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.

straight to the point. “William,

answered softly. “But I'll take responsibility for everything

smiled faintly. “In that

didn't lie,” William quickly said. “It's true that the water source

about commercial opportunities and building networks than William and the eighty lives in

Felch's identity also true?” Federico

Francesca a conflicted look,

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

she was speaking to a king at all. Instead, it was as if she was fearlessly arguing with a common man with

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

was a certain

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

he was truly concerned with was

words. “What does whether I'm Danrique's fiancée have anything to

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