"E–Emperor…" Karna stammered, his mind racing as he pieced together the identity of their unexpected visitor. He had heard tales of Britannia's downfall, all orchestrated by one man—Ivan Zakharovic Kozlov, the most feared figure in Gevurah.
Without hesitation, Karna dropped to his knees, bowing his head in a gesture of submission, his mother quickly following suit.
Obviously Karna couldn't possibly recognize Leon Cromwell hidden within Ivan. The differences were too stark—faces that bore no resemblance, and more crucially, an aura so vastly different that it was as if they were worlds apart. To Karna, Leon Cromwell was merely another of Ivan's subordinates, nothing more than a name in the vast network of Ivan's loyal servants. The thought that Leon and Ivan could be one and the same never even crossed his mind.
Ivan, for his part, had no intention of revealing his true identity.
