Aldia stopped Lucy and Lia, who were about to follow.
“Alone?”
Lia frowned.
“I can’t go either?”
Lucy was even more unwilling.
Unfortunately, their words didn’t work against Aldia.
“Please wait here, Your Highnesses.”
Aldia, like an emotionless machine, said to Lucy and Lia without any courtesy.
Facing the Kingdom’s strongest knight, the number one legendary expert in the human world, neither Lia nor Lucy dared to be too willful.
After all, Aldia was also Lucy’s mentor.
Lucy still had respect for her mentor and remained silent.
“I’ll be back soon.”
Shien, on the other hand, didn’t seem worried at all and gave Lucy and Lia a reassuring smile before following Aldia out of Lucy’s room.
“Will he be alright?”
Lia seemed a bit worried as she watched Shien leave.
Lucy, however, calmed down and regained her usual composure.
“Don’t worry, Sister Lia.”
Lucy smiled at Lia brightly and said,
“He’s much more capable than you think. He won’t disappoint you.”
…
After leaving Lucy’s bedroom, Shien followed Aldia towards the King’s bedroom.
Along the way, they encountered many nobles, who pointed and whispered at them.
This was normal.
As Lucy’s top candidate for a husband, many people were now keeping an eye on Shien. Therefore, when he came here, Shien had used [Concealment] to sneak in. Now, walking openly in front of everyone, it was impossible for him not to attract attention and gossip.
If it weren’t for Aldia leading the way, his expressionless and aloof demeanor deterring many, there would probably be many people challenging or provoking Shien.
The prestige of the strongest human was fully displayed by Aldia.
However, Shien, following behind Aldia, looked at the strongest legendary knight with a meaningful gaze.
Aldia didn’t turn around.
But he seemed to sense something.
“You seem to be hostile towards me, Viscount Buztout.”
Aldia suddenly said.
“Not at all.” Shien narrowed his eyes and said with a smirk, “How would I dare to be hostile towards the Kingdom’s legend?”
“Really?” Aldia said calmly. “Weren’t you just considering kicking me in the back?”
“How could I?” Shien blinked innocently. “It must be your imagination.”
“Whether it’s your imagination or not, only you know.” Aldia still didn’t turn around, as if deliberately exposing his back to Shien. Only his voice came, “You’re hostile towards me because of Diere, right?”
This time, Shien couldn’t answer immediately.
Because Aldia was right.
“It seems you’ve learned a lot.” Aldia continued calmly. “Did someone tell you? Or did Diere tell you herself?”
“Does it matter?” Shien no longer pretended and said nonchalantly, “You just need to know that I don’t like you.”
Hearing this, Aldia stopped.
Shien also stopped, still looking at Aldia’s back calmly.
The atmosphere between them became tense.
Aldia turned around and looked at Shien, his eyes scrutinizing.
“Many people don’t like me.” Aldia said, “But you’re the first to say it to my face.”
“Oh?” Shien said playfully. “Then what are you going to do, Marquis Elvenbein? Attack me like you did the first time we met?”
Shien’s words were met with a serious expression from Aldia.
“I do feel like it.” Aldia stared directly at Shien. “Others think that although your strength is enough to be considered among the best of the younger generation, it’s still not on our level. But I don’t think so.”
In the eyes of others, although Shien had the strength to annihilate the [Assassination Branch], this strength wasn’t much in the eyes of legendary existences above level ninety.
Shien was too young. Although he had fought Lucy, the outcome of that battle had a great impact, but that alone wasn’t enough in front of truly high-level experts.
In other words, many people hadn’t seen Shien’s true strength yet.
During the [Assassination Branch] incident, Shien’s level was still low, and the only witnesses were the group from Larmigion. There weren’t many.
In the Atlus Gorge incident, no one saw Shien use [Aurora Meteor Shower], and Shien had always been with Airi, Vivian, and the others. Others only thought that the Garibaldi family was annihilated by Yulin, the black dragon.
Not to mention the Cosmos incident. Besides the beastmen, who knew the strength Shien displayed?
Only Capeline and Anima, right?
And Capeline was missing, and Anima, one of the Three Goddesses, had returned to the Divine Realm. In short, Shien hadn’t truly displayed his strength in front of others yet.
Therefore, although Shien’s influence was no longer what it used to be, compared to the rumors about other aspects of him, the recognition of his personal strength was still limited.
But Aldia didn’t think so.
“I always feel that you’re dangerous.” Aldia stared at Shien and said in a deep voice, “I feel like you have the strength to threaten me.”
This was Aldia’s impression of Shien.