-48- Youth is wonderful!

After listening to the meaningful words of the Great Priest, a fleeting cold light flashed through the eyes of Bold Duke.

However, he quickly adjusted his expression and restored a faint smile.

Though that smile seemed quite forced.

He had realized he had been played by the Great Priest.

Yet, he couldn't lash out.

Laino's illegitimate child still needed the recognition of the Church, and he couldn't afford to fall out with the Church now—it would completely disrupt his plans.

He knew, perhaps the Great Priest knew this too, which was why he seized the moment to support the Castel family's young lady.

The implication of the Great Priest was simple.

To exchange the future religious vassal of the Count Castle Domain for the legalization of the illegitimate child and the support of the Church.

It was a trade.

A trade that caught him off guard.

But this was not the outcome the old duke had desired.

However, this time, he had no other choice.