It was Duchess Gyerre�s territory.

Cale quietly observed Freesia.

The people who were a part of Cale�s information network along with Freesia were all originally assassins. They used to roam the southwest while taking jobs from the nobles.

Cale started to speak.

�The reason all of you ran away from the Southwest district was because of your attempted assassination of a noble after killing your leader?�

�Yes sir. That is correct.�

The assassins� guild had only killed nobles. However, the leader had accepted a job to kidnap a young child. Freesia, who disagreed with it, killed the leader and attempted to assassinate the noble who ordered the job.

�And that noble was a vassal of the Southwest territory�s lord?�

��Yes sir.�

One of Duke Gyerre�s vassals had done such a terrible thing.

He ordered the kidnapping of a child in the Roan Kingdom where slaves were outlawed.

Freesia cautiously started to speak after seeing Cale starting to smile.

�Young master-nim, may I ask the reason you asked about it?�

A reason.

Cale answered without any hesitation.

�To grasp their weakness.�

The Southwest�s Gyerre Territory.

That was the door to the Empire.

They could not allow such a door to be weak. Since he did not know what would happen in the future, he needed to make it so that they would be able to defend it with their lives.

Cale casually continued to speak to Freesia, who seemed very concerned about Duke Gyerre�s territory.

�I have a very sturdy backing.�

What would be the problem when I have the crown prince?

Cale thought about Antonio Gyerre, the future successor to Duke Gyerre�s position.

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