【SIDE】 Commander-in-Chief Savis (1)

“Fia Ruud, huh...”

I sank onto the sofa in my private quarters and murmured to no one in particular.

One of the attendants waiting nearby approached and offered me a glass filled with an amber liquid.

I reached out to take it, sipped once, and leaned back against the sofa.

When I closed my eyes for a moment, the fatigue of the day came crashing down on me.

As I thought about how I’d been shut away in my office all day again, my thoughts turned to Fia.

―――Whenever there’s something I simply can’t figure out, I make a point of going to the scene myself to investigate.

My position as Commander-in-Chief of the Knights makes it difficult for people to show me the facts as they are.

The knights, with nothing but the best intentions and no malice, carefully choose what they present to me.

They only bring me what they believe I ought to see...