Chapter 513: Please Apologize
Ivan blinked twice, not understanding why Ferdinand would ask that to someone like him. He froze when he realized Ferdinand meant he may be gathering information about Valeria to leak it outside.
"No, Your Majesty. I never was and never will be. I am just a farmer’s son. And I do not plan to leak information to enemy kingdoms either. I would never dare."
"I see. But you would make a good spy. A memory like yours would be useful in gathering information outside," Ferdinand noted since Ivan was able to recall things he only saw for a bit and could describe them in detail when asked.
"Your Majesty, he is already my assistant," Arabella reminded.
{No poaching. I found him first. You already have a lot of people for spying purposes. Ivan does not even train his body since he’s always focused on studying. He won’t be able to escape in case he is caught.}
"Yes, of course. It was just a passing thought," Ferdinand held her hand. "But we need to assign guards for this walking treasure trove. If an enemy kingdom learns someone like him who knows so much about Valeria just walks around defenselessly, they will target him. I’ll have some knights guard him."
[He is that important now?!] Narcissa realized she just made Ivan’s value increase further because of raising an issue about him.
"Yes, of course. If that is what Your Majesty says. Thank you for valuing my assistant," Arabella said to emphasize to Narcissa that this was the emperor’s decision, not hers.
Ferdinand then left since he still had things to do. He only came to check on Arabella after he was done with his meeting with the Ministers.