To The Eternal Knight (2 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 144

When the carriage passed through the main gate of the Imperial Palace, Nerea once again looked out the window.

It was a great gain that the crowd—who had filled the most honored avenue leading to the palace, Palustine Street, since early morning, shouting praises to the Grand Duke—had followed them all the way to just beyond the palace gates.

Imperial Palace knights kept emerging outside the main gate as if to disperse the thronging masses, but they seemed powerless to stop the people scattering like a breaking wave.

“They followed us all the way to the palace gate, so I was worried—but they’re handling it well. That’s a relief.”

Just then, Alejandro, seated across from her, spoke as if sharing the same thought. Yet Nerea instantly noticed the subtle anticipation flickering across his face.

“Well, of course. A remarkably capable person carefully positioned those seasoned individuals, after all.”

“How did you know that?”

Pretending ignorance so obviously was a talent in itself. At Alejandro’s wide-eyed, feigned astonishment, Nerea let out a low chuckle.

She couldn’t possibly have missed the familiar faces of Count Esteban’s household guards, standing in plainclothes along Palustine Street.

Just moments ago, even those who pretended to be caught by Imperial Palace knights—to buy time as the crowd dispersed—were all recognizably familiar.

Moreover, the benefit gained while passing through Palustine Street wasn’t merely the crowd’s cheers. Nerea glanced down at the newspapers placed by her feet and murmured,

“…Anyway, it was wise of us to keep watch over the Chief Steward’s movements, Alejandro. The moment I sensed he was acting swiftly, I saw his special editions spreading like light itself.”

– Signs of uprising in Valer territory, abandoned by its lord indulging in pleasures –

Before dawn even broke today, a new special edition—after Alejandro’s earlier flyer—had already been scattered across Palustine Street.

Printed in such overwhelming quantities that collection became impossible, each flyer ended with an announcement: given the gravity of this crisis, His Imperial Majesty would soon summon the Grand Duke personally to issue a stern warning.

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