Candice pretended to be righteous and logical throughout her monologue and she didn't even deign to listen to what George had to say about it.
George felt the princess' obvious disgust, but he didn't mind it at all. He had always wanted to stay out of politics, so he could focus on his business.
But it seemed that the royal family had finally decided to revoke his freedom.
"The capi..." Candice tried to continue her monologue but George interrupted her mid-sentence so he could try and act clueless. He wanted to figure out the princess' motives.
"I don't know how a businessman like me can be helpful to the empire in combat. Even the armed forces of my family are far from the standards of the army that the empire can train. I am not a miracle worker after all. Or is it that the royal family finally can't tolerate my existence anymore."
