Chapter 43

“What?”

“It’s written that means, Your Excellency.”

He snatched the letter from Hector’s hand and browse it.

“Ha! Plainly these guys are loopy finally! Imperial property? Property? Me…? Since when have I been their property?!”

“Your Excellency.”

“Did you see these loopy folks?! Whereas they have been sitting quietly within the imperial fort and discussing politics with their tongues, I swung my sword on the forefront. How dare they have a look at me like that.”

“Your Excellency.”

“There isn’t a one on this world who can say that to me…!”

“….”

His anger welled up, and he felt that his eyes might flip white as he was too indignant. Berthas ripped the letter he was holding. Seeing the letter falling aside in entrance of his eyes made him really feel way more relaxed.

He needed to assume. Since they discovered that he was a sword grasp, he wanted a countermeasure.

“The place did the phrase leak?”

“Not me.”

Seeing Berthas stare at him, Hector hurriedly denied it.

“Who mentioned that?”

If there was a traitor amongst his subordinates, he needed to kill them. It was as a result of what he was going to do to any extent further was one thing the place even a single deviation couldn’t be forgiven… one fallacious step was dying.

“What are you going to do?”

“Advancing the plan.”

“Then…”

“Name the military on the border of Larchen.”

“Lastly!”

Upon listening to Berthas’ determination, Hector was excited and tried to expire of the room.

“Sir Hector.”

“Sure, Commander!”

He smiled on the title change from ‘His Excellency’ and ordered him.

“Name the others.”

“All proper.”

Seeing Hector’s again as he stepped ahead with gentle steps, Berthas’ head twitched.

“I’ll make you remorse it.”

After the noisy Hector left, silence settled within the room. The solar was nonetheless in the midst of the sky, however he felt a chill.

‘I ought to inform her.’

Isilis’ present state of affairs was not one thing that would ever be simply resolved. He didn’t like having to depart for Hillenton, leaving her alone, however he couldn’t assist it.

If he didn’t go in now and overthrow the imperial palace, he could possibly be overwhelmed to it. As well as, taking Hillenton was the most effective resolution for him. The Emperor and Crown Prince weren’t going to be taken without any consideration, however Berthas had hoped for the crown Prince’s complacency.

For that, he even postponed his father’s revenge.

Within the doc despatched by the Prince, there was an in depth file of his father’s dying. He couldn’t inform whether or not the file was true or false, so he made a request to Faylos and was depressing when he received the end result as false.

Due to that incident, Berthas deserted his expectations of the Crown Prince and the Emperor. His plan to save lots of the Crown Prince’s life was utterly turned the other way up from that time on. As he destroyed Hillenton, he meant to take their lives as nicely.

Now that his little one is born, whereas the plan has modified a bit of, the truth that they’ll’t survive doesn’t change.

“I’ll need to get the necklace from Isilis.”

The necklace he handed over to Isilis was no odd necklace.

It was a necklace that symbolized Hillenton’s Imperial Household and a magical software that changed into a sword when infused along with his aura, and a nationwide treasure of Hillenton handed down from technology to technology by the Imperial Household.

The necklace, which consisted of a pair, belonged to his mom and the opposite to his father, the earlier Emperor. Each got here into his arms as a result of as quickly as he was born, the Emperor gave him the necklace, and when his mom died, she left him the necklace.

The Emperor and Crown Prince of Hillenton, who didn’t know such a truth, wandered searching for the necklace after the dying of the earlier emperor.

Naturally, his residence was the primary to be searched, however Berthas had already given one necklace to a different lady, and the opposite was hanging round his neck. The enchanted necklace was invisible except the wearer wished to see it.

Having escaped being taken away, he didn’t take off the necklace even for a second after that.

“What ought to I say?”

What ought to he say?

He was nervous because it was absurd to ask Isilis to present again the necklace he had given her. Nonetheless, with out it, he couldn’t be acknowledged for his legitimacy. No, it was tough for his kids to be acknowledged for his or her legitimacy.

The rationale why the present Emperor struggled with legitimacy was due to that.

Those that didn’t possess nationwide treasures couldn’t be acknowledged as emperors or successors at Hillenton. Subsequently, it was solely pure that the current emperor suppressed the nobles by pressure, and dissatisfaction with the emperor’s angle erupted.

It was additionally a ruse to stop his uncle from having his legitimacy acknowledged.

Nonetheless, there was a strategy to be acknowledged even with no nationwide treasure. It was to obtain the approval of the bulk within the noble meeting.

Nonetheless, on this nameless vote, the uncle was not acknowledged for his legitimacy. Just one likelihood… Lacking that chance, he purged and solid out greater than half of the nobles, and it was Berthas who embraced these nobles.

Whereas increasing the territory of the nation, he intentionally left them alone.

It took a very long time for folks to get from the Imperial Capital of Hillenton to the tough and poorly ruled borders. It was Berthas’ henchmen who took management of the occupied areas earlier than his uncle’s servants dispatched from the capital arrived.

Unbeknownst to his uncle, the underlayment work had been carried out slowly for a very long time.

The Emperor was nothing greater than a puppet. Nonetheless, he lowered his head to seek out proof to show that the Emperor’s dying was homicide whereas strolling to and from the Capital, bowing down.

Regardless that nothing was discovered, he held out hope.

Somewhat clue from the place his father final visited—the factor that killed the Emperor was a poison that twisted the motion of mana, and the wizard who created the poison was a wizard named ‘Ignardo’—that was the one clue.

He needed to discover out the id of the poison that killed the previous emperor and the wizard who handed it on to his uncle.

“Father.”

Berthas’ voice fell within the quiet room. It was then. The door burst open, and Hector and his males entered the room.

“Commander!”

“Your Excellency! I introduced them.”

“Is it true?”

“What is that this?”

Because the 4 males talked without delay, it was distracting. Hiding the feelings that had subsided, Berthas opened his mouth.

“From immediately, we’re not Hillenton’s military.”

“What?”

“Then…”

The 4 noisy males held their breath, ready for him to talk. Berthas lips opened slowly as he drew out his phrases.

“Grow to be a military for me.”

“Your Excellency…!”

“Your Highness. You lastly made up your thoughts!”

“Commander!”

“Your Highness Crown Prince.”

Everybody’s eyes have been targeted on Hector’s final phrases.

It was true. Within the first place, Berthas was the Crown Prince of Hillenton. He was additionally the direct line. If he hadn’t drunk the spring water of oath, he had the lineage to succeed to the throne.

“I’ll comply with.”

As Hector knelt in entrance of him, the opposite three additionally knelt. Seeing these prostrate in entrance of him, Berthas clenched his fists. It was a begin.

“Alone?”

“That’s proper.”

Isilis raised her head on the information the chief attendant conveyed. Her shoulders have been heavy.

“The place are you?”

“He’s requesting a personal assembly within the parlor.”

“Name him to the workplace.”

“I’ll comply with your orders, Your Majesty.”

Listening to that Berthas had requested a personal assembly, Isilis couldn’t calm her tumultuous thoughts. What did he come to say? She puzzled about it.

Seeing Berthas enter the workplace, she sighed and spoke up.

“Why did you ask for a personal assembly?”

“Your Majesty. At the moment, I didn’t come to see the Empress of Larchen.”

“Then?”

“Would you hearken to me?”

His phrases caught the eyes of the escort knights and attendants. Isilis beckoned them to depart, and so they went out. She confirmed that they have been leaving and solid a spell that blocked the sound from leaking out.

“Now, inform me.”

“Isilis.”

“What’s fallacious?”

“The necklace I gave you. Do you continue to have them?”

“…Sure.”

“Are you able to give it to me for a second?”

“The necklace?”

“Sure.”

Isilis had blended feelings. Did he hate her, so he requested for the necklace again? Or was there one more reason? Why was he saying this now?

She was having all types of ideas.

“It’s Hillenton’s nationwide treasure. I should have it now.”

Berthas, as if perceiving her ideas, hurriedly opened his mouth.

“I do know it’s shameless to ask for what I gave you. Nonetheless…”

“Why did you give it to me once I was younger?”

“What?”

She thought she didn’t have to cover anymore about her childhood encounter with Berthas, so Isilis opened her mouth.

“A necklace that was given to me once I was younger, and the necklace you gave me now. Aren’t the 2 a pair?”

“Then, you…”

“I’m the one who saved your life.”

“Isilis.”

She whispered to Berthas, who opened his eyes in shock.

“Isn’t that to be anticipated anyway? It’s uncommon to seek out somebody who can use magic like that, and it’s uncommon that she has crimson hair and blue eyes. If you happen to didn’t discover that it was me, you’re only a silly Berthas.”

“…After I gave you that necklace once I was younger, it meant that I’d positively discover you.”

Watching him catch his breath for a second, Isilis hid her expression.

“A pair of necklaces that resonate with one another so I went again there to seek out you, however nobody was there. I couldn’t inform should you have been lifeless or alive. There was no person there, so I assumed you have been alive although it was nonetheless tough… Contemplating that there are greater than 5 individuals who tried to kill me, there is perhaps a purpose to misconceive.”

“5 assassins are a joke to me who makes use of magic.”

“As a result of I didn’t know on the time.”

Listening to him, she opened her mouth once more to ask Berthas, who was speechless whereas recalling the previous.

“Why did you want that necklace now?”

“Ah, sure. It’s a magic software that turns right into a sword by the sword grasp’s aura. It’s Hillenton’s nationwide treasure, nevertheless it’s additionally the weapon that fits me finest.”

“…Weapon? Why do you want weapons?”

“I’ve to return to Hillenton.”

“You imply proper now?”

“The solar goes down, so I’ll have to depart tomorrow.”

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