173 The Eldest Prince (2/2)
Yale didn't like his deductions, because that would mean that there was no way to avoid Wyba from feeling bad every time he needed to use the Time Bloodline.
Yale felt depressed by that conclusion, but he was determined to find a method to help Wyba, although he still didn't know how to start.
Two days later there was a shocking news in the capital; the eldest prince had returned from an expedition he made into some ancient ruins.
The group that returned was far smaller than the original one, but everyone had a huge increase in strength, in particular, the eldest prince who had advanced to Rank 9 after been stuck in the Grandmaster Rank for a lot of time till the point that he looked older than his own father.
The eldest prince was extremely old, he had lived more than seventeen thousand years, and he had a lot of children of different ages with a lot of them already dead from old age. There was an incredible difference of age between him and Sebe who was the youngest prince due to the fact the king had lived for an extremely long time.
If he was judged by mortal standards, he looked like a seventy-year-old man. After advancing he wouldn't age more for a lot of time since his lifespan doubled, but there was no way to recover a youthful look.
Disregarding his looks, the notice that the kingdom had another Rank 9 expert besides the king was a great news for the kingdom; some people were even saying that he would be the king's successor.
However, other people thought that the current king was better and there was no need to find a successor. The eldest prince was well known due to long time he had been in the Anpaes Kingdom, but a lot of people didn't like him just because he was the oldest prince. Although his personality wasn't bad, he was a bellicose who loved to rule with an iron fist; he was someone who killed or crippled his servants for any fault.
Moreover, he was the one who always asked for a war with the Zuatania Republic to exterminate the humans and reclaim their territory, so the ones who wanted war supported him, but those who wanted to live peaceful lives didn't like him.
After all, even though almost everyone hated humans, most were just happy living without needing to have any relationship with them; they didn't want a war and just wanted to live peacefully in the capital.
The palace announced a great party for the next day and Yale was told that his meeting with the king would be after the party finished. Yale didn't mind about meeting the king a bit later, but he didn't have any intentions to participate in the party. The upper zone of the city where Yale lived was also included in the party as everyone had some relationship with the royalty; thus Yale could attend it, but he disliked that kind of events.
Yale wasn't the only one who disliked that kind of events, the same applied for Wyba and Aiwai, but Aiwai was forced to attend. Although skipping a party like that could be allowed for kids like Yale and Wyba, Aiwai would leave a bad impression if she skipped that celebration as she was an adult and someone who worked for the palace.
The next day, the whole upper part of the city was full of people celebrating the advancement of the eldest prince, everyone had a relationship with the royalty, so the security was incredible due to the fact the eldest prince's guards had taken the responsibility of protecting everyone.
Those who survived to come back with the eldest prince had turned extremely strong, the weakest of them was Rank 7, and there were some of them at Rank 8, everyone wondered what kind of benefit they obtained in those ancient ruins.
”Sir Yale! Prince Sebe had just told me that with our current level of security I don't need to work today. No matter how I insisted on working, I was forced to accept resting today to enjoy the party.”
Shirk didn't think that something bad could happen that day because the security was the best possible, but he still reported it to Yale as Yale had told him to report any time the situation happened.
Yale also thought that the vision should be for another day because with those extremely powerful servants from the eldest prince protecting everyone it was a bad day to attack the city, but while thinking about those powerful guards, his face changed.