In the Steelheart Manor’s dining hall, a young man in his early 20s with long blonde hair sat at the end of the long table. Beside him, a middle-aged man with short gray hair and a neatly kept beard enjoyed the dishes before him at an unhurried pace.
The young man clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Tch, how long do they plan to keep , the crown prince, waiting?!"
Gareth smiled bitterly and replied. "Please be patient, Your Highness... They should be here any mont—"
Bam!
The crown prince slamd the table in anger as he cut Gareth off. "Any mont? I’ve been waiting for almost an hour!"
At this ti, the middle-aged man suddenly stopped eating as he tilted his head and frowned deeply.
Naturally the crown prince noticed this and looked at him. "What is it?
A mont later, he grinned widely. "The Steelhearts’ water is quite deep. To actually hide the fact that Cassian has already stepped into the Legendary Rank..."
He paused and looked at Gareth and Halden, who showed no emotion even after the middle-aged man revealed one of the Steelhearts’ secrets. "Interesting."
"What! The Steelhearts’ family head is a Legendary Knight now?" The Crown Prince was in disbelief.
"In fact, he might even be stronger than —no! He’s definitely stronger than ." The middle-aged man looked at the crown prince with a aningful look, as if telling him to change the plan because of this unexpected situation.
The crown prince frowned deeply as he was suddenly lost in his thoughts, changing the plan entirely.
Their initial intention had been simple: use the incident where Jas killed the Wolfsblade Family’s Old Duke as leverage to intimidate the Steelhearts into political submission.
But now that Cassian had beco an extrely strong individual in the Legendary Rank, he decided to change the plan a little bit from the original plan.
As the crown prince was still lost in his thoughts, laughter could be heard as three n stepped inside the dining room with delightful expressions.
The crown prince instantly ca back to his senses and looked over at the three people, who walked over casually and sat on their respective seats.
Cassian naturally sat on the main seat, facing the crown prince face-to-face with a smile. Jas and Nyxrael sat on Cassian’s right side leisurely and poured wine into their own cups.
After sipping the wine happily, Jas took out two stalks of Azuredew Berries from his inventory and handed them to Gareth and Halden with a smile. "Here, I took so of these when I heard that you two enjoyed this delicacy."
"..."
The crown prince was speechless when he saw this, as he had never expected that he would be disrespected by the infamous trash from the Steelhearts.
He had been waiting for almost an entire fucking hour, yet they acted as if he wasn’t there and just conversed on their own without even greeting him or apologizing for making him, the crown prince, wait for this long.
"Enough!" The crown prince slamd the table once again, but just lightly this ti. "Is this how you treat , the crown prince of this kingdom, as your guest?"
Jas raised an eyebrow and looked over at the crown prince with a bright smile. "Oh? Long ti no see, Crown Prince Alexander... Grand Duke Rowan." He greeted them and ignored the previous remark.
Rowan rely gave Jas a faint smile and resud his al as if the unfolding tension didn’t concern him, while Alexander was furious when Jas greeted him instead of responding to what he had just said. "Did you not understand what I just said?"
"I heard." Jas nodded leisurely. "Why?"
"Jas... Are you treating like a fool?" Alexander gritted his teeth, veins could be seen across his face, as he was truly furious this ti.
"Of course not." Jas shook his head, then asked with a curious expression. "I’m simply confused why you’re so angry over sothing so trivial."
BAM!
Alexander snapped and slamd the table in anger, creating a fist-sized hole on the table.
"I dare you to say that again! I’ve been waiting nearly an hour! You ignored us, didn’t greet us, didn’t apologize, and now you’re acting clueless?!" Alexander shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Aren’t you here for a friendly visit?" Jas still maintained his composure as he asked.
Alexander answered while gritting his teeth. "What does it even matter?"
"It matters a lot," Jas replied with an easy chuckle. "Since it’s a friendly visit, we acted casually. We’ve known each other for years, after all."
"Who said that I ca here for a friendly visit?" Alexander frowned deeply.
’Finally, the bait has been taken.’ Jas smiled faintly for a split second before asking with a curious expression. ""Oh? Then, what brings you here?"
"Are you seriously taking as a fool, Jas?!" Alexander slamd the table and stood up. "Didn’t I already inform you that I would co within a few days? You caused a ss in the Wolfsblade Territory two days ago, and my father sent here to deal with it."
Before Jas could respond, Cassian, who had been silent the whole ti, finally spoke with a calm expression as he tapped his fingers on the table in rhythm. "So, you’re saying that you ca here under the order of the majesty to settle that matter?"
Rowan felt sothing was amiss, but before he could interfere, Alexander had already responded.
"Of course, what else—"
A terrifying power suddenly erupted out of Cassian the mont Alexander confird that he was sent here by the majesty himself.
"Alexander Grimveil..." Cassian said with a chilly voice. "You better explain yourself right here, right now. I advise you to choose your next words very carefully."
Rowan frowned deeply as he looked at the furious Cassian before looking at Alexander and cursed in his heart. ’This idiot.’
"D-Duke Cassian..." Alexander stamred, trembling as the Legendary Knight’s killing intent wrapped around his neck as if he would imdiately die at any second. "W-what do you an?"
Even though he had already reached the Peak Platinum Knight, the difference between Platinum Rank and Legendary Rank was really big, to the point that killing soone like him was extrely easy for Cassian.
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