Chatter, chatter...
"..." Lucifer clenched his fingers hard around the data tablet, crushing it into multiple fragments. "How dare these two families do this?!" he roared in fury.
He seemed to remember the words the Grand Admiral of the Celestial Void Empire had said to him a few weeks ago.
Do not trust some people too blindly, Commander Lucifer, just based on past relationships that you have had. Think more broadly now that you are a king!
The Grand Admiral's voice once again rang in his head.
At that point, to think I refused to take those warnings seriously and even scoffed at them, all for those two men! Those who had accompanied him and the legions during their toughest times, who had borne immense pressure and suffered losses themselves for the cause of their people. That was the only reason he had trusted them. Once again, he had taken a leap of faith and placed his trust in them.
