Claude sneered at the artists, who were looking grim.

‘Well, if I push through, it’ll work out somehow. Our lord manages everything, so what’s impossible for me?’

One thing Claude had learned from following Ghislain was that no matter what, he should push forward. If anyone had started to resemble the lord the most in the territory, it would be Claude.

But he wasn’t a regressor. So, he had become someone who simply forces things.

People had started to notice this recently. He acted like the lord, but there was something very different about his approach.

‘Heh, that guy’s starting …