章 286: KILL THEM WITH KINDNESS (4)

NEOMA was shocked when Duke Arman Winchester, along with the other nobles who expressed their doubts earlier, slightly bowed their heads.

"We apologize for our rudeness, Your Royal Highness," Duke Arman Winchester said, then he raised his head. Despite his seemingly polite behavior, the coldness in his eyes showed his true feelings at the moment. "Congratulations on catching the Devil's Grimoire."

Hah.

She held back a smirk.

Although she wasn't really good at politics since she never lived as a proper princess before, she could tell that the old duke was bowing his head now not because he was apologetic– he and the other nobles were bowing down because they were afraid of the Devil's Grimoire.

[Now that they have confirmed that it's the real Devil's Grimoire, they're afraid that I might use it to reveal their dark secrets.]