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Cardoon Veynar laughed openly at Louis, mocking his words as the ramblings of a child who didn't know his place. "Offer him my corpse? What sort of nonsense are you spouting, Prince Louis? Can't you see the difference between us? Fighting me would be like trying to fight a mountain. You are simply too far beneath me. But this is a good opportunity. I'll make sure to eliminate you. This whole situation started because they thought you were dead. Without a Queen and a Prince, and with a King who refuses to do his job, the people—especially the nobles—lost all will to support this government. They wanted change."
"…And is that why they allied with Thalor and brought you and your army here?" Louis asked, slowly advancing toward Veynar while suppressing his aura, pretending to be as weak as the man believed him to be. "Is that why you came here to kill your own brother? How did you even know he was here to begin with?"
