Seven people suddenly squeezed into the alchemy room with various materials, making the already small space even more depressing.

Fernandez pressed his straight temple with his hands, and his eyes wandered back and forth between Victor and Lucien. He sighed, but said to Perel.

"Your Highness, although this request is a bit too much, I hope you can keep the secret for me."

Perel's lips were tightly pursed and he didn't answer immediately.

He also heard about the incident that year. None of the wealthy and prominent families in China looked down on me, but he only had a special liking for the heirs of a small country in the West Asian Union. At that time, Fernandez was not a grand duke. As the second son, he had no chance to inherit the position of duke. Fernandez, who was very politically wise, abandoned his engaged fiancée and married the princess of the empire instead. This is no secret in Notting, so the nobles in China have always looked down on Fernandez and privately called him the duke of nepotism.

When he looked at Victor, who was obviously older than Lucien, Perel had guessed that he must have been born to the woman who had an engagement with Fernandez at that time.

"Although it's a family scandal, I hope you can keep it a secret for the time being. Don't tell Lantiya until I'm done with it."

"Uncle, this is your family matter, so I naturally cannot participate." Perel agreed to Fernandez's request not to hype for the time being.

The Duke let out a long sigh, glanced at Buffy, and then turned to his two sons again.

"Victor, my son, why don't you give me a hug?" Fernandez's words clearly expressed his determination to recognize Victor.

Lucien bared his teeth and refused to see the scene that was about to happen in front of him to recognize his relatives. But after waiting for a long time, the "brother" beside him did not move.

The room was full of people's eyes focused on Victor.

"Mother is dead, I have nothing to do with you anymore."

Fernandez said nothing, but Fisher rebuked Victor. How could he embarrass his father in front of so many people?

"Do you hate me?" He spoke for a long time, his tone was filled with a sadness.

"We have no feelings, there is no hatred." As soon as Victor said this, the alchemy room fell into an awkward silence again.

Lucien's eyes were nailed to the ground, and he couldn't see clearly his expression.

"No matter what kind of feelings you hold towards me, you are my son after all, and this is a fact that will never change!" Fernandez walked forward excitedly and grabbed Victor's shoulder.

"Then, my father, you came to Mivela in a dignified manner just to tell me this?" Looking back at Fernandez, Victor sneered and asked back. Although he was full of pain, there was no regret in this man who was well-maintained. The lich was not even in his mood to act with him.

"You are brothers..." Fernandez retracted his hands and looked at the cold palm thoughtfully. Victor's chilled body was much worse than what Fisher said.

"I dare not ask for my brother who drew his sword and killed him as soon as he met, and he did not want to admit my brother. Besides, since he did not dare to publicly announce my identity, why should I do these hypocritical comforts?"

"You..." Fernandez stared at Victor, doubting whether his ears were wrong.

"I am determined to pursue the ultimate of magic and have no interest in the power of the world. You don't have to worry that I will bring resistance to your political career."

"Victor..." Fisher couldn't believe that this was the child who was eager to take revenge? He was really a disciple who was determined to humiliate his father after becoming a mage?

"You mean..." Fernandez's face wouldn't be nice to see where he went.

"I will not recognize you as a father, whether it is now or in the future, you are just strangers who have nothing to do with me."

"Haha..." Lucien finally couldn't help laughing, his behavior attracted Fernandez's warning stare.

"As long as the people present don't tell me, who will believe that I am the son of the Grand Duke. So... From now on, you will continue to live a free and carefree life of aristocrats. As for me, I will continue to do my magic research, and it has nothing to do with it."

"Your Highness, I need to have a good talk with my two sons." Fernandez turned his eyes to Perel, suggesting that he did not want 'outsiders' to be present.

Perel nodded to express his understanding and with Buffy and Sarach, he left the alchemy room with concern. After Fisher glanced at Victor with fear, he also withdrew, leaving the space for the father and son.

"All the idle people have left, we can open the skylight and speak loudly, Duke Mendel." Seeing that there were no outsiders, Victor's tone was less respectful than before.

"Taran is a very small principality, attached to the West Asian Union, and can become the headquarters of the Magic Association, just because it is the number one magic crystal reserve in the southern continent. There will always be a day when the crystal mine is mined. Once the protection of the Magic Association is gone, this small principality will inevitably be unable to escape the fate of being swallowed by other kingdoms. I don't want Taran to destroy the country. I want to turn my destiny. Unfortunately,... I can't even change my own destiny." Fernandez turned around, stared at the deep night outside the window and began a long statement.

"Leya is the woman I love, sincere, kind and optimistic. She has all the beautiful qualities that no noble women do not have. When I was young, I was deeply attracted to her. When I was the second son, I believed that I would marry this woman and help my brother guide Taran to prosperity and fulfill the mission that the Mendel clan should have. I have always believed that this is the fate I have to accept. Perhaps because I am better than my elder brother, my father prefers me to take over the position of the duke, so... the tragedy of power struggle inevitably happened. I do not deny that I am a cruel man. When ideals conflict with my lifelong love, I chose the former. So..."

"So you found your mother?" Lucien suddenly interrupted and immediately received Fernandez's angrily scolding.

"Lucion, where is your noble etiquette? Where is your demeanor?" sighed again, and the duke's face was unconcealed with tiredness: "I cannot exchange the happiness of one person for the entire country. I do not want Taran to be without Taran's name on the map of the southern land in a hundred years or a thousand years later. Relying on the Noin Empire can help Taran become stronger quickly. Whether in military or economic terms, at least I have created a choice for Taran to avoid destruction a hundred years later. How to go depends entirely on my offspring. Even if I am ridiculed as a nepotism duke, I don't care if I can only rely on women to climb up. Compared with my ideals, nothing is important."

Lucien no longer sarcastically and looked at his toes with a serious expression.

"Since you want me to open the skylight and speak out, I will say it straight." Fernandez looked straight at his eldest son with a scary look: "I hope you can assist Lucien and fulfill his and I'm the same ideal."

Lucien suddenly looked up, his face full of shock.

"I have said before that nothing matters compared to my ideals. Although you are my eldest son, in terms of ability and blood, Lucien, who is not as good as Lucien, who is the second son, can fulfill his ideal that I cannot continue. Therefore, I will only choose to wrong you, just as I wronged your mother." Fernandez explained his thoughts word by word: "I was a little worried at first, but seeing you now, I dispelled all my doubts. Since you don't care about power, why not help Lucien? A younger brother with the name of Paladin has more protection than the Alchemy General, right? Victor?"

"Since you have planned everything, why bother to get my consent?" Victor, who remained silent, finally spoke.

"What Lucien needs is willingness, not disobeying the Yin and Yang."

"As you wish, father." He bowed, and Victor showed a respectful gesture in front of Mendel for the first time. This sentence of the father completely expressed compliance, not irony.

"Lucion, from now on, he will be your brother and your right-hand man. You will give him the greatest protection and trust."

"Mother's side..." Lucien turned the subject and had actually accepted such an arrangement. No matter how much dissatisfied he had, the fact that he could no longer change it.

"I will be responsible for comforting Lantiya. As long as you brothers can work together, I will be satisfied." Neither son objected, which made Fernandez show a gratifying expression.

"Although you have a noble status, the Holy See and the nobles will not sit idly by, right?" There is a world of difference between protecting an evil mage and an undead mage. Even if Victor leaves the middle-level qualitative world after becoming a dead soul, he will not even have this common sense. The Holy See will definitely not accept a paladin who secretly protects the undead soul, and the nobles who have always been unable to stand up to the nepotism will definitely take the blame. Where can the duke get the confidence to say such big words?

"You don't know yet. The Pope and Alberesit the Great are blood relatives. Although the chants of the chants have become extinct, the Pope happens to be the last chants. The reason why Alberesit the Great was able to fight everywhere without being stopped by the Holy See was because of this. Moreover, the nobles of the empire secretly supported evil mages to conduct magic research that violated the doctrine. If you really want to pursue it, I can pull two-thirds of the nobles to be buried with you. Do they dare?"

hymn……

An indescribable light flashed in Victor's eyes, and soon disappeared into silence like a stagnant pool of water.

"Since the identity problem has been solved, we should talk about another important thing," Fernandez put his affectionately on Victor's shoulder and asked softly: "What are your plans for the future?"

"Successful of Fisher's position as chief director."

"Ha...Although the chief alchemy is a leader, in terms of power, he is not as good as the Magic Association. Fisher is my old friend for many years. I feel relieved to have him in charge. You might as well devote your energy to the Magic Association. I will secretly take care of Ramd and let you enter the Jingyao Academy smoothly. With your ability, you can be promoted to the great wizard in a few years. Then I will find a way to get you into the top leadership of the association so that you can take care of Lucien. By the way..." As if suddenly remembering something, Fernandez tapped his chin with his finger: "Your tongue, I heard that it has been cut off, why can you still speak?"
Chapter completed!