I Was Mistaken as a Great War Commander

Fifteen days after the negotiation, the Kingdom of Belmore delivered Hans Zernmehart and the other Imperial engineers to Barheim.

After verifying the engineers' identities, Daniel returned Crown Prince Blef and the detained Belmore personnel as agreed. He then submitted a request for reassignment to Imperial General Staff Headquarters.

The General Staff, unwilling to leave the successful Daniel Steiner on the frontlines indefinitely, promptly approved his return.@@novelbin@@

Thus, Daniel escorted Hans Zernmehart and the engineers back to the capital. Upon their safe arrival, he requested an audience with Her Highness, the Princess.

It was not the Imperial Court that summoned him—Daniel Steiner had requested this audience on his own accord.

Ordinarily, a mere operations officer and field-grade officer would have no place making such a request. But when that officer’s name was Daniel Steiner, the situation changed.

The Imperial Household could not simply ignore a request from him. The court promptly informed Princess Selvia, and despite her busy schedule, she accepted.

[Inside the Audience Chamber]

“Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Steiner.”

And so, Daniel now stood before Selvia, seated on the imperial throne.

There was something subtly different about her.

Though only a month and a half had passed since his departure, it seemed Selvia had experienced more than expected during that time.

The youthful air of a girl had been replaced by the composed presence of a young woman.