They rushed toward him.
"Father..." "Alster..."
"Someone has assassinated the Grand Duke!"
"Who did it!! How could such a thing happen in Dragon Castle!!"
"Imperial Physician! Bring the jade! The Grand Duke has been poisoned!"
"Ihe, quickly, detoxify the Grand Duke!"
"It's... it's too late... The poison has reached the brain; bloodletting can't resolve this..."
Noise, chaos, terror—all blended into a tumultuous uproar.
At the brink of death, Alster was remarkably calm.
Surrounded by his people, he spoke with difficulty and slowness, "Ihe, fetch some paper and write this down: I appoint Gael as the next Duke of the Riptide Family..."
Everyone knew this was the Grand Duke of the Riptide Family's will, and all the noise subsided.
