Capítulo 618: ONE THOUSAND MEN

"DUKE QUINZEL, I have a piece of information that you need to know."

At first, Rufus was confused when Jasper Hawthorne, still the youngest duke in the empire, approached him stealthily in the garden in front of the banquet hall.

He was looking for Hanna when the young duke approached him.

Jasper Hawthorne wasn't invited to the banquet celebrating the foundation day of the Royal Moon Academy because he wasn't an alumnus. And the fact that the young duke was wearing a dark robe over some simple clothes was a clear sign he sneaked in.

It seemed like it was an urgent matter.

[Duke Hawthorne may be young, but he's still a duke like me. He won't pull a prank on me because he knows it can lead to a war between our families.]

"You're not the type of person who will approach me for nothing," Rufus said carefully. "What is it that I need to know this urgently, Duke Hawthorne?"