Chapter 56
"What happened?"
Victor was a little curious.
Liya was looking forward to this banquet.
If it was just some small things, she would not say so.
Liya bit her lip and said unhappily:
"Some problems have occurred in the business over there in the territory. Take a look for yourself."
While speaking, she took out this month's territory financial report and handed it to Victor.
Victor took the document and listened to Liya continue:
"I was going to go to the study to find you to sign, but you were not there."
"I found out after asking that you actually came to the martial arts field to practice swordsmanship."
Although the management of the territory has always been handled by Liya, Victor, as the head of the family, still needs him to sign in name.
Victor looked through the document and was about to sign when he saw something strange about the grain income.
That part of the income was pitifully low.
It was just short of writing the word "embezzlement" blatantly on the report.
He noticed the name on the right-Chur.
"Now you know why I have to go back?"
Liya's worried expression did not ease at all.
Victor thought about the name and asked:
"Who is this person? He doesn't look like a native of the empire from the name."
"Indeed, he is a grain merchant from the neighboring kingdom. The grain merchant from a few years ago went home to raise children. He was introduced by that grain merchant."
"There were no problems in the past few months. I don't know why something went wrong this month."
Victor was a little sure.
Chul, Victor still has some impression of this name.
But Victor is not sure if it is the same person, because the name is quite repetitive.
Although there will be no NPCs with the same name in the game, it is naturally not possible to look at it from the perspective of the game now.
After all, Heni has not appeared in the main storyline.
He can't guarantee that the 'Chul' that appears this time is also the Chul in the previous game.
In his memory, Chul is a soldier belonging to the Kant Kingdom Mercenary Group, a warrior profession, and a small lord-level boss.
As for why Victor knew him,
Because when doing some side quests, players will accidentally meet him.
At first, he will pretend to be a down-and-out soldier, hoping that players can help him find his weapons and armor.
Chul looks like a naive and righteous soldier.
When the player helps him recover his armor and silver sword, he will go to the designated island to find his true face.
He will kill the player there and take the player's heart to help him practice black magic.
Victor knocked on the account book, and his finger emphasized on the name of this person.
"Can you find this person directly?"
"I have started to let the subordinates of the territory catch him. I hope this person hasn't run away yet."
Hearing Liya's words, Victor nodded.
As a small lord-level boss, many players have been stuck here.
As a power leveler, Victor has also received many orders about him.
He didn't know how many times he had brushed this boss. The most impressive time was the equipment that would definitely drop after his death - 'Evil Knight'.
This weapon is a pitch-black shield, and the patterns on it are distorted by magic. Although it looks very ominous, it is well-known in the player circle for its usefulness.
That is "rebound".
This action can deflect the enemy's attack and hit him in the waist while he is balancing his body.
Not only does it cause high damage, it can also greatly weaken the enemy's toughness and make it enter a state of stiffness.
Many people fight this boss for this equipment.
Because the effect is too strong, especially in the pvp ladder ranking mode, when both players are equipped with this round shield at the same time, it may cause a strange picture.
That is, both sides hold up their shields at the same time and wait for the rebound.
So the official weakened this equipment, and finally made it fall from the altar.
However, if it was really that guy, why did he come to the empire at this time and sneak into their territory to become a grain merchant.
And he blatantly embezzled a large amount of money directly on the bill, just writing it on the financial report, and deliberately told others to catch him.
"Obvious intention."
Victor shook his head. He didn't understand Chul's motive.
But since he couldn't figure it out, he could just catch him and torture him.
Victor happened to be interested in his equipment, so he signed the documents, returned the account book to Leah, and said casually:
"Put on your dress, the carriage is ready, let's go to the palace first."
Liya took the account book and was a little confused when she heard Victor's words.
"Did you not hear what I just said?Go in? I have to hurry back to the territory. "
Victor patted her shoulder and said:
"After returning from the palace, I will go with you."
Liya: "Ah?"
Seeing Victor leave first, she looked at Victor's back and couldn't help muttering:
"What's going crazy again?"
She didn't think Victor would care about her safety, so Liya didn't think she would be in any danger.
She was not a fool, and she could see what Victor saw.
"Someone is targeting the Cravener family. "
Liya shrugged, remembering the last time the prop store was smashed.
Lion returned to the territory early to start preparations.
But now it seems that he has to inform Leon that the plan has changed.
Soon, Liya changed into a dress and got on a carriage with Victor to go to the palace.
Because Victor and Liya had to meet the emperor in advance, someone had been arranged at the gate of the palace.
The secret envoy took the two to a side room in the palace and saw Emperor Aubrey.
The old man sat there for a long time, and seemed to have been waiting for Victor for a long time, and even fell asleep.
Victor saw a girl next to the emperor, who looked younger than Erica, only about fifteen or sixteen years old.
"Your Majesty, Victor and his sister are here."
Aubrey opened his eyes and saw Victor, and his turbid eyes became much clearer.
He stretched out his hand and waved, motioning Victor and the other to come to him.
"Your Majesty. "
Victor and Leah bowed together, which was a necessary etiquette in front of the emperor.
The old emperor waved his hand. He was old enough and no longer cared about these cumbersome etiquette.
He pulled the girl behind him. The little girl was very beautiful, with a beautiful face on her tender face.
"This is my youngest daughter, Aurelian Sol."
The emperor had few children, only three children, two of whom were princes, and the last one was Aurelian in front of him.
Victor and Leah put one hand on their chest and bowed:
"Hello, Princess."
The princess looked timid and hid behind her father shyly.
The emperor looked at her and smiled: "This child has lived in the palace since she was a child and rarely seen people."
"So she has a lot of talent, but she has never been to school because she is too shy."
"Some wizards were invited to teach magic before, but the effect was not good. After teaching for a few days, those teachers always said that they had nothing to teach. "
Liya looked at the little princess more and had some thoughts in her mind.
Is it really because of her high talent and not because the mages can't teach her?
The emperor's children are naturally "highly" talented. Even if they can't teach anything, Aubrey will only think it's the teacher's problem.
"I asked Levi to let him be Aurelian's teacher, but Levi always said that he was not good at teaching, so he refused."
When he said this, Aubrey shook his head and laughed.
He naturally didn't believe Levi's nonsense.
But at this time, Victor also heard the emperor's hidden meaning.
Even Liya looked up at Victor in surprise.
'The emperor really spent a lot of money to win over Victor.'
Saying that he couldn't find a teacher might just be a compliment. The smart Liya instantly thought of the old emperor's intention.
Sure enough, the emperor's next sentence was:
"Victor, can I ask you to be this child's private tutor? "
Hearing this, Leah winked at Victor, wishing she could tear Victor's mouth off and put it on herself to agree.
Although she didn't know what the emperor saw in Victor, if they could be related to the royal family, then their Clevenna family would rise to prominence.
Other nobles hate it? Let them hate it!
As a result, Victor's shocking words made Leah so angry that her teeth itched.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being so presumptuous, I need to think about it. "
Emperor Aubrey fell silent. He didn't know why Victor refused.
The royal family took the initiative to show goodwill to the nobles. This was an opportunity that normal people would not dare to think about.
Even if Victor was a fourth-level mage.
Of course, Victor had never thought about it.
If anyone thought that he would be strong enough to look down on the empire after entering the fourth level, they were wrong.
There are naturally countless benefits to clinging to the empire, even for Victor.
But the problem is.
Victor's eyes swept over the little princess.
Aurelian Sol.
No, she should be called Sol IX.
Eternal Witch.
That is her future title.
If the fourth level can be called a natural disaster,Mage, then her power will be absolutely above the natural disaster.
No one knows why she is so powerful, but two years later, the emperor died, and the seventeen-year-old Aurelion cleared all obstacles and became the new emperor of the empire.
She is the only empress with foreign blood who became the emperor of the Carencia Empire.
Aurelion's mother is the daughter of the Grand Duke of the Kingdom of Kant, and she is the product of a political marriage.
But right now, Victor doesn't want to think about so many political issues.
Now, fifteen-year-old Aurelion looks like a harmless little girl.
She seems a little sad because of Victor's rejection, with some crystal tears flowing in her eyes.
However, who knows, this is all her disguise?
The more he understands the plot, the more Victor fears the future queen.
Her possessiveness is extremely strong. Once she identifies something that belongs to her, she will not give it to others even if it is destroyed.
Because of this, he admired the future Victor for being able to hold this monster in check and even almost overthrow the empire's regime.
But it was not Victor's style to refuse to agree.
As a power leveler, he was proud and had a deep understanding of the game, so he would never allow himself to fear anyone in this world.
What's more, he still had two years.
So he said to the emperor:
"Two and a half years."
Emperor Aubrey didn't quite understand and frowned.
"I will be the princess's personal magic instructor, but only for two and a half years."
"After two and a half years, I will voluntarily resign from this position."