.
"Okay, my dear granddaughter~, no one can bully you while I'm here!"
Aperu gently rubbed Miko's head, then looked up at Bars.
"I'm not too old to walk. Why can't I come?"
"No, no, mother, of course you can come, but this is just a small matter, there is no need to trouble you..."
"You know it's a small matter."
Aperu looked around the audience hall.
"It's just a small matter, and you're making such a fuss about it. When did our Elders Council start to care so much?"
“No…no…”
The elders all lowered their heads in shame, not daring to look Aperu in the eye.
"I don't care what legitimate reasons you have, but this is no reason for you to embarrass a child."
“Yes… yes.”
"If you understand, let's adjourn the meeting."
"Uh, this..."
"Do you have anything else to say?"
"No! No!"
The elders quickly shook their heads.
"that--"
At this moment, a voice suddenly rang out among the crowd.
"Can I have a word?"
Hulim, who was clearly the protagonist of this meeting but had been inexplicably interrupted from the beginning and forgotten without even having the chance to say a word, finally spoke.
Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on her again, Hulim finally said what she had not had time to finish before.
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