Why? Why did he do this? Didn’t he claim that he’ll always protect the country and the people? Why did he still do something like this? The seal on the military map clearly shows that he has sold the map to the rival army. What did he do to end up selling this?

“There’s a river at Hallsbay. When he went there to quell the war, it still belonged to our country. After that war, it became Hallsbay’s.”

“Why?”

“Because he lost that battle,” replied the person from the military tribunal mockingly.

Sebastian’s mind turned blank.

What right does he have? What right does he have to give our country’s land away?

His eyes reddened as disappointment engulfed him. He could almost feel something snapping within him as if his entire world had just collapsed onto him. Unable to keep his balance anymore, he staggered backward.

“Tell me! Why did you do that? Is it true? It’s not, right?” Sebastian asked with his last ounce of hope as he strode over to Jonathan, who was handcuffed in front of him.

However, Jonathan did not even have the courage to meet his gaze.

“That river… is a saltwater river. It doesn’t have any use in our country. My troop had been stationed there for three whole days at that time. We couldn’t take the enemy down. I… I didn’t want any more people to die.”

“So you gave it up just like that? What right do you have? How is it different from colluding with the enemy and betraying your country? The land belongs to the country, not you.”

go there with my troops. I did not commit treason. I merely made

Sebastian was stunned.

his senses,

military map? You made your vanguard sacrifice their lives just to put up a show. You said you didn’t want more soldiers to die, but what about them? Do their lives

finally exploded

yelling at the top of his lungs, he could not utter anything else. All he could do

enveloped him as he felt an urge to shoot a bullet through Jonathan’s

Sebastian wished to

has done? How can he retort me

head was spinning, and his

one could understand how he

the past, he used to be a businessman. To

because they did not get along well. However, almost imperceptibly, Jonathan’s mindsets started to influence

The Ataraxy, he would rather sweep it under

House was undergoing political unrest, he gave in rather

had eliminated the Ten Medals,

show just to eliminate those people and safeguard the country’s peace. Then why was he so foolish in the past? Doesn’t he know that it’ll warrant him

and agony reached a peak. In the

kept quiet too as

about to take him away, he gazed at his grandson, who was

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