Uchiha Hiko had gradually settled all affairs within the palace, so he could now lay out his plans step by step and proceed with caution at every turn.
Hiko had no other hopes now. He only hoped the monarch would stop giving him trouble and creating problems for him. After all, Uchiha Hiko felt that the monarch could not have let him take this position so easily without some hidden motive.
There would surely be difficulties ahead. He hoped they would not keep making things hard for him, but Uchiha Hiko was mentally prepared. Whatever challenges arose, he would do his utmost to overcome them.
From beginning to end, it was like a huge game. Since the game had already begun, it could not stop until the very end.
"I see you are no longer young. When do you plan to discuss an arranged marriage? You cannot go on like this forever. What kind of grand general in the palace still has no news of such matters?"
"You are handsome and talented, with impressive martial arts as well. Finding a good girl should not be especially difficult."
"If there is no one you fancy, I will help you choose. Pick whichever girl in the palace you like. If there is someone who catches your eye, tell me, and I will immediately arrange the marriage for you."
The monarch wanted to use an arranged marriage to restrain Uchiha Hiko, preventing him from acting freely within the palace. If Hiko also had a weakness in the monarch's grasp, the monarch would feel much more at ease.
After thinking it over again and again, Uchiha Hiko felt that the monarch's move was clearly deliberate. Still, he was trying hard to think of how to refuse it.
If he rejected the matter rashly from