Chapter 309: The Second Prince's Doubt!

Adams saw his father's expression and knew his father had misunderstood.

He immediately explained quickly, "Father, relying on ourselves, we definitely could not have escaped back; even then, all five warships had already been completely entangled by the pirates!"

"For this reason, Vice-Commander Wolf even personally led the team to fight the pirates, and then still wanted to secretly let me escape alone..."

"Then what exactly happened?" Hou Jue Marquis Marquis Aosiding was truly somewhat confused!

"It was reinforcements! We encountered reinforcements. Father, do you remember Lord Harry who sold white sugar to us?"

"Of course I remember, but... don't tell me he saved you?"

"That's right, Father, it was Lord Harry who saved me. At that time, he happened to appear; they had a three-masted warship and two single-masted warships..."

"Wait, Adams, what did you say? A three-masted warship? You say that Harry has a three-masted warship?"

Hou Jue Marquis Marquis Aosiding felt his brain was insufficient, because every piece of information his eldest son spoke completely exceeded his expectations.

"Yes, Father, it is a three-masted warship! At that time, I had already fallen into despair, but I never expected that at this moment, Lord Harry would actually appear. He was like a god descending from heaven, riding a griffin, appearing with a three-masted sailing ship..."

Afterwards, with light in his eyes, Adams recounted Gervas's arrival and the process of how the pirate fleet was crushed.

Having heard it all, Hou Jue Marquis Marquis Aosiding froze, falling into a long silence.

Only the light in his eyes flickered uncertainly.

"Father, what is wrong?"

Adams waited for a long time without his father speaking, and finally could not help but ask.

Marquis Marquis Aosiding came to his senses, looking at his eldest son with complex eyes, "Adams, this Lord Harry... has a problem!"

"A problem? Father, what problem could Lord Harry have? He has actually saved me twice!" Adams immediately anxiously refuted.

"Adams, don't be anxious. Father is not saying he has any ill will toward you or toward the Marquis Marquis Aosiding family, but rather that there must be a huge secret behind him!"

Adams relaxed slightly then, "Father, you also think Lord Harry's identity is very mysterious? Actually, I think so too!"

"I even speculate that the name he told me might be fake; after all, our kingdom has no Duke Potter family at all."

Hou Jue Marquis Marquis Aosiding nodded, "That's right, Adams, so I say this Gervas has a huge secret!"

"Think about it: a three-masted warship is something even our Hou Jue Marquis Marquis Aosiding family cannot possess; within the kingdom, only the royal family and dukes' own families possess them."

"This shows that Harry's identity and origin are absolutely not simple; at the very least, it starts from a duke's family!"

"But there is one point: since he has such a prominent identity, why use a fake name!"

"Moreover, for something like white sugar, he could have sold it through his own family; why sell it to us, the Marquis Marquis Aosiding family, to resell?"

"So, this person must be very extraordinary!"

It must be said that Hou Jue Marquis Marquis Aosiding, with his rich experience, thought more thoroughly than Adams.

"Father, then what do you think Lord Harry does, and why would he do this?"

"I don't know. Perhaps he is indeed an offspring of some duke's family; it's just that his family does not yet know about the white sugar, and in order to make money, he hid his identity and sold it secretly!"

"Of course, there is another possibility: that he himself, or was instructed by his family, deliberately hid his identity!"

Adams thought this made sense after hearing it, and immediately accepted his father's view, "Father, I think the possibility that Lord Harry is the latter is greater!"

In Adams's mind, Gervas was definitely not the type of person who would be cunning or slippery.

Instead, he was a noble of high moral character, very worthy of people's admiration.

The reason Gervas hid his identity must be because he was entrusted by his family.

Marquis Marquis Aosiding did not oppose his son's view either.

"Adams, no matter why that Harry deliberately hid his identity, you must remember: if he can command a three-masted warship, his status within the duke's family will not be low!"

"So, such a person is very worth befriending; especially since you coincidentally had the white sugar trade, and he also saved you. When you meet him again in the future, you must form a deep friendship!"

"Additionally, as for his true identity, if he is unwilling to say it, you should not ask; this will instead ensure our family's safety!"

"Father! I understand!" Adams immediately nodded.

He did not need his father to say it.

The grace of being saved twice was enough for him to regard Lord Harry as the person he respected most in his life.

Besides that, just on the return journey, after Lord Harry learned of his current situation, he also taught him some methods for treating subordinates and training soldier subordinates.

For example, telling him to add some items of synchronized movements when training soldiers.

Such as marching in step, or standing in formation, and so on.

This can directly improve the soldiers' obedience and collective consciousness.

And now, the only thing he needed to worry about was...

Not knowing when he could see Lord Harry again!

"What? Dead? Didn't I arrange a knight squad for him?"

"Your Highness, Manager Japas and the others encountered a dark team possessing five third-tier dark creatures and dozens of second-tier dark creatures!"

"Although Manager Japas was guarded by knights, they ultimately could not hold them off; including two Silver Knights, the entire team was wiped out!"

"Your Highness, this is the detailed report after the investigation from Iron Wolf City!"

Griffin Capital.

Inside the East District Emerald Manor, separated from the royal palace by only one wall, the Second Prince was both anxious and angry.

Japas was smart-headed and quick in action; he was a subordinate he used quite smoothly.

Therefore, for this mission, he chose to send Japas.

But he did not expect that the imagined good news did not arrive; instead, he received news of the total annihilation of Japas and the knights.

Listening to the report, the suspicious Second Prince felt there might be something fishy in this.

Taking the report handed to him by his subordinate, he immediately began to read it.

This was a comprehensive report made by Iron Wolf City after several days of investigation regarding the situation of Japas and others being ambushed.

This included when Japas left Iron Wolf City, when he arrived at Storm Domain, when he subsequently left Storm Domain, and when he was attacked.

It even recorded that many caravan travelers on the subsequent road saw dark creatures wandering, causing the Kingdom's main road to be closed for two days.

Not until the cavalry from Iron Wolf City arrived and wiped out the dark creatures, which were by then nearly dead from the scorching sun, was the road finally cleared.

And at this time, through a search, the scene where Japas's group was attacked was finally discovered.

And the final conclusion reported by Iron Wolf City was that Japas's group's attack this time was indeed an accident.

To prove credibility, the report also mentioned the attack case at the neighboring Lord Pa Ke's viscount castle.

"Japas only arrived at Storm Domain at noon and left again less than an hour later?"

"So, Japas likely failed to accomplish the task I entrusted, and Storm Domain actually had the audacity to refuse him!" The Second Prince quickly grasped the point, his eyes flashing constantly.

A border viscount with the audacity to refuse him revealed something extraordinary.

In this case, Japas's death was worth pondering.

"How could it be such a coincidence that Lord Pa Ke had a disagreement with him and he died immediately!"

"And Japas was refused, then died immediately!" The Second Prince suddenly stood up.

"Your Highness, are you saying that Gervas is suspicious? Should I send someone to investigate?" Upon hearing this, the subordinate immediately asked.

Upon hearing this, the Second Prince immediately prepared to speak.

But just at this moment, a servant's voice came from outside the living room, "Your Highness, Archbishop Flint requests an audience!"