บท 1847: Time was Nigh

"What is the meaning of this, Your Highness?" 

A man fashioning a custom-tailored suit was seated before Rui. His grey hair and beard only accentuated the elderly aura of wisdom he radiated. The man gazed at Rui with askance, having gone through the documents that Rui had produced before him.

"It is an application for birth certificates, government-issued ID, and statements of recognition of citizenship on behalf of the Silas Clan, Minister Kramen."

This was the same man whose contract Rui had fought the Gatekeeper to terminate. The Minister of Domestic Affairs was part of his faction and had the power to grant citizenship and official recognition from the state of Kandria to any given asylee seeking asylum.

With this man in his faction, Rui had never been worried about the official process. The minister had the power to expedite the process very rapidly, allowing him to make the Silas Clan a part of the Kandrian Empire within a day if he really wanted.