Rival

Esmond Pov:

The wind smacks our faces as we ride southwest to Metos. We hurried in hopes that an entire army won't follow us. I was well aware of what they are capable of.

I heard some news back in Cordelia before I left to face Astris.

A powerful man returned to the scene when the princess was kidnapped by me. I had never heard of such a man during my time as the hero.

But there was a position that was empty during the war.

The role of the Imperial Knight Commander, the man who holds the knight captains in his hand. But why was he not present in the war?

If he had been there, there would have been fewer casualties, but back then, I just thought of it as nothing.

Now that a person like that has returned, it could cause me some danger.

With the princess, or Cassandra, being here happily by my side, we would ultimately get tracked down. Whether I leave her or take her with me, my situation remains the same.