Just like before, Kieran and Duke Eldar sat opposite each other.
As for the atmosphere?
It was as quiet as before.
Kieran sat there, waiting for Duke Eldar to spill the secret about Snake School.
He didn't have the slightest intention to speak or rush the duke.
Half a minute later, the elderly duke raised his head and looked at Kieran.
"Before I spill the secret about Snake School, can you tell me the truth? Do you look down on James?"
The duke's sudden question made Kieran frown.
It wasn't that Eldar had guessed his thoughts, but Kieran wasn't used to beating around the bush.
Kieran, who was used to being vigilant, would never look down on anyone.
Even a common man behaved this way, let alone a king.
Kieran believed anyone who could become a king wasn't a simple person, despite Eldar being a coward all this while.
Don't forget, before this, it was this cowardly man who kept Jeanne James, Duke Will of the South, in check.
If King James VIII was really as cowardly as he appeared.
He would have been killed!
Kieran never doubted Jeanne's ruthlessness.
He also never doubted Duke Will's ambition.
He also never doubted …
Snake School's specialization!
The Snake School's remnants were filled with scruples when they tried to assassinate King James VIII.
It was the scruples of wanting to get rid of King James VIII as soon as possible, yet they were worried about the consequences if they made a move.
Otherwise, a dagger and a crossbow would be much more useful than that painting.
Kieran didn't believe Eldar was scrupulous about him.
Judging from how easily Kieran lured them out and killed them, the remaining Viper Sect members didn't even spare a glance at him before this.
Given their attitude, how could they be scrupulous about him?
Other than Kieran, who else in the whole Warren Palace would be scrupulous about?
Mary? Duke Zilin? Or the Raven Sect?
None of them matched Kieran's guesses.
And after tossing that aside, there was only the most unlikely possibility left: King James VIII himself.
His Majesty was lying on the bed, barely breathing, and could die at any moment.
With such a guess in mind, how could Kieran look down on the other party?
"No."
"He hides a lot more than he shows."
"I don't know why he wants to hide it."
"Maybe because of Mary?"
"Or is it because of something else?"
"But one thing I'm sure of is that King James VIII is a man we need to be wary of."
Kieran shook his head and said.
"If James heard your evaluation, he would definitely be shocked! His concealment, which he thought was good, was completely seen through by a young man whom he had only met a few times.
20 years ago, he had the ambition to change Warren, which was filled with sects and controlled by them.
"For this, he deliberately befriended people like me, not just me, but a group of people like me, including Holly, who you killed!"
Holly?!
The Holly who caused the destruction of Snake school?!
Kieran narrowed his eyes.
He thought of more things.
"That's right, it's exactly what you think.
James single-handedly planned the destruction of Snake school — this is the secret I want to tell you! "
"In fact, not just Snake school, there were other sects that occupied Warren as well!"
"They hid in Warren either openly or secretly, and we learned from them, hiding in the open and behind them, waiting for the perfect moment to launch a huge change."
"Even now, I still feel excited when I think about those days."
"Every day was a new battle."
"Every day, we would be closer to our goal."
"Then …"
"We achieved unprecedented success."
"Those sects moved away from Warren."
"But we also failed."
"Because we didn't know the sects had planted their spies in our hearts."
The old duke's excited expression then turned into desolation.
"Ellen, Mary's mother, James' lover and wife."
"Jeanne James, Mary's aunt, James' sister."
"You know all these."
"There are still others you don't know."
The old duke's voice was getting softer and softer, and in the end, it was almost a whisper.
Kieran couldn't hear what the old duke was saying anymore.
But he had a guess.
Ellen, the former First Seat of Raven Sect.
Jeanne James, the First Seat that wasn't recognized by Ghastly Woods Sect.
Both of them appeared beside the young king James VIII, so what about the others?
For example, the core strength of some sects, where would the common disciples go?
The answer was self-explanatory.
The old duke's absent-minded expression told him everything.
Or rather, the reality told him.
The old duke once said that they were a group of people.
But other than Holly, who he killed, he only saw the old duke. Where did the rest go?
Dead!
Other than death, Kieran couldn't think of anything else.
If they hadn't died, King James VIII wouldn't have been so alone against the invasion of the Prairie invaders.
"Hmph."
Suddenly, Kieran chuckled.
"What?
You don't believe me. "
The old duke.
"Nope.
I'm just thinking, if Mary knew this side of her father, what would she do? "
Kieran said slowly.
"So, there are some things that I have to avoid Mary.
She … "
The old duke shook his head and didn't continue.
"You are denying an established fact again.
And you are instilling in me what you think is correct. "
Kieran frowned.
"I'm not arguing whether it's correct or not!
I don't want to deny it either!
But the fact is: Ellen's appearance, Mary's birth, it's all wrong!
Do you know how painful it was for James to accept his failure and hide here to linger on with his last breath?
"Do you know how I felt when my companions died one after another and I could only head south?"
You don't understand!
Without experiencing it yourself, you wouldn't know what I'm talking about! "
The old duke straightened his neck and said.
The agitated old duke's face was flushed, veins popping up on his neck.
Then …
Bang!
The old duke was kicked away by Kieran, rolling out the door together with the sofa.
"You!"
The old duke struggled to get up from the floor, his face swollen. He pointed at Kieran, his finger shaking non-stop.
Obviously, he didn't expect Kieran to do that.
"James' pain, your pain, your comrades who died …"
"What does it have to do with me?
I'm just Mary's friend.
So, you should thank Mary. If it wasn't for her, you would be meeting your comrades right now. "
Kieran slowly retracted his left foot and hung [Extreme Night] around his waist. He then walked out the door.
The agitated old duke shivered when he saw Kieran pick up [Extreme Night]. However, Kieran didn't even care about the old duke and walked around him.
However, when he walked past the old duke, Kieran paused.
"Now, I'll tell you a secret!
"Did your so-called annihilation of the Viper Sect really succeed?"
"You think what you saw was everything?"
Do you want to see the real truth? "
Kieran then continued walking without waiting for the old duke's reply.
The old duke's face changed drastically as he sat down. He seemed to have thought of something but he didn't dare to admit it.
"It can't be!
It can't be!
You lied to me! You lied to me! "
The old duke shouted at Kieran's back.
However, Kieran didn't answer.
There was only the gentle breeze of the night.
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