"Have they sent the message out?"
"Yes, Your Highness. They have already sent it."
"Can we trace it back to the source?"
"Your Highness, if we employ mages, there should be no problem, but it will take time."
"Good. Keep the important matters out of their sight. You may leave first."
"Yes, Your Highness."
After his confidant withdrew, Prince Xiusenya, reclining on the couch, slowly raised one hand, picked up a crystal-clear fruit from the table beside him, and placed it in his mouth.
The faintly cool sensation made his mind even clearer.
"They want to send people to watch me, and this is the only trick they can come up with? Your greatest mistake was failing to stop me from obtaining a territory." The prince murmured to himself. "The royal family may indeed possess the kingdom's greatest actual territory, but it belongs to His Majesty. Even as the eldest son, you cannot use it as you please."
"The Royal Mage Corps—how many of them can you mobilize? As for me, I have Blue Soil Island. I can build my own knight and mage systems there. That is power I can deploy at will!"
Thinking of the news he had received upon returning to the island, Xiusenya curled his lips into a cold smile.
Most laughable of all, they had actually sent people to watch Viscount Teta Xiao!
Tatshaw Territory was a territory sealed tight as an iron barrel. They actually wanted to plant spies in such a place? If they merely gathered some ordinary information, perhaps they would not be discovered. But if they wanted to probe deeper, how could they possibly come away unscathed?
His elder brother's actions could be said to have done him a favor.
Xiusenya knew Romon to some extent. The eldest prince's actions this