All This Fuss

"Y-you lot! What the hell are you doing here!?"

Pittman was the first to speak.

The answer was already clear, so asking must have been a form of escaping reality.

"What did we come here for? I already told you. We came to participate in Silver's inquiry."

"I never invited you!"

"Do we need an invitation before we're allowed to come?"

"Of course! The Council isn't a game!"

"Oh? Is that so? I wasn't aware that SS-rank adventurers had the right to participate in Council proceedings and vote, so I assumed you were treating it as a game."

"W-what...?"

Pittman was speechless...