"Hahahaha! Last time, I was striking a deal with your brother...now I'm striking a deal with you, the Crown Prince! Oh, how far have you fallen~," said a tyrannical-looking man as he eyed the first prince of Regulus.
"Watch your mouth, Alexandre, if it wasn't because of Rowan leaving so abruptly and some damn mercenaries causing turmoil within our ranks, do you think we would have stopped our assault?!"
The man sitting in front of Albert was the tyrant ruler of Merkruz, Alexandre Merkruz.
"Hah! That's the funniest thing I've heard! Without your strategist, how will you even continue your pitiful assault?"
"Why you—"
"You think you're worthy to sit there across me?" Alexandre interrupted.
"Without the aid of that woman, your kingdom would have already fallen!"
"..."
"Pitiful, this i
