"DUKE NYSTROM got you there, Your Majesty."
"It wasn't Kiho," Aku said in a flat tone. He was still in the throne room but this time, the guests had left. Only Sir Gregory stood beside him now. "I'm pretty certain that this is all Lady Nystrom's plan. I'm not saying that Kiho isn't capable of devising such plan. I just know for a fact that it's the duchess who wants to leave the Royal Capital."
"Really?" Sir Gregory asked. "It seems to me that the duke also wants to stay away from you just as much, Your Majesty."
He just laughed it off.
The old knight was allowed to be that honest and blunt because he had been by his side since he was a little boy. He knew that Sir Gregory would be loyal to him until his last breath. Allowing him to speak his mind around him was only one of the ways to show his gratitude to the old knight.
"I can't let Lady Nystrom influence Kiho more than she already has," Aku said. "I will take care of the duchess on my own."
