"Enough."
Muston raised a hand to hold An Juli back, pleading:
"An Juli, how could I possibly do it? He is the only family I have left."
Only then did An Juli notice that Muston's eyes held nothing but sorrow and conflict.
"How touching, Aunt Murston. Even though you had never met me, you recognized who I was the moment you saw me. Perhaps that is the bond between the maternal bloodlines of our Dawnbreaker Family."
The man held the crown in his hand, turned toward the people on the stage, and dipped his head slightly in greeting before saying, "Citizens, I know you are confused and filled with dissatisfaction right now. You are thinking, 'Where has His Majesty the Emperor gone?' 'Who is this person who suddenly appeared and looks exactly like His Majesty?' 'What exactly happened?' ...And so on, thoughts like these."
The man's words truly struck the ground with force, carrying immense charisma. At the same time, his bearing and etiquette were the most impeccable standards of royal nobility—neither servile nor overbearing, reasonable and composed. He needed no rhetorical flourish; even speaking plainly, he displayed extraordinary poise.
"There are three main questions in your minds: Who am I? Why am I here? What am I going to do?"
"Now, I will answer them one by one."
The man's clear blue eyes swept over the crowd. Even under the gaze of more than a hundred thousand people, he showed no hint of retreat as he said calmly:
"My name is Aroos. My full name is—Aroos Obeiliyana Shang Dawnbreaker."
Had he not been controlling the crowd at that moment, the audience would have erupted. Dawnbreaker was the surname of Oshulia's royal family, while Obeiliyana had been the previous Grand Duchess of Oshulia and Emperor Lioz's mother.
The man loosened