'Nux, can you come here?'
Amaya requested with a solemn tone.
'Hmm? Did something happen?'
Nux questioned while defending against Ember and Thyra's combined attack.
'Yes.'
Amaya nodded.
Nux's face turned solemn.
'Alright, I'll be there in a moment.'
Nux replied, and at the same time, he blocked Ember's sword, then he attacked her right leg.
Ember lost her balance and fell on the ground. Knowing that it would be impossible to win if Ember is out, Thyra attacked from behind, trying to save her teammate, however, Nux grabbed her hand, lifted her up, and slammed her to the ground right next to Ember.
Then, with his hands, he grabbed their necks, not allowing them to move.
With his face covered in sweat, he glanced at the two beautiful women under him and smiled,
"That was good."
"What happened?"
Thyra questioned.
Nux tilted his head in confusion.
"You would never end the fight so quickly. How would you take advantage of us if you do that."
Thyra explained her reasoning.
Nux chuckled and then answered,
"Amaya called. It sounded serious."
Hearing Amaya's name, Ember pouted.
"Hmph!"
Seeing her acting like that, Nux smiled.
Then, he kissed her on the forehead, then did the same with Thyra, and stood up after.
"I will take my leave now."
Ember nodded,
"Alright, we will go and see how others are doing."
Nux smiled and then, he disappeared.
The next moment, he appeared in front of Amaya, and as soon as he entered the room, he activated his [Sense].
"No one is there, don't worry, I wouldn't have called you if I was under someone's observation."
"Hooh? That's rare. Why is there no one watching you today."
"The King is busy with his own thing."
Amaya smiled.
Nux nodded, he then walked towards Amaya and placed her on his lap.
"So? What happened?"
He questioned while his hands started moving around Amaya's body.
Amaya, of course, didn't stop him.
A small smile appeared on her face and she replied,
"Raguel just met Lucas."
"Hmmm, Raguel is the First and Lucas is the Fourth, am I correct?"
"Yes."
"Ah, so the two of them met. Well, you did say something like this might happen."
"Indeed,"
"So? What happened? Did Lucas accept his proposal?"
Initially, when Amaya and Nux were planning everything. Amaya had predicted that Raguel would try to contact Lucas, the weakest of the four contenders for the Throne, and would try to ask for his support.
Or, the support of Duke Centho, to be more precise.
This worried Nux before, however, Amaya later said that Lucas wouldn't accept, well, because if it was that easy, someone would have already contacted him by now and he wouldn't be fighting for the Throne.
Since these words sounded logical, Nux agreed and didn't think too much about it, however, if Amaya had called him here to discuss it, then something must have gone wrong.
Therefore, Nux guessed.
"No, Lucas did not."
Amaya, however, shook her head.
"Hmm? Then what's the problem? Isn't everything going according to what we have planned?"
Nux questioned.
"No… things are not as simple as we thought."
"What do you mean?"
Nux frowned.
"I used [Sense] on Lucas and Raguel while the two of them were talking to each other and saw the entire thing fold out on my own.
Therefore, I noticed something."
Amaya spoke.
"What?" Nux questioned.
"The Fourth Prince was too calm today."
Amaya answered.
"What do you mean?"
Nux couldn't understand.
"According to what I know, Lucas is just a drunkard who has no control over his emotions and often bursts out and creates a scene just like he did at the party, he is reckless and not very intelligent.
However, when he was talking with Raguel today, he didn't seem like his usual self.
He was playing mind games with Raguel. I know, Raguel was the one who wanted his help, so him being in a bad position was logical, however, the way Lucas was playing with his today still felt strange."
Amaya started her analyses.
"This sudden change could only mean two things.
First, the Fourth Prince is actually a wolf in sheep's clothing and is hiding his capability. However, something like that is highly unlikely because even if he is hiding his intelligence and all that drunkard prince persona is just a façade, the fact that he is a Master Stage Cultivator remains.
No matter how intelligent one is, if he isn't strong enough, he would never become the King. Lucas doesn't stand a chance, so all this acting doesn't really make sense.
This brings me to my second theory, Lucas knew something Raguel didn't."
"He knew something Raguel didn't?"
"Yes. Something that made him very confident. Confident enough to go against Raguel, someone who has a decent chance to become the King."
"There are only a few things like that," Nux commented and Amaya nodded.
"Indeed. I replayed their conversation again and soon, I realized something.
Lucas mentioned Lovis."
"The Third Prince."
"Yes, I was doubtful, therefore, I checked the connection between the two of them. I wasn't able to find anything between them, however, when I investigated Duke Centho and Duke Merula, I found a connection.
The Two of them have been talking to each other for a while now."
"Do you mean…"
"Yes, the Third Prince is not as straightforward as we expected him to be."
Amaya nodded.
"This is bad."
Nux commented.
"Indeed."
A solemn look appeared on Amaya's face as well.
The two of them were not actually worried about Lovis, the man was just a Grand Master Stage Cultivator, he was barely a threat, however, what they were worried about was Evane.
Evane was close to Lovis and Lucas.
However, now it was clear that there was more to Lovis than what meets the eye, therefore, Nux was worried that the man might hurt his Evane.
Of course, he wouldn't let that happen no matter what.
"We need to investigate this Lovis dude…"
