Chapter 144 (2)

Chapter 144 (2)

"Marriage? The guild leader got married?"

The 1st prince wasn't interested in the guild leader's marriage news.

So when he asked about the unknown information, the staff member who had shared the news replied immediately.

"Yes, that's what I know."

"That's good. If the guild leader himself is difficult to deal with, we can take his wife hostage."

At that, Trinity, who had been quietly listening, showed her displeasure.

"Do we really have to go that far?"

From her perspective, it was an unpleasant task, but from the 1st prince's point of view, the situation was desperate enough to resort to such underhanded tactics.

"If I lose here, my life is over. I can accept the criticism for this later."

If they kidnap the guild leader's wife, there would be issues with the relationship between the guild leader and the prince after the Crown War.

However, what was more important to him was to win this war first.

"But winning this Crown War is more important to me."

Just in case, she asked her staff about the woman the guild leader had married.

If she was from a famous noble family, that would be another problem.

"Which family did he marry into?"

"As far as I know... she's a commoner."

"A commoner? He married a commoner?"

"Yes."

She couldn't understand his expression.

Although the guild leader was a commoner, there was no reason for such a wealthy person to refuse a noblewoman.

"Is she really a commoner?"

The 1st prince also had doubts about this, and asked again to confirm.

"Yes, she is a commoner. That's what I heard."

"Really? That's unexpected. He could have easily married someone from a baron's family."

"Oh, I remember now, she was his secretary."

"Secretary?"

Trinity Tepez.

She was an unparalleled expert from the Tepez family, who had inherited the same blood as him and was even known as the Blade Queen.

But she not only failed in her mission, but was also captured!

It would have been impossible without Ismail's intervention.

"That... The guild leader's wife..."

The person reporting to the 1st prince was one of those who had gone to Lyon to kidnap the guild leader's wife along with Trinity.

"The guild leader's wife was from Ismail's family."

"What did you just say?"

"The guild leader's wife was from Ismail's family. Trinity couldn't avoid a tough fight and eventually lost to the guild leader's wife."

The shock was undeniable.

Who would have known that the wife of the guild leader, who was said to have married a commoner, was from the Ismail family?

"Is that true?"

"Yes, and when the guild leader's wife released me, she told me to tell you this."

The officer, who was about to report something, looked like he was about to die.

Instead of bringing the guild leader's wife as a tribute, he had no choice but to deliver a threatening message.

"If you don't give up the Crown War, they'll kill Her Highness Trinity."

"..."

It felt like the sky was falling.

Both of the breakthroughs he had thought of had failed.

"..."

The 1st prince stood silently in front of the officer reporting on the events in Lyon.

After a while, he unknowingly swallowed his saliva and dropped his head.

His expression seemed to have given up on everything beyond serious.

'How...'

His mind turned white, and all he felt was a deep sense of defeat.

It was the first defeat of his life.

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