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Volume 10 Chapter 2 Part 5

「I admit that as well, but… 」

「Actually, I was secretly worried, you know? The reason I lost to Theo was not because his skills were better than mine, but because my own skills were simply not enough to match his.

.And not only that, but Theo also managed to perform one miracle after another. No matter what kind of enemy he was facing and how dire the odds were, he always stood up after being knocked to the ground, and that tenacity of his is what allowed him to ultimately become the Emperor. So don’t you think it’s my turn to prove myself? 」

「I don’t think of it in the slightest. You are Emperor Theo’s first subordinate Lord, his right-hand man, and his best friend. You know as well as I do that he never looked down on you. But you don’t have anything to be ashamed of either. You