“Urgh... What nonsense is this...?”

Even as the envoy gasped for air, he couldn’t help but feel that something was gravely wrong.

He had heard of Count Fenris’s infamous temper and had dismissed it as arrogance, a result of leading the kingdom’s most formidable army.

But to speak of the king so crudely?

Until now, the envoy had believed that Ghislain was, at the very least, loyal to the throne, as evidenced by his relentless battles against the Duke’s faction.

He thought Ghislain was simply a man who handled things roughly, but it was a critical misjudgment.

This man was …