Chapter 2453

“A foreign visitor? Who is he?” the Grand Secretary of Dragon Pavilion asked urgently.

“Could it be the deputy general who went in at noon?”

Cardinal Dragon Marshal frowned and replied, “I’ve looked into him. That man has no background or significant connections. He’s just a veteran—a nobody in the grand scheme of things.”

“Not him, but someone connected to him,” the city guard commander interjected, lowering his voice. “Do you remember what the young prince mentioned at noon? When he summoned the deputy general, he specifically brought up the Ballard family.”

“The Ballard family?” The Grand Secretary of Dragon Pavilion looked surprised. “Are you saying the Ballard family of Oakvale already had contact with the prince before us?”

“The prince didn’t meet with the family directly,” the commander clarified. “But based on my intelligence, this man, Tobias, had a private conversation with the young prince for two hours today. They talked and laughed as if they were old friends. The prince even invited him to dinner at the palace.”