Heads turned, and tensions flared up in the room. Lady Aurora looked at Sylvester, her eyes asking a thousand questions. But Sylvester was only looking at the Duke with a smiling face.
"Is that a problem?" Duke Conrad asked.
Sylvester shrugged and folded back the letter from the King. "I don't really care what you did because, in the end, we both benefited from what transpired. You get to become the King, and the Holy Land gets to have some peace in its backyard. No more wars between Gracia and Riveria for as long as you shall live. You may even proceed to establish better, stronger economic ties with Gracia. I heard they need some help up in north after the wave of destruction Masan's plot left."
