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This was indeed news to the king. For a mage to be born in a family like the Ginehart was a surprise. The young man was lucky because even if he was a mage, the duke still favors him. If he was born in a different family he would have been kicked out.

"I didn't know that the duke has a second son and that he is a mage. I only heard about his first born who just became a general a couple of months ago." The king patted his thighs with a grin. He was glad to learn of this because he didn't even know that the duke had a second son.

Aberleign couldn't help but frown when he heard the king's statement but then he realized that it was possible. The duke's second son's identity was a secret to the public and it was just recently that they introduced him to the society. Besides, the duke has the power to stop all rumors from getting out of the kingdom.

"Anyway, if that is your only request, I can grant. It is only the library so there's no big deal in letting that young man use it." The king finally agreed because he also wanted to meet this son whom the duke favors.

After that, Sir Aberleign left the palace and returned to the manor which now led them to where they were now. Their carriage was already inside the compound of the Justice of Light's headquarters. They rode for at least fifteen minutes more before they reached the main entrance to the headquarters.

Cygnus took a peek outside and saw that there was a man standing there like a statue. He was clad in a golden armor that covered all of his body including his face. There was even a sword hanging on his waist and a number of servants stood behind him. Cygnus couldn't help from grinning internally because he would finally meet his main pursuer.

The carriage stopped in front of the man with both Aberleign and Cygnus alighting from it. The three of them inclined their heads in a bow directed to each other. The man who was clad in golden armor made the first move to approach them.

Although the armor looked a bit heavy, the man still walked lightly and they barely heard any sound from his movements. He stopped in front of them and was the first one to extend his hand. Aberleign reached out and shook the hand that was offered to them.

"Welcome to El Merey and to the headquarters of the 'Justice of Light', Sir Aberleign Sunox, the Eternal Hero. I am Onyx Gertrude, the holy knight stationed in this place." The man finally introduced himself as he shook hands with Aberleign.

"It is my pleasure to finally meet you Sir Onyx Gertrude." Aberleign returned the greeting. He then gestured to the man beside him and introduced him. "This is Rigel Maverick Ginehart. I invited him today because I want him to meet you."

Onyx nodded and measured the young man from head to toe. He could already feel the amount of mana that the young man possessed and was impressed. For a person of his age to have such an incredible pure mana was truly amazing.

'This Aberleign is truly cunning.' he thought to himself after he assessed the young man.

"Are you perhaps related to Duke Ginehart who was called the god of war?" Onyx turned his attention to the young man.

Cygnus nodded. "Yes, he is my father." He answered with all honesty and Onyx didn't feel any arrogance coming from him. It was a show of pure admiration to his father.

"Ah I didn't know that he had another son!" Onyx's voice was laced with surprise but Cygnus knew that he was not. He already knew about his existence which only means that he investigated the kingdom of Lunaira.

Cygnus would not even be surprised if Onyx knew all the members of the royal family, the four duchy and the four great generals. Although it was already common knowledge, knowing about their background and the little details was on a different level. The holy knight was thoroughly prepared.

"He was just introduced to the public recently so information about it might have been influenced by the duke." Aberleign laughed at the holy knight's reaction. They were the same with the king but he was not a fool.

"Alright, why don't we enter first and continue with this inside. We've prepared a feast that everyone would certainly enjoy." Onyx nodded before he stepped aside and stretched his hand towards the entrance to the headquarters.

They were led to a spacious room which was arranged to be a living room. There were white couches lined with gold and the glass table in the middle was filled with food. They were ushered to the seats and were immediately offered with sweets.

After a short while of tasting the food, their conversation continued. "Thank you for accepting my invitation to meet you, Sir Aberleign," Onyx started.

Aberleign laughed. "Of course, since I was also curious as to what the holy knight they admire looks like and true to their words, you are clad in gold."

It was Onyx's turn to laugh at the man's words. "Indeed, I am and I hope you can forgive me if I cannot remove my helmet in front of you." The man inclined his head a little bit.

"You don't need to apologize. I understand if you don't want to reveal your face." Aberleign shook his head. It was no big deal because he would soon see him though. "Now, I am curious as to why the famous holy knight wants to meet me?"

The holy knight was silent for a moment as his head moved to look at the young man who was busy eating. Aberleign noticed the holy knight's action so he gave him a nod. There was no problem even if the young master would hear what they were going to talk about.

Since the Eternal Hero agreed, Onyx decided to finally speak. "Then I won't be polite. We would like to expand our influence to your kingdom and we will need your help for that."

They already dominated the El Merey kingdom and yet there was still no news regarding the 'World Breaker'. During the time that they were pursuing the man, they could feel his power in a mile and yet for some reason, they couldn't locate their enemy. Even the highest priority notice given to the different hero association, wasn't yielding any results.

People were flooding the hero association to give information but most of them have no value at all. Some of the information was even made up that the Justice of Light needed to drag those people away. Every day, they were so saturated that they couldn't do their work inside the headquarters.