97 - I Have Been Found Out

‘Huh…?’

At my one word telling them to stop, all my retainers had actually frozen in place.

What on earth was going on?

‘Did it count as some kind of absolute command?’

Since they were my retainers, it seemed there was a system function that forcibly controlled their very actions whenever their master issued a serious command.

So it had a function like this, too. How fascinating.

“I knew that already, of course… but that True Word just now made me feel the difference in rank even more clearly.”

Katarina, panting as she barely managed to straighten her posture, spoke.

“It truly proves that my Liege is an unequivocal 『higher existence』 whom lowly creatures like us dare not defy……”

She bowed her head as if in worship...