It would stir up the nobles' tense emotions, leading them to believe that either betrayal had occurred or someone had been imprisoned.
In short, with Joseph V's false accusation of Murphy for attempted assassination, the knightly grace and credibility long held sacred by the higher society of the Galaxy Empire had now vanished completely.
"Marshal, give us a straight answer, what do you intend to do? To put it more bluntly, where do you stand?"
The last vestige of warmth was torn away, revealing the most straightforward and brutal reality underneath.
The nobles were demanding the Marshal to pick sides.
This was tantamount to the dignity of the Imperial Marshal himself being obliterated at that moment, and it should be known that this man was the most powerful in the Galaxy Empire, second only to the Emperor.
He who commanded the nine major cosmic fleets, no one dared to show even the slightest offense.
Even the Guardian Dukes wouldn't dare such insolence.
