"what happened?"
Victor was a little curious.
Liya is looking forward to this party.
If it was just something trivial, she wouldn't say that.
Liya bit her lip and said with some displeasure:
"There are some problems with the business over there in the territory. You can see for yourself."
As he spoke, he took out this month's territory financial report and handed it to Victor.
Victor took the file and listened to Liya continue:
"Originally, I planned to go to the study to find you to sign, but you weren't there."
"Only after asking around did I find out that you actually came to the martial arts arena to practice swordplay."
Although Liya has always been responsible for the management of the territory, as the head of the family, Victor still needs his signature in name.
Victor looked over the document and was about to sign it when he saw something strange about the food income section.
That part of the income is pitifully low.
All it takes is the word corruption blatantly written on the report.
He noticed the name on the right—Chul.
"Now you know why I want to go back?"
The scowl on Liya's face did not ease at all.
Victor thought about the name and asked:
"What is this person's background? His name does not sound like he is a native of the empire."
"Indeed, he is a grain merchant from the neighboring kingdom. The grain merchant from previous years went home to raise his children. He was introduced by that grain merchant."
"There were no problems in the past few months, but I don't know why something went wrong this month."
Victor was slightly reassured.
Qiul, this name, Victor has some impression of.
But Victor was not sure whether it was the same person, because the repetition of names was quite high.
Although there will be no NPCs with the same name in the game, it naturally cannot be seen from the perspective of the game.
After all, Heni has never appeared in the main plot.
He could not guarantee that the 'Chul' who appeared this time was also the Chul in the previous game.
In his memory, Qiul was a soldier belonging to the mercenary group of the Kingdom of Kantor. He was a warrior and was considered a small lord-level boss.
As for why Victor knew him.
Because when doing some side tasks, players will encounter him accidentally.
And he will pretend to be a down-and-out soldier at first, hoping that players can help him find weapons and armor.
Chul appears to be a naive and righteous soldier.
And when the player helps him recover the armored silver sword and goes to the designated island, he will discover his true appearance.
He will kill the player there and obtain the player's heart to help him practice black magic.
Victor tapped the ledger, his fingers emphatically tapping on this person's name.
"Can we find this person directly?"
"I have already started to ask the subordinates in the territory to arrest him. I hope this person has not escaped yet."
Hearing Liya's words, Victor nodded.
As a small lord-level boss, many players have been stuck with him.
As a substitute coach, Victor also received many orders about him.
He didn't know how many times he had gone through this boss. What impressed him most was the piece of equipment that would definitely drop after his death - the 'Evil Knight'.
This weapon is a pitch-black shield, and the lines on it are distorted by magic. Although it looks very ominous, it is well-known in the player circle for its usefulness.
That is 'rebound'.
This action can deflect the enemy's attack and stab the enemy in the waist while he is balancing his body.
Not only does it cause high damage, it also greatly weakens the enemy's toughness and puts it into a state of freeze.
Many people fight this boss because of this equipment.
Because the effect is too strong, especially in the PVP ranked mode, when both players equip this buckler at the same time, it may lead to a strange picture.
That is, both sides raise their shields at the same time and wait for the rebound.
So the official weakened this piece of equipment, eventually causing it to fall from the altar.
However, if it was really that guy, why would he come to the empire at this time and blend into their territory to become a grain merchant.
Moreover, he blatantly embezzled a large amount of money directly on the bills, and even wrote it on the financial report, specifically telling others to arrest him.
"Obvious intention."
Victor shook his head. He didn't understand Chuul's motives.
But since you can't figure it out, just arrest him and torture him.
It just so happened that Victor was somewhat interested in the equipment he was wearing, so he signed the name, returned the account book to Liya, and said casually:
"Get dressed. The carriage has been prepared. Let's go to the palace first."
Liya took the account book and was a little confused after hearing Victor's words.
"Didn't you listen to what I just said? I have to return to the territory quickly."
Victor patted her shoulder and said:
"I will go with you after returning from the palace."
Liya: "Huh?"
Seeing Victor leave first, she looked at Victor's back and couldn't help but mutter:
"Why are you crazy again?"
She didn't think Victor would care about her safety, and Liya didn't think she would encounter any danger.
She is not a fool, she can naturally see what Victor sees.
"Someone's targeting the Craveners."
Liya shrugged, remembering the last time the prop shop was smashed.
Leon returned to the territory early and started preparations.
But now it seems that Leon has to be notified that the plan has changed.
Soon, Liya changed into her dress and got into the carriage with Victor to go to the palace.
Because Victor and Liya were going to meet the emperor in advance, someone had already been arranged at the entrance of the palace.
The emissary took the two of them to a side room of the palace and saw Emperor Aubrey.
The old man sat there for a long time, seemingly waiting for Victor for a long time, and even fell asleep.
Victor saw a girl beside the emperor, who looked younger than Erica, only fifteen or sixteen years old.
"Your Majesty, brother and sister Victor are here."
Aubrey opened his eyes and saw Victor, his cloudy eyes became much clearer.
He stretched out his hand to say hello, gesturing for Victor and the two of them to come to him.
"His Majesty."
Victor and Liya bowed together, which was a necessary etiquette when facing the emperor.
The old emperor waved his hand. He was old enough and no longer cared about these complicated etiquette.
He pulled the girl behind him. The little girl was very beautiful, with a beautiful face on her young face.
"This is my youngest daughter, Aurelion Thrall."
The emperor had very few heirs, only three children, two of whom were princes, and the last one was Aurelion.
Victor and Liya put their hands on their chests and bowed:
"I have met Her Highness the Princess."
The princess looked timid and hid behind her father a little shyly.
The emperor looked at her and smiled: "This child has lived in the palace since he was a child and rarely sees anyone."
"So much so that she has a lot of talent, but she never went to school because she was too afraid of life."
"I have invited some mages to teach magic before, but the effect was not good. After teaching for a few days, the teachers always said that they had nothing to teach."
Li Yaduo glanced at the little princess and had some thoughts in her mind.
Is it really because of the high talent rather than the inability of the mages to teach?
The emperor's children were naturally very talented. Even if they really couldn't teach him anything, Oberly would only think it was the teacher's problem.
"I asked Levi to let him be Aurelion's teacher, but Levi always said that he was not good at teaching, so he declined."
When he said this, Aubrey shook his head and laughed.
Naturally, he would not believe Levi's lies.
But at this time, Victor also heard the emperor's hidden meaning.
Even Liya looked up at Victor in surprise.
'The emperor really spent a lot of money to win over Victor. '
Saying that he couldn't find a teacher was probably just a compliment. The smart Liya immediately thought of the old emperor's intention.
Sure enough, the emperor's next words were:
"Victor, can I ask you to be this child's private tutor?"
Hearing this, Liya winked at Victor and wanted to quickly take off Victor's mouth and put it on her body to agree.
Although I don’t know what the emperor sees in Victor, if he can be related to the royal family, then the Cravenna family will rise to the top.
Hatred of other nobles? Let them hate as much as they like!
As a result, Victor's words were shocking, making Liya angry.
"Your Majesty, with all due respect, I need to think about it."
Emperor Aubrey fell silent. He didn't know the reason for Victor's refusal.
The royal family took the initiative to show kindness to the nobles. This was an opportunity that normal people would never dare to think of.
Even if Victor is a fourth-level mage.
Of course, Victor never thought about it this way.
If anyone thinks that after reaching the fourth level, he will be powerful enough to look down on the empire, they are totally wrong.
Clinging to the empire naturally has countless benefits, even for Victor.
But here's the thing.
Victor's eyes scanned the little princess' body.
Aurelion Thor.
No, she should be called Saul IX.
The eternal witch.
That was her future title.
If the fourth level can be called a natural disaster mage, then her power will be absolutely superior to that of natural disasters.
No one knew why she was so powerful, but when the emperor died two years later, Aurelion, who was only seventeen years old, cleared all obstacles and became the new emperor of the empire.
She is the only first queen of foreign blood who became the emperor of the Kalencia Empire.
Aurelion's mother was the daughter of the Grand Duke of Cantor, and she was the product of a political marriage.
But right now, Victor doesn't want to think about so many political issues.
Now, at the age of fifteen, Aurelion looked like a harmless little girl.
She seemed a little sad because of Victor's rejection, and there were some crystal tears in her eyes.
However, who could know that this was all her disguise?
The more he understood the plot, the more Victor became more afraid of the future queen.
Her possessiveness is extremely strong. Once she identifies her own things, she will not give them to others even if she destroys them.
Because of this, he greatly admired the future Victor for actually being able to contain this kind of monster, and even managed to almost subvert the empire's regime.
But after all, it's not Victor's style not to agree.
His arrogance as a power leveling trainer and his profound understanding of the game made him never allow himself to be afraid of anyone in this world.
Not to mention he still has two years left.
So he said to the emperor:
"Two and a half years."
Emperor Aubrey didn't quite understand and frowned.
"I will serve as Her Royal Highness the Princess's personal magic instructor, but only for two and a half years."
"After two and a half years, I voluntarily resigned from this position."
