Chapter 277: The Fireworks Display at the Ice Peak Palace!

"What are you waiting for? For the Snow Goddess to come and help you?"

Bella laughed dismissively, crossing her legs and placing her black high-heeled shoe, embroidered with gold threads, on the small table in front of her, venting her dissatisfaction.

After Philip was taken in, just compensating for the previous tax discrepancies was a huge sum of gold coins, enough to make her heart ache.

Not to mention the opportunistic nobles, who, knowing she stood with Duke Ward and opposed the increasingly powerful King Lukar, had been mercilessly targeting her family's businesses over the past few days, seemingly to curry favor with the king.

Ward did not respond, truth be told, he wasn't confident either.

What exactly does that Death Cultist Moriarty intend to do? Duke Ward frowned; he despised dealing with such unpredictable individuals.

Yet, for some reason, he felt a faint sense of anticipation.

"Stran, are you even listening to me?"