At Times Like This, a Friend is More Important

As a loyal subject who had thought only of the Empire's future and the well-being of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor since the moment of birth, following the orders of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor was very important.

Furthermore, the order to bring in the Demon Realm princess—who had enrolled while hiding her identity—using an external justification seemed very, very important.

Even if it wouldn't lead to war, wouldn't there be a massive reason to have massive diplomatic implications?

It was a an incredibly important order that, if not followed, would mean one couldn't even be called a Loyal Subject of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor.

But, but.

Pink-Pink would never betray a friend!

To say they would summon student Ellie to the Imperial Palace to give her an award because her academic achievement was outstanding. Anyone could see this meant they were going to lock her up in the insidious and sinister Imperial Palace.

As a friend, she couldn't take her friend to such a dangerous place. Given her status, she probably wouldn't be tortured even if she were kidnapped, but a princess of a defeated nation being abruptly Kidnapped and locked up in the Imperial Palace of a victorious nation was a terrible situation even without experiencing it firsthand.

But friendship was friendship, and duty was duty, so she still had to take her!

So Pastel decided to kindly explain the situation and kidnap Ellie...