Chapter 412 Eldest prince
After that strange excursion with the princess, I thought that I would be able to get some peace and quiet.
But that wasn't the case since there was someone else that came the next morning.
If it was just a normal noble, I would have ignored them.
However, the one that came was the messenger of the eldest prince.
Since it was a prince, I had no choice but to go with the messenger and meet the eldest prince.
I didn't know what the eldest prince wanted, but it was clear that he wanted something judging by the messenger he sent.
During the trip, the messenger kept looking at me as if I owed him something.
At the same time, he kept singing praise of the eldest prince.
"You really are lucky, Count Zwein. To be able to catch the attention of the eldest prince is a true honour. If you play your cards right, there will be a bright future for you."
When I was faced with this kind of enthusiasm, the only thing that I could do was give an ambiguous answer.
After all, being caught up in the battle for the throne was not something that I wanted.
I just wanted to remain neutral and stay in my own territory until it was all over.
Not to mention…I knew that the eldest prince wouldn't have a chance of winning the throne.
There was a reason why he was known as the eldest prince instead of the crown prince.
The eldest prince was different from the crown prince.
If he was the crown prince, it would mean that the king was already supporting him to take the throne.
Then there wouldn't be a succession battle at all.
But that clearly wasn't the case since he was still the eldest prince instead of the crown prince.
The eldest prince…there was a big problem with him that prevented the king from acknowledging him as a successor.
That was that the eldest prince…was a fool.
He was someone that was easily manipulated by the nobles and was completely enthralled with himself. He was not someone that cared about taking care of the nation and only cared about his own enjoyment.
If he were to become the king, there was no doubt that he would ruin this country.
So the king had never even considered making him the crown prince.
But even if the king didn't consider it, that didn't mean that the eldest prince didn't have this ambition.
He was supported by the nobles that wanted to use him as a puppet and some of these nobles were quite powerful.
After all, these were the nobles that had ambition of taking down the royal family and establishing their own dynasty.
These were the nobles that had been restrained by the current king, but if they could put a puppet on the throne, there would be nothing stopping them.
So I had never once considered having anything to do with the eldest prince.
But now that he was calling me, I was certain that there would be trouble.
So I had to act as ambiguous as possible.
If I showed even a single sign of supporting the eldest prince, I could be sure that there would be trouble coming my way.
I would never let myself be caught up in this for both me and the people that I cared about.
In a worst case scenario, I had already called Scar and Shaka so that they could save me if need be.
After all, Shadow Garden wasn't afraid of a prince.
When the carriage arrived, I couldn't help being surprised by the manor that was in front of us.
This manor was without a doubt the manor of an important person, but it was more than that.
This manor…was clearly the manor of a conceited person.
The decorations were much more luxurious than they needed to be and there were many things that showed off how conceited the owner was. There were all kinds of plant sculptures and actual statues of the owner of this manor placed all over the manor.
It was clear that whoever owned this place was very much in love with themselves.
And that was the problem with the eldest prince.
This kind of vain person would never be good to work with…
The carriage came to the entrance of the manor, but there wasn't a single person who was there waiting for me.
The messenger even didn't bother going with me to the door and sent me to the door all on my own.
I really wanted to leave this place, but there were guards at the gate, so it wasn't as if I would be able to escape.
So I had no choice but to go forward and knock on the door.
When I did, the door was immediately opened by a person who was in a butler's uniform.
He gave a nod to me before saying, "Please follow me."
This person didn't even wait to see if I was following them as they headed into the manor.
I gave a sigh before following them in.
The lobby of this manor was just like the outside, it was filled with portraits of the owner, the eldest prince.
But these portraits were also different from the statues and sculptures that were outside.
These portraits…were clearly beautified.
I had seen the eldest prince before in the game and I knew that he wasn't as beautiful as the portraits made him seem.
These were all the commissioning of a vain person.
The butler led me through the lobby and to a large door on the side, but he didn't bring me in.
Instead, he raised his hand as if he was telling me to stop and wait.
After I stopped, he opened the door and went in without me.
I had to wait there for a few minutes before the butler came back.
He opened the door this time and waved his hand for me to follow him.
So I walked into the room after the butler.
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