The Golden Throne

Chapter 246: The Study

Liu Feng was tensed. He looked in front of him. This was another room that only his father was usually allowed in, and it was where his father did all his work. The throne room and the actual office were all just for show. This was where he remembered his father was always at,

“I can finally go in. Let us hope that he left a few clues in here as to what he was really like.” Liu Feng thought to himself.

He held the door handles as he pushed on them. The door creaked open, and Liu Feng walked inside. He then closed the door behind him and looked around.

It was a relatively simple room. There were books everywhere, and there was a bed to one side. With a table on the other, and a magic stone lighting the place up, it was the most basic study room that Liu Feng had envisioned. There was no pompous showing that royalty usually had a flair for. This was the most practical room in the entire palace, even more so, than the library, in Liu Feng’s opinion.

Liu Feng walked up to the desk. He looked at what was on the desk itself. There was a blank piece of paper, along with an ink bottle next to it. Liu Feng frowned as he took a closer look at the paper. There were indentations in it, but they weren’t very clear.

“What was he writing?” Liu Feng wondered as he took a drop of ink on his finger and smeared it on the paper. Slowly, pieces of information started appearing on the paper.

‘Demon… border…. Salem…. Forces unite… Finish the war’

Liu Feng could barely make any of this out. He put the paper to one side and started rummaging through the drawers on the desk. He took out a few stacks of paper. Flipping through them, he realized that they were only official documents, and nothing more. He put them to one side and continued digging.

After a few minutes of doing so, he found nothing.

“How can a man so boring do something so horrific? He must have left a trace somewhere.” Liu Feng thought to himself.

All of a sudden, something in the drawer caught his eye.

“No way is this drawer that short when the desk is so tall.” Liu Feng thought to himself. He then bent down to look beneath the desk. There was a small hole, with a slight indentation. Liu Feng pressed on it, and he heard a click.

Getting back on his feet, he looked inside the drawer once more. The base of the drawer had come out slightly. Liu Feng reached in and took out the drawer’s base, peering into what was inside.

There was a book, a pendant, and a dagger.

Liu Feng looked at this with confusion. He expected so much from a secret compartment, only to be disappointed once more. He took the pendant and dagger into his hands. 

The pendant had a black gem on it, and it smelled really good. But it appeared that it did not have any more significance. Liu Feng tried taking out the dagger from its sheath, but it did not budge one bit.

Liu Feng put those two on one side. Taking the book, he sat down on the chair. He wiped off the ink on his finger with a cloth on the side, afraid that he would damage any contents of the book. He then opened the book.

Immediately, a lot of dust greeted him.

“Looks like even father did not open this book a lot.” Liu Feng thought.

He then read the contents.

‘To my son. If you are reading this, then that means that you are the next king. I am either senile or dead. Else, I would take this book away from where it was till now. Looks like you became very curious about your father, for your to be snooping around so much. But unfortunately, there is not much that I can do about this. I am terribly sorry for the things that are about to happen. Truly, all of this is my fault.’

Liu Feng took a deep breath.

“Just what did father do, for him to be so apologetic? Please don’t tell me that he put into motion another war.” Liu Feng thought to himself.

‘You must be aware of the presence of demons by now. If you arent, then this should be a reminder for you to fire the intelligence department. They are not loyal to you anymore. One thing that you must keep in mind about these demons, Feng’er, is that they are merciless. That is why, if they are going to win, then we must side with them. I thought that way too. I sided with them on the condition that they spare me and my kingdom. They gave me a pendant. That pendant is always with me. If I ever take it off, then the demons will kill me. The pendant will have the ability to kill me. Just remember. If I did anything that did not make sense, it was not me who did it. It was someone else forcing me to do it. I hope that you will forgive your father for doing some terrible things that I regret to this day. But somethings must be done for the survival of our kingdom, and I made these decisions for the good of the kingdom.”

Liu Feng took a deep breath. He leaned back on the chair and looked up.

“I don’t know whether to cry or to laugh. My father betrayed the continent because he was afraid that we wouldn’t be able to defeat the demons. On the bright side, he was not the one who tried to kill me. No wonder he seemed too different that day.” Liu Feng thought to himself.

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