"Uncle Paul, what do you make of this?" Green set down the treaty and looked across the desk at Marquis Paul.
Since the Blood Moon Coup, the former Viscount Paul had risen to the rank of marquis. Even Vincent had received the title of viscount, personally bestowed by Queen Cyrabelle.
Marquis Paul did not look at the treaty. He had already read it more than once.
"Your Highness!" Marquis Paul chose his words carefully. Even his form of address for Green had changed.
Not long ago, Green had been elevated from Duke of Northwest Province to Grand Duke Wilson!
A duke, for all his prestige, was still a subject and could only be addressed as "Your Grace." A grand duke, however, was a ruler who could establish a grand duchy like the Karltester Duchy. Like princes and princesses, grand dukes could be addressed as "Your Highness."
As for where Green's fiefdom would be, no final decision had been made.
Some proposed granting Green the entire Northwest Province. Others suggested giving him Alsa Province, the largest of the five provinces ceded by the Asgar Kingdom.
Alsa Province was four times the size of the Northwest Province. It also had a vast lake connected to the Ocean, and the Northwest Province could not compare with it in population or economy.
There were even more extravagant proposals: to grant Green the Number Fifteen Void World ceded by the Asgar Kingdom, just as Princess Mulesina controlled Void World 26.
Green had not suddenly become so beloved because he was made of money. As word spread, the people of the Lorenzo Kingdom had learned how powerful he was.
A High Calamity Rank powerhouse—what did that mean?
Green knew he was nowhere near as strong as Grand Duke Mora. But to ordinary people and low-ranking Transcendents,