As the five military officials and the new temporary lord were about to clash, the three internal affairs officials calmly stepped back and took cover as a gesture of neutrality.
To put it bluntly, they were fence-sitters.
The five military officials, including Judson, slowly approached Roland.
In general, territorial officials would not dare to threaten their superiors so easily.
However, the First Princess Stephanie was not in her territory all year round and everything was handled by the eight of them. Over time, they secretly grasped the majority of the power and resources in the territory and even secretly divided the power amongst themselves. Now that a temporary lord appeared out of nowhere, their power would definitely be thinned. This made them extremely uncomfortable.
Secondly, Roland was a man.
