Cale was at a loss for words.

He had an ominous feeling.

Cale tried to answer the best he could.

�Umm, I know the things I need to know, like the color of his eyes and hair. Mm, I bet I�ll recognize him if I see him?�

� Whatever. Basically, you�re saying that you�ve never seen him before.

Alberu continued to speak to Cale, who was avoiding eye contact in a tone that seemed to be saying that he knew what Cale was thinking about.

� I heard that you are guaranteed victory if you know your enemies and yourself. Go there.

Cale started to speak.

�� Your highness, maybe my ears are going bad, but I believe that I heard something weird just now.�

�Go there? To the Empire? Why would I?�

Cale did not understand why Alberu, someone who knew his personality well, would say something like that.

� Ah, I said it wrong. Let me fix that.

Alberu raised his hand in a way that seemed to admit that he was wrong.

� Let me rephrase.

An even greater straight landed on Cale as Alberu started to speak again.

� Go to the Empire with me.

�Go to the Empire with him?�

� To do something big.

�� To do what? Something big?�

Cale could finally see the smirk on Alberu�s face. Cale�s frown quickly disappeared.

Cale leaned back into the wooden chair and started to speak.

�Let me hear what you have in mind.�

� I presume that the bastards of the Empire think that I am really annoying.

Why was the crown prince suddenly criticizing himself? JrNovels.com