Since he is at an advanced stage, he shouldn't be that frail and brittle."
He turned to Rina.
"Maybe he relied too much on potions. There is always a difference between someone who gains power by himself and someone who relies on other means."Rina replied without hesitation.
"...."
Those words struck Ethan deeper than he expected. It felt like an unintentional emotional attack.
After all, wasn't he the same?
Using potions and gaining power ups from the system to end up a hollow mage without any substance.
He took a slow breath and decided to let it slide.
He sat down and thought carefully, tapping the envelope lightly against his leg.
From a ruler's perspective, things looked strange.
No matter how old or weak a king becomes, one cannot be so careless about future succession. To declare the next heir late could throw a kingdom into chaos.
It was because reputation mattered and legacy should be kept on.
So strangely something felt off.
