A beautiful carriage, escorted by a group of cavalry, rushed into the city district of Southwater Port and then stopped in front of the city hall.
The political officials and tax officials who had been waiting there, upon seeing the man who emerged from the carriage, immediately greeted him with respect, "Lord Earl! You have finally returned!"
"How are things?" Earl Augustine Reibert, looking wan with fatigue, entered through the main entrance first, asked without looking back.
His voice echoed in the spacious corridor, accompanied by the sound of a line of people's leather boots striking the marble floor.
The mayor answered with a face full of ease, starting with the suddenly good news, "Yesterday... Two enemy warships in the open sea suddenly left."
"Lord Earl truly commands awe on all sides. No sooner had you returned than the enemy fled on their own!" The tax official quickly offered flattery, with a sycophantic expression, congratulating him.
