Chapter 260 - Role Model

After explaining as to why Julius believed that no one would actually rush to reach level 100, Julius let out a grin and began to come up with a plan to get close to the current king of the city he was in. Although the reasoning he gave to Lyla didn't make sense to her, it was actually true and Julius had actual reasons as to why he believed in the statement he had made. It was because in his world, cultivation was much similar to learning magic in that it offered secret arts or special weapons capable of competing with secret arts. As would anyone would expect, when anyone gets started on their journey of cultivation, they become addicted to training as there are so many things to learn and explore, however as time passes, improving oneself so quickly becomes impossible. Learning advanced secret arts begins to take a lot longer and at some point, the person simply gives up and decides to live out the rest of their lives living how they want. This had happened to nearly everyone and those who didn't slow down eventually became a great ruler that would take over a great kingdom and as such, they would stop training due to how much time they need to dedicate to their jobs. In the end, almost no one would be able to achieve their maximum potential. This applied to everyone expect Julius as he was able to train and advance quickly no matter how far along he was on his journey since not only was he forced to focus on his training due to be being with Jun but he was able to advance so fast that he couldn't lose focus due to Duke Drake assisting him and allowing him to advance much faster than anyone else.

"Wait Julius, why is it that you want to meet with the prince?" Lyla asked as she was left confused on why Julius had his eyes on the prince.

"I don't know exactly but I have a hunch he's sad," said Julius which almost made Lyla burst out laughing.

"What do you mean by sad? Have you seen the place he lives in? He had no right to ever be sad when he's able to live such a free life when everyone else is struggling to stay alive," said Kyla as she over exaggerated the situation that the city was in as even though it wasn't anything fancy, everyone could get something to eat or drink. They were provided with comfortable homes and there were plenty of jobs to take part in if they ever needed extra money to buy the things they didn't want but needed.

"No Lyla, I'm being serious. I don't know if you didn't notice it because you never lived a life surrounded by luxurious things but life isn't always just sunshines. There are times when you can't solve things. You see, money only solves money problems. Once the problems which are directly correlated with money are solved, all you're left with are problems which money can't fix. When you think about it it's pretty sad as you worked so hard for that money but now you can't do anything about your problems because they can't be fixed through money," said Julius which left Lyla shocked as she didn't know what to say. Even though she didn't agree with what Julius had said, she tried to understand where he was coming from. This was because she never truly had the luxury of living a life like the prince which was technically now the king or Julius who had grown up in the human realm as the greatest piece of royalty in the world.

"Okay, you can do as you please but don't expect me to agree with you on everything that you do," said Lyla to which Julius just wrapped his arms about her before giving her a hug which caught her off guard as she had believed that Julius was more of the closed off person and never even thought that he would be capable of something like what he had just done.

"Well maybe I might agree," said Lyla with a slightly embarrassed face before staying quiet for a while. 

Over the next couple hours, Julius along with Lyla continued to walk through the city in search of anything which might have led them to the prince. The official castle gate was closed off for some reason before a servant from the king made an announcement about how the father of the prince had died and how he would become the new current king and rule of the kingdom.

Obviously everyone had been in complete shock as that was the last thing that they expected to hear about the prince. Especially since they had seen him look more generous than ever as he had spared the life of some ignorant kid that had dared to disobey the sacred rule which everyone was forced to obey.

Even so, there was a single person who was in shock more than any other person in the entire city. That being Lyla. Not because she cared what had happened to the parents of the prince who was now the king but because Julius seemed to have known something about it before anyone else did which made Lyla rather concerned.

At first she thought that he had played a role in the death of the king however this couldn't have been the case as he had been with her for nearly every single second that he had been in heaven. Furthermore, if he had been the person that had caused the death of the previous king, he wouldn't have been stupid enough to tell her anything about it. Knowing Julius, Lyla knew that it was impossible that Julius was the one that had caused the death of the king which was indeed correct. The only question that was left unanswered though was how Julius knew before everyone that the previous king had died before it had been announced. After all, not a single person had noticed something off about the prince. The odd part about this was that even if the prince had acted the slightest bit differently, someone else would have noticed before Julius since people of the city had known the prince for so many years and had so many interactions with him. As such, it made absolutely no sense that some random kid that had never seen the prince would be capable of noting something so small at a first glance.

As such, Lyla was left standing still in shock however while she was distracted, she didn't bother to note what was happening to Julius.

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"Come with me," said a familiar voice as he whispered in the ear of Julius before teleporting him as well as Lyla to a room which was very similar to a hall inside a castle.

"Wow, I thought you would teleport me to you sooner or later but this was much too early," said Julius as if he knew who had teleported him to the castle hall room as he turned around to face the man who had done so and just as Julius expected he was correct in his assumption as the person who stood in front of him was none other than the prince of the city which looked exhausted while sitting on his throne.

"My apologies. I just needed to ask for advice and figured that you were the best person that I could turn to. Mr. Prince," said the prince, who was the current king as he smiled at Julius.

"W-Where am I?" Lyla asked in a terrified tone.

"I seriously didn't want to bring her here, however I doubt that you would actually be willing for even the slightest bit of discussion if this woman was not present so here we are now," dis stage current king which made Julius smile. All while the two talked as if they were having a casual conversation, Lyla was panicking as she wondered if she would die or live.

"Anyway, how are you doing? I mean after going through all that you must be feeling quite a mix of emotions," said Julius before laughing which made Lyla instantly apologise for Julius' ignorance.

"It's quite alright. To be perfectly honest, I would rather have someone speak to me normally right now than have other people's sympathy. Sympathy only reminds you of the past while an actual conversation makes you forget the pain. I mean at some point I know I'll have to face the pain however I'm pretty sure that I can wait on that. I'm not ready to accept the truth yet," said the king with a sad smile which left Lyla at a loss for words.

"Even so, what do you plan to do about the kingdom? It needs a king you know. Even if you're in pain, both of us know that as the current king, you have a responsibility over your people. You can't deny it no matter how hard you try.. Even if it's just pretending to be alright, your people need to know they're in good hands," said Julius as he gave the king actual good advice.