"Your humble servant, Adolf Enzo, pays his respects to His Majesty!"
As he spoke, Marshal Adolf directly knelt on one knee before the figure leaning against the round pavilion.
Looking across the entire Holy Roland Empire, even the current ruler, Roland V, could not withstand a kneel from the man before him—the 'Wall of the Empire.'
Yet the blond man leaning inside the round pavilion accepted it with perfect peace of mind. At that moment, he was even leisurely swirling the red wine in his crystal goblet, admiring the dazzling light and shadows refracted endlessly by the crystal and the wine beneath the sunlight.
"Adolf, to be honest, I really don't want to see you. Every time you show up, it's never anything good."
The blond man who said this did not even shift his gaze, continuing to admire the light and shadows in his hand.
Throughout it all, Adolf was clearly not surprised by the other man's words.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me."
By this point, the other man's identity had practically been revealed.
Within the Holy Roland Empire today, the only person who could make Marshal Adolf act with such respect was that super-powerhouse who had reached the Vertical and Horizontal Realm!
Of course, setting aside his strength, there was another extremely important reason: the other man's identity. History knew him as Holy Roland I! He was the founding emperor of the Holy Roland Empire, and also the mentor who had guided Adolf along the martial path!
Ever since war had broken out between the Holy Roland Empire and the Green Skin faction, Holy Roland I, the Holy Roland Empire's sole Vertical and Horizontal Realm powerhouse, had moved from his residence in the imperial capital to this border fortress.
His purpose was to guard the frontier and keep