
Prince Hector was quite prepared because he had bought one of the people from the entourage who gave a false record of the events happening near the riverside town to Duke Fjord.
He accuses Henry of running away with the transfer rolls while he and his team fight tooth and nail with Count John's army.
Henry is declared a traitor by Duke Fjord out of anger when he concludes that Henry used the transfer scroll himself to save his life.
Duke Fjord roared in court to his officials, “The prince had the guts to kill my son so openly and boldly. And the coward Henry, his family will pay for his sins. He thinks I don't know about his past attempts.Where does he used to save people from Evan's hands if someone mistakenly offended him? I always ignored him but it seemed like they needed to be taught a lesson and also because of this he was never accepted in the main knight order even if he was comparable to Darius. “
Ralph smiled when he saw the events that happened, ‘It seems that Prince Hector managed to kill Evan. There will be a big show to watch from now on. I think even Darius would be happy because he wanted to act for a while. ‘
Duke Fjord orders Darius, “Darius, take Henry's family to the gallows. From now on you will join Shannon in the raid fleet. You can bring the witches to raid them from now on. It seems they think that I am a submissive. They need to be taught a lesson in order for them to learn the power of the Laguna house. “
Ralph commented when he heard it, “Dad, he said, I don't think that will be possible because new reports suggest that Duke Sapphire just met the Count 2 days ago and they finalized some deal where the Duke Sapphire fleet will be deployed with the new ballads as the Duke Company are seen deploying new Ballistas in their fleet. ”
Duke was quite angry when he spoke to Ralph and Grim,” So what! Do you think we can't deal with them with our troops just because they have the ballista? Hmph “We still have the best ships in the whole region and they will see the strength of our troops with the best ships. I will declare it now, among you, brothers, whoever carries the head of the Count will be the next Duke. ”
Grim replied,” Yes, father. “
Grim is a man with an average height of 5 feet 8 inches, he has blue eyes, brown hair and it seems he favors his mother more when it comes to physical features. The same thing happened to Ralph who was slightly taller. Ralph and Grim have different mothers.
Ralph deliberately asked his father to look after Grim, “Dad, what if this matter was not done by the Count, but someone else and the conspiracy?” He indirectly wants to point the finger at his brother, Grim, even though he is one of the people who conspired against Evan.
Duke reprimanded her when he heard her, “No problem. Because he offended us he'll pay for it. And because of him, Evan is wounded and dead. The poison strongly proves that he was killed by the slave. I'll state it again, the two of you will target that novice to get my position. “
Grim nodded and added, “That's right, a poison that is very different from all the poisons used, and the fact that he was Vlad's disciple doubled down on the fact that Evan was most likely killed by that novice or his slave. However, since the novice had met the Sapphire Duke then it was most likely that slave. And it was reported from our spy that, Jake hurriedly left the Northern Border Town one day before Evan's death so the direction of this point was most likely that Evan was likely killed by that Slave. And there's one more thing. Bring the killer in. ”
Both assassins came with Grim's men.
Grim narrated in front of his father, “I know from these assassins that Evan has given a gift to the Slave's family and that's also a possible reason that Evan was killed on the Count's orders because he wanted to show solidarity with his people what matters. ”
Both showed bags containing gold coins to everyone in the court, “Yes, this is the down payment and token given by Prince Evan to complete our mission. And this is the token given by Lord Evan.”
Duke Fjord nodded and said, “As expected, Grim, you did a full investigation into this event. Now anyone doubt the death of Evan? You two will still continue the killing.”
The two assassins looked at Grim who then helped them out, “Dad will be difficult because this plot has already been revealed by the Count. We will need more thorough preparations to kill that number and the close family members of the slave since this operation has already leaked. I think it was most likely leaked by Henry as witnessed by Sebastian. ”
Duke Fjord nodded and understood,” Hmm .. Yes, we will make more meticulous preparations before any other assassination attempt. Hire more people so that we can have greater success. Now, do you have any doubts about Evan's ‘s death? “
Ralph thought, ‘It seems, as I thought father had lost all decency in the face of anger. From the fact that Prince John acted very quickly and sold the balista to the Duke, that means that he probably already knew about Evan's murder and didn't stop him on purpose when he sent his men to the town by the river. I have to be careful because the Count seems to be quite dangerous since he does not seem to be afraid of enemies on all sides, I should have allied myself with that Count rather than conspiring together with Prince Hector. And it seems like Henry's prediction is correct, I think I should at least protect his family in case of a conspiracy because I want a strong man in my order of chivalry. ‘
Ralph saluted his father, “No Father, I have no more doubts, We will follow your orders. As an older brother, Grim explains the whole situation regarding Evan's death there should be no problems.”
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On the west side of the kingdom of Aelius, in the mansion, in the,
Prince Lukav read the report and concluded, “It looks like this is the plan that Hector had planned all along, most likely planned by Alistair because Hector was not smart enough to plot this conspiracy. “
Duncan nodded and commented, “Alistair's plan most likely involved measuring the ballads by making Duke Fjord a pioneer before taking concrete action. However, the plan that was made so well in front of the ballad's absolute power was nothing. Meanwhile, they have also increased the port city's taxes to increase pressure. ”
Duncan continued,” That port city will be a hot potato after some time. It was also likely that Duke Fjord would declare war against Count John. Even the royal family was hesitant to take any position on the matter as they thought the Duke would open the eastern front in his anger over the death of his son. “
Lukav smiled and shrugged, “Well, we don't have to worry as long as the battlefield is just the sea. That would only change if the battle shifted ashore and for that Duke Fjord needed to raid that eastern port city. Have you heard something about the pirate that John wanted to make as his naval admiral. ”
” He is a pirate who just plundered a large fleet of kingdoms. He was quite strong since he was adept at Air magic, he mainly targeted the fleet that handled the slave trade. He was previously a small captain in the Aelius Navy. During the war, his family was captured and enslaved by a Marquis in the east. His direct superior and his kingdom did not help him as this would be a huge scandal and hence this case was lifted off the table. So you can understand what's going on, right? “