Chapter 122:
The “Accession Ceremony” of the Blood Vulture Clan’s Grand Duchess was hasty and humble, but this was not a major issue.
Given the Blood Vulture Clan’s dire situation of having only around ten members remaining, organizing a lavish ceremony would be truly awkward as they couldn’t even gather enough people. Moreover, with the Goldflower Kingdom watching closely from the outside, the Blood Vultures must now operate carefully in the darkness.
However, for the truly loyal, a simple ceremony could serve a very important purpose.
Especially after Lady Tris, the Blood Vulture Grand Duchess, restructured the family hierarchy and bestowed nominal control of two-thirds of the Transia region to Murphy and Femis respectively. This legally confirmed Murphy’s rule over the areas near Kadman City.
As for the northwestern Baron Sykov’s domain occupying the last third of the Transia region, the situation there was more complex. Even during the Blood Vulture Clan’s heyday, that area had a rather ambiguous relationship with them. Thus, Tris did not intend to deal with such troubles now, nor did she plan to handle these matters herself.
She believed her dear Murphy would be willing to take on the task.
Law itself is worthless when unnecessary but can be as precious as gold in certain situations.
Like the present.
In the shadows of a rare intact building in the outer city of Kadman City at dawn, Murphy watched as three Blood Pact Knights escorted a carriage carrying Lady Femis’s beloved walnut wood coffin away.