“Hector Sebastian of the Andrews Empire greets you.”

As the representative from the Andrews Empire, a man stepped out from the group and greeted King Nicholas. Instead of kneeling, he only gave a slight bow and though he was polite, it was obvious he was just going through the motions. Regardless of the fact he had brought reinforcement troops, if you considered the fact he was greeting a country’s monarch, his attitude was rather rude. However….

“Ohh… Duke Sebastian, it’s been a while. Do you remember that when I was still a prince, I met you once in the Empire?”

King Nicholas didn’t care at all about Hector’s perfunctory attitude. Instead, he was smiling brightly and trying to establish intimacy with him.

“Yes, I remember.”

“Ohh… it’s already been 30 years ago. I sincerely thank you for coming to resolve the national crisis in our country.”

“We are only doing our duty as the Empire.”

Although they were both talking formally with each other, it was obvious to those listening who was superior and held power in the conversation. In fact, it wasn’t wrong for King Nicholas to be this polite.

Duke Hector Sebastian. He looked like a middle-aged man, but he was actually an old man who was over 80 years old. He only looked middle-aged because he had reached the level of a Master and his body had remained young. Not only...