If it were normal diplomacy, Gareth would naturally be willing to converse more with this peerless Grand Duke's daughter.
But now that it involved a sensitive topic like family inheritance knowledge, Gareth only wished for her to leave as soon as possible.
“Aesera, let's go.”
With a glance at Gareth, Luna took her maid and left the area.
“Sigh... the gap is truly massive.”
Watching the backs of the departing duo, Gareth sighed softly.
He had only recently broken through to the Sixth Circle, but Luna, who was the same age as him, was already a top expert among the Sixth Circle, even slaying a Seventh Circle while only at the Sixth Circle realm.
Even if it was an injured Seventh Circle whose lifespan was near its end, the old Count was right about one thing: a Seventh Circle was still a Seventh Circle.
This made Gareth feel that if he were to face Luna, he probably wouldn't even last a single move.
As the heir of Grand Duke Orlando, Gareth had always been an outstanding figure among the younger generation of the north.
No matter from which aspect, he was a Tier 0 existence.
In the past, when facing his peers in the north, he could always look down on them.
But compared to Luna today, he was instantly struck with a deep sense of frustration.
“Young Lord, the Grand Duke once said that there is no need to compare yourself with those freaks from House Callis. Candidates who can stand out from House Callis's training are already beyond the scope of geniuses.”
“When breaking through from the Ninth Circle to a Demigod, the royal Christie family can use the sovereign momentum accumulated by the empire to blast open the Divine Gate for them.”
“The Kairos family of the south has the Book of Origins in their hands, which is the origin of magic on the Elan Continent, and they can also use the power of the Book of Origins to blast open the Divine Gate.”
“The Heronia family of the west has contracts with spirits, including the various Spirit Kings. They can use the power of the Spirit Kings to blast open the Divine Gate for them.”
“The Aglaia family of the Holy City establishes branch temples all over the world to collect the power of faith, and finally uses the power of faith accumulated from the world to blast open the Divine Gate for them.”
“Our Orlando family has Titan blood flowing through our veins, and we can similarly use the Titan power within our bloodline to blast open the Divine Gate.”
“Only House Callis has no external support whatsoever. If they want to blast open the Divine Gate, they can only rely on their own strength.”
“When the Divine Gate descends, they can only gather all the strength in their bodies and slash out the strongest sword strike they can muster to blast open the Divine Gate and attain the position of a Demigod.”
“This is why House Callis of every generation has been so obsessed with cultivating the strongest swordsmen.”
Of course, it was precisely because of this that the Transcendents of House Callis had always been the strongest among the six great families.
Because the other five great families relied on external forces to blast open the Divine Gate, after becoming Demigods, their strength was weaker than that of Grand Duke Callis, who relied entirely on his own strength to blast open the Divine Gate.
On the Elan Continent, swordsmen had always been called the strongest transcendent profession.
But in truth, it wasn't swordsmen who were strong—it was Callis.
The reason for this outcome was also mainly because the ancestor of House Callis was the last to become a Demigod back then.
Almost all the methods that could utilize external forces had already been taken by others.
He couldn't borrow any external force, so he had to rely entirely on his own brute strength to force his way through.
In fact, when the five Demigods emerged back then, they had concluded that it was impossible for another human Demigod to appear on the Elan Continent.
When the first Grand Duke Callis later used the sword in his hand to forcefully cleave open the Divine Gate and attain the position of a Demigod, it shocked them immensely.
At that time, the first magic Demigod, Grand Duke Kairos, wanted nothing more than to dissect the first Grand Duke Callis to take a look.
Because according to his calculations, to push open the Divine Gate by brute force, one's physical strength would at least have to be on par with a giant dragon.
But how could a human body reach the level of a giant dragon?
At that time, the body of the first Grand Duke Callis was more tempting in his eyes than the most beautiful woman in the world.
“Therefore, Young Lord, you don't need to underestimate yourself. Among your peers, you are already an outstanding figure—it's just that this group of peers does not include the people of House Callis.”
“I understand the logic, Bruno, but I really don't feel comforted by you at all.”
The more of a genius someone was, the less they could accept being left far behind. It was simply too agonizing.
“Let's go. It's time to go back and tell the old man about what happened here. We also need to send a letter to House Callis to clarify that the matter with House Ronal has absolutely nothing to do with our Orlando family.”
Although House Callis, with its capabilities, would basically be able to investigate the entire story anyway, sending a letter was still a way to show the attitude of House Orlando.
...
The Grand Duchy of Callis, the Marquisate of Lanier.
In the palace villa, Tyr, dressed in a gorgeous formal suit, sat on the second-floor balcony reading a book.
The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon sitting opposite him also held a book in his hands, with a cup of hot tea placed in front of him.
As early as a few days ago, Sevira had left with her maid.
With seven years having passed, she also wanted to see her parents as soon as possible.
So after playing in the Marquisate of Lanier for three days, Sevira set off to return to her family's fief.
It was worth mentioning that Avia had also left during this time.
After the reserves became candidates, as their “Dao protectors,” their exclusive maids would be granted cultivation knowledge above the Sixth Circle by the family.
Two days ago, Avia took her leave from Tyr and went to House Callis's exclusive maid training camp to make her breakthrough to the Seventh Circle.
When she returned to the Marquisate of Lanier again, she would return as a Seventh Circle Transcendent.
“Sigh, these stories are truly boring. A knight protects a princess, defeats the demon king, and in the end, the princess marries the prince?”
“Is this knight out of his mind?”
“Why are you risking your life so hard to protect someone else's wife? Those who don't know any better would think she's your woman! How much are you even paid a month to work so desperately?”
Ao Chen slammed the book shut onto the table and said, extremely annoyed.
“A knight protecting a princess is just like a guard having to protect their master, just like how the young ladies of influential families would never marry their secret guards.”
Setting down the booklet of noble information for the marquisate, Tyr took a sip of tea and said.
“The problem is, he wasn't even the princess's guardian knight to begin with. The two didn't even know each other at first. The knight fought bandits, then fought the demon king, and in the end, the prince gets the MVP?”
“My god, isn't this fucking cuck literature? How can anyone tolerate this?”
Of course, Ao Chen could understand what Tyr was saying, but the relationship between the characters in the book wasn't like that.
The knight was just a knight, not the princess's guard.
“That's true,” Tyr nodded. “But I'm surprised you actually like these fantasy novels. I thought you would be looking through historical documents or cultivation materials.”
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