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Keira twitched her lips slightly, eventually standing up alongside Lewis. The two of them completely ignored the knocking at the door, each heading to the bathroom for a quick shower. Once they were dressed, Lewis finally opened the door.

Erin was still persistently knocking. The moment the door swung open, she tried to push her way in.

Keira grabbed her arm without hesitation. "We'll talk in your room."

"What? Why my room?" Erin asked, though she let herself be dragged away.

Keira stopped in front of Charles's room instead, opened the door, and stepped inside.

The black-and-white-themed room was offset by a pink wardrobe and stuffed animals scattered here and there. Erin clutched a rabbit plushie as she sat down on the couch. Keira wasted no time getting to the point. "What is it you want to say?"

Erin got straight to it. "My mom told me the South family's succession contest has to wrap up by March this year. Looks like the current successor's health is failing, and they're desperate to choose the next one. You've heard about this, right?"

Keira froze. She hadn't heard a thing.

Just as that thought crossed her mind, there was another knock at the door. Lewis went to open it, and Jenkins stepped inside without so much as a hello.

family, traveling back from Country A. After taking a

burst out, "Did you hear? My

Keira frowned.

hadn't said anything to her. But if Erin and Jenkins's mothers

Keira's frown deepened.

from her, did it mean she didn't

would imply… even among the defeated successors, there

turned to Jenkins. "I heard from Lewis that Erin's mom has over a dozen boyfriends. What about your

Jenkins coughed awkwardly. "Eighteen."

at her,

sent men to these women as a form of investment? Betting on their

had received

for the South family's failed successors, marrying multiple men might be a strategy to consolidate power, while also building

take any boyfriends meant she held little sway in the South

clearer it became. She looked back at Erin

of the successors have returned to Clance. That includes the one from Country M, the so-called Eagle. It's clear she's

chin on her hand. "The question is, how is she planning to

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