I clicked my tongue as I saw the carriage being smashed into pieces. "How does it make sense to have someone with the standing of a duke serve as a decoy?”

Did this mean that the opponent was so notable that bait at the duke’s level was necessary? I couldn't understand.

To my whining, Duke Asteria answered pleasantly, "Hahaha, it has to be a duke for the opponent to take the bait. The opponent is bigger than you think."

I feigned a laugh. "Ahaha, just how significant of an opponent is it for Your Highness to be the bait?"

At that time, the carriage driver sprang out of the dust cloud that was created when the carriage was smashed.

I took out my magic wand from the pocket space, thinking that the man did well surviving the blow, and pointed it at the carriage driver. "Stop!"

When I pointed my magic wand, the carriage driver stopped running towards us and raised his hands, asking, "What are you doing that for?"

The duke was confused by my action, but I wasn’t messing around. "Who are you? Are you an enemy?"

When I asked, the carriage driver shouted with a perplexed face, "No, I’m not!"

Oh, I see. Just jumping to...