Infernal Dragon was quiet for a few seconds, letting Emperal calm his nerves down.

"You seem to be forgetting something."

It suddenly spoke, surprising Emperal.

"What is it?"

"You also have Elven blood flowing through your veins."

Hearing this, Emperal scoffed.

"So what? Never once has it been useful aside from a very few handful of times."

It was true; his blood was just flowing through him, providing no visible benefits. The only time it had helped him was the time when he was hit by Verth Lightning. He could vividly remember the pain.

"I wouldn’t say it’s useless, just like your Draconic bloodline...it just needs that specific...thing."

The Infernal Dragon spoke. Hearing this, Emperal shook his head.

"I will worry about this later; for now, let’s focus on the immediate things."

"...Hmm."

Emperal sat back on his chair and started to prepare his next plans.

"Going back to Draventhar at this moment will be dangerous, and although I have Soleine...I can’t trouble her for every small thing. Hmm..."

Emperal closed his eyes and focused on his chest. In the next second, something flashed inside his chest.

A few seconds later, a small smile stretched on his lips.

...

The next day, Emperal made his way to the borders of Draventhar, and he sneaked in through a specific route Soleine had given him.

He travelled a few miles away from the border and reached the edge of a forest.

There, he found a large stone slab and made himself comfortable on it.

Looking ahead, he spoke. "She should be coming at this moment now."

Rush Rush...

The sound of rustling bushes came from behind him, near the opening. A slender woman walked out.

Seeing this, Emperal nodded and jumped on the ground.

"M-Master."

Thessa bowed slightly. Looking at Emperal, she couldn’t help but think he had changed a bit. His aura at least.

"Thessa, hope you have been doing well. Did you collect the information that I gave you in the list?"

Thessa nodded to his words and passed a small scroll to him. "Master, I have properly documented everything in this scroll. You can verify it."

Thessa spoke, her hessonite eyes gleaming slightly.

Yes, this was the serpent woman from the Ninth Dragon squad. After Emperal had killed her subordinate Reth, he had sent her to the forest to chase the other wolfkin and slaughter him.

"I will read it later."

Saying that, Emperal waved his hands, sending the scroll straight to his spatial ring. It was still shining as brightly as ever.

Thessa looked at it curiously for a second before raising her head to meet his gaze.

"Did you kill that wolf-blood?" Emperal asked. He was just curious. After all, now that the Verth Spring had fallen into his hands, he couldn’t care less about the information leaks.

"Master, about that..."

Thessa paused and slowly began recollecting all the events that happened after he told her to go after the wolf-blood.

Emperal stood there, listening to every word carefully, nodding a few times in between.

At the end, he shook his head and sighed.

"It must definitely be Soleine’s work. I’m sure of it."

Emperal concluded before asking the main information. Aka, the Dragon Princess.

The moment she heard the words "Dragon Princess," she trembled.

"Master, that woman...that woman had gone crazy! T-The other day, she publicly tortured a man of Voidclaw and...and finished him off! According to the news, he seemed to have been hiding something."

Thessa spoke, her trembling intensifying. Hearing her words, Emperal’s expression changed drastically.

"What did you say? A practitioner of Clan Voidclaw? Tortured publicly and...killed?" Emperal stammered.

"Who was that?"

Emperal put his hand on Thessa’s shoulders and urged her to speak.

"I-It was Sir Cassel!"

Silence...

Emperal took a step back when he heard the name. "Cassel? What did that guy do?"

A frown marred his expression. He couldn’t help but massage his temples.

Cassel could be considered his friend at some point, though they weren’t that close. Still, Emperal felt a small sense of loss when he heard about his death.

"That...bitch."

Emperal spat. No, he wasn’t angry about Cassel’s death. He was angry about how he was tortured publicly before being mercilessly executed. Looking down, he saw her trembling intensify.

"What happened after that?"

He quickly asked. This wasn’t the time to be emotional. Though he would surely write this down in his list.

"After that, the Voidclaw Dragon Elder flew into a rage. He attempted to battle the Dragon Princess, but the Royal General intervened and beat Elder Voidclaw."

She said, even though there was some fear in her words. The confusion could no longer be hidden. And it wasn’t just her, half the Empire and Emperal were equally confused.

And one question rang in everyone’s head collectively.

"What the heck is happening in the Royal Palace?"

Emperal couldn’t help but ask, but the poor lamb didn’t know that he was the source of all that was happening in the country. But the General attacking Elder Voidclaw was...totally out of everyone’s assumptions.

Thessa looked at him and sighed. "The consequences were soon apparent. The entire information market took a massive hit as the Voidclaws began leaking information recklessly. The entire capital was thrown into chaos as fights became extremely common, and the estimated deaths this whole week were close to ten thousand!

Emperal sucked in a cold breath when he heard that. "No, the Dragon Emperor isn’t foolish enough to let that happen."

"Yes, it was because of him that the order finally settled in the capital. After his intervention, the Voidclaws were given the justice they deserved."

"Huh?"

Emperal frowned when he heard that...Justice? That too, in Draventhar? He must have misinterpreted something here. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Justice only belongs to those who have bigger fists here; the rest might as well wipe the shit of the strong.

It was more uncommon than people might think, and that too...justice provided against a royal?

Emperal took a few deep breaths, his gaze dropping onto hers.

"What sort of justice?"

"The Dragon Princess is banished to the outskirts for unknown period of time."

"...Say what?"

Emperal’s jaw hit the harsh ground as a chill ran down his spine.