He thought that you were trying to usurp your father’s throne. He was accusing you of preparing to kill him.

[ Which is the stupidest fucking thing and who could even imagine such a thing happening???? ]

It’s a prophecy that the Speakers used to tell us, to try to dissuade us from fighting your father. They’d say it wasn’t the right time yet. The reign of Dracula will end only when the Prince becomes the Soldier, with a Scholar as his sword and a Hunter as his sheild.