Realizing the original plotline might once again have shifted due to her interference, Astrid slightly pursed her lips. Her two long, smooth legs sheathed in black stockings shifted position as she crossed them, the sharp, slender heels tapping against the floor tiles, overriding the soft rustle of fabric and forming a graceful jarring high note within the otherwise melody.
"Where did the Imperial Brother hear this news?"
As a crucial military force protecting the imperial authority, troop movements within the Imperial Guards directly concerning the capital's security. With such arrangements, Hibbort will never allow too many people to become aware of them.
Especially now, when numerous imperial nobles secretly speculated that the Emperor's health had drastically declined, and a change in the throne might occur within the next few years, multiple factors combined make it extremely difficult for Lucas to obtain such a confidential intelligence.
