Adopting

Her father was someone who could kick a child to death and go to sleep immediately. He was a messed up person. Beyond saving. He himself didn't think he needed saving either. He thought that he was the who was right, and that everyone else was a worthless weakling coward for not being the same as him. 

He stood alone atop a mountain of corpses and people alike, proudly and happily. Seeing others higher than him, he was endlessly jealous and ambitious. Every second of the day, he would spend his time planning. Searching for a way to get atop them.

The fact that they were dukes and royals didn't matter to him. Already, he was above the dukes, having full control of the Sovereignty's army. 

And now, he was plotting against the Sovereign, thinking of ways to overthrow him. Him sending Murkato to Fest was a test. He planned to let Marquis Wallace take over the duchy, to see how the Sovereign reacted.