Ch 2

After they left Amelia's room Anthony asked Alex, "Why did you use sleeping essence on Amelia? "

"Well, I think she needs some more time before accepting this. And she becomes hella annoying when she starts asking questions."

"But I heard that Jennifer's told her everything already." Anthony looked at Alex's expression which had hardened after hearing his mother's name and sighed.

"Forget it and come to my quarters tomorrow." Anthony continued as he ruffled Alex's hair with a smile, "Your Aunt Chelsey will be waiting there."

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Anthony's quarters were befitting of his status as they screamed luxury and security. The outside of the quarters was being guarded by the strongest imperial guard.

The quarter's door was made of steel but it was so thick and heavy that it wouldn't budge even if ten 3 star warrior used all their strength simultaneously. But Anthony opened it with a light push testament to his strength.

The mattress which led straight toward Anthony's room was made of silk. Inside Anthony's room, Chelsey who was waiting while sitting next to Williams's crown laughed as she saw Alex's overly bandaged body.

Alex ignored his aunt and started looking around the familiar but unfamiliar room. As he was looking around the room, he got flustered and showed emotion for the first time as he looked at his Uncle Rudolph's painting.

"2 years ago, your uncle Rudolph died in the war against our neighboring empire Lumberberg. He was a bloody bachelor and left our house with no successor." Anthony spoke in a sad but angry tone.

"But now, We have you. A successor to our throne, all you have to do is to win the competition for the throne."

"Father, It won't be easy as he will fight my son who has consolidated his power already and he doesn't have any power. " Chelsey asked in a worried tone as she was truly worried about his nephew.

Alex butted in their conversation before Anthony could say anything, in a trembling voice he asked,

"But killing a noble with the rank of earl or higher was forbidden."

"It was the doing of their current emperor of Lumberberg, Daryl Watt. The death of Rudolph was the reason behind the all-out war."

"So, did you get revenge?"

"Yes and no, We couldn't kill the murderer but their emperor, John Watt died in the war. And he died brutally although it was an honest mistake."

Anthony sighed as he looked at the sad faces of Alex and Chelsey which showed no sign of brightening.

"Alex, We are entrusting you with matters related to the bandit attack. Find Commander Luther he will be your assistant." Anthony said as he passed the Williams House royal seal to Alex.

After getting permission from his gramps Alex left the room hurriedly to find Luther. Chelsey tried to stop him but couldn't because of her father's glare.

"He just came and you made him leave. He is exhausted and injured. Why can't you understand his pain, father?" Chelsey asked her father with a questioning look.

"I understand his pain and that's the reason I am sending him outside. He needs time and in a letter, I got from Jennifer, She wrote that whenever Alex is in pain she sends him to work." Alex was a workaholic.

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Alex who left the room hurriedly found Luther in the training camp. Luther was the commander of the training camp.

"Prince Alex is entering." A guard shouted as Alex showed him his royal seal. Everybody stood up and bowed in respect.

Ignoring everybody, Alex went straight to Luther. Seeing Alex, Luther dismissed everybody and placed a map on the table.

"This road is one of the roads which connects our territory with the territory of other nobles and bandits have made the forest near this road as their main base." Said Luther as he placed his finger toward the center of the map.

"As this place is not the main market of our kingdom but is still lucrative I think landlords of this area have joined hands with bandits," said Alex in a serious tone.

"You are right, sir. We also assume that as the landlords and villages related to them suffer the least damage from the bandit's attack." - Luther

"How many bandits groups are in this area." - Alex.

" There are many but the largest and most notorious group is Tiger bandits as they have killed our troops. Their strongest is Noah who is a high-level expert swordsman and Trike a mid-level expert archer. Whenever we tried to purge them they hid making it hard to exterminate them." - Luther.

"Don't worry, I have already thought of an ingenious plan." Then Alex whispered his plan in Luther's ears.

"I can't agree to this, sir. It's too dangerous." Luther disagreed but couldn't stop him as Alex was his boss's son.

"As this plan is important you should oversee its preparation yourselves. You have only 6 days." Alex said to Luther as he left the room.

" Goddammit, Why is this madman entrusted to me." Luther cursed as he pulled his long silver hair.

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Amelia POV

I saw my brother laughing as if he had heard something funny. I envied his sharp sense as he could hear things that I couldn't.

Anyway, as soon he saw me he flinched as if he had seen a demon. Well, he has as Gramps was standing behind me with a frightening look on his face.

The reason behind his anger was me telling Gramps that my dear brother Alex didn't care about his body at all. He used to come in a condition worse than yesterday.

My gramps caught my brother who thought that something wasn't right and was trying to run away.

"You punk, We heard from Amelia that you didn't care about your body and used it as a shield," Gramps said as he pulled Alex's ears strongly causing his beautiful face to contort.

'My brother, Oh my brother who told you to hit me yesterday huh? This is my revenge.' Amelia thought as she laughed devilishly.