Raul let out a chuckle, unconcerned about whether this might be an enemy ploy.

All it required was sending a single high-ranking priest. If things went awry, they would lose only that one individual.

Losing a transcendent was a significant setback, but no one would orchestrate such an elaborate plan for such a minimal gain.

“Viscount Domont… what a sly creature.”

If the king regained his vitality, Marquis Branford would face serious trouble.

While the pinnacle of royalist power wouldn’t easily crumble, the nobles under Branford’s influence might fracture.

At the center of the emerging power shift, Viscount Domont—who orchestrated …