August 6, 10 p.m

"Midsummer is coming soon, and I don't know if the guests have arrived," Cedric. As he walked back and forth in his office, his voice as the next emperor's successor was easily reminiscent of a cat, and his face was skewed towards a delicate woman, clearly belonging to the kind of crown prince who was incapable but had to take on heavy responsibilities

"Cedric, are you there?" Olivett had just finished speaking, and he had already pushed the door in

"Brother, you might as well just not ask," Cedric, who was startled, smiled reluctantly, "What's wrong?" Didn't my brother say that he was going to visit Duke Kane's private residence? ”

"That's just to tease him" Olivet blinked and sat down, "When the time comes, just ask Mura to make up a reason, just say I have a stomachache or something, let him go for nothing"

"Brother, you're not doing this, are you," Cedric said timidly, "you know, even my father wouldn't do such a thing."

"It's because my father didn't do it that I need this, Cedric, you should know very well how rampant that guy is now" Olivet looked very serious in front of his younger brother "His territory has increased the commercial tax, and now the tax rate in Lamar is three times higher than that of the imperial capital"

"W-What?!" Cedric was taken aback, "I don't even know at all"

"None of this has been reported to the Emperor, and it's normal that you don't know, I only heard it from the residents during my private visits," Olivet sighed lightly, and the tax rates of the other three famous families have also begun to gradually increase, and I even heard that they are already doing business with the hunting regiments."

"Does that mean?" said Cedric's already bright brain, with the worst possible answer

"No, they shouldn't have taken the initiative yet, now we're all guarding that line, they won't move if there's no big deal," Olivet glanced at Cedric's desk

"Oh, brother, do you want to see it? It's all about the guests of this Midsummer Festival," Cedric hurriedly stood up and tried to bring it to him

"No, I'm generally clear about this, and soon some of the special guests will come to the palace first, you remember to accompany your father to go over" Olivier nodded "I'll take a rest here~ Oops, I've been a little tired lately"

"Brother, it's been so hard," Cedric had clearly misunderstood what was the cause of Odelet's exertion

"Anyway, there are three days left until the Midsummer Festival, you have to cheer up then" Oderick patted his half-brother on the shoulder, "Understand?" ”

"Hmmm! Don't worry, brother! Cedric nodded vigorously, and a few smiles appeared on Olivet's face as an older brother

"Really, why did the elder brother and Cedric talk about politics early in the morning," Elfin walked into the room with graceful steps, but when she closed the door, she took a big stride without grace

"Haha, that's because Cedric doesn't know anything else," Olivet laughed twice, "Elfin, you can't ask me to talk to Cedric about horse racing or 21, do you?" ”

"But Cedric can't be political" In front of his younger brother, Alfin also expressed his majesty as an older sister, "He's only 15 years old"

"It's not too late to turn 15," Cedric argued quietly

"If you want me to say, you might as well learn how to dance," the petite princess came over and tried to pretend to be old-fashioned, and said, "Look, those noble ladies and ladies blushed as soon as they invited you."

"Woo" Cedric couldn't help blushing again when his sister exposed him like this

"After all, he is the future heir of the empire, what should I do if I don't learn these things sooner," Olivett smiled and touched Cedric's head

"yes, come on, Cedric," Elfin straightened Cedric's tie as well

"Obviously, my brother and sister are such outstanding people," Cedric looked at the two who had taken care of him since he was a child, and now he whispered, "The throne should be given to you, brother."

"I'm starting to say things like that again," Olivet sighed, "Neither I nor Elphine can do it, Elphine is a woman, and I am a concubine, but you are the only one who is the orthodox Crown Prince."

"But even if you break those rules"

"So what will the nobles think? Unorthodox inheritance will only give them the best excuse, and fratricidal cannibalism may not be impossible at that time" Olivet's temperament as a prince at this time is fully revealed" Cedric, it's time to stop saying this, you are already 15 years old, and now the whole world is on the verge of reform, how can you cope with the next wave if you don't work hard? ”

"Yes, I understand, brother" Cedric bowed lightly, "take it to heart"

"Hehe~ Anyway, this Midsummer Festival is Cedric, you are in charge" Alfin also stood on tiptoe and touched Cedric's head, "Come on, my father also values you very much, otherwise I wouldn't have called Mr. Victor to come over"

"Yes, I'll try," Cedric agreed, plucking up courage

"Knock knock, His Royal Highness Prince Cedric, the meeting is about to begin, is it convenient for you now?" Outside the door came the voice of the maid of the palace

"Go ahead," Olivett tapped Cedric on the back

"Yes, sister and brother please rest here," Cedric opened the door and followed the maid to the conference room

"Before you know it, he's grown taller," Elphin watched as the door was shut, and the rest was none of their business

"After all, it's a boy, sooner or later he'll be as tall as me" Olivet smiled, "Well, in short, we've found the highest combat power in the imperial capital at the moment, and he'll be fine on the day of the midsummer festival."

"Then the arrangement of the day, presumably the elder brother must have already made up his mind," Alfin laughed a little narrowly, "I don't know how many famous girls will go to see your horse farm show~"

"You are, have you found your dance partner at the fair" Olivett walked straight to the office desk and flipped through the text, "Cedric's frame is behind you, I can not get rid of it"

"Don't worry, Mr. Lane, it doesn't matter if they stay with me," Elfin obviously had high expectations for the combat power of Lane and the others, "and the Prime Minister will definitely send his own soldiers to escort him"

"But I'm afraid of what if," Olivet's brow furrowed slightly, "With the support of the Devouring Serpent behind the Liberation Front, there may be weapons similar to Wai Zhi Li reappearing in the imperial capital, and the most important point of this Midsummer Festival is that no one can be injured, especially Osborne himself"

"The Prime Minister has his own railway gendarmerie by his side, His Highness Father has the Swordsmith of Light by his side, and Cedric has him by his side," Elfin said here and paused

"Don't worry, I have been contacted yesterday, and he agreed to serve as a guard" Olivet smirked smugly, "I'll just say that my personality is very charismatic"

"It's really amazing, brother," Elfin praised from the bottom of his heart, "and then I have Class VII by my side, and there is no problem with the royal side."

"I've got men in Heimdall Church, and I'm accompanied by Mura, and if they dare to show their heads, I'll beat them back into the tunnels with a hammer," Olivet waved his hand

"Hmm" Elphin believed very much in the ability of his brother, and also believed in the strength of the imperial capital itself

"By the way, there's a question about the dance partner I just mentioned."

"I'm in company~ Then I'll go out and play with Elyse first~" Elfin chuckled and waved away

"W-What?! Got company! Elfinn, you can make it clear~~~" The dull palace has a lot of color because of the amusement of the brother and sister, and it is on the other side of the palace

"First of all, thank you for coming to the Imperial Capital to participate in this Midsummer Festival when you know that it may be dangerous," Claire bowed lightly, "Then please allow me to introduce you this time."

"First of all, the mayor of Heimdall, Carl Regrelitz," the sensible middle-aged man nodded

"Irina Lineforte, president of the Lane Forte Society," the equally intellectual woman nodded

"Viscount Victor S. Alside, the swordsmith of light," the middle-aged man who looked a little distracted stood up and saluted

"Thank you so much for coming," said the Emperor, Yukent Leezer Arnor and Prince Cedric. Leezer Arnoor sat down in the first place and spoke

"Then you must know very well what happened," Gillias Osborne said at this time, "this time my direct troops have received reliable information that there will be an attack by terrorists at this Midsummer Festival, targeting all the nobles and royalty."

"Doesn't include guests," Irina asked

"Basically, it is not included, and of course the possibility of a diplomatic conflict cannot be ruled out, but this time neither Liber nor Calvard sent anyone, only the mayor of Crossbell came," Clea explained

"I remember that Cross Bell is not going to have a mayoral election soon, and the former mayor McDowell is likely to step down because of his age," Victor asked, "So is it still him who is here this time?" ”

"Yes," Claire nodded

"I see" Victor smiled with some excitement on his face, because he knew very well that since the mayor of Crossbell had come to the imperial capital in person, the S-class guerrilla would definitely come as a guard

"Well, then go on, Claire" No one asked why the mayor of Crossbell was not invited to this meeting, because there was no need to tell anyone outside the Sù Empire about the truth behind the Midsummer Festival

"As far as we know, there are four main leaders of the liberation front, the nobles are in charge of the day, and the royal family also returns to the palace after going around the city to wait for the night banquet, if you don't want to cause riots in various places, then the first target must be the important officials of the empire" Claire bowed and continued, "They are likely to be in charge of one person and one place, so I hope that everyone here will allow us to train the gendarmerie to protect your safety, except for the swordsmith of light, of course."

"In other words, obediently follow your instructions to participate in the Midsummer Festival," Irina said indifferently, "I know, originally I only came here for my daughter's business this time, and I was not interested in the Midsummer Festival in the first place."

"I was in charge of the security of the royal family that day, and I was supposed to obey the Empire's arrangement," Regrelitz said, pushing his glasses

"I will protect the emperor himself on that day" Victor nodded, "I originally came for this, but I explained in advance that I am only responsible for the emperor's safety, and everything else has nothing to do with me, after all, I am also a nobleman who is not big or small."

"Guys then," Gillias laughed

"Be prepared, maybe the first step of reform will take place in three days"