“They either think I’ve gone mad and set loose a monster on the world, wreaking havoc wherever he goes, or worse, that you’re doing it of your own accord and I have no control whatsoever!” Joachim continued. “I have half a dozen rulers demanding I take account of your actions, and now that you have actually returned home, I have no choice but to do something. That’s especially so with the High King himself due to arrive any day now. If it were not for the fact that I have TANGIBLE PROOF from no less a personage than Celestia herself that you are not a threat to Griffonia and in fact, operate in our interests, I’d have no choice but to take even more drastic action.”