"Master, are we still going to the imperial capital?" Samuel's voice was heard. They were planning to go to the imperial capital in order to seek for medical assistance, but at that point, it seemed like it would be all in vain.

"Yes, why not? Somehow, I always feel that this trip will give us unexpected outcomes," Felton responded slowly.

With that, Samuel asked another question. "Master, is the medicine that young man gave us reliable?" In fact, he was a bit worried. On the way, they met a young man with teeth as white as snow and lips as red as cherries. The stranger gave them a bottle of medicine and a luxurious carriage without asking for anything in return. So Samuel felt that it was like a pie falling from the sky. For him, it was just too good to be true. How could a stranger be so generous and kind-hearted to people he didn't even know? That just didn't make any sense. From overthinking about the situation too much, Samuel was actually feeling a little dizzy.

"Don't worry about that. It's reliable. The medicine he gave us was actually better than the one I took bef

oyal to the emperor. But now, the emperor had been implying to associate Francis with the clan. It was obvious that the emperor favored Francis very much. However, since Felix had been the crown prince and had taken part in the court for many years, Barry personally did not think that Francis would be a match for Felix, even if the emperor were to support him with utmost dedication.

"Francis is really something, isn't he? Apparently, there's more to him than he let on," Matthew commented with a sneer. He had already noticed before that Francis was only pretending to be a weak and innocent man. Matthew thought that the man did it for two reasons. One, he wanted to win everyone's sympathy. And two, he wanted everyone to think that he wasn't a threat. He fooled everyone into thinking that he was naive about everything. In reality, Francis was well aware of all the things that mattered. Matthew wondered how many people in the kingdom were working for Francis. Even Matthew had not figured it out completely, not to mention Felix, who didn't seem like a formidable match for Francis.