"Mr. Shanhai, you spoke of matters which Ava and I have discussed. Although I do not know where you learned of such discourse, I will still keep your secret."
"However, Ava’s desire to beco a Druid, I cannot decide, it requires the approval from rlin."
Sir Ekter ca in haste to talk with Gu Shanhai, a trace of weariness in his deanor.
"Then, would you have him be a Knight or a Priest?" Gu Shanhai asked in return.
"It is Ava’s dream to be a Knight." Sir Ekter did not respond directly, but instead indirectly replied through Ava’s dream.
"And then, Sir Ekter, can you bestow upon Ava your family na? Or would you let him bear the title of anointed Knight, without any true ans of self-protection?" Gu Shanhai asked once more.
This ti, Ekter fell silent. He raised Ava on behalf of rlin and had even beco his foster father, but he truly could not grant Ava a title of nobility—only a Knighthood, even if Kay managed to earn a title through his valor, he would ultimately inherit Ekter’s higher rank.
"So, you cannot provide him with sufficient promises. A Knight is just a title, and he cannot serve as a Priest."
"Do you intend for him to follow in rlin’s footsteps to beco a Wizard?" Gu Shanhai pressed further.
"Are you like rlin, have ’prophecy’ revealed sothing to you?" Ekter was not like Ava, not so easily persuaded by a few words from Gu Shanhai.
Therefore, his first thought was that Gu Shanhai, like rlin, learned of so matters concerning Ava through ’prophecy.’
Otherwise, why would rlin purposely entrust Ava to him to raise? As a noble, although he previously harbored such a conjecture, now, further supported by Gu Shanhai, the Druid who entered the Royal Capital, the surmise found corroboration.
Druids are skilled in prophecy; this is no secret among the nobility. rlin, relying on his own bloodline and the faith of his lord, also possessed formidable prophetic abilities. Both n were competing for Ava, making Ekter feel as if they treated him like a fool.
"Yes, has rlin not ntioned it to you?" Gu Shanhai countered.
Ekter remained silent, as obviously, the other party had not disclosed any relevant matters.
"I foresaw a massive Red Dragon looming over the kingdom of Calot, and this Red Dragon is Ava."
"And I believe that Ava is absolutely a prodigy of the Dragon Vein Druids. Should he beco a Red Dragon Druid, he will rise as the next Legendary Druid. So, Sir Ekter, which do you think, a Knight, a Priest, or a Wizard, could give Ava such an accomplishnt?"
"Although he is not of your blood, rely your foster son, have you not developed any affection for him after raising him for so many years?"
Gu Shanhai twisted the prophecy—this depiction was actually one of rlin Ambrosius’s prophecies. In his previous life, a player had ingratiated themselves into rlin’s trust and extracted a full set of prophecies.
In reality, the prophecy rely symbolized and did not literally an that Ava was the Red Dragon.
However, in Gu Shanhai’s case, it was different. The Red Dragon wasn’t nonexistent, and coupled with the title of Kurus Brass, it left Ekter utterly speechless.
"Then why would rlin have left Ava with to foster? He..."
"Did he want to avoid his fate? Is that reason enough?" Gu Shanhai did not wait for Sir Ekter to finish before interjecting.
Although the matter was secretive, many were aware, and Ekter was naturally among them.
"Enough, you an to say rlin foresaw Ava as part of the future that comprises his death. Hence he separated him from his parents early on, even entrusting him to ."
"And you have co to correct that fate."
A glint of understanding flashed in Ekter’s eyes; had Gu Shanhai not appeared, everything might have changed. But now that Gu Shanhai had sought him out and if all went smoothly, everything would return to its predestined path.
"Who knows, perhaps this is also my fate. Of course, the decision rests in your hands, Ekter. If you disagree with Ava leaving with , then I will not insist. But perhaps Ava might..." Gu Shanhai left his sentence unfinished, leaving it up to Ekter to imagine the worst—death or a lifeti’s ruin.
"I will speak with Ava once more. If he wishes to beco a Druid, I will choose to respect his wishes." Ekter did not agree imdiately.
"You intend to verify the truth with rlin, don’t you? I do not object to your approach, Sir Ekter, but it’s best not to disclose my presence. My actions have already made rlin’s mortal enemy. Should I perish here, I hope you will not regret it."
"Perhaps you see as rely a lost Druid, but I too possess the abilities of prophecy and curse. If I die because of you, my death will surely curse your entire family."
Gu Shanhai’s tone was calm, but the threat was clear. He was no fool—how could he possibly do nothing?
"Mr. Shanhai, rest assured, I’m rely reaching out to a friend and won’t disclose anything," Ekter, being a noble, naturally knew how to weigh pros and cons.
A Druid he could not afford to offend, especially one willing to curse using his own death as a bargaining chip. Even the Pope may not be able to lift such a curse, and more critically, even if soone could, they would not aid him; this curse represented a Druid’s grievance. Although Priests held great power, they would not wish to risk a rift with the entire Druid community over a re Sir Ekter.
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