After getting back to the Proatine Kingdom, Siegfried spoke to Michele, “Michele.”

“Yes, Your Majesty?”

“I unintentionally screwed up…”

Siegfried then explained what happened.

“I see…” Michele muttered before covering his face with his hands as he lamented inwardly, ‘Ah… I’m already on the verge of dying from overwork… How can you go and cause another mess… urgh…’

Michele was truly in pain. He already had a mountain of work, but Siegfried just had to go and pick a fight with one of the top ten Adventurer guilds on the continent.

“Please request for the empire’s protection, and Your Majesty also needs to be careful until you become strong enough. It will be too burdensome for our kingdom to fight the Genesis Guild with our current status,” Michele said.

“I know,” Siegfried replied with an awkward smile before saying, “I’m just informing you. I’m not asking you for a solution.”

“Hmm…”

“Just keep it in mind for now. Don’t worry about it. I’m going to take care of it eventually.”

The Proatine Kingdom wouldn’t last even a single day if the Genesis Guild decided to invade it, and Siegfried knew that fact better than anyone.

‘I’ll have to power level for real from now on,...