"What a failure. I only found out about this now."
Because of the coming-of-age ceremony, Brand seemed rather dejected instead.
It was not that he disliked it. It was that only today did he learn that not only Lyliana, but Frankenstein as well, would be holding a coming-of-age ceremony.
"I come and go from the royal palace every day, yet I only learned today that the Crown Princess and Second Princess are the same age."
Although Piltover's system was relatively complete, the upper ranks' powers were intricately entangled. Ginny handled intelligence, while Kate was responsible for affairs in the royal capital and the royal guard. Those two divisions were the clearest.
Bear and Brand, as the primary and deputy leaders, managed the guard units in the other regions. Beyond that, whoever had the time and knew how to handle something would take charge of it. Brand, for instance, also doubled as a diplomat.
Blitz often showed up in logistics, while Zack could randomly appear just about anywhere.
"Big Brother Brand, were you attacked by a Negativity Ghost? Why do you have no spirit at all?"
Brand had always given people a sunny impression, though sometimes he was so sunny that it was frightening. This was Absalom's first time seeing Brand so downcast.
"No. I just suddenly feel that I've been terribly negligent. I more or less do the work of an interior minister, don't I? Yet I got something as basic as their ages wrong."
"What's the big deal? Big Brother Brand, don't you also have no idea how old Lord Oran really is?"
"!"
If no one brought certain things up, no one would think about them. But once they were suddenly mentioned, the impact was rather strong.
Under Absalom's consolation, Brand seemed as though his internal armor had