"The king had never worried about Crimson Sovereignty being lost. Even when Bloodstained Shadowthorn stole it, he had never shown any concern."
Those were Rolando's exact words.
Moreover, according to Angel's own observations, Yurika had stolen Crimson Sovereignty for several years, yet the Guman King indeed seemed never to have shown any anxiety.
What was the reason?
Rolando explained it this way: "After twenty years of research into Crimson Sovereignty, combined with the information the king had revealed in daily life, the darkened personality analyzed this matter—"
"The Blood Source Reversion engraved upon Crimson Sovereignty had actually existed from the moment Crimson Sovereignty was born. In other words, it had been inextricably tied to the Guman Royal House from its very roots. Crimson Sovereignty would only acknowledge someone with the bloodline of the Guman Royal House as its master. Anyone else who obtained it would merely gain an extra spare puppet."
The Guman King knew perfectly well that even if Yurika stole Crimson Sovereignty, she could not truly obtain it. In the end, she would instead become a puppet controlled by Crimson Sovereignty. That was why he had remained as steady as an old mountain, without showing the slightest hint of urgency.
That did fit the tone of the matter.
And the reason Rolando had only recently come to the Old Earth Continent was that the Guman King had already received word: Xius's younger sister, Eliza, the "Scarlet Ghost Face," had secretly been seeking people to forge an imitation of Crimson Sovereignty.
Originally, the only one pursuing Yurika had been Xius, who had accepted the Guman King's wanted order. The Guman King knew very well what Eliza's actions meant.
Xius had already betrayed him.
The Guman King had not been angered by this outcome. Instead, he had decided to turn