In truth, the items had almost been taken away regardless. When greed festers to a certain point, logic gets thrown out the window. What saved the day - and shocked everyone - was that the Royal Family had moved out their guards, who came to stand behind the Mercenary Guild.
In the name of protecting order and strengthening the youth of the nation, they gave their full support for this mission. As such, the various heads smiled and shamelessly laughed in agreement before leaving.
No one understood why the Royal Faction, which had been greatly suppressed by the Superiority and Equality Factions would suddenly jump into this murky water, but the eyes of some clever ones had shone as they smelled a plot.
It was either that the Royal Faction wanted to hug the thigh of this Master-stage expert who was rumored to have issued this quest by openly supporting him, or that they were willing to represent him in the Andrato Kingdom alongside - or preferably, over - the Mercenary Guild.
