Chapter 295: The shocking truth (1/2)

”If what you said is indeed true, then do you have any idea who would fake your father?” Leo turned to look at Ethan.

”That is the big question, who would do it. Our Silver royal family hasn't even offended any other territories ever since its establishment, of course, aside from the Blue Fin Kingdom, which in the end became our ally. So, the only people I could think would do that is the Black organization, just like what Barbara had done.” Ethan replied.

”So that means your father is dead?” Charlotte asked.

”That...” Ethan was unable to reply. To assume that his father was a fake was simple, but to really believe that his father is a fake is a different story. It's hard for him, especially since that is his own father.

”It's useless to assume anything.” Leo finally dismissed the topic, ”Maybe your father changed because he can't accept that his sons don't want the territory he painstakingly built and the situation right now might just be a coincidence.”

”Maybe...” Ethan was still feeling suspicious, ”But if it was really the past him, then it would be really against him to use his family as tools for war.”

”Yeah... I don't know about that. But anyways, let's focus on our current mission.” Leo replied.

”Okay!” Ethan nodded.

Moments later, Leo, Charlotte, and Ethan finally arrived at the entrance of the secret tunnel.

”We're here!” Ethan said before putting his hand up in front and suddenly pulling down a lever in a form of an ordinary stone.

Whooooosh!

A secret door soon after opened after Ethan pulled down the lever.

What greeted everyone was a dark staircase leading up. There were no torches lighting up the place or was there any place to put some torches. It was easy to guess that when the Third Prince used this secret tunnel in the past, he would always bring a torch with him to lighten up his path.

”Lead the way,” Leo motioned to Ethan.

Ethan just nodded his head before walking ahead.

Although they didn't bring with them any torches, but with the Fire Elemental following along, it was enough to bring light to the dark tunnel. It wouldn't burn them as well, since all the Elementals know how to separate foes from friends due to having their own intelligence.

Along the way, Leo and the others easily noticed some normal rats running away when they walk near and tiny ordinary spiders hanging up the ceiling of the tunnel in their cobweb homes.

”This staircase will lead us to the abandoned storage room under the castle. No one uses this storage room anymore, so there is no need for us to worry about unexpectedly meeting someone once we go out.” Ethan assured.

Leo smiled and replied, ”I was indeed a bit worried about that...”

”Why was it abandoned though?” Charlotte suddenly asked.

”It used to be my second brother���s storage room for his important items only, then was passed to my third brother who created a secret tunnel, but with both of them gone after using the storage room, father decided to lock and abandon the storage room, maybe in fear that my first brother or I would use it again which might then lead to one of us leaving Silver Kingdom.” Ethan chuckled.

”To be honest with you, all of you four brothers are really weird.” Charlotte can't help commenting, ”If it was me or the majority of the people in the Celestial World, we would definitely fight really hard for the throne. But the four of you don't even care about it. Seriously, are your brains still working fine or not?”

Charlotte's words also express what Leo has been feeling all this time. Even he, not a member of the Silver royal family, was doing everything to help Queen Olivia have the throne of the Silver Kingdom. But the four of them who have the biggest opportunity to become King was actually running away from the throne.

”Truthfully speaking, aside from the territory being trash, we brothers can't just bring ourselves to hurt one another, really. Maybe it's because in the past we were raised together, grow strong together, and also did a lot of things together, as in without anyone of us missing. Though not until second brother left to chase his dreams,” Ethan can't help bringing up the past once again.

”That might indeed be the case...” Leo also agrees with Ethan's words. Even his older brother who he was extremely close to also doesn't want to fight with him in becoming the Patriarch of the Heart Noble Household in the past, to the point that despite being the older brother he always pushes the responsibility of managing the Heart Noble Household to him.

After a few minutes of walking, Ethan finally stopped, signaling that they have finally arrived.

”Back up a bit. The door here would actually open backwards.” Ethan warned before pulling the lever at the side.

Whoooosh!

Just like what Ethan had said, the stone door in front of them indeed opened backwards, hence they quickly took a step back in order to give enough space for the door to move.

The moment the door opens, Leo and the others then walked outside of the secret tunnel. And what greeted them was, just like what Ethan had said, a storage room with a lot of stuff lying around. To be honest, rather than calling it an abandoned storage room, it was more appropriate to say that it's still being used.

”This...” Ethan was also shocked by the scene in the storage room. It was completely out of his expectations that someone would actually still dare to use the storage room after his father ordered it to be locked and abandoned. And what's even more shocking was, it seems like the items belong to his first brother.