“Your Excellency, King of Pendragon, Alan Pendragon, and King of Valvas, Elkin Isla, are requesting entry as special envoys to the emperor.”

“Finally…”

At the words of an anxious knight, Otto opened his chapped lips with a stiff expression.

“Is it just the two of them?”

“No. They are accompanied by two unknown figures, and…”

“Hmm?”

The margrave narrowed his eyes, and the knight continued awkwardly.

“Sir Lucas is with them as well. And the knights who left the castle with him…”

“What?”

Otto’s frown deepened.

His son had departed from the castle after laying down his position as the knight order’s captain. So why was he returning with Alan Pendragon?

Was the successor of Mirin perhaps…

“It doesn’t seem like he has defected to the other side. His expression wasn’t very good.”

The knight had served the margrave for a long time. He quickly noticed the lord’s mood and continued.

“Hmph! It’s none of my business whether he defected or not. Anyways, how audacious. Where do they think this is to come with just four?”

Although he spoke boldly, Otto was nervous. Aside from being surprised by Alan Pendragon’s scheme, it was because he had a guess as to the identity of one of the two...