Chapter 3

Theodore’s guards filed out, shutting the doors of the Corvoda family’s capital mansion one by one. Upon hearing the thunderous boom of the heavy doors slamming shut, the guests who had just emerged were overcome with a lingering sense of having narrowly escaped a disaster.

They all knew that a massive upheaval was coming to this mansion, and indeed, to the entire capital.

Inside the mansion, Theodore strode forward with his back straight. His footsteps echoed heavily, shattering the silence of the magnificent east wing corridor. He was flanked by Kael, the giant captain of the Northern Region’s Iron Blood Guard.