The royal city of Tiste, inside the Dome of the Rock

On the mirrored floor lined with marble, there was the sound of hurried footsteps, and the servants and guards of the Garcia family knew that the heavy footsteps could only belong to one person in the family.

The eldest son of the Duke of Garcia, Sir Hunian, was walking in uniform on the road leading to his father's study, and his face was full of anger that made those around him avoid him.

Because he had just received a personal letter from a remote magistrate, he was so angry that he even felt like he was being treated as an idiot.

Soon, he appeared in front of the door of his father's study, and the guards on both sides saw Hunian's angry expression, of course, they didn't dare to stop him, and they didn't even make a word to push the door open and let him in.

Garcia's study was unlike anyone else's, a large room that took up nearly half of the floor, and it would take ten minutes to walk through it.

In the distance, there was a modest desk by a floor-to-ceiling window, where Duke Garcia went about his daily work, and he had not appeared in public for a long time, as if the chubby old man had been afraid of being exposed to the sun.

If it were someone else, trespassing into it without permission would only lead to death, but Hunian considered himself his father's eldest son and the duke's most powerful right-hand man, so he never took this prohibition seriously, he just walked angrily to the desk, where the duke was sitting on a swivel chair with his back to him, looking up at the brilliant starry sky outside the window.

Hunian also did not apologize for his trespass, he just took out a letter that he had just received and said loudly, "Father, please explain why you gave Oak Town to the demons as a place to breed some demon army, and I don't know anything about such a thing!"

The young Sir also seemed to be angry at this utterly impersonal affair, although his hands were stained with blood in the past battles, but it was all obtained by his dignified killing of enemies on the battlefield, but he had no idea that his father would give his town to a foreign race, and sacrifice all the townspeople just to obtain a so-called demon army!

But Garcia didn't mean anything like an explanation, and on the contrary, he didn't even bother to move.

This attitude made his eldest son appear angry, and the letter in his hand was written to him by Kimberley, and the friendship that the magistrate spoke of was his relationship with Hunian. After the young knight gets the letter and learns that Oaktown was destroyed overnight because of his father's secret decision, Hunian can't contain his anger and goes straight to his father to ask for an explanation.

"Father, that's three hundred lives!" Hunian took another step forward, his voice raising in vain, echoing throughout the study.

"Big brother, I advise you not to take another step forward, otherwise your father will be very unhappy, and you know the consequences of your father's displeasure. ”

An uncomfortable voice rang out from the darkness, and then out of the bookcase came a young man, the Duke's eighth son and Junian's younger brother, Pedro Don García.

"Big brother, have you forgotten? Now that I am the agent of the principality's affairs, you should first come to me for something, and then I will report it to my father. Pedro said with a smug face, now the whole duchy and even the empire know that this young eighth son is the red man in front of Duke Garcia, and there are already many people who bet the chips of the next duke on him.

But Hunian didn't even look at him, he never looked down on this half-brother, because he was an illegitimate son born to a maid, and his body flowed half of the lowly blood, so since he was a child, no one took this originally thin child in his eyes.

But I don't know why a year ago, their father entrusted Perrod with a heavy responsibility as if he was obsessed, not only letting him lead the most elite Black Watch, but also frequently taking him to various meetings held by the empire.

Seeing that Hunian didn't speak, Pedro smiled indifferently and continued, he was used to being ignored, and his brother's attitude was not enough to make him lose his temper.

"Big brother, you also know that a month ago, my father gave an order to break into the study without his permission, and no one will be killed. Big brother, now that you've barged in, it's hard for me as a law enforcer? After all, we have the same blood in our veins. ”

Hunian glanced at him and said disdainfully, "You can try." I'm talking to my father, it's none of your business here!"

Pedro's eyebrows inadvertently flashed a murderous glimmer, no outsider had dared to talk like this outside him since a year ago, but no matter what he did, in the eyes of this arrogant brother, he was still the son of that lowly maid.

"Big brother, it's not early, I advise you to go back and rest early, my father has already told me that the affairs of Oak Town are not something you should care about. As far as Kimberly reported, he said in the Tang newspaper that the earthquake destroyed the entire town, and it was treated as a natural disaster. ”

"Is that what Father meant?" Hunian stepped forward, aggressive.

"It's what my father meant. Pedro was still smiling.

But Hunian obviously didn't believe it, he pointed to Duke Garcia behind the desk and said loudly, "I won't leave unless I hear my father's voice with my own ears!"

Pedro shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and then Duke Garcia's old voice sounded, "Hunian, don't make trouble here, it's my order, don't appear in front of me in the future without your brother's permission." ”

Although he wanted to disobey, Sir Hunian, a professional soldier, carried out his father's orders, but before leaving, he poked his finger in his brother's chest and shouted: "I will not delve into this matter, but if one day I hear the news of Kimberley's disappearance or death, even if it is just a rumor, my father will not be able to protect you!

With that, without pausing, Hunian turned and left.

Looking at his back, Pedro pulled his already angry trembling hand out of his pocket, he had already wanted to kill this proud brother more than once, but as he said, they had the same blood on their bodies, which would be of great use in the future.