(Guiying POV)
"Is Master gone?" I asked Alpha.
"Yes, Master had already teleported back to Heaven Sect," The wolf girl nodded, addressing me casually since there were no outsiders around.
"Good," I sighed, leaning back in my chair within my office.
As much as I had told Master everything was fine, everything was most definitely not completely fine.
It was not on the level of needing Master to interfere, but if Master knew that his country was being suppressed by our two neighbours, then I wouldn't have the face to stand in front of him anymore.
Call it pride if you will, but these lands were granted to me by Master himself. If I couldn't solve such a simple matter then I don't deserve Master's confidence in my role as the Empress.
I took out the scroll that the general had handed me earlier, reading through its contents again.
