Upon hearing Dustin's ambiguous answer, Matthias narrowed his eyes and chuckled.

"Logan, my old friend," he said, "let me be honest with you. I'm just a warrior. I'm skilled in combat but inexperienced at being a crafty politician.

"I'm especially bad at getting hold of information and have much to learn from Tristan. That is why there are not many things that I am fully aware of."

"I see."

Dustin nodded and continued with a smile, "Actually, His Majesty and Prince Tristan didn't discuss anything important with me. They just wanted to catch up since we haven't met in so long."

Matthias' expression hardened, clearly displeased with Dustin's answer.

A bearded military officer next to him shot up in anger, rebuking, "Rhys! What do you mean by catching up? Do you take His Royal Highness as a fool? I'm going to take you down!"

As he spoke, he looked like he was about to draw his sword.

"Show some respect!"

Matthias glared at him and scolded, "Logan is the Crown Prince of West