Hearing the name of the knight the Empire had summoned a few months earlier come from Reynald's mouth, it was enough to make Theron raise an eyebrow as he turned to look at Reynald, now standing some distance away from him. Why would the Duke suddenly bring this up now — hadn't the summoning magic been carried out on the Crown Prince's own orders? Why bother telling him about this at all? As far as Theron could tell, from every angle, that knight seemed fully loyal to the Empire and was currently playing the hero's role rather well.
"Duke Florance, you're fully aware of what you just said, aren't you?" Theron responded, brow furrowed deeply. He didn't quite understand what Reynald was getting at. "Wasn't that knight summoned directly by the Crown Prince himself? Why would you tell him something this important?"
