I recalled the words of the Minister of the Interior and tried to calm the twitching corners of my mouth. The titles the Emperor is required to hold—such as the royal title and the dukedom—remained unchanged. Those, unless there’s an abdication, cannot be relinquished, so that was expected.

However, a few marquis titles, many earldoms, and several other titles and honors were missing. Naturally, the person who found these missing titles would have been the Crown Prince, and the Emperor likely recognized his achievement, choosing not to reclaim the lost items but instead handing them over to the one who …