Bellania was upset that she couldn't learn more from nick since if even a fraction of what he said was true she could easily change the world. one thing still bothered her though , and that was how did nick know of these things if her world could barely allow one to start cultivating much less advance to the higher tiers nick described. meanwhile a certain group was having a headache as they tried to figure out how to kill nick. "could we win with numbers?" one of the members asked. "no , if we had an army then maybe we could use numbers to overwhelm the target but we are merely of fourteen strong." the leader said with a frown. "what about poison?" another member asked. "I'm afraid if what the target said is true poison is even more pointless since he would either be immune to what we have or would be aware of the tells they leave behind." the leader explained. the young man with blonde hair was sitting in the center of the room with a scowl on his face. "can nothing truly be done to remove that man from bellania hartfells side?" he asked seriously.

The leader sighed "I'm sorry sir but if there is something capable of forcing the target away it is beyond our means." he said apologetically. the young man sighed "so be it call off the hunt since there is no point in wasting time on a fruitless effort." he said with a tone of resignation. back at the hartfell mansion nick was sitting at a large circular table with bellania , victoria , bellanias father Lucian and bellanias younger brother Ivan. lucian was a relatively large man with short black hair and fierce green eyes that seemed to stare into ones soul while ivan took after his father looking almost identical to his father with the exception of being thinner. the lunch that the kitchen had cooked was a small platter of egg sandwiches on rough white bread. each person at the table grabbed three sandwiches each before lucian struck up a conversation. "so mark I'm told you are dating my daughter , is this true?" he said seriously. nick shook his head calmly "I'm afraid that information is not entirely accurate you see i intend to run from king and your daughter decided to back me , and in exchange i would play the part of her boyfriend."

Nick explained the truth without any hesitation which caused lucian to look at his daughter for confirmation that this was true. bellania avoided her fathers gaze in embarrassment which all but confirmed what nick said. lucian nodded " i see , might i ask as to why she chose you in particular for this role?" he asked curiously. nick shrugged "while i dare not say i know for certain i am fairly sure i know why i was chosen for this role." nick said calmly. lucian raised an eyebrow "oh , well do enlighten us." he said calmly. "if i am not mistaken i was chosen for one of two reasons , the first is that someone she dislikes is trying to pursue her and the second is to show off to the other noble girls at the kings party tomorrow." nick said honestly.