Conference meeting part 2

When the nobleman silently takes his set. Luna is finally able to speak without any interruption. Rose, the officials, and I were interested in what she wanted to speak about.

"I've observed several discrepancies in this prospectus. For instance, the harvesting sector is experiencing an overflow of crops such as rice, wheat, and sugarcane. However, the document fails to provide any explanation for this surplus. Additionally, the completion of government infrastructure, which was anticipated to be timely, is now delayed by almost a year, with no clear reasons outlined.

Moreover, a perplexing aspect arises in the taxation system. Taxes are being collected in advance, accompanied by a 40% surcharge. Despite this substantial additional charge, the prospectus lacks any clarification regarding the rationale behind collecting taxes in advance, let alone the purpose of the 40% extra levy"

Luna spoke and turned to look at the finance minister and waited for his accountability. I saw that The finance minters sweated slightly in a bit but she wept it before anyone else could notice.

"So what? Do you expect detailed explanations for every hiccup in our plans? You naive elf, it's only logical that not everything proceeds according to the ideal scenario. Farmers tend to stick to what they know, construction projects face delays due to resident protests, and our workforce may not always meet our expectations. Money, my dear, is the lifeblood that sustains our kingdom. We need it to maintain the very essence of our existence." The finance minister is poised as he shows a smile broadly towards Luna.

The room immediately filled with whispers and mumbles as listing and understanding the nobleman's statement. Some agreed with him cause it sounded more logical and easily understandable while others were skeptical of him.

Rose slightly stared at Luna and mused inwardly "What are you going to do now elf? I know that you wouldn't agree to come with dear only to stand beside him, you definitely have an alternative motive to come here, therefore, you jumped in between that bastard's speech. But do you have anything to say against his useless talks? Everyone in the hall is a fool believing in his words I wanna see how you gonna win against him, Don't make me disappointed"

I felt Luna couldn't say anything to oppose the nobleman's statement cause it sounded reasonable but convincing at the same time. But to surprise me, Luna was still steady and grinned as she was expecting something like the form finance minister. "Why is she smiling? Does she have something in her mind that she could counter his statement?"

I couldn't help but think about what Luna was going to speak out next.

"You and others may think those words were valid answers but to me, the words you spoke were things more than an excuse to hide your dirty deeds" Luna spoke as she continued.

"The framers were forced to cultivate the same crops each season and year which occurred to overflow in harvest sectors because they were not allowed to grow any other crops except rice, weeds, and other edible things, if they cultivated others then those things they would be considered violating the Empress's order and killed. Delays in government infrastructure are mainly caused by corruption in the kingdom's officials bribing the labourers to make quarrels among the residents to delay the construction—" Luna was middle of her word when the officials cut her off.

"You foolish elf have you lost your mind? Anyone who dared to oppose the Empress would be killed with no mercy and here you are saying that residents are fighting? Her whole conversation is pointless"

"You Majesty, this illiterate elf has no knowledge about politics, we have to send her to jail, or from tomorrow commoners will walk in and shout like a fool!"

"You Majesty, we can't tolerate this elf's presence in the imperial palace she is ruining the dignity of our kingdom"

"Your Majesty, please allow me to teach this elf a lesson about her status, Guard takes her to the confinement room"

The royal guards didn't waste any more time and surrounded Luna from all directions, Seeing dragons surround her from all sides Luna's heartbeat pounds in fear that she is going separate from me. She clung to my hands tight and slightly called out my name "Onii-chan, they are going to take me away"

I immediately left my seat and embraced Luna in my arms, this sudden act surprised everyone in the room, especially Rose and noblewomen. They blankly stared at me in linger until I opened my mouth "Don't touch her or you won't be able to move your hands in future"

The royal guards backed off when they saw my frighting profound aura leaking from my body, the officials were stunned seeing I was protecting Luna as if she was someone closer to me.

"Emperor... That elf needs to be punished"

"Punished? Punished for what?"

"She entered the conference officials meeting and said unverified explanation—"

"Huh? Unverified explanation? You didn't even let her complete her explanation and declared her, she is illiterate, If I heard your nonsense again I wouldn't waited to see you dead," 

The nobleman nodded seeing my serious expression, sensing the frighting aura emitting from my body he quickly took his set back. As the room tense called down the meeting 9nce again continued.