qIn other words, Federico was more concerned about commercial opportunities and building networks than William and the eighty lives in his castle.

When the sad truth finally dawned upon her, Francesca's pity for William intensified.

Suddenly, she could understand why William had been suffering in silence all this while. It wasn't because he was an incompetent coward, but because he knew that even if he fought for what he wanted, it was simply pointless.

Even now, he couldn't even initiate an investigation despite having lost the lives of eighty men in the castle.

What made things worse was that his only hope lay in her relationship with Danrique.

How absurd was this?

More importantly, the fact that Federico could brazenly playback the conversation in front of William and Francesca meant that he didn't see any problem with it at all.

At that instant, Francesca finally understood why her mentor had repeatedly emphasized that she shouldn't get involved with politicians and members of royal families.

of the recording, Federico got straight to the point. “William, was it your intention to send Robin to see

William answered softly. “But I'll take

should be the way.” Federico smiled faintly. “In that case, did

“It's true that the water source at the castle was poisoned together with my

concerned about commercial opportunities and

Dr. Felch's identity also true?” Federico questioned

a conflicted look, not knowing what to

identities are you asking about?” Francesca threw the question back

all. Instead, it was as

shock. “Barely anything was publicly known about Francesco before this morning. Also, details of Mr. Lindberg's fiancée

certain weightiness to

all, Francesco's identity had been such a tightly kept secret that even a king wasn't able to verify it. Previously, Federico didn't have any doubts because he didn't find it important at

he was truly concerned with was

was incensed by his words. “What does whether I'm Danrique's fiancée

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