"Haah… things are not good at all…"
Raguel, the First Prince sighed as he walked into his Grandfather's room. There, his eyes fell on Smith, his Grandfather's Butler. He looked at the Butler and nodded.
The Butler looked back, then he glanced at The Duke, the Duke nodded, the Butler then bowed and left the room.
Once the Butler left, Raguel continued.
"Evane is back."
"I heard that."
The Duke replied with a Solemn look on his face.
"And things are bad."
Raguel spoke.
"…"
The Duke didn't say anything.
Raguel understood what his Grandfather wanted and continued his story.
"So she walked into the Palace today, and there, she met the Lovis and Lucas, Lucas acted just like he always does, like an idiotic drunkard.
That is not a problem.
Lovis, however, was different than normal.
First and most surprising was that he decided to take part in that Party. A cultivation maniac like him rarely shows up for any parties, of course, I know that the relationship between those two is good, however, I still don't think that Lovis would join a party for just that reason.
There must be something else.
Something other, hidden reason.
I was cautious, and then, I noticed, Evane and Lovis looked a lot closer than before.
Grandfather, with how close they looked, I believe there is a high chance that the two of them are collaborating with each other.
However, not everything is bad.
There is some good news as well."
"What good news?"
The Duke questioned.
Raguel smiled and then, he continued.
"Well, we can be sure that Duke Vestalis is not going to side with Lovis."
"Why is that?"
"If he wanted to side with Lovis, Evane wouldn't be back."
Hearing those words, the Duke frowned.
"Hear me out, Grandfather.
Evane is back, however, she hasn't changed at all.
She still doesn't know how to control her emotions. Today, Lucas asked her if she was here for the Throne and Evane was unable to answer that question."
"What does that mean?"
The Duke questioned.
"If Evane didn't have any thoughts about the Throne in her mind, she would have said that without a second of hesitation, however, today, she didn't answer.
This only means one thing, she wants the Throne.
And for that, she would need Duke Vestalis's support. With this, we can be sure that Duke Vestalis is not planning to support Lovis.
We can say that we have avoided the worst-case scenario.
Evane and Lovis are collaborating, however, in the end, they are still aiming for the Throne and are each other's enemies."
The First Prince smiled.
The Duke, however, shook his head.
"I wouldn't be too sure about that."
"Huh?"
The Prince frowned.
The Duke's ring then shined and soon, a letter appeared in his hand. He passed the letter to the Prince and the Prince frowned.
Skipping all the less important things, The Prince directly read the most important line,
"You think you can buy me with those pathetic gifts? Dream on. I would never give in to your stupid demands. Hmph! Even if I wanted something out of this, I would have contacted Duke Merula, not you.
Know your place!
Duke Leofric Vestalis."
Raguel's eyes widened in surprise when he read that letter.
"This was the letter sent to me by Duke Vestalis. With this, we can be sure that he plans to side with Lovis. He wouldn't have mentioned Duke Merula's name if he hadn't thought of it already."
"It can be a Trick to fool you."
The First Prince narrowed his eyes.
"And what would he get after that? Look, with what you said, there is no way Evane has what it takes to be the Queen of the Kingdom. She is too naïve to be the King.
There is no way the King would choose someone like her as the next Ruler of the Skyfall Kingdom.
She is just like Lucas, not even in the competition.
The only people who are in this competition are you and Lovis.
Duke Vestalis knows that as well.
Therefore, I believe that he has already made his choice.
And this is the worst-case scenario for us. We can be sure of that."
Duke Thronton spoke with a serious look on his face.
"…"
Raguel turned silent.
"…"
Duke Thornton didn't say anything either.
The situation was serious, the two of them could see the Crown slipping away from their grasp.
"What should I do?"
Raguel questioned.
"…"
However, the Duke didn't have an answer to his question.
Even he was confused. He was thinking about all this for the whole day, however, he was still unable to com-
Suddenly, an idea popped up in the Duke's mind.
"What did you say about Lucas?"
"Hmmm? Lucas?"
Raguel frowned.
"Yes, him. What did he do again?"
"Well, nothing much, he just came to the party, drunk and created a little scene. Nothing abnormal, he is a hopeless drunkard after all."
Hearing those words, a smile appeared on the Duke's face.
"What do you think the Fourth Prince desires?"
"Hmm?"
"Do you think he wishes to become the King?"
"Of course he does."
Raguel nodded.
"Why do you think he wants to do that?"
The Duke questioned.
"Hmm?"
The First Prince tilted his head in confusion.
"I don't know, maybe he just wants to live a carefree life and drink all day? I mean, I don't think he has anything else in his mind other than alcohol and women."
Duke's smile then widened,
"And what if we promise him all that without any need to become the King?"
Hearing those words, Raguel paused.
"You mean…"
"It is time to make Lucas your best friend, Raguel."
Duke Thornton smiled wickedly.
A similar smile appeared on Raguel's face and nodded his head.
"I understand. I understand it all."
The two of them smiled at each other and then, Raguel left.
He wanted to meet his new friend as soon as possible.
After all, there were a lot of things he wanted to talk about.
