Moved by the emotion of the moment, Silvas found himself signing his name without even realizing it by the time the conversation wrapped up.

"I’ll personally endorse *Research on Trolls' Preferred Prey Species* and submit a report recommending it for Imperial support! This is vital research that the Empire should be ashamed for not having pursued sooner!"

"Thank you," Lee Han replied, breathing a sigh of relief.

This official, Silvas, was quite different from the Skull Principal—he had a warm heart. And it was that warmth which Lee Han had appealed to and successfully leveraged.

‘I got lucky,’ he thought.