Chapter 57
When Victor said two and a half years, Leah was stunned.
Similarly, doubts arose in her heart.
If you agree, just agree, why set a time limit?
She wanted to ask Victor what he was going to do? Could he be more rational?
But Emperor Aubrey laughed after hearing this. He looked at Victor with a smile and said:
"Really two and a half years?"
Victor bowed slightly to the emperor and said to Emperor Aubrey sincerely:
"Two and a half years is enough for Your Highness to learn all my knowledge. It would be impolite for me to stay by then."
After listening to Victor's explanation, Aubrey patted the chair beside him and laughed. Because he was too excited, he coughed and laughed at the same time. The servants around him hurried forward and followed the emperor's back.
Emperor Aubrey waved his hand and signaled the servants to leave.
"Victor! The more I look at you, the more I like you."
"How can you be so smart!"
Aubrey Sol.
As the strongest man in the empire, Aubrey knows his physical condition very well.
In fact, in two years at most, he will die of insufficient Qi and blood.
His short life span is due to a hidden disease he contracted when he was young.
This is a hurdle that every powerful warrior cannot overcome.
Unlike mages, warriors cannot use magic power to cast magic.
They rely on their own strong Qi and blood to enhance their physical strength.
Although Qi and blood can be replenished through food and good rest, the consumption is also extremely huge.
Burning Qi and blood will allow warriors to gain extremely powerful strength, even the power to challenge higher levels.
Correspondingly, this will also cause the user to burn his life.
As an emperor, Aubrey's deeds have long been explored by players.
At the age of seventeen, Aubrey Thor had already become a brave and warlike general of the empire.
Alone, he killed a dragon that caused a natural disaster with his bare hands.
He cut off the dragon's skin and made it into armor as a reward for his success.
Aubrey was even more powerful in his prime.
He once faced off against a fourth-level evil wizard's destructive magic and survived.
Although his skin was torn and his ligaments were broken, he recovered in just a few days with his powerful healing ability.
Emperor Aubrey is like this now because he consumed too much blood and qi when he was young, but did not adjust in time.
Perhaps it was because he was too aggressive.
Warriors are short-lived, even emperors are no exception.
This is why Levi, who is the same age, looks so young, while the old emperor is like a candle in the wind.
But he never regretted it.
He looked at Victor with a smile and said:
"Your father was my most outstanding subordinate when he was young."
"Until the day I ascended the throne, I rewarded all the ministers who followed me."
"Only, when he came to me, he only asked for a piece of territory."
"I asked him, what about the title? Don't you want to have a higher status?"
"He shook his head and told me that being a noble is enough."
"Since then, he left the capital, retired from the army, and we never met again."
This kind of thing that even Leah had never heard of was suddenly revealed, which surprised her.
She never knew that her father had such a past.
Victor had a blank expression on his face, listening to the old emperor telling everything that had happened.
"After that, it was twenty years, until I finally received the news of his death."
"Victor, you are his child, and in the end, he also left that territory to you."
Aubrey sighed, as if he had used too much force, and coughed violently twice.
"You are better than him, and even smarter than him, but knowing when to advance and when to retreat may not always be a good thing."
"Sometimes, it is not necessarily wrong to cling to the powerful."
"Just like Reiser, no matter how big a mistake they make, as long as they have a reason, I will protect them."
Aubrey opened his eyes and said to Victor:
"Victor, I will give you a choice, two and a half years, or..."
Victor put his hand on his chest and bowed solemnly.
"Your Majesty, I will do my best in two and a half years."
Aubrey sighed, but his expression was somewhat satisfied.
He touched the head of the little princess behind him and said with a smile:
"Forget it, this child is not blessed."
"I hope you can fulfill your duties in these two and a half years."
The last sentence was said to Victor.
Victor was silent, and Aubrey knew that he had agreed.
"You go outside and wait for me first, let me talk to the child"I'll talk to you in a minute."
"Wait for me to come out and go to the banquet with me."
Liya and Victor agreed.
After the two left, Aurelion looked at Aubrey with a puzzled expression.
"Father, why did you let him be my teacher?"
"I don't like him very much..."
"Why?"
Aubrey smiled, watching Aurelion biting her finger, which was very cute:
"I think he is very cold, and must be a very strict teacher. I don't like too strict teachers."
"But he can protect you and make you stronger."
Aubrey touched Aurelion's head lovingly, and saw his daughter's expression become more confused.
"But isn't it enough for me to have father's protection? Father is so powerful."
Aubrey looked at her, his eyes full of tenderness.
"Child."
"I can't protect you forever."
"No one can. "
……
Liya and Victor waited outside the door obediently. Seeing that there was no one around, Liya asked directly:
"You said before that you really want to reject the emperor?"
Victor did not respond.
Liya understood that he acquiesced and asked anxiously:
"Why?"
"Do you know that it was an invitation from the emperor? Some people can't get it in their whole life, and you actually want to refuse it?"
"Liya, you are a businessman and know that all goods have value."
Victor took out a pocket watch to check the time and said to her:
"Then what do you think of my value in the eyes of His Majesty?"
Liya was stunned, thought for a while, and then said:
"You are so powerful, your value must not be low, after all, he wants you to be the princess's teacher, and that's a princess! Few people have seen it."
"Then, compared with His Majesty's relatives, what is my value?"
Liya frowned and retorted:
"This is not equal at all! How can you compare with His Majesty's relatives? "
Victor fiddled with the hands of the pocket watch, and Leah saw a line of small words in the pocket watch, and the words formed by magic gradually enlarged in her eyes.
'Your Majesty only has two years left.'
"What..."
Liya's eyes widened in shock, she held back and didn't say a word.
This is the palace, even if there is no one around, they can't discuss the emperor's death date casually.
So these two and a half years are...
"In the next six months, I will still be the princess's teacher. "
The moment Victor finished speaking, Leah immediately understood.
She is a businessman, but as the acting lord of the family, she is also a shrewd politician.
Is Victor valuable? Surprisingly high.
He showed his strength, and after being rewarded by the emperor, Victor's reputation reached an extremely high level.
Even those who disliked him were eager to please him.
So what would the power contenders think before His Majesty died?
Whoever can get the help of Cravenna will have a huge advantage.
The emperor did not want to see this situation, so.
He sacrificed his youngest daughter, Aurelian, and bound Victor to her as a princess, forming a teacher-student relationship.
Then neither the eldest prince nor the second prince could compete for Victor.
Because this identity was determined by Emperor Aubrey, no one could disobey the emperor.
Unless the emperor died.
But after His Majesty died, the new emperor There is no need for Viktor.
Viktor is destined to be liquidated.
The ruler will not be soft-hearted because of his brothers and sisters.
Aurelion may be married off in the end, just like Lady Cassandra, the sister of Emperor Aubrey, and become a victim of political marriage.
If Viktor does not want to be liquidated, he cannot let this happen.
Then Viktor must oppose it. Aurelion has always been a princess, so that the Cravenna family can be preserved.
So Viktor chose two and a half years.
The new emperor ascended the throne and needed to stabilize the power.
Viktor will not be liquidated immediately, so he can continue to protect Aurelion for half a year.
After half a year, Viktor left the palace and took his family to protect themselves.
The new emperor naturally would not regard Viktor as a threat.
Leah thought blankly, no wonder the emperor said those words to Viktor.
Leah murmured:
"Dark, damn dark. ”
I thought the intrigues among the nobles were already bad enough.
But it turned out that the royal family had black hearts.
“So you said two and a half years, aren’t you afraid…”
Aren’t you afraid that His Majesty will blame you?
Liya wanted to ask this, but she didn’t say it.
She knew Victor understood what she meant.
Victor looked at Leah.After one glance, he shook his head:
"No."
"Why are you so confident?"
Liya was speechless. She thought it was a good thing to be able to climb up to the royal family, but in the end, it was a mixed blessing.
She was naturally a little worried.
The princess's teacher is a double-edged sword.
If used well, the Cravenner family will rise step by step.
If not used well, wait for His Majesty to step down and be liquidated.
"Two and a half years is my guarantee for His Majesty."
Victor's plain voice sounded in Liya's ears, but his words seemed extremely confident.
Liya was slightly stunned.
It turned out that he and the emperor had made all the deals in a short conversation.
In two and a half years, no matter how your offspring make trouble.
No one can have any idea about Aurelian.
The same deal.
If someone provokes the Cravenner family.
Then, Victor can deal with it himself.
It's very simple, because Victor has a relationship with the royal family.
Although it was only two and a half years.
But he was subordinate to the princess.
He would settle everything in the name of the princess.
"And... if you want to make Cravenna even greater."
Victor suddenly said something without thinking.
"Who will be the final winner has not yet been decided."
Leah widened her eyes and looked at Victor in disbelief.
"Do you want to support..."
Before she finished speaking, the door behind her suddenly opened.
Aurelian walked out slowly with the emperor on her arm. Her shy and sensitive look revealed a sense of mystery, and the emperor she supported still had an awe-inspiring aura of a strong man.
The father and daughter seemed so harmonious. Against the backdrop of the night sky, the two people's faces were set off with warmth.
Victor and Leah saw the two and bowed slightly to show respect.
His Majesty smiled and nodded at Victor and Leah.
"Let's go."
"Victor, don't refuse again like your father did."
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