The audience at the Agora had already shifted overwhelmingly in Rupert’s favor.

By the time the suggestion arose that banning comic books might simply allow neighboring Sylvanya to profit in their place, even the nobles were cheering Rupert’s name in support.

Naturally, Macbeth’s face twisted in frustration.

‘Damn it, how is this young kid so persuasive?’

One of the reasons Macbeth and the Imperial Parents Association had confidently called Rupert to the Agora was due to his youth.

The elder nobles, who had survived the Empire’s cutthroat political arena, were experts at swaying public opinion. They had assumed Rupert, being …