For the Lava Forbidden Tower that strives for "deterrence," he is an indispensable talent.
——However, if he is to be cultivated as the Tower Master, it is not secure.
Because it is not certain that he can advance to Gold. Instead, it might cause him to secretly kill the true heir after gaining power.
Moreover, as long as Arthur exists, the interests of others are compromised.
In public, he is the "future hope" that no one dares to harm. People refrain from using drastic measures to avoid the wrathful retaliation of the enraged clan leader.
But in secrecy, suspicion, jealousy, suppression, exploitation... and even the most extreme, assassination.
The life Annan has never experienced was something Arthur had already gone through before reaching Annan's age.
At the age of seven, he was first poisoned by pastries at home, nearly losing his life;
Among those "little friends" who visited him, someone took his hair and nails... the purpose was to curse him to death;