"Abolishing the guild system is like telling Gildo to burn his own table, or rather, his entire fortune."

Any sane person would naturally feel resistance to such a suggestion.

“What? What did you just say?”

“You heard me correctly. I want you to advise His Majesty the Emperor to abolish the guild system.”

Gildo immediately rejected my words, not responding.

I felt a sense of satisfaction, knowing that I had planted a seed of doubt and even brought up personal emotions, all for the sake of this moment.

Though he hadn’t yet given me a definitive answer, the fact that …