Chapter 123 The brighter Nora’s smile grew, the more hostile her gaze became. This bunch of fools thought that they were discreet in amassing a bit of clout and building up their faction, but Nora had already long found out about this so-called ‘Elric Youth Faction’ from the royal intelligence reports. There was no royal family that could possibly tolerate their subordinates building up their own large factions and amassing great influence, let alone something that aimed to involve an entire generation of noble subjects. Nora turned around, bent over, and looked Roel in the eye. “In contrast, Mister Roel Ascart over here appears to be quite miserable by comparison. It seems like I’m the only friend that you have here.” “... But you aren’t my wuuu —!” Roel’s attempted rejection was th

