Coming from King Morne, these words carried immense weight.
The tent immediately fell silent.
Gloria looked at Roland, her surprise mixed with a deeper, more probing curiosity.
Although she knew Roland was powerful, she never expected her own father to give him such high praise.
The Duke, who had been stroking his chin, paused. He began to size Roland up all over again.
He had originally seen Roland as merely a promising young Knight under Gloria's command, but now he had to re-evaluate his worth and his position on the chessboard.
For His Majesty Morne to use words like "interesting" and "extraordinary fortune" to describe someone… the implications behind that were no small matter.
Roland could clearly feel the shift in the gazes of the others in the tent. It was a complex mix of shock, scrutiny, and re-evaluation.
King Morne's few casual words were like a powerful spotlight, thrusting him completely onto center stage.
