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The night was deep.

The grand banquet in Ice Rock City had finally come to a close.

However, the expressions of the nobles who left the banquet one after another varied greatly.

Some were excited, some were terrified, some were hopeful, some were full of fear...

This night was destined to be a sleepless one.

One by one, carrier pigeons took to the sky from Ice Rock City, scattering to all parts of the North Territory.

They would deliver a shocking piece of news—under the questioning of Marquis Garcia, Charles, the eldest son of Duke St. Hilde, had announced his abandonment of his own nobility!

Charles' nobility was in name only and came with no corresponding territories.

What it truly represented was the right to succeed the Duke of St. Hilde!

Giving up this title meant that Charles had given up his right to succession.