However, Reeves was just saying it; he knew Viktor wouldn't agree.
As expected, Viktor said calmly;
"I will go back on my own initiative after I have taken care of other matters."
"At least not now."
This answer was exactly what Duke Reeves expected.
Otherwise, Victor would have gone to see the Queen on the very first day he returned; how could he have waited until now?
Duke Reeves sighed, shook his head, and chuckled, seemingly unsurprised by the news.
"It seems we'll have to find another way."
Victor was not surprised; the Duke of Reeves certainly didn't want him to go back.
The other party also knew that he would not agree.
Both parties are intelligent people, and intelligent people don't need too much maneuvering or pretense in their conversations.
Levi took a deep breath and turned his gaze to Lia behind him.
She stood quietly beside Viktor, her hands seemingly casually resting on his shoulders, revealing an unspoken intimacy between them.
Reeve felt something was off, but he still said to Victor:
"I do have some leads about your teaching assistant, however..."
Leah noticed Levi's strange gaze, gave Victor an understanding smile, and said softly:
"I'll wait for you outside."
She turned gracefully and left the hall, carefully closing the door behind her.
Rivi watched Lia leave, his doubts growing stronger.
Aren't they siblings? But this doesn't seem like the kind of interaction that siblings should have.
Why do they seem more like a couple?
After Leah left, Victor leaned slightly forward, placing his hands on the table to indicate that they could begin their conversation.
"Now, you can speak."
Levi didn't say it directly, but calmly began:
"I didn't want Miss Lia to hear it because I was considering her feelings; after all, she's just an ordinary person."
He picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and glanced at Viktor discreetly.
Reeve noticed that Victor also casually raised his teacup and took a sip.
That was the cup that Leah had just used. Considering what had just happened, Levi felt as if he had uncovered some deep secret.
Especially the moment when Lia interrupted him.
She said that she was the only one who possessed Clevina's bloodline.
Having understood all this, Reeves casually remarked, seemingly unintentionally:
"Once Erica comes back, I'll have to find a way to keep her away from you."
Victor didn't care about this; he never paid much attention to other people's opinions.
Although the world seems to be becoming more and more real, Victor's feelings may have changed.
But in his attitude, he remained the same Viktor who wouldn't give face to anyone.
Levi's words were merely a casual remark, simply expressing his stance.
After all, in the empire, there were many nobles who had numerous wives and concubines.
Even noble families composed of close relatives were quite common.
In this social context, such things seem not to be uncommon.
Although Levi insisted on his own concept of pure love, he also knew that he could not force others to follow the same path.
At most, he could only express a slight dissatisfaction with Viktor's behavior on a moral level.
The important thing is to get down to business.
Thinking this, Levi cleared his throat, put down his teacup, and continued speaking:
"Your teaching assistant... her name is Henney, right?"
"She must be connected to the devil."
Victor remained expressionless, but that reaction was enough to serve as his answer.
Seeing this, Levi chuckled softly, as if he had already anticipated this answer:
"As expected, the incident of Devon Reiser colluding with the demon was a frame-up."
To avoid any misunderstanding, he added:
"However, we have already investigated and found that Devon Reiser provoked us first, and he deserved it."
Revi recalled the scene after the demon was destroyed, when Victor was holding the teaching assistant in his arms.
He couldn't understand where that girl came from.
Until later, one event after another occurred.
Demons are slaughtering barbarians in the North, and a group of witchers has appeared at Victor's home.
Every time a demon appears, Victor is always nearby.
In the final incident, the second prince colluded with the demon, and the greedy demon beside him was directly turned to the side by Victor.
This led to the arrest of the second prince, who was convicted of a crime.
At that moment, Victor almost publicly revealed his connection with the devil.
But no one dared to say anything to Viktor.
Therefore, Reeves decided to state his thoughts directly:
"Let me be frank, demon hunters have discovered traces of primordial demons in the Demon Tower, and there's more than one."
He noticed a flicker of emotion in Viktor's usually calm and profound gaze, and said with a slight smile:
"I believe you will be satisfied with this intelligence."
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