"Certainly."
Rocky smiled and did not make things difficult for Abraham over the obviously fudged figures. Instead, he nodded after Abraham had provided a clearly improvised explanation, "Abraham, I hope that the next time we meet, we won't have such misunderstandings."
"You may go."
After saying that, Rocky waved his hand, indicating that Abraham and his people could leave.
Seeing this, especially Rocky's gesture allowing him to depart, Abraham felt indescribably bitter inside. He truly regretted taking on this task. So, after agreeing, he did not utter another word and sullenly led his people away. When they left the City Lord's Mansion, they didn't even take back their Side Swords and weapons they had submitted earlier—not because they had forgotten, but because they couldn't bear to stay a second longer.
"Well done, Brother Rocky."
As soon as they had left, Bodin and others in the hall gave Rocky a thumbs-up.
