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.

point. “William, was it your

softly. “But I'll take

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

true that the water source at the castle was poisoned together with my

words, Federico was more concerned about commercial opportunities and building networks than

identity also true?” Federico

gave Francesca a conflicted look, not knowing

are you asking about?” Francesca threw the question back at him. “Is it the one where I'm Francesco or the one

to a king at all. Instead, it was as if she

seconds to recover from the shock. “Barely anything was publicly known about Francesco before

certain weightiness

a tightly kept secret that even a king wasn't able to verify it. Previously, Federico

with

does whether I'm Danrique's fiancée have anything to

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