Jade Palace.
"No such thing was found!
What a claim, no such thing was found!
What is the Southeastern Province trying to do?"
Caesar IV nearly roared his question.
It was not big news that nobles hid magic crystal mines for their private exploitation. Generally, those bold enough were major nobles, and it was always small mines they hid.
But to hide a large magic crystal mine was unheard of before, and it was an intermediate aristocracy that was implicated this time.
Normally, this type of case should face no obstacles and evidence would be quickly uncovered. After all, an ordinary intermediate aristocracy had no capacity to hinder an investigation.
Yet the reality was embarrassingly contrary. While the investigative team from the capital was still on its way, the Southeastern Province had preempted them by announcing the investigation results—no such thing was found.
