“Now is a crucial time for Your Highness. It’s a time to be recognized and rewarded for the struggles and achievements of the past five years. However, being the heir isn’t such a stable position, so Your Highness’s perspective is quite delicate. It’s a situation where blind trust in the royal family is not feasible, and there shouldn’t be any elements that could be a weakness for Your Highness.”

K continued calmly, “Lord Arthur should receive a fair evaluation and reward. It’s not just Your Highness’s problem to receive a fair reward. Julius’s conscripted soldiers, the knights, all have their lives tied to Lord Arthur. I hope Lord Arthur has fully gained the power and influence as the head of Julius, and even after the disbandment of the army, I hope Your Highness has the strength to protect yourself. We are all working towards that goal.”

Reyna seemed to understand, her eyes showing a hint of comprehension.

K shrugged lightly and smiled, “In that regard, Lady is giving Your Highness significant help. Julius may not be an easy opponent, but thanks to Lady’s positioning as a weakness for the viscountess in every negotiation, our negotiations are proceeding quite smoothly.”

Looking at Reyna, K calmly said, “Thank you for your help to Lord Arthur and for various other things.”

Even though there was an intention in her subconscious to imply, “You should not become Arthur’s weakness,” all her words were sincere.

They were all words filled with truth.

“Please take care in the future.”

For Arthur’s sake, and for yourself.

May Your Highness not make mistakes.

Whether Reyna knew K’s true feelings or not, she nodded with a smile.

“Yes.”

K recited the list of documents Arthur needed to review within a week.

【 Regulations for Disabled Soldiers: 】

【 Discussion on Improving Compensation for Disabled Soldiers 】

【 Payment Details for Survivor Pensions and Compensation for Battle Veterans 】

【 List of Compensation Rejected by Viscount Julius 】

【 Issues with the Current Scope of Recognition for Survivors and Battle Veterans 】

【 Petitions from Other Overlooked Compensation Cases 】

【 Legal Consultation on Marriage Contracts 】

Then, he placed a pile of documents on Arthur’s desk.

Choosing the most important and urgent ones, he placed them at the top, explaining the reasons for their urgency once more.

Finally, there was a report on ‘Lady’s Meeting Contents’ that K had written.

“……. ”

The order to separately report on what he discussed with his wife during the meeting came from Lionel.

Arthur silently looked through the documents, sighed, and massaged his temples.

“……. ”

Although there were quite a few documents suddenly piled on him,

K waited for Arthur’s response, finding his reaction to be somewhat unusual, appearing more fatigued than usual.

Finally, Arthur spoke.
“……K. I’m sorry, but from now on, I’ll be receiving reports verbally.”

“Yes?”

“Actually, I’m having some vision problems.”

“Yes? What do you mean…”

“I can’t read if it’s reported on paper.”

“……Yes?”

K had never given such a bewildered response of just repeating ‘Yes?’ three times in a row in front of anyone.

He looked at Arthur with an expression that said, ‘What did I just hear?’

He couldn’t comprehend Arthur’s words.

“You made me go through quite an ordeal. You should have said it sooner.”

“……. ”

Arthur lowered his hand from his face and looked at him brightly.

“I’ve lost my eyesight.”

“……. ”

K’s mouth hung open.

Arthur spoke calmly, “Don’t tell anyone else. Only Prince Kyle and Tristan know.”

And Arthur smiled somewhat awkwardly, pushing the report K had written toward him.

“……Would you read it for me?”

In terms of disabled soldier grades, it’s classified as a Grade 1 visual impairment in both eyes.

I don’t think it’s a complete loss of vision.

Well… if we categorize it as a ‘grade,’ it’s a visual impairment.

I can still distinguish the direction of light.

It’s just not clear.

I can’t see your expression right now.

Or this writing.

You don’t need to worry as if I’m blind.

I can replace it with other senses.

I can fully sense the spatial shapes of things.

Thanks to that, there are no problems in daily life.

See? You didn’t notice until now, did you?

Hmm. It seems I surprised you.

And that your mouth is wide open.

It seems to be your first time making such a face.

Saying that, Arthur laughed.

It was a composed appearance.

They’re not as perceptive as you might think.

Except for Prince Kyle, no one else knew.

Don’t worry.

No problem.

Um, the documents might be a bit of a big issue…

It’s a big deal for you and Tristan; I’m fine.

Arthur smiled.

As if all of this were inconsequential.