I Dare Say...

Three Days Later...

The Doxon Duchy

The Doxon Duchy palace...

The Doxon trio of Ivan, Artyom, and Elora was inside a small hut in the backyard of Ivan's residence in the Doxon Duchy palace.

(Ivan and Artyom are Hal's cousins born of his mother, Svetlana's brothers while Elora is a member of a Doxon branch family.)

"I just wish grandfather would shut up about that bastard" Artyom said in annoyance.

"Is it really surprising that he does not 'shut up about it?' I mean he had a front-row seat to Hal's amazing feats during the Royal Academy entrance exams. Not to mention the fact that he survived an assassination attempt that you two had commissioned.

  It only stands to reason that he will brag about it to anyone who would hear once he returned" Elora said with a shrug as she took a sip of the cultinational wine she had in her hand.

The 'he' she was referring to was of course the Ex-duke of the Doxon Duchy, Kirill Doxon.