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Minos' wives continued to stare at those people while the emperor's children stared at him.

Minos kept his expression neutral, thinking before he spoke.

After a few seconds of silence, he said. "That is indeed true. Some time ago, I found the map connected to the Seraphim Ancient Sarcophagus. At the time, I didn't know what it was about. But with the emergence of various pressures on me because of such a map, I eventually found out what it was about."

He continued as he gestured. "Your Highness, can you understand the pressure on the shoulders of a person who has something valuable to both the Eastern Empire and the Evergreen Empire?

If I handed over that map to the Blood Triangle Pirates, not only could that turn against me in the future, but the Eastern Empire would turn against me and brand me as an enemy.