Connor felt moved and wanted to cry, but the King looked skeptical.
Ben Hunter had explained enough these days, and he didn't want to explain anymore. He pulled Connor over, touched his bruised face, and looked at the King with great displeasure: "Why did you torment the child like this? A dignified Prince, injured like this and on the face, is this appropriate?"
"My Prince doesn't need Old Master Hunter's concern; this is just a necessary part of his growth."
"But you can't hit his face!"
Ben Hunter looked at Connor with some distress. This child had never been beaten like this while in the Hunter Family, yet back home, he was now bruised and battered.
"Everything has to go step by step. Teach him slowly if he doesn't understand anything."
The King was very impatient, but he couldn't easily offend this old man, so he responded coldly.
He didn't have the patience to teach slowly, nor did he have the time.
