Belvar, who had been silent for a while, clenched his teeth so hard that his jaw seemed ready to crack.

The moment he took Daniel’s hand, Belvar would be betraying the Crown Prince.

It would mean denying the legitimacy of the Imperial lineage that the Bahatrante family had protected for generations.

For the sake of the beliefs upheld by his ancestors, he was willing to give up his own life without hesitation.

‘But what about my family? What crime have they committed to deserve this?’

To Belvar, family was just as important as his principles.

And of course, it was.