"Welcome to my residence," The young duke smiled. "I, Hark Hethburn, am pleased to have you at my house."
"You can drop with the formalities and I have a lower title and rank than you anyways," Zack replied while rolling his eyebrows as he looked around the Hethburn residence.
The entire place oozed the luxurious life people expected a duke to live in.
But he decided to not say anything about the decor and instead get right to business.
"The king told you of my arrival?" Zack asked as the black-haired duke nodded and gestured for Zack to sit on the chairs beside the table they were in.
After both of them had settled down, the maids started bringing food for them to eat. The white-haired boy however didn't eat the food and just stared at Hark with narrowed eyes.
