When Victor said that two and a half years had passed, Leah was stunned for a moment.

In the same way, doubts rose in her heart.

If you say yes, why do you have to set a time limit?

She was tempted to ask Victor what he was going to do? Can you be sensible?

But when Emperor Oberly heard this, he laughed, and he looked at Victor with a smile and said:

"Really two and a half years?"

Victor bowed slightly to the Emperor and said to Emperor Obili sincerely:

"Two and a half years is enough time for Her Royal Highness the Princess to learn all my knowledge, and it would be rude for me to stay at that time."

Listening to Victor's explanation, Oberly patted the chair next to him and laughed, because he was so excited that he coughed and laughed, and the servants around him hurriedly stepped forward and followed the emperor's back.

Emperor Oberley waved his hand and motioned for his servants to step aside.

"O Victor! The more I look at you, the more I like it. ”

"How can you be so smart!"

Oberly Saul.

As the strongest man in the empire, Oberly was well aware of his physical condition.

In fact, at most two years, he will die of anger due to lack of qi and blood.

His lack of life was a dark disease that fell when he was young.

This is a hurdle that every strong warrior cannot overcome.

Unlike mages, warriors cannot use their magic to cast magic.

They rely on their own strong qi and blood to strengthen their physical strength.

Although it is possible to replenish qi and blood through food and good rest, it is also extremely expensive to consume.

And burning qi and blood will allow the warrior to gain extremely powerful power, and even be able to challenge beyond the level.

Correspondingly, this will also cause the user to burn lives.

As the Emperor, Oberly's deeds have long been unearthed by players.

By the age of seventeen, Oberly Saul had already become a brave and warlike general in the Empire.

Alone, he slayed a dragon that caused a natural disaster with his bare hands.

He cut off the dragon's skin and made it into armor as a reward for his success.

In his prime, Oberly was even more powerful.

He once confronted a fourth-order evil mage head-on with the world-destroying magic and survived.

Although the skin of the body was torn and the ligaments were broken, with the strong healing ability, it only took a few days to recover as before.

The way Emperor Oberly is now is because he consumed too much qi and blood when he was young, but he didn't recuperate in time.

Maybe it's because he's too aggressive.

Warrior professions are short-lived on average, even emperors.

This is also why Levi, who is the same age, looks so young, while the old emperor is like a candle in the wind.

But he never regretted it.

He looked at Victor with a smile and said:

"Your father was my best subordinate when he was younger."

"Until the day I ascend the throne, I will reward all my courtiers who follow me."

"Only, when I got to him, I only needed a piece of territory."

"I asked him, what about the knighthood? Don't you want to have a higher status? ”

He shook his head and told me that it was enough to be a nobleman.

"After that, he left the royal capital, disarmed and returned to the field, and we never met again."

This kind of thing that even Leah had never heard of was suddenly revealed, which surprised her.

She never knew her father had such a past.

Victor was expressionless, listening to the old emperor tell everything that had happened.

"After that, it was twenty years, until I finally received the news of his death."

"Victor, you are his child, and in the end, he left that territory to you."

Oberly sighed, as if with too much force, and coughed violently twice.

"You're better than him, and you're overly smart, but knowing how to advance and retreat is not always a good thing."

"Sometimes, climbing the flame is not necessarily wrong."

"It's like Reesser, no matter how big the mistake they make, as long as they have a reason, I want to keep them."

Oberly opened his eyes and said to Victor:

"Victor, I'll give you a choice, two and a half years, or ......"

Victor put his hand on his chest and bowed solemnly.

"Your Majesty, in two and a half years, I will do my best."

Oberly sighed, but there was some satisfaction in his expression.

He touched the head of the little princess behind him, and said with a smile:

"That's it, it's that this kid is not blessed."

"Hopefully, in the next two and a half years, you will be able to fulfill your function."

The last sentence he said to Victor.

Victor was silent, and Oberly knew he had agreed.

"Go and wait for me outside, and let me talk to the child for a while."

"When I come out, come with me to the feast."

Leah and Victor agreed.

After the two left, Aurelian looked at Oberly with a puzzled expression.

"Father, why did you want him to be my teacher?"

"I don't like him very much......"

"Why?"

Oberly smiled, watching Aurelian bite his fingers, so cute:

"I think he's very cold, he must be the kind of teacher who is very strict, I don't like to be too harsh."

"But he can protect you and make you stronger."

Oberly touched Aurelian's head dotingly, and saw his daughter's expression even more puzzled.

"But, isn't it enough for me to have my father's protection? The father is obviously so powerful. ”

Oberly looked at her, his eyes full of distressed tenderness.

"Kid."

"I can't protect you for the rest of my life."

"Nobody can."

……

Leah and Victor waited obediently outside the door, and seeing that there was no one around, Leah asked directly:

"What you said before, do you really want to refuse the emperor?"

Victor did not respond.

Leah understood, he acquiesced, and asked anxiously:

"Why?"

"Did you know that it was the Emperor's invitation? Some people can't ask for it in their lifetime, and you actually want to refuse? ”

"Leah, you're a merchant and know that goods are valuable."

Victor took out a pocket watch, looked at the time, and said to her:

"Then what do you think of my value in the eyes of His Majesty?"

Liya was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and then said:

"You are so powerful, your value will definitely not be low, after all, he wants you to be the princess's teacher, that is the princess! Few people have seen it. ”

"So, what is my value compared to His Majesty's relatives?"

Leah frowned and retorted:

"It's not equal at all! How can you compare with His Majesty's relatives? ”

Victor flicked the hands of the pocket watch, and Leah saw a line of small writing in the pocket watch, and the words formed by magic gradually enlarged in her eyes.

'Your Majesty has only two years left. ’

"What......"

Leah's eyes widened in shock, and she held back, not saying a word.

This is the imperial palace, and even if there is no one around, they cannot discuss the emperor's death at will.

So these two and a half years are......

"For the next six months, I will still be the teacher of Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The moment Victor finished speaking, Leah immediately understood.

She is a businessman, but as the acting lord of her family, she is also a shrewd politician.

Is Victor worth much? It's surprisingly high.

He showed his strength, and after being rewarded by the emperor, Victor's reputation reached a very high level.

Even if you look at him again, people who don't like him want to please him.

So what will the contenders for power think before His Majesty dies?

Whoever can get Klevenna's help will have a huge advantage.

The emperor didn't want to see this situation, so.

He sacrificed his youngest daughter, Aurelian, to bind Victor to a teacher-student relationship as her princess.

Then neither the eldest prince nor the second prince can compete for Victor anymore.

Because of this identity set by Emperor Oberly, no one can disobey the emperor.

Unless the emperor is dead.

But after the death of His Majesty, the new emperor will not need Victor.

Victor was destined for reckoning.

Those in power are not soft-hearted because of their brothers and sisters.

Aurelian may end up marrying off, like Emperor Auberry's sister, Lady Casanna, and become a victim of a political marriage.

If Victor didn't want to be liquidated, he couldn't let this happen.

Then Victor must object, Aurelian has always been a princess in order to protect the Cravina family.

So, Victor chose two and a half years.

The new emperor ascends the throne and needs to stabilize the power.

Victor will not be liquidated as soon as possible, so he can continue to protect Aurelian for half a year.

Half a year later, Victor left the palace and took his family with him.

Naturally, the new emperor would not see Victor as a threat.

Leah thought to herself, no wonder the Emperor would say those words to Victor.

Leah muttered:

"Black, black."

I thought that the intrigue between the nobles was enough of a pit.

As a result, these people in the royal family dug out their chests, and their hearts were black.

"Then you say two and a half years, you won't be afraid ......"

Aren't you afraid that Your Majesty will blame you?

Leah wanted to ask, but she didn't.

She knew Victor understood what she meant.

Victor glanced at Leah and shook his head:

"No, it won't."

"Why are you so confident?"

Leah was a little speechless, thinking that it was a good thing to be able to climb to the royal family, but in the end, it was a mixed blessing.

Naturally, she was a little worried.

The princess's teacher is a double-edged sword.

If you use it well, the Clavenner family is rising step by step.

If it is not used, wait for His Majesty to step down and suffer liquidation.

"Two and a half years is my guarantee to Your Majesty."

Victor's flat voice rang in Leah's ears, but his words seemed extremely confident.

Leah froze slightly.

It turned out that he and the emperor had already made all the deals in a brief conversation.

In two and a half years, no matter how much your heirs make trouble.

No one can make the slightest idea about Aurelian.

Same deal.

If someone provokes the Cravina family.

Well, Victor can handle it himself.

Quite simply, because Victor is tied to the royal family.

Although only two and a half years.

But he is subordinate to the princess.

He will liquidate everything in the name of the princess.

"And...... If you want to make Cravina greater. ”

Victor suddenly said thoughtlessly.

"Who will win in the end has not yet been decided."

Leah's eyes widened and she glanced at Victor in disbelief.

"Do you want to support ......"

Before she could finish speaking, the door behind her suddenly opened.

Aurelian walked out slowly with the Emperor in her arms, her shy and sensitive appearance revealing a sense of mystery, and the Emperor still had an awe-inspiring strong aura.

The father and daughter seem so harmonious, and against the backdrop of the night sky, the faces of the two people are reflected with warmth.

When Victor and Leah saw the two, they bowed slightly in respect.

His Majesty smiled and nodded at Victor and Leah.

"Let's go."

"Victor, don't be like your father and shirk it again."

……