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"Yes!"
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "I am an official of the Imperial Candidacy Examination Committee stationed in Mingster Province, Lord Rein, please get into the carriage so we can discuss in detail."
Hmm?
An official of the Candidacy Examination Committee?
No wonder they dared to use the image of a giant dragon as the symbol on their carriage.
After all, the other party is an organization directly under the Senate, the highest authority in the Empire.
"Alright," Rein nodded hastily, not daring to be negligent, and followed the middle-aged man into the carriage.
As soon as he entered, he found the carriage's interior was unusually spacious; there were two rows of seats facing each other with a moderately sized, rectangular coffee table in between.
A middle-aged man with a goatee, dressed in black hunting clothes with gold trim, was sitting calmly on the left side, watching Rein enter the carriage.