In the royal palace hall, numerous people had gathered to witness the ceremony.
"I feel like Earl Ardagan will rise to the peak with this."
"Right? He has achieved something that no one has ever seen before."
"Even the last invasion was three hundred years ago. And it took more than five great nobles to take action, including a hundred thousand troops."
"But isn't this ceremony going to be used to attack the Earl?"
"That's a pity."
"A light too bright will cast a very dark shadow. Everyone is waiting for the chance to devour this light."
The nobles inside the hall were split into three. The majority actually maintained their neutrality or more like they wanted to wait and see first before taking action.
Meanwhile, the royal faction was the second largest. Their eyes were filled with anger as if they were ready to crush Noel in this ceremony.
The smallest faction were the nobles who supported Noel. However, most of them came from the connection to Marquis Stargaze.
These three factions were observing each other.
"His Majesty the King is entering the hall." The soldier opened the gate while declaring it out loud.
All the nobles fell to their knees to pay respect no matter which faction they were.
The king finally entered the room. His complexion wasn't that good as though he hadn't slept for a few days.
As soon as he sat down on his throne, the king said, "You may rise."
The people stood up once again, but the atmosphere had turned tense. They didn't dare to speak another word, fearing that the king would take action against them.
Even the royal faction waited until other factions spoke up first so that they wouldn't be branded as overstepping their bounds by speaking before their master said anything.
The tension was so high that people felt time had slowed down. It only took five minutes before Noel arrived at the royal court, but it felt like they had been standing for more than half an hour.
They only wished for Noel to come first.
Finally, the soldier opened the gate once more. "Earl Noel Ardagan is entering the hall."
*Clack!*
moment the gate was opened, Noel walked into the
"That is Noel Ardagan?"
but his
grown since he accepted his
were observing Noel in awe. The ladies they brought had their eyes glued to him. There was
admiring him for a second,
Raymond gritted his teeth. He had suffered a lot because of
Raymond's face and gradually moved to the left, joining
Noel dropped to one knee while saying, "Noel Ardagan greets Your Majesty. May the Muivell
"Good work for coming here, my loyal subject. I have heard about your achievements in the north. You've repelled
as I'm alive, I will continue to fight the demons and the
to control the kingdom. Noel was shameless enough to thank the king and
you like to explain the reason for Duke Briton's presence in the battle? Are you trying to show that the Muivell Kingdom
expected this. "Your Majesty. Duke Briton just happened to be a shipwright in my territory in order to build a ship that can cross the North River. If a man is being threatened, I can't see any reasons for them not to
that Duke Briton was
Noel confirmed without
stepped forward and asked, "If that was the case, why did he need to be in your city? If he was being threatened, he could simply go
he wouldn't let go of
he could go? The Duke was building a ship in my territory, so he couldn't go to the south or west, which were other nobles' territories. The east was
person from that calamity, the Zaecuria Kingdom
skillfully dodged the matter. Just like his father, he was indeed
noble stepped forward and said, "Then, how about the cooperation with the Greenwood Kingdom and the Zaecuria Kingdom? Are you trying to invite
about."
about the airship and
around him. There might be some in the Greenwood Kingdom's court. He truly couldn't underestimate
only thing, he had prepared an answer. "Of course, I am not trying to invite foreign power into this country. Instead, I'm planning to strengthen this country. I have heard the naval power of the Zaecuria Kingdom is strong, so I cooperate with them to learn from them. With this, we can produce
By creating something better than what they can produce, I believe I have shown my loyalty by showing the power of our country." Noel turned to the noble and continued, "Marquis Silverford, was it? Your territory is connected directly to the Greenwood Kingdom. You have also cooperated with them. Are you
say?" The noble who questioned him earlier gritted his teeth. "This is just a beneficial trade.
doing the
a single family, while
simply cooperating with the Briton family. The same applies to the Greenwood Kingdom. He is only cooperating with the
Silverford gritted
him. "Marquis Silverford was only worried that
implying that I haven't done
"Have
bestowed with a Spirit Enchantment
have spread the knowledge of runes in this kingdom so that everyone can learn from it. Why does Duke Raymond not think this is a big contribution to my
Raymond said, "Then, what about those rune
much faster than the rest and take advantage of
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