Duke Black Iron of the Romann family.
He and Cyart King had fought side by side more than a hundred years ago to establish the country known today, and no one on the Eastern Four Kingdoms was oblivious to the renown of Duke Black Iron.
As a top-tier power at the mid-level Monarch rank, Duke Black Iron was already famous before Cyart's rise, having once joined forces with Cyart King to fight against a high-level Monarch from Lorne. Though defeated but still honorable, they successfully lured the enemy, escaped, and achieved a significant strategic goal, much to the lifelong shame of that high-level Monarch.
That old man was also the beginning of the Fischer family's ascendancy into the noble hierarchy.
Owing to Lucius's heroic sacrifice, he granted the Fischer family an official entry ticket into the aristocracy.
Byrne calmly opened the black envelope, and as he read the contents, he couldn't help but frown.