This Marriage Must End in Tragedy (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 96

The Grand Light Hall in the capital. Majestic music continuously filled the opulent interior. Reaching all the way to the ceiling, the music resonated deeply, producing an elegant sound.

Guests invited to the party wandered through the hall with faces mingling superiority and excitement. Some flirted with those they fancied, while others gathered in small groups to gossip.

A group of young men was no different. Boasting as if to show off their knowledge, they spilled various rumors they knew, and their conversation eventually turned to Orphe.

“By the way, isn’t there a rumor going around? That things between His Majesty and Viscount Cardian de Orphe aren’t quite right. Seems like there’ve been quite a few conflicts lately.”

“Exactly. Honestly, everyone who knows, knows… but wasn’t real power always in Viscount Orphe’s hands? If the two split, whose side should we take?”

“Ah, watch your words. Obviously, we must follow His Majesty.”

Recently, whispers had quietly spread that Emperor Ludkaos showed signs of diverging from Viscount Cardian de Orphe.

However, the men gossiping here had never actually seen either the Emperor or the Viscount, so they had no way of knowing if the rumors were true.

Though it made for entertaining gossip, it wasn’t something to openly discuss in public. Thus, the topic shifted to matters more directly tied to their own safety.

“They say tensions with Regen aren’t looking good lately. Surely there won’t be a war, right?”

“It was reassuring having Lieutenant Orphe around… It’d have been better if he’d stayed in the military.”

“If war breaks out, he’ll probably return to the army, won’t he?”

“But then we’ll all be conscripted too.”

They joked, yet it wasn’t entirely baseless. The men sighed.

Just then—

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