Chapter 98

“Chief, do you not realize that your actions are disrupting the order of the Imperial Palace? Surely an advisor to a prince should point out when his master is making the wrong choice!”

“A prince? He is the Crown Prince. Before advising me, Count Ifri, you should relearn the rules of the Imperial Palace.”

“That is not what matters right now! All of us nobles are suffering because of His Highness’s poor decision, yet you simply stand by and watch! Are you truly trying to ruin His Highness the Crown Prince just as you ruined the hero?”

“…I fail to see how I ruined the hero.”

“Hmph! If you had properly served the hero, the hero would never have gone mad like that.”

“Do you not think that is an utterly absurd claim?”

“What I am saying is that you are inadequate as an advisor!”

Why was the hero even being brought up here? Fulcare suppressed the irritation rising within him. He wanted to gag the man so he could no longer spew such garbage, but when he thought of Blanc, he could not bring himself to do it. Fulcare could leave the Imperial Palace without a second thought whenever he wished, but Blanc, whether he liked it or not, would have to continue living among these nobles.

“So move aside! We must teach His Highness what the proper path is! If only for the sake of Her Highness the Imperial Consort and Prince Charles!”

Just as Count Ifri reached out to seize Fulcare by the collar, a snow-white hand shot out and smacked his hand away with a resounding crack...