Chapter 409: The So-Called "The Rhetorician

"I never expected you to be the imperial tutor!"

Annan's gaze shifted towards Victor, suddenly taking on a strange expression.

...It turned out that when he had taken care of the young Annan, his role could indeed be considered professional and relevant.

He seemed to understand why the emperor and his great-grandmother explicitly ordered Victor "to live on."

Rather than saying it was due to the burden of a curse or the repayment of sins, it might be more accurate to say... that indeed, there were people who wanted him to survive.

—This was not only about atonement.

More precisely, it seemed... it was to have him watch over the whole world or, in particular, to guard the Duchy of Winter.

"What exactly did you do back then?"

Annan couldn't help but ask, "I looked into your history before... and it could be said that it was controversial."

Victor sighed, as if reminiscing about the past.

With his fingers interlaced, his hair covered in frost and snow, quietly hung down.