Chapter 100

"Ugh...! Grand Duke. What on earth—"

"What's that in his hand?"

"I-Isn't that... a monster?"

Kael Dehart walked out of the shadows of the hunting grounds, his whole body soaked in blood. In one hand he carried the severed head of some hideous-looking beast.

With every step he took, drops of blood — whose, no one could say — stained the ground. A thick, metallic scent of blood drifted on the wind.

Kael's steps came to a stop in front of the Crown Prince.

Thud.

"I was trying to catch a fox."

Kael set the monster's head down in front of the Crown Prince. His red eyes, as if soaked in blood themselves, met the Crown Prince's golden gaze.

"There happened to be a monster."

At Kael's words, the Crown Prince let out a hollow laugh. Around them, people gathered and the murmuring grew louder.

"A monster, in the capital...!"…