Lionel was from the house of Saber. The Saber household had been one of the most powerful families of its era… wealth was part of it, but influence was the real currency.
At their height, they'd had over three members positioned across both the High Court and the Supreme Council. That kind of reach didn't come by accident.
Countless Saber cadets had passed through the Alpha Academy over the years, each one on the path to knighthood, each one another thread in the family's growing web.
In Yakutsk, the northern human realm, that web had grown dense enough that the Sabers held more real power than the royals. The crown sat on royal heads. The ground belonged to the Sabers.
"Lionel could've lived like a king. Actually… he was living like one."
The Scarlet Kins were a threat the Sabers had never seen reason to involve themselves with, and neither Lionel nor any of the family had any interest in changing that.
