Hmm, Shall I Try a Simple Provocation?

After Abel met Kyla and took the photos intended to be leaked.

Adrian was quietly leaking those photos behind the scenes, spreading the rumors with painstaking precision to keep people in line.

He pressured or placated newspapers in the North, doing everything he could to control the negative public sentiment.

At the same time, he secretly planted people throughout his territory to spread the rumor that House Nebla might have come this time to meet Kyla.

Of course, a rumor was only a rumor, and merely conspiracy-theory-level speculation, so he did not forget to tell the northern nobles who asked about the incident that it was completely unfounded.

Any perceptive nobles would understand his intentions.

Namely, if they asked him about this incident again, they would be crossing the line.

Rustle.

One day, after spending several fairly busy days like that.

"What?"...