Time Travelling: My Love from the Royal Family

Once Hoffman had left, a mysterious group of people came to the Grand Pass, where they privately investigated what had taken place there. Their activities were somewhat conspicuous. Some went to the new graves, of which there was no small number, to dig up bodies, while others wandered out into the desert as though searching for something.

Fortunately for these people, Hoffman had given no special orders before his departure, so nobody was particularly suspicious of them. After all the battle and death that had taken place there so recently, no one felt like stirring up even more trouble.

A couple of the soldiers asked these strangers what they were up to, more out of curiosity than anything else. The most common answer was that someone in their family had died on the battlefield there, and they were hoping to recover the body for burial in their hometown. The soldiers were sympathetic, some even helping

joyed. Had he tried this in the past, Matthew would have beaten him senseless. At any rate, the man wouldn't have shown such restraint. Now that Hoffman had become a famous general, many people seemed intimidated by him, and now even his uncle, who was not afraid of anything, had yielded in his presence.

Lingering behind for a moment, the emperor said, "Matthew, Hoffman is just excited. He drank too much. Don't take it to heart."

"Hmm." Matthew snorted, and then had a drink himself. But he left with Harper a short time later, which pleased Hoffman. While the festivities went on, seemingly endless, the empress and Felix were secretly appraised of what had happened during the battle. It was them who had sent people to investigate the Grand Pass. Now, though, it seemed that in order for the two to make more progress and to frustrate the upstart prince's efforts, Matthew would need to give them some help.