บท 403: 403 Freedom from Restrictions

[El's POV: ]

[Barnacle capital, Imperial palace: ]

"So, when are you two getting married?"

After a loooooooooong three minute spatial trip, I was back to the empire that was now smaller in size but stronger than it ever was.

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Anyway, when I came back, I found Rex was handling the new paperwork along with Cathy in his office alone.

There was some tension between the two of them that they wanted to hide, a clear indication of something lewd they must have been up to before my arrival.

"W-wh-what do you mean by that?! And where did that come from all of a sudden?!"

She must have been here ever since things calmed down and the two of them must be living together in this big palace ever since then.

'They had gotten closer ever since the battle ended. And when Cathy found out that the two of us were behind those thieves and the whole thing… she was quite angry at us.'