After the banquet was over, Abel returned to the villa, lost in thought.
'It looks like there's no big problem on the outside.'
The Duchy of Crawford was one of the more ordinary small states of the time.
If there was anything special about it, it was its strong relationship with the Empire of Enfer. Other than that, it wasn't much different from the Western Alliance—a place where the nobles lived in luxury while the freedmen and serfs endured lives of hardship.
In fact, wasn't it the same even for the most advanced empires?
Things had changed a bit since the emergence of the Dapan Group, but in the distant local territories, everything remained the same as before.
'But why did they make such a request?'
Did the elderly Paley III suddenly gain enlightenment and awaken?
Honestly, the chances of that happening weren't great.
So, there was only one conclusion.
"I guess it's a story about the royal family being under some kind of threat."
