Study

Grand Duke Comberlet stormed into the study, his face dark with gloom. It was obvious that the outcome of the discussion meeting that had just ended had left him deeply dissatisfied. The anger suppressed in his heart made every servant and maid who came to attend him tremble in fear, terrified that Grand Duke Comberlet would vent his temper on them.

However, Grand Duke Comberlet was not as lacking in dignity as the servants and maids imagined. Naturally, his anger was not directed at these underlings. To the Grand Duke, venting his temper on them would accomplish nothing. He had to think carefully about how to persuade the opposition in the Commercial Alliance Council. At this difficult moment, everyone should stand united and pull in the same direction instead of dragging everyone down and throwing the people into panic...

"Were those idiots who don't know when they're beaten making you angry again?" a faint voice sounded in the study.

Grand Duke Comberlet froze. He looked up and saw a figure dressed entirely in a black cloak standing in the corner of the study. Only a deathly pale face was exposed, and a faint medicinal smell tinged with blood drifted from the figure.

"Why are you here? Is your body all right?" Grand Duke Comberlet asked with concern.

"Same as ever. I won't die, but living is torture. I've wanted to end my life many times, but I absolutely refuse to let the person who reduced me to this off the hook. Even if I have to go to the demons' abyss, I'll drag that person there with me..." The pale face twitched, revealing a hideous expression. His clenched teeth conveyed both resolve and venomous hatred.

"I'm sorry, Krilos. I was useless. I failed to fulfill my promise to you and