There was zero possibility for him to do so. Kling and his daughter were like a pair of cards placed side by side. The moment one of them was forcibly taken off from the other, the other card would become useless.
'… Did she approach me from the beginning with that in mind?'
Eckhart breathed out slowly, pondering over that possibility.
Whenever he recalled the Lennox War, the late emperor Cassius repeatedly praised Kling by saying that he could not have finished the war without the duke's wise strategy. Eckart thought his late father's praise of the duke was not that exaggerated. Anyway, the duke was never a pushover.
"I think you're very arrogant to say it like that."
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty."
"Duke, you are now threatening me. Do you think you can take responsibility for your crazy remarks?"