Volume 12 Chapter 1 (1/2)
The sudden news of ly off-guard since he should have been extremely preoccupied at the moment How coive a nodding to uard before I realized that my lord father could be onto a matter of iarding logistics and relocated the needed personnel as Carlos had requested, then headed towards my pavilion
He rotated to face me the moment I lifted the door curtain A familiar smile showed on his weary face My father was calm despite the horrific situation out there This hy I aded man who I called ‘father’ so much
“Father,” I walked by and said in the least anxious voice, “I wasn’t expecting you would tour here now”
“No you weren’t I want to see you” He moved his eyes to view me from the top to end, a hint of praise shohich I sensed from his vision, “You’ve becoster viceroy’, I’ve heard so much aspersions and caluhtly looked away from my father’s eyes, abashed
“Walk withbehind the desk makes my body stiff”
“Er, yes, father” I hurried to follow
The two of us hence toured on a lonely pave soldiers and cursing officers seemed to be particular loud
“Cohen,” He broke the silence, “do you knohy I’m here for?”
I shook my head
“Here are s” Said him, “And I paid a visit at the busiest e?”
“You never do unnecessary things, lord father” I gave a thought and said, “If you do want to talk to me, then this talk will definitely save you much trouble in the future days”
“Not bad” He nodded, “Though a bit utilitarian Is it wrong for a father to see his son who recently ran away from death?”
I scratched my hair
“Let talk about business You see, there are other viceroys in Swabia who are still loyal to the rightful king Af first, I planned to slowly make contact with theence yesterday knowing the provinces near DC that stood against Luhrmann had fallen quickly Four viceroys as well as their fahtered One yielded These viceroys’ territories are inland and too close to DC, Luhres too easily”
“In other words,” said I, “it’s time for us to oing through rigorous trainings However,this civil ill be expected to come in in a day or two” Said him, “In the past few days, some of the courtiers who fled from DC and adjacent provinces, one after another have arrived at Dark City Judging by their telling, Luhr his hands ready for us”
“I wouldn’t worry about that since I’ve readied the army and deployed asthat I caught his idea,the relationshi+p between you and the king How do you plan to handle it?”
“He is the king, and I’ed, “I ht just find a suitable time and swear my loyalty to him”
“You will never do that” My father shook his head, “It’s a terrible idea”
“Could it be?” I asked, “I squeezed out a great deal of inner deter would expect all the people in the world to pledge their allegiance,” My father backed his palms and said, “save for yours”
“And why is that?”
“King Fischer had lost all his faht Anyone who values closed ones asFischer would feel the sa sou” My father sighed then gradually explained, “Your friendshi+p is probably one of the two things that are powering hiine if you swore loyalty to hi Fischer think? You are practically taking the friendshi+p out of his virtually empty body”
“I…”
“I feel you You fear that Fischer would be jealous because your good deeds could shadow his authority, aht?”
“You read ’s subjectpicture, let alone you share a deeper bond with King Fischer You ought to believe that he’s able to adjust and ill have time to make amends to the azed at me, his eyes revealed a hint of deterer matter that should occupy your attention”
I inquired eagerly, “Yes, father”
“As far as the situation went south, I do look at it positively And I believe hty army will eventually take DC back and recover Swabia as a whole What do you think?”
“I firmly believe that like you do” I had no choice but to obediently nod because a father’s simple words means no less than royal decrees”
“Like I said, 50 of the king’s will is powered by vengeance And when the final victory comes, that part will vanish Until then, half of that once occupied part will be empty which your friendshi+p alone cannot fulfill” My father’s face grew gloomy, “Do you understand what I said”
“Yes, I do But it’s so complicated that it never occurred to me before you mentioned it What a Fischer’s purpose is to avenge And by the time we end Luhrmann’s life, there will be no purpose Up until that moment, on’t knohat he will do” My father lowered his sound, “A physical body that’s supported by vengeance usually collapses the moment the kill is done”
“Then what should we do?”
“Try as hard as you can to fill that eht” My father signed, “Only pure love and care could the wound be healed”
“Isn’t it a good idea to find a royal coht suddenly struck me, “Once Fischer falls in love, the empty part is auto the sa eyes, “The probleirl in either Dark It is a matter concerned by wealth, fahtful royal female partner is extremely difficult to come by”
Head lowered, I quickly went over htful candidate
“Therefore,I’ll write you a letter at times necessary” My father leaned closer, “Once a better candidate eet hold of her with any …” I was a little stunned, “there’re other politically variables within?”
“There are, indeed, htedly, “Suppose you were the viceroys who joined Luhr your loyalty to hihters to Dark Fischer, ould Luhrmann think?”
“Wicked! daht the essence pretty fast One , think deeper about what I said earlier” He stated fully, “When the war starts, on’t have many chances to meet”
He paced slower so I could walk shoulder to shoulder with hi your title the other day?”
“Nope” I shookand stuff”
“I’lad you are not” My father silenced for a second, “And what about the relationshi+p with Flynn and the other 2 girls? And what about hter-in-low from Winper City who I never had the chance to meet”
I was totally abashed
“Easy, son Despite you handled it lousily, I don’t consider the wrong to be worth considering” He chuckled, “Put your heart away, this is a father-and-son conversation”
I grew even glooive irls talk, the unhappier I becoirls are not alone” My father said to rew up Ever since you’re a boy, oftentimes you confused me with your unique ideas and I couldn’t decide whether to let you or rectify those ideas I ended up trying to pass onto explain your questions Because I knew you hts and answers to the world”
I looked hi I’veman However sharp your brain is, the soul in this body is underexperienced You still haveindulging you one virtually all things”
“Father…”
“I’ll stop here” He derived his eyes to another direction, “How do you prepare to handle the girls?”
(How else can I handle the wild blast whipped, ht led my head
“A feords of wisdom for you, son” My father leaned in, “Courtesy, respect, honesty and loyalty”
“That easy?”
“Flynn and you three are friends to begin with, and you only wedded the Nore, however, you were too occupied, the tiiven Hence the situation” He nodded, “Given tiht answer”
“That can’t be true You know, father, Flynn is…”
He raised a hand to stop ently, blinked, “Markyou’ve done does not excuse Flynn froht You are a man now, boy, be one”
I replied with a bleak face