The God's Games

"I heard that His Majesty will meet you tomorrow. I suspect you might meet a few people here in the Royal City of Orinthia, so please be careful," Thordan advised.

Then he continued, "I also heard that you imprisoned Viscount Hereford in his own territory?"

Hanjun raised an eyebrow, "Viscount Hereford? That was because he willingly let the demons enter the city. Does he have connections in the Royal City of Orinthia?"

Thordan nodded, "His father may be gone, but his mother's family is from well-known House Fortemps. After you captured Viscount Hereford, they expressed their displeasure to His Majesty. They will likely cause trouble for you in the coming days."

Hanjun nodded.

Thordan added, "You should also be careful of people from House Dzemael and House Haillenarte."

Hanjun asked, "What's wrong with them?"

Thordan explained, "It's kind of an open secret in the Royal City of Orinthia. Some of their family members worship the God of Darkness, so they are definitely connected to the Order of the Shattering Light. If I'm not mistaken, those who tried to assassinate you on the way here were probably sent by them."

This sounded outrageous.

Master PungPong couldn't help but ask, "If they are the followers of the God of Darkness, why doesn't His Majesty arrest them?"

Thordan replied with a question, "Why should they be arrested? Have they done anything against the kingdom? Or have they angered someone they shouldn't have?"

Master PungPong and his teammates looked at each other, speechless for a while.

What Thordan meant was that the Church of Light was not seen as untouchable.

No wonder the Order of the Shattering Light dared to act so boldly against the Church of Light.

"One last piece of advice: once you enter the royal palace, be very wary of those seemingly insignificant servants."

After Thordan finished speaking, Master PungPong whispered to Hanjun, "Hanjun, can we trust him?"

Hanjun who is lounging casually in a chair, replied, "Why shouldn't we?"

Master PungPong muttered, "Because he was so eager to help us as soon as he arrived, it seems like he might have another agenda."

Just as Hanjun was about to respond, a soldier came in with a message: someone else wanted to see Hanjun.

The messenger mentioned the visitor was from House Fortemps.

The arrival of House Fortemps members meant that Thordan and Hanjun's conversation was likely accurate.

Master PungPong initially suspected a plot, but the visit from House Fortemps made it clear that Thordan was probably trustworthy.

When a House Fortemps member was brought in by the soldier, the young man in luxurious clothes looked around with a disdainful expression.

He didn't even glance at where Hanjun had indicated for him to sit, and instead, he stood in front of Hanjun with his chin raised and said, "Are you Hanjun?"

He didn't even acknowledge Hanjun's title as the Holy Son of the Church of Light.

He simply addressed him by name.

The young man's arrogant attitude made the players uncomfortable.

They really didn't like this kind of snobby noble.

If Hanjun hadn't warned them not to act rashly, they might have already dealt with House Fortemps members.

Hanjun remained seated in the main position, unmoving, and answered slowly, "Yes, and you are?"

"Edmont de Fortemps."

Under Hanjun's gaze, Edmont reluctantly said his name.

For some reason, Edmont felt like Hanjun's attitude made him seem like the noble, while Edmont was just someone looking for trouble.

After calming himself, Edmont started questioning, "I heard you ordered the arrest of Viscount Hereford from Lindblum City?"

Hanjun lifted his eyelids and asked, "And why do you want to know that?"

It looks like Hanjun wasn't fooled at all.

Edmont frowned and said, "How dare you! Don't you know that Viscount Hereford is a title given by the King himself? Who do you think you are, to imprison a Viscount on your own? Are you trying to challenge the King's authority?"

These words were quite harsh, extending from imprisoning a Viscount to disrespecting the King's authority.

If the players didn't know what Viscount Hereford had done, they might have been intimidated by Edmont.

Fortunately, Hanjun wasn't easily scared by such talk.

He asked Edmont in return, "May I ask, do you know what Viscount Hereford has done in Lindblum City?"

Edmont answered without thinking, "No matter what he has done, he is still the Lord of Lindblum City and a Viscount granted by the King. Whatever he does is something the people of Lindblum City should accept willingly."

Hanjun slowly moved his hand from his chin to his knee and smiled in a way that showed he found this amusing.

At this point, even the players showed their displeasure.

They should have expected that nobles of this era would not care about ordinary people's feelings.

As long as they themselves could survive, they were willing to sacrifice as many people as needed, and they would still think they were making a great contribution.

Edmont added, "If you don't make amends now, you won't have a good time in front of the King tomorrow."

Hanjun thought to himself that Edmont was really trying to fool him with words, using the King's name to get him to release Viscount Hereford, when in fact he didn't believe Viscount Hereford had done anything wrong.

Under his seemingly kind advice, Hanjun sincerely said, "Isn't Viscount Hereford letting the demons into the city something that might anger the King?"

Edmont rolled his eyes and replied, "Where's the proof? Who can prove that Viscount Hereford let the demons in on purpose? Maybe the demons tricked him into making a wrong decision. Besides, the demons have been eliminated by you guys, right? Since the mistake has been corrected, what's there to be blamed?"

He spoke with confidence, clearly believing that these arguments would stand up in front of the King.

He said everything he could, making evidence seem like there was none.

Even if there was evidence, the mistake had already been fixed, so there was no need to pursue it further.