Suggestion, make sousei known in the kingdom, just say that mc saved him from a near death experience or some bull, the king won't be able to command him because he swore allegiance to mc himself and not his title as a duke, ya feel me? No? Ight.
Great chapter tyvm, and although it may seem heartless i agree with killing the former Queen and prince, i don't know about the Queen, but the prince would certenly cook some sh!t in the future, and considering her love for him and how far she went n the past, his mother would definetly help him with it
Can totally make souei use the core beast herd, make them bigger and control them discreetly to destroy the malum kingdom and then annihilate them for power up or if you want souei to be feared, annihilate it in front of the world so It'll spread to people what happened.
Dr_Absent_Minded