Volume 8 Chapter 48: Origins Of The Philosopher Kingdom

"What?! Prince Oscar was the one who targeted my family?" While Alfia discussed things with the three girls, Keith conversed with Krystal. There was no point in hiding it from her.

"He didn't actually say he was the one who caused it. However, he implied it much so." From how he talked, Oscar was definitely the one who tried to mess with the Rustchil family. And that guard watching over him. 7 out of 10, that had to be the cloaked person.

"Why?" Krystal didn't get it.

"There's no point in hiding it." With such a situation occurring, there was no point in leaving any information.

"He's trying to gain influence to become the next crown prince." This was such a clown show.

"..."

"You're taking this calmly." Keith noticed how Krystal didn't go into shock. He just dropped a bunch of information on her.

"It had to be one of them. Hearing this, I realized that the royal family was the only one capable of doing this." It was basically Keith's family or Carolyn's family who could mess with her household.

"This is basically an arms race between the two princes," Influence was crucial to victory. Felix knew he couldn't obtain influence in his own kingdom that could match Oscar. That was why he decided to make a deal with the strongest military kingdom to gain their favor.

Then there was Oscar, who was taking the approach of unifying the entire Solis Kingdom under the royal family through any means necessary. Both of them would destroy the kingdom if they kept going like this.

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"And you guys need to be careful as well." Besides Krystal, Keith also asked Sarah, Jack, and Gabriel here. Lower families would get involved sooner or later in this dispute.

"Especially for you, Gabriel. You should be the most wary." Gabriel's family would definitely be targeted more so than the two. His family had created many sword masters throughout the generations. Even if he was a count, his family was influential.

"I think my family is fine; they wouldn't support either. They're one of the rare neutral parties." Choosing a side was a gamble; if their side won, then they would reap the rewards that came with it. However, losing meant everything they owned would disappear. Staying neutral meant they would follow the side that won, no matter the outcome.

"That's good."

"But are you going to be okay, Keith?" Sarah questioned.

"Hmm?

"The way he said it, Oscar might try to kill you if you don't follow him. And Felix hates you." Two princes were going after him. The one who was in the most trouble was him.

"I'll be fine. And if they really try to do something about me, I'll beat them up." He had no qualms about doing that. Felix could adhere to that.

"..." Krystal and the three gulped. You really say the scariest things. If anyone else had said it, they would have played it off as a joke, but Keith was a whole different matter.

His track record speaks for itself.

"I'm going to my room to do some research." Before he returned from the academy, he had gotten some books to check out. The four nodded as he left.

"Is Carolyn going to be alright?" Hearing all of this, Sarah began to worry. Carolyn was clearly involved in this mess.

“…” The others were silent as well.

Entering his room, the books appeared before his desk. One book was The Origins Of Kingdoms. What Helen said made him wary of the Philosopher Kingdom. That was why he grabbed any books they had about them.

The Philosopher Kingdom. Initially, it was never a kingdom; it was created through a group of people banding together against a horde of monsters. The land was filled with monsters, making it unlivable. However, through the efforts of the saintess, they overcame the might of those monsters!

Keith frowned. Saintess? He continued to read through it.

The era of prosperity was short-lived, and a few years later, the Philosopher nation was attacked by a neighboring kingdom. Seeing that her nation was being destroyed, the saintess used her magic to destroy the kingdom in one blow.

"What?" Destroy a kingdom in one blow? Can you even do that? Continuing on,

With the saintess's powers, she was able to create the kingdom now known as the Philosopher Kingdom.

"So that's how the kingdom was created." Through bloodshed and warfare; that was how most kingdoms were made. Yet that only caused Keith to frown even more.

What does this have to do with Carolyn?