“Then let him in please, Secretary Sledge.”

Chae-Rin had been waiting for Kang Chul-In the whole time and wanted to meet him badly.

“So you’ve come.”

For her, who was being attacked by an alliance of two other Lords, she was delighted to see that Kang Chul-In had come.

However… there was someone who made the happiness go away…

“Milord, why are you letting an unidentified person come into our territory?”

It was Secretary Sledge.

“I’ll meet him first and decide whether he is fit to see you or not. So please wait here.”

Even though he was Chae-Rin’s Secretary, he had no respect for her.

The reason was complicated.

First of all, the dwarves were sexist and believed that males were greater and more important than females. They had strong and prideful personalities and would never allow a female ruler to order them around.

So the fact that Chae-Rin had chosen this territory was a disaster.

Second, Lee Chae-Rin had almost no charisma at all.

Third, to the dwarves, Nidavellir was a sacred place, and even though their Lord opposed trying to take it back,...