Dawn of Vengeance — Chapter 63

No matter how hard I tried to be cultured and civilized through blood-soaked effort,

yet my origins could not be erased.

And yet...

ARSINOE...

She carries the exact same Western Nomad blood as I do.

So how come she's praised just because she got lucky and won a throne?

HOW INFURIATING.

I will lure that wench and the Grand General out and kill them together, then I'll kill the Grand Duke too.

I will offer the three unified kingdoms as a sacrifice and marry the Crown Prince.

THEN, I WILL TRULY...

HOLD THE HIGHEST POWER ON THIS CONTINENT.

A WOMAN SO NOBLE, THAT NO ONE...

CAN EVER DARE TO LOOK DOWN ON ME!

WHAT ABOUT THE GUESTS?

I HAVE GUIDED THEM ALL TO THEIR ACCOMMODATIONS.

MOVE THEM CAREFULLY!

PUT THE FOOD OVER HERE...

AH, EVERYONE WAS HERE.

DUKE INJEXON, DUKE JISIN. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE LONG JOURNEY HERE.

IT HAS BEEN A WHILE, GRAND DUCHESS.

TO THINK, THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE COLD TO ME THE ENTIRE TIME...

COULD CHANGE THEIR ATTITUDES SO DRASTICALLY.

T-THAT COULDN'T BE TRUE, YOUR EXCELLENCY. YOU MUST BE MISUN- DERSTANDING...!

Haha, it was just a joke, do not be so on guard.

YOUR HIGHNESS, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FROM THE EMPIRE ARRIVED UNEXPECTEDLY, SO WE HURRIEDLY PREPARED AC- COMMODATIONS FOR THEM.

ALSO, THERE IS STILL ONE PERSON WHO HAS NOT ARRIVED YET.

THE EMPIRE? THEY CAME EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T SEND AN INVITATION?

WHO IS THE ONE THAT HAS YET TO ARRIVE?

WHO ELSE COULD IT BE?

IT'S THE WENCH WHO BROUGHT ABOUT THIS WHOLE MESS.

IT SEEMS HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN GOT LOST, SINCE IT'S HER FIRST TIME TRAV- ELLING THIS PATH.

I WAS GETTING WORRIED.

ACT GRACEFULLY,

BEFITTING A GRAND DUCHESS.

AH! LOOK,

THE QUEEN OF PHARNAS IS HERE.

SO FRAGILE IT'S PITIFUL. SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'D SNAP AT ANY MOMENT.

IT IS AN HONOR TO MEET YOU, GRAND DUKE.

I thought she was a deer...

I AM...

THE NEW RULER OF PHARNAS,

ARSINOE THEA NEOPHARNAS.

but she is a tiger.

EVEN THOUGH I TRIED TO HURRY, I AM QUITE LATE.

IF THE SCHEDULE WAS DELAYED BECAUSE OF ME, I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.

AH, NO. EVERYONE HAS ONLY JUST ARRIVED MOMENTS AGO.

IT IS AN HONOR TO MEET YOU, YOUR MAJESTY.

HUH... SHE IS COMPLETELY DIFFER- ENT FROM WHAT I EXPECTED.

SETTING ASIDE HER BEAUTY,

HER DIGNITY AND ELEGANCE ARE EXTRAORDINARY.

SHE IS COOL YET CAPTIVATING.

BECAUSE SHE CANNOT BE EASILY COVETED, I WANT TO POSSESS HER MORE...

SHE POSSESSES A ONE-OF-A-KIND BEAUTY.

SIGH, MEN WILL BE MEN.

I AM FINALLY MEETING THE FAMOUS GRAND DUCHESS.

NICE TO MEET YOU. SEEING YOU IN PERSON, YOU ARE TRULY BREATH- TAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL.

IS SHE BEING SARCASTIC?

THE HONOR IS ALL MINE.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING SUCH A LONG JOURNEY.

...BY THE WAY,

THE ONE WHO IS SAID TO ALWAYS ACCOMPANY YOU ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HERE.

HM?

ARE YOU PERHAPS REFERRING TO SIR HEIBERGH?

THE GRAND GENERAL HAS GONE TO THE SOUTH TO REORGANIZE THE ARMY.

WE COULDN’T POSSIBLY KEEP SUCH A TALENTED PERSON ON MERE ESCORT DUTY FOREVER, COULD WE?

AS YOU KNOW,

AFTER THE WAR, THE BORDER REGIONS HAVE BEEN RATHER RESTLESS.

WITHOUT THE GRAND GENERAL...

THAT UTTERLY USELESS QUEEN CAME HERE ALL BY HERSELF?

SOMEHOW, YOUR EXPRESSION LOOKED SOMEWHAT DISPLEASED WHEN I ARRIVED.

IT SEEMS YOU WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT THE GRAND GENERAL DIDN'T COME ALONG.

N-NO, THAT'S NOT IT.

WHAT TO DO? IT'S NOT LIKE I CAN GO BACK AND BRING HIM HERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPEAK.

I WILL GLADLY PASS THE MESSAGE ALONG FOR YOU.