Chapter 109: THIRD POV.
If he could keep the princess alive and guide this future hero, he could secure his own peaceful retirement without ever having to worry about the world burning down around him.
"I had an inkling your backgrounds weren't simple. I just didn't expect to have met the princess of Leones in person," Jacob said lightly with a calm smile, breaking his silence and looking down from the balcony.
Flounder's expression creased outright at his words, a look of pure, unadulterated anger flaring up in his dark eyes.
He didn't see Jacob's smile as friendly; he saw it as the smirk of a predator who had just uncovered a hidden treasure.
He involuntarily stepped forward, his boots clicking hard against the wood, and with a swift, metallic ring, he ended up unsheathing the long, iron blade resting on his waist.
The metal glistened in the sunlight, pointing directly toward the balcony.
