However, the nobles could not relax. There was one person who stuck behind Alberu as he left. The person who moved like a shadow as if it was natural started to walk next to the crown prince after seeing Alberu motion him forward.

If the crown prince would allow him to walk next to him, then that meant that the two of them were very close and that the crown prince respected him.

��Choi Han is that person.�

One noble started to frown after looking toward the crown prince and Choi Han next to him.

The crown prince was standing close to and chatting with Choi Han, who would henceforth be known as his instructor. However, the nobles could not hear their conversation as the music continued even after the crown prince left.

Marquis Ailan, the leader of the Roan Kingdom�s southeast region�s nobles faction. He was also looking at the crown prince and Choi Han. One of the Counts in his faction walked over and asked in a serious tone.

��Those two sirs look very close.�

Choi Han had now reached a status where the nobles were addressing him as, �sir.� Marquis Ailan could see Alberu�s relaxed smile and Choi Han�s calm yet faint smile.

They truly seemed close.

�Marquis-nim, is it really okay to let things be like this?�

The Marquis slowly blinked after hearing the Count�s question. It was not okay. How could it be okay when Marquis Ailan had not received anything from the results of this war?

��But I do not have the justification to oppose it.�

The southeast region�s Marquis Ailan and the central region�s Duke Orsena were going to do everything in their powers to prevent the Henituse household from rising from a Count�s household to a Duke�s household.

��Marquis Stan and Duke Gyerre were already on Count Henituse�s side.�

It was not a fight between the crown prince and the Dukes and Marquis; it was realistically a 3 on 2 battle.

�No. It could even be called a conflict between the Henituse household and the Ailan and Orsena households.�

And they had lost. Marquis Ailan peeked toward Duke Orsena who could not hide his disappointment as he recalled what crown prince Alberu had stealthily told him.

�Marquis Ailan. Do you want to miss out on something larger because you wanted to protect your power in this puny Roan Kingdom?�

The person who would become the next king had called power inside the Roan Kingdom to be puny.

�You are aware of the news spreading through the Indomitable Alliance, the Mogoru Empire, Caro Kingdom, Breck Kingdom, and the Eastern continent, right? Are you not?�

Marquis Ailan had heard about the stories spreading through the Western continent.

There was a hidden puppet master behind everything that had happened this year on the Western continent, and that person was trying to throw the Western continent into chaos while Cale Henituse was moving around to stop him.

�Do you have your eyes closed, your ears shut, and live without any thoughts?�

Marquis Ailan recalled the cold gaze that had looked down on him. Those eyes had told him something. Think straight. JrNovels.com