Chapter 960 The Importance of Reputation

Chapter 960 The Importance of Reputation

Chapter 960 The Importance of Reputation

"There's nothing I can do. Justice is only meaningful to those who believe in it. It's useless to people like him."

Glancing at Prince Vernon kneeling before him, the old king with orange peel and white hair sighed softly and said with a slightly helpless look:

"Don't kneel. You did the right thing. No matter from which aspect, we cannot afford to offend Prince Lyon. It's just right to leave him like this."

"But I still...ah..."

Prince Vernon lowered his head upon hearing this, and then said dejectedly:
"Father, I asked the guards around me and the priests outside the Deep Sanctuary, and they all said that I brought him in, and I lost consciousness while talking to him, so it is likely that he controlled me!

As for his claim that he was wronged and that it was actually done by Aunt Olivia, that's absolutely nonsense! Aunt Olivia may be... a bit reckless, but she's not crazy. How could she possibly overturn the entire Deep Sanctuary?"

"..."

Aunt Olivia…that’s hard to say!
She is especially kind to children. She doesn’t bully you and even plays with you. That’s why you younger ones have a filter for her. Only those of us who are older know how much trouble your great-aunt Olivia was able to cause back then…

"Okay, get up now!"

After recalling the terrible experience of being dominated by Aunt Olivia, the old king couldn't help but shudder. Then he raised the scepter in his hand and knocked Prince Vernon's thigh hard. Then he said unhappily:
"Let's leave the matter of the Deep Sanctuary alone for now. We can't do anything to Prince Leon, and we still have to rely on him to check the 'low-grade fever' and hair color. Just pretend you haven't seen him today. To someone like him, our 'justice' is meaningless.

But you...you have met him today. When he was chatting with you, did he tell you how he was going to check for low-grade fever?"

"should not……"

After carefully recalling the content of his conversation with Leon, Prince Vernon shook his head and said:

"He didn't mention the low-grade fever, nor did he mention why everyone's hair color changed. He only asked about Aunt Olivia... Oh, by the way, besides Aunt Olivia, the questions he asked most were about our Kingdom of Calvin."

Questions about the Kingdom?
The old king frowned slightly when he heard this, and then asked in confusion:

"What did he ask?"

"It's mainly about policies such as codes and regulations, as well as the situation of great nobles and merchants, as well as some things like prices, specialties, transportation planning, urban distribution, and industrial categories. However, I don't usually pay much attention to these, so I basically didn't answer any of them... Oh, right!"

After frowning and thinking for a while, Prince Vernon added:

"After finding out that I couldn't answer those questions and only knew more about the royal family, he changed the subject and asked about who was eligible to inherit the throne and the current line of succession."

"What?!!!"

The old king's eyes widened upon hearing this, and he suddenly paused the scepter in his hand, and asked with an extremely ugly expression:
"Did he really ask you that?"

"Ah? You really asked."

"So after he asked about the order of succession, did he pay special attention to those princesses who were of the right age and good-looking?"

"what?"

Prince Vernon was a little confused by the old king's question. He blinked and said uncertainly:

"Well... I didn't pay much attention to it, but after asking for the names of the heirs, he did specifically ask the ages of a few of them."

"He only asked about the age of women, not the age of men, right!"

"It seems... yes?" It's over, it's really over now!
After hearing Prince Vernon's answer, the old king felt a sudden blackness in front of his eyes. He felt stars flashing before his eyes and it seemed as if a huge stone was stuffed in his chest. He even had difficulty breathing.

And when the terrified Prince Vernon rushed over and led his two attendants to slap him on the chest and back, and finally helped him to calm down, the first thing the old king did after he recovered was to pick up his walking stick... scepter, and hit Prince Vernon on the head.

"You...cough cough cough cough...damn you! You just answer whatever he asks you? Don't you have a brain?"

"oops!"

Prince Vernon had never expected the old king to suddenly attack him. He was hit hard without warning, and a big, bright red bump immediately appeared on his forehead.

"Father!"

After calling out hastily, Prince Vernon, who had been beaten for no reason, quickly resisted the old king's chaotic cloak stick technique, while retorting with a look of grievance:
"You asked me to... Oh! Didn't you say that Prince Leon is not easy to deal with? We should give him whatever he wants and try our best to meet his demands? I just answered a few questions for him. This is not something that must be kept secret."

"You... ahem... you idiot!"

After playing a set of tricks on his son, the old king, whose face was as red as a cooked crab and whose wrinkles were flattened, stopped attacking, took two deep breaths while leaning on his scepter, and then shouted with gritted teeth:

"Is that a question you answered? What you gave him was not an answer, but the throne of me and your elder brother!"

"what?"

"You bastard! Let me ask you this! Didn't you finish reading the files that your eldest brother handed over to you before he went to investigate the Luminous Church?"

"This one……"

Prince Vernon blinked when he heard this, and subconsciously took a step back, avoiding the attack range of the old king's scepter. Then he said with a guilty conscience:
"It's not that I haven't finished it... it's just... I haven't seen too much..."

So it just means you haven’t finished watching it!

"Father, it's not that I don't want to read it, but the time is too urgent and the file my eldest brother gave me is too thick..."

Seeing the old king's eyes bulging, as if he wanted to pounce on him and bite him, Prince Vernon quickly opened his mouth to defend himself:

"You know how serious my elder brother is about his work. The files he sent to me are three fists thick! I stayed up for two nights at home, and my eyes were blurry, but I only read one-third of them... Father, why don't you tell me what's going on with Prince Lyon?"

"Ugh!!!"

Looking at his foolish son who still didn't understand the seriousness of the situation, the old king couldn't help but sigh heavily, then leaned back on his throne and said weakly:
"Actually, it's not your fault. Since he has set his sights on us, he would have investigated even if you didn't tell him... You don't need to know more. You just need to know that he is a pervert who likes to 'collect' princesses and will help the princesses he 'collects' to seize the throne."

"Ah? There is such a thing?!!!"

"Haha, this has happened several times! Korok, Aishto, Miphala... just wait!"

Recalling the information he had read in the archives, the old king stared at the ceiling with lifeless eyes, muttering with a chill all over his body:

"If I'm not mistaken, it won't be long before he brings your sister or younger sister to find me and force me to retreat..."

"His Majesty!"

When the old king was halfway through his words, a servant suddenly ran in from outside the palace and reported loudly with a somewhat panicked look:
"Prince Leon has escaped from prison! He brought Princess Ariel, Princess Tristana, and Princess Ambese to the main hall and said he wanted to see you!"

(End of this chapter)