Chapter 124
Stumble-
As I stumbled in my seat, the duke reached out to me in surprise.
“Oh no.”
“…What did I hear just now?”
The duke licked his lips and let out a deep sigh.
I could tell that he wasn’t speaking gibberish just by the look on his face. He was being genuine, which meant that it was the truth: he really was the successor to the throne.
“From what I know, Eizenbach already has a crown prince…”
“My oldest brother is filling that position because the kingdom couldn’t leave the position of the crown prince vacant. The heir to the throne is not decided by the rule of primogeniture.”
I started to organize my thoughts while listening to the duke speak plainly.
‘Come to think of it…’
Unlike the Hexen imperial family, which followed the rules of primogeniture, the kings of Eizenbach seemed to be throned based on a mysterious standard.
In the Hexen Empire, daughters were behind sons in the order of succession for the throne, and there never was a ruling empress.
