Chapter 78: Discussion, mirror, fight ? (1/2)

Few minutes after the debacle that happened at the door and after they had the maid show Sol and his group to their room, Athena, Ares, and the Duke Highland, Tyr, sat facing each other in the main office used by the Duke.

Filling his glass with some liquor, Tyr downed it all in one go and let out a sigh of pleasure.

”Ooh. I must say, drinking something strong always helps relax my nerves.”

Saying so he twirled his shoulder before finally addressing his two grandchildren.

”So, what do you think?”

”He is a little rash…” began Ares.

”But he is powerful…” continued Athena.

”He most likely saw that our test had a double meaning…”

”Indeed, and he acted decisively…”

”His threat at the end was a little too much…”

”But I must say that it was really incredible to look at…”

Tyr smiled at this scene and began to pour another glass before swirling the beautiful amber liquid while marveling at how much the dwarves were a boon for this world.

”So, your conclusion?”

”He seems interesting.”

”I like his personality.”

Silence settled between them before Tyr turned to Athena.

”So, are you interested?”

”So you are really trying to sell me, shitty old man?”

”Sigh, understand me. I already basically presented you with most of the bachelor noble who is our ally and some of the most promising soldiers. Despite that, you are still alone. Not even a fling. Hell, I even tried to hook you up with some women in case you weren't straight.”

Athena's flushed at those words before glaring at her twin brother to stop him from laughing.

”You shouldn't laugh.” This time, Tyr faced Ares, ”I know you have a crush on the Duchess, but I already told you it was impossible between you.”

Sipping on his drink, Tyr let out another sigh as he pinched his eyebrows. The goddesses had blessed him with smart, talented, and upright grandchildren, but in matters of love, those two were really a royal pain in the ass.

Sometimes, he couldn't help but fear that the Highland lineage would end up with them after his death.

”Anyway, enough of that. As you can see the prince is no pushover like his grandfather. So at the very least, the chances of another Puppet King emerging are rather low.”

”But what if he was already a Puppet? No matter how you look at it, Queen Lilith's willingness to let go of the throne seems fishy.”

Ares expressed his doubts. A doubt that plagued close to all the nobles in Luxuria. Even though Lilith wasn't blessed, it wasn't as if a case of someone getting his blessing in their later years didn't happen. Even without that, most people were sure that she had a very large control over the prince.

”Lilith is…” The Duke hesitated before sighing. ”Lilith was never interested in power. She is a free spirit and if she didn't have to keep the kingdom for her nephew, I am pretty sure she would be exploring some other part of the world.”

Looking wistfully at the ceiling, Tyr remembered the cute little bumble of joy who would call him uncle with a cute haughty voice and order him to put her on his shoulder.

Sadly, the moment she grew old enough to understand the circumstances of her father and after her awakening, she gradually became a cold and detached woman.

”So, now that we have a preliminary understanding of his personality, Athena please, go escort him and pass some time with him. It should calm his anger by the time banquets begin.”

The three of them nodded at that and got up before leaving the room.

What they didn't know and had no way of knowing was…

There weren't only three people in that room.