CH343 Web of Motives I
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At the same time Alex was meeting with Caesar and Achilles, another trio was gathered back at the Golden Palace Auction House.
After watching Alex depart with the two royals, Alric Wastelander made his way through the first-floor auction hall, where he soon met two other scions of high nobility.
The three dismissed their guards and aides before settling into a private box on the same floor to speak freely.
The nobles accompanying Alric were Otto Reichert of the Reichert Duchy and Erman Machholt of the Machholt Grand Duchy.
While both Alric and Otto were firstborn heirs to their respective duchies, Erman was only the fourth son of the Machholt Patriarch. He didn't hold the same authority within his House as the other two, but being a direct descendant of a Grand Duchy made him equal in standing to both heirs.
Hence, the two received him as an equal.
"Why have you called us here, Alric?" Otto Reichert asked as soon as they sat down.
