A chance to free Father from the nightmare spell?
The moment Fritz heard that, he decided the visitor was lying.
For thirty years, ever since his father had been cursed by the Dreamquake spell, the Hohenheim Family had poured untold resources and manpower into breaking it, all to no avail. John Maslow, meanwhile, was a newly appointed governor of the Empire, only twenty-four years old. His talent for military command might have been unrivaled in the Empire, but he was an orphan with no family resources to draw on.
Fritz did not believe this young lieutenant general could break the Nightmare Curse.
Besides, the new governor was a rising star of the Reformist Faction. According to Fritz's intelligence, Prime Minister Wolf had personally maneuvered him into being kicked out of the War Affairs Department and sent to Faoken before the party struggle had even begun.
John was plainly on the Old Guard Party's blacklist, perhaps even near the top of its list of targets to kill.
If word reached the Old Guard Party that Fritz had met with John's envoy, then...
Fritz's eyes flickered as he prepared to order the supposed envoy away.
But then he noticed his father's finger twitch ever so slightly.
It had been twelve whole years since the Dreamquake Curse had fully erupted and left his father paralyzed. In all that time, Fritz had never once seen him move a finger. Yet today, that paralysis had been broken!
The sight rooted Fritz to the spot. The words he had been about to say caught in his throat.
He stared at the finger that had just moved, countless thoughts racing through his mind.
Had he imagined it?
Or was fate giving him a sign?
Conflict flashed in Fritz's eyes, but soon hardened into resolve.
Whether it was