Volume 8 Chapter 46: I Want You


    <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 8 Chapter 46: I Want You


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hello there, Keith." Oscar gestured to the seat across from him, "Please take a seat."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Keith sat down, but his vignce remained. That only caused Oscar to chuckle, "Rx, there''s no need to be so wary of me. I''m not nning to do anything."


    <span style="font-weight:400">Those words didn''t soothe Keith at all.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Why are you here anyway? Shouldn''t you have returned to the Solis Kingdom?" That was odd; they should have gone home.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I had some things I wanted to do. And I noticed this cafe a few days ago. Even though it''s such a dingy ce, it sold some of the best drinks ever."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I see," Keith sighed, "What does the second prince of the Solis Kingdom want to talk to a person like me?" He was not doing this without an idea in his mind.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Straight to the point."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I''m a busy person."


    <span style="font-weight:400">Oscarughed, "I wanted to have a conversation with you. After all, you''re my sister''s childhood friend."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"...You called me here to talk about Carolyn?" Keith took a sip.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Sure. My sister is quite beautiful, isn''t she?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yes, she is." Keith nodded. That was something someone without a brain cell could say. Even among beauties like Alfia and Scarlet, Carolyn still shined around them. There were even some people who tried to ask her out as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Do you want to marry her?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Huh?!" Keith almost spat out his drink, "What are you talking about?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I mean it; what if you have the chance to marry my sister?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Huh? She''s dating Alger."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Ah, that marriage is nothing more than a hoax. It''s a political battle in our family."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Keith didn''t say anything. However, he did have some inkling of what was urring. The time he had beaten Felix to a bloody pulp, he talked about Eric joining his side.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He was not so out of the loop with all of this. If he remembered correctly, Felix, Oscar, and James were in contention to be the next king. And it was a pretty close race from what he could remember. However, that was five years ago.


    <span style="font-weight:400">What was it now?


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Felix has been down in the running thest few years. Well, Felix has always been down in the running." The first prince was in a losing battle from the get-go; this was due to his lineage. They all had the same father but different mothers; Felix''s mother came from a count family. Because of this, the amount of support he received was lowpared to the other two.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"So to solve this, Felix made an agreement with the Philosopher Kingdom using Carolyn as a chip."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Keith''s expression changed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Felix thinks he could get the crown if he obtained the assistance of the Philosopher Kingdom."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"And you don''t think so?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Oh, no. I''m not stupid," Oscar sipped his coffee before exining, "Of course, having the Philosopher Kingdom backing him could change the tides." They were the strongest human kingdom. That was not to be undermined; if he could gain their support, it would definitely increase his chances. However,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"But I doubt the other families would sit still seeing the Philosopher Kingdom stepping in. This is especially so with the Rustchil and your family."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"The three factions have a vital rtionship with one another. That way, it would keep the other in check." If one side tried something, then the other two would stop them. It had always been like this.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"But the power will definitely shift if they get involved." The royal family would have the most power of the two; that bnce would be gone. The two families will not sit still and let the royal family run around.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Does that idiot not know?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Of course not; he clearly doesn''t understand that this would incite a war between all of us. All he cares about is obtaining power and bing king. His inferiorityplex had always made him easy prey." Inciting a war between the three powers was what the Philosopher Kingdom wanted.


    <span style="font-weight:400">That kingdom probably saw them as a threat: Solis Kingdom was ranked second. Even if they were ranked first, it was not by much.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"If they could get the three powers to fight with one another, they could absorb our kingdom and reign as the most dominant human kingdom," Keith muttered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Oscar nodded, "Mmhmm, that''s why it''s such a big deal; we''ll bep dogs for them."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Why are you telling me all of this?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Simple, I want to have your support for me bing crown prince,"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Huh? You want my support? Why do you need the assistance of this 4th son?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Do you really think of yourself like that? Do you know how much influence you have on the people?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I don''t have the influence my father has." Of course, he had some influence on the merchant and food game. But nobility-wise, that was more of William''s expertise than his.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That''s where you are wrong. You have more value than your father." Oscar made one conclusion; Keith was a kingmaker. That was the entire reason why Felix wanted to have Eric under his thumb; it was because of this fellow before him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">All of Marquis''s William''s children were prodigies. However, the one who surpassed them all was the fourth son.


    <span style="font-weight:400">This child created a renowned merchant group that blew away otherpetitors in the northern region. Every territory there had one White Owl Merchant group. Not only this, he was also the grandson of Grand Duke Bradley. Plus, he had earned the favor of Cadmus.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Each one by itself was already incredible. However, it was added to the fact that this child had done all of this before he was 10. His value alone was something higher than any other noble.