Chapter 520: Chapter 238: Dark Currents in the Royal Capital_1

February 3, 2049

Game Time AM11:37

Schwarzen Empire, Capital City of Telon, A Residential House

Sitting before a wooden table, Lee Forde-Astor, in civilian attire, wore an impassive expression. His usually tranquil and elegantly grey eyes were no longer calm. Instead, a frenzied flame was steadily emerging.

Such a gaze wasn't something a trainee Representative from Sky Pillar Mountain would convey, but rather something akin to a steadfast and obstinate martyr...

Lee Forde stared in silence at the steaming food before him for quite some time. Then, he gently kissed the back of his hand as he murmured in a tone barely audible, "Praise the sun for bestowing upon us food, freedom, and pride."

Upon uttering these words, he collapsed onto his chair as if utterly drained, his fists firmly clenched, and dampness at the corners of his eyes.

"It's been too long..."