Chapter 256
“I intend to set out on a journey with Rize.”
“Isn’t that dangerous?”
At Dale’s words, his father Alan asked flatly.
“I’ll be with her. What is there to worry about?”
“I suppose you’re right.”
Dale answered calmly, and at his words, Alan smiled quietly.
“But aside from Rize’s journey, don’t you have another purpose as well?”
“As the Watcher of Kings, I wish to test the qualifications held by the King of Valainia.”
“And you intend to undertake that task alongside Rize?”
“Even if I were to erase Balina or Baekguk from the map, they wouldn’t be able to lay a finger on a single hair on Rize’s head.”
“The King’s Watcher…”
At Dale’s words, Allen remained silent.
“I won’t stop you from monitoring the kings’ actions and deciding right from wrong. It was your doing that brought down the empire, and you have every right to do so.”
After the silence, Alan continued. As always, as a father imparting life’s wisdom to Dale.
“But you must remember that no one can watch over the watcher.”
“I don’t believe there are no one watching me.”
At those words, Dale quietly shook his head.
“I remember that Father is watching me, and that Riza is watching me on this journey.”
“……Yes.”
“I promise to act in a way that will never shame me before Rize.”
“I’m glad to hear you say that.”
Alan of Saxony, now fulfilling his duty as the Saxon Grand Duke’s representative, smiled. Behind him, sunlight poured in backlit, casting shadows behind him.
