Chapter 171 A Strange Ares

[Aimee] “We came here for you,” Mars said. “For me? Didn’t we say to go through our training separately?” Besides, Mars even took Ares to see me, so I was curious as to what would bring a busy king like Ares to leave the empire and come to the Western Land. Ares glanced at Isaac. I was going to ask Isaac to give us a moment because Ares probably wasn’t comfortable talking around him when Ares said, “We have a situation involving curses in the Sirian Empire.” “What?” I was surprised. Although I knew the Southern Savages were lurking in the empire, I didn’t think their plan was already in motion. “How do things stand now?” I asked. “What I know is Alger’s father, Duke Matt, and your father, Adrian, are cursed.” Ares said, “Your father is cursed with the Mortal Curse.” Mortal Curse? I couldn’t really understand, but it sounded grave. “Where are they now?” “I took your father with us, and Kugler is watching over him as we speak. We just have to knock him out cold whene