When the Cruel Dark Lord Tenderly Seduces (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 21

Carlos gazed absently at the scenery rushing past outside.

Though the capital’s meticulously kept, beautiful streets were a source of pride for the Andrian Empire, they failed to capture Carlos’s attention.

His mind was entirely occupied with what had just happened.

‘Duke Hart.’

How dare he bring up his right-hand man.

Though his true intent was to strike at a vulnerability, as always, he cloaked it in eloquent words and a gentle tone.

The Duke had always been that way.

Excessively courteous, yet his eyes always looked down on others.

What frustrated him most was that no one—not even his own father—seemed to notice the Duke’s condescending attitude.

‘Not even Father.’

Above all, Duke Hart had blinded the Emperor—his own father—so thoroughly that he accepted everything the Duke said as truth.

Carlos himself had been observing Duke Hart keenly, yet he saw nothing particularly unusual.

‘Which makes it all the more suspicious.’

A person who seemed too flawless was, in itself, suspicious.

That was precisely why he had stormed into Duke Hart’s mansion today.

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