Book Eater - Chapter 378: Through Adversity and Towards the Stars (2)

... ry different. A grand duke was a noble with great authority while a royal duke was literally a king. He wouldn’t be bound to Meltor Kingdom but would wear the crown as the master of an independent state in a hierarchical relationship with Meltor. Moreover, since all the territories in the East Continent would be recognized as his, it would be possible to build a kingdom that was larger than the Meltor Kingdom.

It was a temptation that ordinary people couldn’t turn away from.

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