Jiang Chen didn’t yet know why he’d been summoned. Simply to yammer on about these idle trifles? Surely Lord Crimsonwaters wasn’t that bored?

“This king is assessing whether you’re qualified to be my successor.”

The declaration exploded in Jiang Chen’s ear like a thunderclap.

Successor?

Where did this suddenly spring from?? He had had very few dealings with the godking thus far.

He responded haltingly, searching for the right words, “My lord, this junior’s never directly interacted with you before today. You surely can’t have that deep of an impression of me, so I can’t make heads nor tails of ...