Chapter 606 - What About Another Favor? (1/2)

In fact, most descendants of renowned families were just ordinary people in terms of capabilities. Their strong suits were their resources and connections, which made their starting point much higher than average. If some of them happened to be gifted, they could easily distinguish themselves. Their upper and lower bounds were both very high.

The influence of their parents and grandparents gave them a good edge. Of course, there were descendants who squandered all the resources of their family, but not many, because they always had more chances to try out different things than ordinary people did.

Until they wasted all their family fortune, they could always find a new path to riches.

In this world, the nobles had even more chances to fail.

It had been ten years since Martin took over the Guild of Warriors at twenty-five.

Nobody thought highly of the Guild of Warriors back then, but at this moment, half of its members were loyal to him. It meant that his supporters were really powerful.

Whenever he did something wrong, there were always people who took care of everything for him.

There were few things that Martin was scared of in such an environment, except a couple of forces that could crush his family. But his family had sworn loyalty to one of those forces; it was the royal family’s hound now.

Whoever wanted to hit his family had to consider the royal family’s feelings on the matter.

Martin, on the other hand, wanted to go a step further. He wanted to join the royal family for real, and Stephanie was a great target. She was the dignified future queen. As long as he could cling to her thigh, he would be a member of the royal family too.

His family would make further progress. Even if his title wasn’t improved, his influence would still be significantly increased.

At this moment, he stood before the First Princess like a hero.

Although his face was teeming with fury and he looked at Roland with icy eyes, he was actually grinning happily in his heart.

He thanked this devil Mage for giving him such a great opportunity to show himself.

He also thanked Grantham, his trusted subordinate, for giving him such a piece of important intelligence.

The First Princess must be looking at me in admiration behind me.

That was what he thought.

But actually… Stephanie was laughing delightedly behind him.

Her eyes were full of mockery, and she looked at him as if he were a clown.

Having spent a lot of time with Andonara and Roland, she knew them quite well.

In her eyes, the combination of Andonara and Roland was almost invincible.

In particular, after Roland grew up and set up a floating city, they would be fearless of anything in the entire main plane.

Roland had great potential.

On many occasions, potential didn’t mean promise, because there were too many uncertainties in this world, and many geniuses with great potential had died before they grew up.

But Roland wouldn’t.

The Golden Sons were undying. They would never die young

Also, Stephanie had witnessed what Roland did recently. He was a man who had boundaries but was also flexible.

That was why Andonara was so devoted to him.

Could such a man be a devil?

Stop playing. There was no telling who tricked Martin into believing in such intelligence.

It seemed that someone really wanted him dead.

Stephanie’s eyes evinced even more curiosity and mockery.

Martin was still feeling good about himself, but the onlooking nobles noticed that the First Princess’s eyes weren’t right.

They realized something, and many people began to grimace.

Seeing that the people around him were smiling, Martin got happier too.

He would’ve sensed that the atmosphere wasn’t right if it were another occasion.

But at his moment, his eyes had been blinded by his inflating ego, and he thought that those people were smiling to encourage him.

Therefore, he waved his hand magnificently and said, “Someone, take this lying devil Mage away and lock him up.”

Roland raised his eyebrows.

A few guards who were responsible for the safety of the party gathered around.

Roland looked around but didn’t see Grantham. He was wondering how he should proceed, when someone stood forth.

“Young Martin, I can’t pretend that I didn’t hear that.”

A middle-aged noble, who was wearing a magic robe, stepped out and nodded at Roland with a smile. He then looked at Martin with a grave if not criticizing expression. “Since when have you had the power to punish someone from the Association of Mages?”

Martin looked at the noble Mage in surprise. “Hogan, what’s the meaning of this? Did you not hear my explanation? He is a wicked Mage. Very wicked. Does the Association of Mages intend to cover for him?”

“Do you have any evidence for your claim?” Hogan waved his hand and declared angrily, “Then I’ll accuse you of incest, Young Martin!” “That’s venomous slander!” Young Martin trembled in fury. “Why? You think whatever you say is true but my word isn’t?” Hogan opened his hands and scoffed. “I’m as renowned as you, aren’t I? Besides, since when do the Warriors get to deal with the affairs within the Association of Mages?”

“You!” Martin was so furious that he intended to bite someone.

Hogan had been warm and brotherly to him only a couple of days earlier. Why had he suddenly changed his attitude? Was it because he was involved with this wicked Mage?

The more he thought about it, the more he believed that it was true. He was the chairman of the Guild of Warriors anyway, and Hogan was a mere director in the Association of Mages. He saw no reason why he should be scared of this man, especially when he had proof of the culprit’s evils.

So, he declared toughly, “Hogan, get out of my way, or I’ll capture you too.” “Very good, very good.” Hogan trembled in fury. “I’m standing right here. Let’s see if any of them dares to capture me.”