Kaor's voice trembled with barely contained excitement as he said, "Do you know who the greatest enemy of the mighty Ross family is? Elves! After the family's strongest Divine Chosen, Blood Rose, died in battle, the following generations of Divine Chosen also perished in the elven wars."
"Now the family's Divine Chosen have withered away. The strongest one left is in the hands of the Second Young Lady. But I've heard that there is a Divine Chosen capable of crafting puppets who has been living in seclusion within the Ross family's ancient castle."
"You even know that? Aren't you just bragging, Mr. Kaor?"
The maid Nina rolled her eyes and immediately voiced her doubts. She was one of the few who didn't fear the butler—after all, serving the baron at close range granted an invisible kind of authority.
