When Ryan walked up to Knight Watt, he looked down at the young man, now sprawled in the mud after being thrown from his horse. His gaze was calm—too calm—and it only served to further enrage the knight.
"I'm a noble too!" Watt growled.
"You're a noble too?" Ryan chuckled, then turned his gaze toward the line of kneeling slave-soldiers behind Watt, his expression saying everything that needed to be said.
The unspoken humiliation made Watt tremble with fury.
"You're not from Shenma Territory. Who are you really?"
He was shaken by the sheer strength of the sudden army that had appeared. No way this force belonged to Baron Hatton—Hatton simply didn't have the means.
"You have two neighbors," Ryan replied. "Have you forgotten already?"
Watt's angry expression froze, turning to shock.
"Y-you're… the Baron of the Frozen Territory?"
