Chapter 717 I want to solve this for you

Chapter 717 I want to solve this for you

Both the fourth prince and I were surprised to hear this.

The two of us just looked at the duke who had a calm look on his face with one brow raised.

Then the two of us looked at each other as if we were seeing what the other person thought.

But in the end, I said with a smile, "It seems like you aren't playing around."

The duke just returned the smile as he said, "I don't think that I have the room to play around. It's better to make things clear so we can handle things as quickly as possible."

There seemed to be a double meaning to the words that Duke Nergiante said.

That was not missed by the fourth prince and me as we both had looks of understanding in our eyes after he said this.

It seemed that Duke Nergiante was sharper than we gave him credit for.

This would certainly make things easier for us.

But still, I didn't answer the question right away as I calmly asked, "Can you tell me about what has been happening in that forest?"

"That forest?" Duke Nergiante repeated with a confused look at first before narrowing his eyes to slowly say, "Do you mean the Dark Forest on the edge of our land?"

I gave a nod in response before waiting for him to say something.

Duke Nergiante didn't say anything as he kept looking at me with his eyes narrowed.

But after a bit of silence, he said, "I'm sure that you've already heard all the rumours, is there anything that you still need me to say?"

The way that he said this, it was almost as if he was unwilling to show any signs of weakness in his land. So even if they were asking him about it, he wouldn't tell them a single thing.

It only worked because of the reputation that I had.

There was no doubt that Duke Nergiante already knew about the things that I have done in the past, that was the bare minimum that he had to do as the ruler of this land.

Not to mention, I was even a person that had arrived on the back of wyverns.

It was hard not to portray a powerful image just based on that.

When people with powerful reputations presented a mysterious image, it gave off the feeling that one was capable since they didn't seem bothered at all by rejection. The calm feeling that this gave made them feel like this person had everything in the palm of his hands.

Which was why it made people trust them naturally.

So Duke Nergiante looked like he was really starting to be shaken because of this.

At this time, if I offered him a bit of bait...

"I won't tell you exactly what it is, but I'll give you a hint as to what you're dealing with." I suddenly said this while they were still debating on what to do.

Duke Nergiante was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard this and he immediately looked up at me with an expectant look.

In a calm and mysterious way, I said, "This is something that has to do with a former demon king."

"Demon king?!" The duke and duchess both repeated with a shocked voice.

The two of them looked at each other as if they were exchanging silent words, but the duke looked back at me as if he was asking me to say more.

I just remained silent and waited for the duke's response.

The duke looked like he was hesitating a bit more, but in the end...

With a sigh, the duke said, "Even if I wanted to stop you, I wouldn't be able to, right? Then I might as well be involved in this matter so I can make sure that it will go the way that I want."