Chapter 408 - The Deal With The Foreign Prince (1)

After Mikhailis's confident line, "I have news," the room fell silent. The calm hush that fell over everyone felt like the soft ripple of wind stirring through a chamber just after a thunderclap. All eyes turned toward him, some expectant, some guarded, and some on the verge of suspicion. In a space that had just been alive with the hum of earlier discussions, there was now a palpable tension, a sense that the very air itself was anticipating what Mikhailis would say next.