The Penguin Waddles

Awkward, awkward.

"Ahaha! What Should I Say, What Should I Say! I guess you could say it turned out like this because I was doing my best at acting! My loyalty to His Imperial Majesty the Emperor remains unchanged, but I suppose acting during an undercover disguise should be treated as an exception!"

Pastel awkwardly twisted her body and laughed.

"I understand how you feel. Separate from your loyalty to the Empire, you must appropriately handle the Ideological Verification that occurs during a mission. We are also well aware of the hardship when one's heart and words do not align. Especially since you, Governor-General, do not specialize in this kind of fieldwork, it must be even harder for you."

Mr. Penguin agreed, as if they were indeed both feeling awkward.

Oh yeah!

I survived being suspected of being a Traitor!

"That's right! That's right! That's exactly what I mean! Even as I was speaking just now, a storm of agony was raging in a corner of my soul and all that!"

I was acting, and it turned into method acting, so I ended up mocking His Imperial Majesty the Emperor a bit too much!

"And."...