A Demon's Journey

Edwin exchanged a few words with Sophie and Bianca before being allocated a room to relax in.

Sophie spoke to her mother, "Thanks, mother, for not saying anything that would make him uncomfortable."

Bianca smiled, and she replied, "Don't worry, my sweetie. I don't have anything personal against Edwin. As long as he can treat you well, then in my eyes, he is a fine man for you."

"I asked him a bit about the Rhodes House, and he confirmed the rumors that he has given up on inheriting the Rhodes House. This means the family has given up on him, and he wasn't sent by Jonas Rhodes to spy on you," Bianca spoke all sorts of nonsense with a convincing smile.

She spoke all this nonsense even without Edwin's order because she was now his servant. As Edwin's servant, other than following his orders, she also had to assist Edwin in the best possible way she knew.

Thus, she praised Edwin in a way that wouldn't seem suspicious to Sophie.

Sophie smiled upon hearing her mother's words about Edwin. She spoke, "What about father?"

"I will talk to him, so you don't need to worry about it," Bianca spoke while rubbing her daughter's head.

"Okie~! Thank you, mother. I love you." Sophie said before hugging her mother.

She knew that her father would definitely listen to her mother.

Sophie went to her own room. She didn't try to go and meet Edwin. Firstly, she believed Edwin was tired, and he should rest currently.

Secondly, she couldn't openly show her affection for Edwin in her house. Although her mother agreed to her relationship with Edwin, she might go back on her words if she finds out that Sophie had lost her virginity to Edwin.

In fact, she might even take drastic actions against Edwin. Thus, she had to remain within her limits in her house.

Sophie had no idea that her mother was talking to Edwin right now. Naturally, the two were talking spiritually.

Edwin had to ask her a few more things. And what better opportunity than this?

Sophie believed he was resting so she wouldn't disturb him for the next few hours. And during this time, he could extract useful information from Bianca.

"You are from a Marquis Ranked Family?" Edwin was surprised as Bianca informed herself.

Once she gave her maiden name, he understood she was most probably from the Lewis Noble House.

Edwin had some spies in that Noble House, but they didn't have any real authority in the mansion. They couldn't find out the true secrets of a Noble House.

However, Bianca was different. She still possessed some influence in her maiden family.

If she asked them something, they wouldn't hide it from her. Especially if Bianca used Spencer's name.

This wasn't what Edwin wanted at this moment, though. Currently, he wanted to find out more about the Royal Family.

The information he possessed about the Royal Family was common knowledge across the Sinyalian Kingdom.

King Valliadis was the sovereign of the Kingdom. He was initially the third in line for the throne.

However, King Valliadis's eldest brother had suddenly become deranged. Thus he was declared unfit to rule the Sinyalian Kingdom. Currently, he was locked inside an underground dungeon of the Sinyalian Kingdom.

His Second Brother was killed by some foreign assassins while he had gone hunting.

It was said that King Valliadis was declared the crown prince after his main competitors could no longer inherit the throne. Within two weeks, he found all the assassins and publically executed their entire organization.

Many people suspected that King Valliadis took action against his brothers and had later dealt with the assassination organization he had hired to harm his brothers.

King Valliadis's fourth brother and even his fifth brother had disappeared like they never existed. And all the princesses of that era had been married to nobles in different kingdoms for diplomacy.

Most of the women in King Valliadis's harem were from different Noble Families of the Sinyalian Kingdom.

Out of his ten or so wives and concubines, King Valliadis genuinely loved only two women.

He had a single child with all his wives and concubines but only with his dearest wives did he have two children.

Moreover, the Noble Family of these two women wasn't that highly ranked, but King Valliadis would help them behind the back. Even he couldn't show blatant favoritism towards the Noble Families of his dearest wives.

Edwin was pretty much sure that King Valliadis had indeed killed all his brothers. It was probably to secure his position as a King and prevent their children from ever threatening his own.s

Edwin believed there were better options available, but nonetheless, the King still made a good decision. But it did tell Edwin that this man could do anything to get power.

He was similar to Azaroth in the fact that he could go to any lengths for power. However, the power Azaroth wanted was absolute power that could crush all his enemies. But King Valliadis seemed to want great prestige so that he could keep on ruling the Sinyalian Kingdom for a long time.

Most importantly, Edwin believed King Valliadis was a rather insecure person. This showed why he took such ruthless actions when there were better options available.

Anyway, this was merely King Valliadis's Generation.

Nearly 25 years had passed since then.

He now had twelve children. Eight of them were his sons, while the rest were his daughters.

His eldest son, David Valliadis, was naturally the Crown Prince. However, the situation was quite different from King Valliadis's era.

David Valliadis was actually a true talent. He was currently 23 years old and had built a great amount of prestige in the Kingdom.

The reason for such a situation was quite simple.

Unlike his father or other members of Royalty, since he turned 18, he had departed for the battlefield and was actively fighting against the Sinyalian Kingdom's enemies.

In the east, the Rhodes House was guarding the Sinyalian Kingdom against the Glerian Kingdom's threats, while in the west, it was the Crown Prince leading the battle against the Republic of Raleroma.

It had been nearly 5 years since he had gone to the battlefield. And he had accomplished a lot during these 5 years.

Currently, things were rather tense on that battlefield, so the King had sent Spencer Russel to protect the Crown Prince.

King Valliadis was satisfied with his successor. He was truly the best amongst all his children and deserved to rule the Kingdom.

Naturally, a few of David's siblings were trying to challenge him for the throne, their cultivation talent or strategies and tactics fell short.

"Tell me more about David Valliadis now. Some secret information, that is." Edwin ordered Bianca.

Bianca immediately obeyed his order as she began speaking, "Master, even with the wide disparity between them, his brothers haven't given up. They believe that as long as they managed to kill David, this battle for the throne would be balanced amongst them."

"However, despite their best efforts, they clearly haven't succeeded." Edwin sneered as he replied.

"Yes, master, but they continue to try. The only reason they dare to try it is that David is said to be rather fond and protective of his siblings. There had been no rumors where he counterattacked and beat up his brothers."

Edwin remained quiet for some time.

'Is that a mask he has created? Does he feel that his brothers are of no threat to him? If so, he must have great confidence in his ability.'

"What is David Valliadis's power?"