When Count Brittany said this, there was a faint sourness in his tone!
Antonio shared his father's feelings completely. If he could change his name, the eldest son of the Brittany Family would have dearly liked to rename himself Antonio Brittany Sour Too!
Count Brittany's life was practically legendary. He was also Fars's strongest man and had rendered immense service to the Empire, standing in Fars like a pillar that held the sea steady.
Yet Count Brittany's lifelong wish had been to take his family one step further and become a duke!
But unfortunately, at the highest level, that barrier was even more insurmountable than an insurmountable class divide. The Brittany Family's promotion to a ducal family remained a distant prospect. Who knew when Julius Axel VI would grant it?
Count Brittany even had the feeling that he would never become Duke Brittany!
How could he not know of the Emperor's deep wariness toward him and the Brittany Family?
The Brittany Family was indeed immensely powerful. They could produce more than ten Saint Ranks on their own. Count Brittany himself was the Empire's strongest, his eldest son was the future strongest, and the family even had rising talents like Kreil Brittany. Even Karen, the Saint Rank nanny who guided the family's children into dreams, was one of their own. Conquering a small country would not be difficult; the difficult part was gaining the recognition of other nations.
Golden Goat Herolf had occupied Saint Michael's Island for so many years. Had any country ever recognized him?
Even when the Red Dragon Emperor had led his followers on an expedition to the Inglima Three Islands, Duke Robin had, to this day, never recognized the Guillaume Family's rule over Inglima. As one of Inglima's old aristocratic families, the Robin Family still possessed its