Chapter 158

Karman laughed, hollow and helpless. There was nothing left to do but laugh at how absurd it all was.

"This family's a complete mess."

Kal's report alone had been enough to make Karman look back over his whole life.

"Which is exactly why I told you, ages ago, you should sort things out early."

Karman looked up to find the rude intruder who'd walked straight into the king's own office without so much as asking permission. That intruder was none other than Gadrian.

"Sir Gadrian, you're supposed to go through the proper procedure before entering."

"What was I supposed to do, teleport straight here and then walk back out and come in again?"

As Kal gently pointed this out to him, Gadrian muttered something about how the people in this palace had no flexibility at all.

"Leave it, Kal. I'm the one who called him here."

Kal, about to say…