He learned the name of the Knight of Death.
Nathaniel. He was a single father whose daughter died a few weeks ago from heatstroke.
Nathaniel always had a hollow look in his eyes, as if he had given up on living. That was the only thing different between him and other farmers.
Isaac lightly engaged him and other farmers in conversations to fish out information. He got nothing useful.
Two weeks later, a letter from Princess Vera arrived.
The Mana Breathing Technique had thrown noble society into chaos. Nobles were vehemently protesting against citizens' right to purchase it.
Duke Falcon supported Princess Vera and crushed all opposition.
Or so Isaac would've liked to hear.
But even Duke Falcon had trouble when almost all nobles banded together against him. The capital was thrown into a political storm.
Merlin—the official creator of the Mana Breathing Technique—was at the center of it all.
