Heir to the Kingdom of 1.4 billion people

Chapter 39 The Choice of Path

Castle hall.

The candlelight flickered gently, illuminating the intricate patterns of the tapestries on the walls.

Silver cutlery and empty wine glasses remained on the long table, and the maids were quietly cleaning up the mess.

Xia Mingyu leaned lazily on the soft back of the main seat, while Karen straightened her back and sat upright on the seat to his left.

The banquet was over. After he asked to talk to Viscount Hughes alone, Iris and Danielle quickly left after an elegant skirt-lifting salute, leaving space for the two of them.

"Why did His Highness want to leave me alone? Did he feel the castle environment was too bad and wanted to leave?"

Although Karen still had a gentle smile on his face, he was actually nervous inside, and his fingers on the armrest were trembling slightly.

He had escaped death many times from bloody battlefields and thought that he would never experience any major psychological fluctuations in his life. However, after seeing this prince, he was so nervous that he seemed to have returned to his youth.

After all, His Highness's status is so noble!
This is the weight of 1.4 billion future masters of the human race, almost equivalent to the weight of a continent!

"Your Excellency, I have an unwelcome request. Could you please help me?" Xia Mingyu poured another glass of bright red wine and handed it to Karen.

"Your Highness, please tell me what you want. I, Karen Hughes, swear in the name of the Lord of Black Wolf Territory that I will do my best to accomplish it!"

Upon hearing this, Karen immediately stood up from his seat with a solemn expression.

It is his honor and opportunity to be able to help His Highness Mingyu.

I am not afraid that Your Highness wants everything, I am just afraid that Your Highness wants nothing.

As long as His Highness doesn't ask his wife Danielle to sleep with him, he will do anything else even if it costs his life.

Well, if His Highness is willing to be the godfather of his son, Haydn Jr., then Danielle would be happy to do so for just a few nights, and he could relax for a while.
"My servant Berg wants to be promoted to a hunter. Do you know what the promotion conditions are for promotion from a hunter to a hunter?" Xia Mingyu said.

That's it?

Karen's expression relaxed, and then he said seriously:
"Your Highness, if a hunter wants to advance to Hunter, he needs to choose one of the potions made from several magical beast organs, such as the 'Eagle Eye' potion, the 'Cat Tail' potion, and so on."

"Your Excellency, could you help me find a bottle of Eagle Eye potion?"

After thinking for a moment, Xia Mingyu spoke again.

Berg is best at bows and arrows, so the "Eagle Eye" potion should be more suitable for him.

"Your Highness, this may be troublesome for other nobles, but it is easy for me."

"The bishop of the Storm Church's southern branch was my comrade in the Dragon-Lion War, sharing life and death with me. Given our friendship, he would surely gladly accept a potion."

The corners of Karen's mouth curled up slightly, and his tough face was full of confidence.

Oh, if you don't give it to him, he will shout loudly in the church about the ugly thing that happened when that guy called him "Dad" just to eat a piece of black bread in his hand when the army was besieged and short of food and clothing during the war.

"But." Karen changed the subject.

Just when Xia Mingyu thought he was going to make some request, he hesitated and said:
"Your Highness, I don't actually recommend that your squire choose the path of a Hunter. While Hunters are individually stronger and advance quickly, the stronger they are, the greater the risk of losing control of their minds. They're fine as weapons of war, but as squires, even the Church of Storms has significantly reduced the training of Hunters."

"You'd better think about it carefully. If you really decide, tell me and I will immediately ride on the Black Abyss Wolf and go to get the potion for you."

Karen said solemnly.

When Xia Mingyu left the hall and returned to his room, he found that Berg was already waiting at the door.

"Master, I have something for you to decide."

Berg, whose skin was slightly red from the sun, knelt on one knee in front of him and bowed deeply.

"Speak." "I learned from Knight Thorin about the hunter's subsequent promotion and promotion conditions. I hope that you, my lord, can decide for me whether I should take the path of a hunter or a knight?" Berg whispered.

"Yeah." Xia Mingyu held his chin and fell into deep thought.

Hunter or Knight?
Hunters are prone to losing control, and in the subsequent promotion process, they will replace the organs of monsters, becoming neither human nor ghost. Knights, on the other hand, regard loyalty and responsibility as the first requirements, and are undoubtedly the best career for a squire for the lord.

From his own interests, it would be right to persuade Berg to choose the Cavaliers.

But
"Raise your head." Xia Mingyu said in a deep voice.

The young man slowly raised his head, revealing a face that was still young but already weathered.

There were still many bruises on his face, all from being beaten by Robert before leaving the village.

"Berg, how old are you?"

"Sixteen." Berg answered without hesitation.

Sixteen. On Blue Star, he was just a high school student, but here he had already ambushed and killed merchants on the road with him.

He also heard from Robert that most of the prey Berg hunted was sold to support the village, so Fruit Basket Village did not have to worry about food and taxes for several years.

Thinking of this, Xia Mingyu's eyes gradually became serious.

"In my hometown, there's a saying that goes, 'No matter what you choose, you'll regret it, so why not choose what you want to do right now?'"

"So, Berg, ask your heart, which path do you prefer?"

Xia Mingyu walked up to Berg and gently patted his increasingly thick shoulders.

He decided to return the right of choice to Berg, because Berg was not only his attendant, but also his savior.

Berg saved him, and he also saved Guolan Village once. Although the two were lord and servant in terms of status, he always felt that they were equal in his heart.

“Which path do I want to choose?”

Berg's expression was a little dazed when he heard this, and a stream of long-lost memories began to appear in his mind.

"Berg, you will become a great hunter when you grow up!"

That was his father's excited cry after seeing him shoot arrows for the first time.

"Hunting is the most wonderful thing in the world. You risk everything in a fight with another life. Even death is happiness."

My father was sitting by the river, shaking the boom, and suddenly he pulled out a big fish with force, splashing river water on his face.

“Why can’t I get promoted?”

He woke up in the middle of the night and secretly watched his father smoking a pipe and sighed as he looked at the wall full of prey.

"Berg, don't cry, I am happy"

The man who fed him all the food during the escape and had his chest accidentally crushed by a wild boar while hunting said weakly.

The memory stopped abruptly.

The last scene was frozen on the scene where he once stood in front of His Highness and was knocked away by Knight Thorin's sword.

The boy also made a decision silently in his heart.

"Master, I choose"

(End of this chapter)