"Good, Nobuharu...," the Emperor commended, "now, start talking."
For the moment, Nobuharu had to put his pride aside, as he had agreed to cooperate with the Emperor. So he calmly replied to the monarch...
"I believe the princess is not going to establish her kingdom in the wastelands -- or anywhere within the Nihonian Continent," Nobuharu said to him, to which the Emperor arched his brow with an obvious look of skepticism.
"How is that so?" " Does she intend to rally up a Rebel alliance with people within my empire?" asked Magus.
"No, Emperor," Nobuharu replied calmly, "I believe she intends to go beyond the borders of the Empire."
"Do you know what you are saying?" ...", asked Magus, "...There is no place within the Nihonian Continent which has not been brought under my rule. "Where in this continent does she intend to go?"