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One of the guards announced John's arrival which stopped the bickering between Friedreich and Melanie as Vlad sighed with relief and thought, 'It good that Taylor did speak to John previously about miss Diana or Lord Friedreich would have chewed me up, anyway we got some useful information which we can use for today's meeting. Well, I only expect official business talks for now. Anyway, his Highness is here at Sky till John's crowning ceremony so there will be a lot of time. I hope our plan works today.'

Duke Friedreich smiled as he first made his formal greeting to John, "My greeting to his highness, John Sky for his successful battle against the invading forces of Aelius and chasing them away."

John nodded and spoke in a calm manner, "You overpraise me, Lord Duke. I am still not crowned yet. As for the previous battle, I wouldn't have won without my men. And I wouldn't have fought unless we were pressed into the corner because of the sanctions."