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"Aaaahhh—!"
When that pig-slaughtering scream rang throughout the entire Phil Empire royal palace, everyone heard it clearly—the members of the Phil Empire royal family living in the palace, those who happened to be there, and even the servants. All of them were stunned.
Those who were a little slow on the uptake were merely surprised, wondering why such a scream had come from the palace.
The more perceptive ones immediately realized that something had happened, though they could not understand who would dare cause trouble within the royal palace.
Divin belonged to the latter group.
Originally, Divin had been walking back to his chambers while considering how to establish ties with City of Different Eras, hoping to gain City of Different Eras's support and pull Via from his position. Before he could reach a conclusion, however, that utterly miserable scream rang out, startling him.
"What happened?..." Divin was initially stunned, unable to understand who would dare make trouble in the palace, but his expression changed immediately afterward.
The scream had been shrill, extremely shrill, but Divin still recognized its owner.
Who else could it have been but his useless son?...
The moment he recognized his son's voice, a bad premonition rose in Divin's heart.
Granted, Divin placed all the blame for Darachi's pathetic nature on Darachi's own lack of ability. He did not believe himself to be at fault in the slightest and had already given up on Darachi, but giving up on him did not mean Divin would completely ignore his own son.
After all, no matter how pathetic Darachi was, Divin's blood still ran through him. And Darachi was Divin's only son, the one Divin expected to