22 Reasons for the King's words

On the way, he was seen by many guards, they were surprised to see a 9 feet spear in the hands of their young prince, Alex Vermillion. From the time they have been in the kingdom, they had never seen him holding a weapon as magnificent as this one.

They could also feel an overpowering intent from the spear which made them want to follow him, it was suppressing their rational thinking. This effect only continued for a small moment and soon their senses returned back and continued to do their job.

Adam clearly noticed the way they looked at him was different though he didn't know what was the difference, he could vaguely understand that there was a hidden respect in their eyes as they glanced at him.

Adam clearly liked when they glanced at him with such a gaze but there was also a hidden pressure that he could feel, it was like they had some expectations of him and he would have to do everything he could to stand up on those expectations.

He returned back to his room and glanced at Liliana standing there clearly looking very tired, she seems to have gone to many people and ordered them to pack his stuff.

Examining his room, he could see many things missing such as he saw the closet opened, his clothes were missing, the bedsheets on top of the bed were also missing along with some of his things in the drawer.

While he was examining his room, Liliana was examining him and noticed some dirt on his shirt and pants, those royal pants stained with brown coloured dirt completely destroyed the image of a prince.

She was clearly unhappy with this as she spoke out, "Young Mas- Alex, why did you not tell me that you were going to do something which would dirty you. We could have asked a servant to do it…"

Adam slightly smiled at her words and stretched out his hands, he grabbed hold of her cheeks and pinched them lightly, "Don't be like that, it was something I had to do myself. I couldn't just ask a servant to do it for me."

Noticing the look on her face he added, "And certainly not you. So, stop it." She lightly nodded her head as she blushed upon the contact of his hand with her face, she liked it.

She even turned her head slightly and whispered only for his ears, "I just don't want you to do things that would give others chances to make fun of you."

At this, Adam bitterly chuckled and decided to speak out, "Liliana, my image has already been destroyed in the Kingdom. Nobody respects me....From the time I was examined to be a trash who couldn't cultivate, my life is going downhill."

Liliana wanted to speak something but she paused as she felt his fingers brushing over her lips, "I am not done speaking, Liliana. I know that you don't look at me like that and probably respect me very much, I honestly don't know why but I am thankful for your trust."

His eyes lit up in fire as he spoke out, "If there is one thing on which you can bet on then this is it, I give you my word that I will never destroy your trust." Adam was serious about this, from the memories of Alex, he had seen how complaint she had been.

Even when all others stopped trusting Alex, she was the one who stayed by his side, and he, someone who had seen Alex's whole life and imprinted onto his very soul. It would be unusual if he didn't think of her as a valuable person…

Besides, her hot body and cute face was another factor, who wouldn't want to win over a beauty's favour especially if the girl was his personal maid and clearly expressing her interest in him.

He would be damned before he behaved like an idiot and remained clueless about her feelings, he had already decided to talk to her about it when they reached his new territory.

He anticipated that he wouldn't be completely under the control of the king there. Most probably, the king would give them certain privilege, and the freedom was one of them.

Freedom to do anything they liked as long as it wouldn't compromise with the defence of the country…

Adam thought of it more like a prince 'This is clearly a tactic by the King and encouraging us to form our own influence. He wants us to make our own influence by using the locals, any organization using our own prestige.'

'It would give the Kingdom some extra pair of hands while also make the position of the prince stronger, the chance to inherit the kingdom by that prince would also increase.'

Then he thought of the matter of the fighting between the princes 'The king is clearly an intelligent man. He knows that none among the prince are willing to give up the throne, he also doesn't seem to hold any love for any of them and all are equal in his eyes except for me. He wants the most capable person to inherit the throne.'

He was surprised that the more he thought, the more he felt as if he was going in something very deep 'Wait, it shouldn't stop here… The reason for the princes to fight must be so that the winner among them can take over the defeated prince's influence. This would be killing 2 birds, with one stone.'

Adam was clearly in awe of the King, as a King, the man was doing absolutely everything so that the throne goes to the one who is most capable. His method is ruthless but it seems as if he understood the weight of that crown.

He understood that the prince who takes up this crown would have to be in charge of this Great Versailles Kingdom. It wasn't something that an incompetent ruler could handle, he would simply lose the power before soon…

But Adam also criticized him in his mind as he thought 'He is also a failure as a father… If he was so worried about the throne then why not spend some time with his kids and actually instill some good thoughts in them. Otherwise, these brothers would never have to fight each other, now, an internal war is going to be created among these brothers, and each one knows that they can't lose.'

Adam felt some pity over the life of these princes but he also understood that he didn't have time to sulk about the situation of the princes, he was also one of them and understood what he had to do.

Even with the memories of prince Alex, he knew that these prince were now his enemies. What has happened can't be changed, their personalities had already been developed, they looked at him as if he was their enemy then he would certainly respond like one.

Liliana who was silently standing in his front, she suddenly opened her arms and whispered, "I am thankful for this promise Alex. I also vow to always support you, no matter how hard the times come, I will always be standing together with you."

Adam's right hand touched her hair and started to play with her beautiful and silky locks, he twisted it lightly as he said, "Idiot! I already know that. You have always been supporting me, it's my turn now. I will support you back as well…"

Liliana didn't know why but her face started to heat up all of a sudden, she tried hard to hide it from Adam yet he noticed it, he didn't comment on it as he had a strong suspicion that she would pass out from embarrassment.

It wasn't a good moment for it now as he pulled back his hands and saved her from the embarrassing situation. Adam also knew that he must get his hands on some cultivation manual for a woman, he wanted to let her start cultivating as well.

Servants in the kingdom were prohibited to practise cultivation, it was to prevent them from running away or killing some soldiers due to their mentality.

Adam thought with a small smile 'The horse that can be controlled better is the powerless one. Seems like this is what the King wanted to do and what the whole world does… Regardless, I will choose a cultivation manual for Liliana. I have heard that the woman's physique prefer Water over Fire, guess I will have to look up an Water Cultivation Method.'