Inside the first floor of the small building, Su Xiao sat facing Puli. After the old councilor became critically ill, Puli had taken over the old councilor's authority with Azaz's assistance.
Puli's ambition wasn't to become a councilor. He preferred traveling across the continent by steam train, visiting the various kingdoms in style. There was never a shortage of female companions by his side. He was flirtatious but not lecherous, always living freely and without restraint. That was Puli.
As the councilor's son—and the heir of the Councilor of the Holy Realm, one of the three councilors with real power—Puli was respected wherever he went.
The Hyena Wolf tribe didn't dare make a move against Puli, at least not before the old councilor died. If they committed such an act that severed his bloodline, they couldn't imagine how the old councilor would retaliate. Eliminating Puli was completely disproportionate to the price they would have to pay afterward.
This made Puli even more carefree. In his own words, since some things couldn't be chosen, he could only accept them.
With the old councilor critically ill, no one else could take over the position of councilor. Neither the Frost Serpent Councilor nor the Rose Councilor agreed. The only person they acknowledged was Puli.
This had nothing to do with Puli's personal abilities. He was the old councilor's heir, and even if he usually behaved recklessly, he was trustworthy at critical moments.
The old councilor's critical illness had alarmed not only Puli and Azaz. The Frost Serpent Councilor and the Rose Councilor were also watching from the shadows.
When Su Xiao was attacked on the steam train earlier, the people from Chidorman Company had arrived to reinforce him so quickly because they had made use of the Frost Serpent Councilor's intelligence network.
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