(MC POV)
I'm not exactly proud of it… But that was also the method I used to gain entry into this city as well.
Granted, I looked worse than I do now with my tattered clothing and bruised appearance, but I acted as the 'young master assaulted by bandits' and berated them for not doing their jobs. They were quick to apologise and even provided some spare clothes for me to enter the city with.
Thus, I was pretty confident these guards would have just let me in without any problems if I acted like some important person with a lot of power… Which I suppose I actually am but I just don't act like that normally.