The council members stared at Anya with a confused look as she the start of another governing meeting. The governing council had already decided to comply with the Order of the White Crow’s decision.

“We should’ve been attending the council meetings as one of the organizations responsible for Hiveden, but we have always had to vacate our seats due to internal circumstances. However, we couldn’t turn away and do nothing when the whole city is about to fall in danger because of us. So we risked getting caught to visit the council and came today,” Anya said.

“Ah, um, I see…”

Ardin bowed his head to Anya with a puzzled expression as he accepted her apology. His puzzled expression was not only due to the fact that Anya was being polite unlike he had anticipated, but also because he couldn’t quite understand what she was talking about.

‘She is apologizing for vacating the seats and getting the city in danger because of them?’

The Order of Huginn not attending the governing council meeting was nothing new. The Order of Huginn had the strongest influence in Hiveden's governing council out of all the organizations, but they had never revealed themselves on the surface and only controlled the council from behind the scenes by threatening and conciliating the low ranked organizations.

This was only natural as the Order of Huginn had to remain hidden from the empire’s surveillance. Even Ardin had only met Anya a few times despite his status as the chief of...