Chapter 1237: Cursed Prince

Chapter 1237: Cursed Prince

The Grand Tutor was simply watching their argument, only to figure out that the situation had gone beyond what he originally thought.

He couldn’t help but curse the second prince. What had he done exactly?

On the other hand, the emperor was completely clueless. After receiving that question, the emperor tilted his head in confusion before scolding the duke. “What are you thinking? Throwing such a baseless accusation at me?

“Do you think I want them out? I know how crucial that device is to the empire. If we don’t have it, the empire will disappear in one or two decades.

“I might have made a few mistakes during my rule, but do you think I’m so foolish that I don’t know which matter is crucial and which one is not?”

It was a reasonable argument. Even Duke Christian believed it to this point. That was why he thought Neyeid was just throwing a baseless accusation.

At the same time, it didn’t look like he was playing around. This was a massive deal that could turn his medium-sized merchant group into one of the biggest in the world.

He knew Neyeid was a rather reasonable person. He wouldn’t do something so meaningless.

So, Duke Christian asked, “Then, why did that guy tell me that you had outright told him to leave the empire?”

“I don’t know. I didn’t tell him such a thing. I was…” The emperor abruptly stopped as he remembered something. His gaze soon shifted to Henry.

Henry’s face was already pale. He looked like he had aged another ten years.

Duke Christian was confused and turned to the side. “Grand Tutor? Don’t tell me, you…”

Henry felt like his soul was leaving his body. He thought he would be having some peace in the last few years of his life, but it looked like it was just a dream.

“It was my fault for failing to stop it from happening…”

“!!!” Duke Christiana and the emperor widened their eyes in shock. They knew perfectly that the Grand Tutor was a person who hated liars. Even the emperor wouldn’t dare to lie to him, so the Grand Tutor would definitely tell them the truth.

At the same time, he was supposed to be a wise man, so it was hard to find fault in him.

Still, this was a matter of urgency. Duke Christian couldn’t help but roar, “Explain yourself, Grand Tutor. I thought you were retired, but are you simply biding your time to cause the empire’s downfall?”

“I did not do such a thing.” Henry shook his head helplessly.

“Now that I think about it, you asked me about the Lantern and Candle earlier. Why?” asked the emperor, feeling something was wrong.

Henry couldn’t help but realize that what the second prince had done was a kind of treason. Because of him, the empire might fall.

He paused for a moment before explaining everything about the investigation, including the staff’s story.

On the one hand, this warning should be worded differently. On the other hand, such a thing wouldn’t happen if the second prince didn’t approach them in the first place.

Duke Christian clenched his fists. There were a lot of things he wanted to say, but the first thing that came out of his mouth was a question. “Grand Tutor. What is their strength?”

“All four of them are at the crystal armor stage. No, one of them might be close to the crystal fusion stage. In addition, that person was able to defeat the second prince, who was supposed to be launching a sneak attack on him, despite having less ena in his body.”

Duke Christian started gritting his teeth. “That Lantern and Candle’s Neyeid is also at the same stage. No, his bodyguard is close to the crystal fusion stage. There are so many high-level summoners in that merchant group…”

It was quite baffling to find a medium-sized merchant group to have 6 crystal armor stage summoners. Two of them were even close to the next stage.

The biggest problem was their age.

“They are such a powerful group, but the most terrifying thing is…” Henry paused for a moment. “Their age. The three women are of similar ages, two to three years below His Highness. However, the man… I don’t want to believe it, but that man… doesn’t seem like he has reached 20 years old yet.”

“!!!” Both the emperor and Duke Christian dropped their jaws.

The empire had a lot of crystal armor stage summoners. They might be rare, but not that rare. If they assembled everyone in the empire, they could gather a few hundred people.

However, if they asked who among them had reached that stage under 20 years old? Not a single person would show up.

This was the first time he had heard of such a talent. No one could believe that someone in his teens could become a crystal armor stage summoner.

“You must be joking, right?” The emperor asked, gasping.

“I can’t joke about such a thing. Maybe my eyes have been weakened so much that I can’t even discern things clearly anymore.”

As if!

That was what both of them wanted to say. They knew that the Grand Tutor’s wisdom and eyes were among the top in the empire. Everyone respected the Grand Tutor because of them.

If Henry said Nathan was a teen, no one would call Nathan an adult.

This was simply too shocking.

“What kind of monstrous talent does this guy have…” The emperor was completely baffled.

Duke Christian had an even more extreme thought. If Nathan was such a talented person, they should eliminate him since there was already friction. This way, they wouldn’t have to face him as a future problem.

Hence, Duke Christian asked, “In that case, how many people are protecting him?”

Henry understood the meaning of this question, but his answer confused them even further.

“I asked the staff. To my surprise, this person seems to come from the dynasty. However, if that’s truly the case, the dynasty must have known about him and tried to nurture him.

“In other words, he will have a lot of protection in the shadows. Yet, when I intervened, I couldn’t find a single summoner hidden.

“That’s why I can’t help but think…”

Both the emperor and the duke’s eyes lit up as they continued his words at the same time. “…the dynasty doesn’t know him?”