Squarely in the face

Yelna was too late. 

Her thundering kick landed squarely where the Star Emperor was standing... The only problem was, the man already moved away by the time the girl landed. 

"Ugh, that was close!" the surprisingly young man exclaimed as he dusted off his robe. "But where is all this aggression coming from?" he asked, leaning his head to the side. 

"I can see through him," Yelna said before dropping her guard and relaxing. She simply stood in her place, roughly ten meters away from the man she just attacked. 

"Great, that will save us some effort," Markus said with glee before turning his head to the man that replaced the high interrogator from before. "The Star Emperor, I assume?"