Duke, You're a Bit Stiff (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 74

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Owen had considered the option of imprisoning the Duke and Duchess and subjecting them to horrific torture until they confessed everything they knew.

But if he did that, Heidegger Wellington in the North would certainly not remain idle.

No matter how absolutely loyal the Wellington family had sworn to be to the monarch, he would use every means at his disposal to destroy the capital—especially considering what that capable man had done after his wife’s death.

Since both of his sons were here, eliminating them would effectively end his bloodline.

Thus, choosing to torture the Duke and Duchess would unleash bloodshed on both sides.

Massive casualties would inevitably follow, and the imperial throne itself might be thrown into peril.

Precisely because they understood this, the Duke and Duchess had dared to come to the capital.

In truth, Owen even now felt pressure from the North. This was not an issue he could recklessly provoke.

“If you reveal all your cards like that… how do you plan to handle the aftermath?”

Even in a simple card game, it was a fundamental rule never to expose your entire hand.

Artia had openly claimed to possess precognitive abilities and effortlessly divulged secrets that not even the Dark Guild could uncover.

He didn’t blindly believe she was afflicted with dark magic—but she also had no reason to lie about such a thing to him.

If she was merely probing whether he’d used dark magic against the group that targeted Duke Wellington during the Twelfth Festival, he could always deny it.

After all, he’d erased every trace.

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