P-Please Let Me Suck It for Real···.

First Prince Rubert stared into empty space with bloodshot eyes.

The betrayal of Grand Duke Giovanni, who had been Rubert's greatest supporter until now, was a shock he could never have imagined.

If it had been someone else, he might at least have understood, even if he was furious.

Yet Giovanni had been the first to swear loyalty to Rubert and had given him his wholehearted support—in every sense, he was Rubert's right-hand man.

If Rubert ascended the throne, Giovanni would have become the second most exalted person in the Empire.

That was why it was even more unbelievable. Why would he cast all that aside and side with Erda?

Rubert believed there had to be some misunderstanding. He sought Giovanni out to speak with him personally.

Giovanni refused to meet him under the pretext of illness. Only then did Rubert shudder beneath the weight of his profound sense of betrayal.

“···What a bunch of damned traitors.”

Rubert ground his teeth...