As he walked down the Emerald palace corridors with his attendant trailing only a step behind him, Reynald quietly sighed as he couldn't decide whether to thank his elder brother or mourn him.
Despite his close relationship with his elder brother, Reynald had never once believed he was fit to be the next Demon Lord. The reason for this was because his elder brother was more focused on becoming the strongest magic swordsman than he was on the family's affairs or future.
It was clear his brother had no intentions of improving anything once he became the next Demon Lord and would rather maintain their family's obsolete traditions, firmly refusing to expand their territory and influence in what he considered an outrageous sense of loyalty to the late Demon King.
