"The friend I reveled with two years ago would be by my side now if the entire picture was painted for him.”
Alfred hated feeling stupid. He knew he wasn't, deep down. He knew that if he was to be compared to the rest of the Simonese nobility, he would far exceed their cognitive faculties. For f**k's sake, he was not the General of the Frozen Army because of his political position! As if his father would ever allow nepotism to overturn the security of their entire kingdom. No, he was not stupid.
But Little Ko could convince a dying bird to live, if he truly wanted to. Little Ko could tell him he was half-witted, and he would believe it. Perhaps it was because he loved his little brother, but what was more, he trusted him. If he told Alfred that gouging his own eye out would magically pro
