Chapter 1226: A Coincidence
"First Crow?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Though I hid my strength, my identity as the King of Warren and as Mary's father never changed."
James VIII frowned.
"Yes."
"As Warren's king, you allowed Jenny James to throw the court into chaos."
"As Mary's father, you allowed Mary and her mother to wander outside."
"Don't tell me you had no choice."
"With the strength you've displayed, not to mention Jenny James, even facing the King of the Steppe would have been effortless."
"But what did you choose to do?"
"Watch from the sidelines! You watched with the attitude of someone who had tried his best, but could not defy fate."
Qin Ran nodded calmly, his tone as even as if he were merely stating facts.
"So, you noticed something was wrong?"
James VIII asked.
"No."
"At first, I didn't think of any of this."
"It was only after a series of events occurred in Warren Palace, and Aidale told me the so-called secret of the Dragon School, that I couldn't help making the connection."
"The Snake School and Gloomwood School are still obsessed with that ancient secret of Warren Palace, sending capable people to investigate it constantly, so..."
"How intense must the conflict have been back then?"
"And, by coincidence, the First Crow of the Crow School disappeared that year."
"If there was no connection between them, I truly wouldn't believe it."
Qin Ran answered.
"I thought Aileen's status as the Crow School's chief back then, and her approach toward James VIII, would have been enough to make everyone believe she represented the Crow School."
James VIII sighed.
"Some people did think that."
"But others did not."
"They suspected it from beginning to end, constantly probing. At the very least, that Gloomwood School member I encountered