Having sorted his emotions together, Duke Eldar had been ready to tell Kieran everything, but he almost choked when Kieran gave him his direct reply.
Cough, Cough
The elderly duke coughed multiple times and tried extremely hard to get his emotions back in check before sizing up the young man before his eyes with a judgemental gaze.
There was a mature temperament that covered his youthful face. His words and actions were habitually stiff, and even his back was as straight as a pole when he sat down.
If Eldar hadn't taken a precise look at Kieran's face and had only looked at Kieran's back, he might have taken him for a well-educated, law-abiding, middle-aged man.
However, the young man before him had restraints that a middle-aged man was lacking in.
Just look at the room.