At those words, Aldous stopped walking. He looked almost with the same face of confusion as Darius gave him. The old man then got angry as if he would whack Darius with his cane if he could be seen whacking a child with his walking stick.
Aldous then rapped at the ground with his cane. "What do you mean…? How much of an ignorant fool are you? Aren't you adopted by the Gillards? How could you be so…? No matter. Yes, of course, my son is… hm, no, this makes sense."
The old man calmed his own heart and stroked his chin covered in a white stubble. "Nick has a knack for being too pretentious and overly regal for his own good. He knows that his borrowed status is nothing to the eyes of the other Kings, so he has become one. However, he lives in peace, as no one chooses to fight another Rudolf with a King's full crest. It will eat on his stamina no matter what happens.
