“Sir Ian! Calm down!”
The voice trying to stop me was pitiful. If it weren’t for the princess holding me back with her full body weight, my fist would have smashed Dalton’s face right away.
No, rather, if my body were even normal.
Due to overexertion not long ago, my body’s muscle strength had significantly decreased. If I raised mana, I could easily shake off the girl’s restraint, but after making a promise with the Saintess just recently.
I couldn’t retract that vow now.
Nevertheless, unable to contain my anger, I shouted.
“What will I do? You… you bastard! It’s what you did! If it weren’t for you, the Haster family……!”
“It would have been captivated by the relic of the Seven Deadly Sins. The territory would have become a living hell on earth… Surely, you don’t think Miss Haster and the territory’s people could have been safe?”
Dalton’s gesture, saying that while sipping tea, was utterly elegant. As if that tragedy were a spectacle happening in a distant…