...not exactly. [He took a deep breath. It was no small feat to explain the changes the world is going through, back home, but he did his best to condense it.] The Empire was dissolved many weeks before I was brought here. All titles were thus stripped, and all Areas are under the control of the proper local governments.
[For a moment, his posture shifted, and his voice was filled with pride.] Even without status, I have been, and always will be, faithful to Cornelia. I swore that oath on my life.