Chapter: 861

“He must have been very worried.”

“Yeah, he cried when he saw Your Majesty and wished you a speedy recovery.”

“Oh, my… … .”

Kaizen frowned worriedly.

Astelle pondered for a moment whether she should tell him that Theor called him Dad. But she decided not to say it.

‘It will be better for him to hear it in person.’

If Theor meets him and calls him ‘dad’, Kaizen will be happy to receive such an unexpected gift.

“Are you sure you’re all right?” Kaizen asked carefully.

Astelle understood the meaning of his words.

‘This time I really have to get rid of my father.’

He was worried about Astelle.

Astelle replied calmly, “I don’t care.”

Although she talked about the death of her biological father, she felt no sorrow. On the other hand, she felt bitter.

“I have no regrets at all. If things went wrong or he didn’t need me anymore, he would have killed me too.”

* * *

The Duke of Reston was drinking tea in his study.

‘It should be fine by now.’

He sent someone the day before to check Seibel’s location and spy on the town where the knights were hiding.

As he heard, Seibel secretly brought in more knights and hid some of them near the capital.

Everything was just as Astelle said.

‘What a cunning young man.’

The Duke of Reston immediately sent his men to get rid of Seibel.

He passed the responsibility of attacking the knights waiting near the capital to another nobleman, a relative of Viscount Bürgen, who was the former Minister of Home Affairs before Fritz took over.

He had connections among the commanders of the Capital Guards, so he was able to get some soldiers out in such an emergency.

This was possible because Fritz took over in the position of Minister of Home Affairs not long after and he had not changed the commanders of the Capital Guards during that time.