It's like thinking of Barn.

This Prince Ortiz after hearing the news that the Delos Empire was willing to help.

Within a few days, he sent someone to euphemistically agree to the idea of cooperating with the Empire.

How could he really want to be here for the rest of his life.

In this courtyard, end his life.

It's just that those upper-class nobles haven't been in contact with him these days.

Those people, or they have new goals.

He is no longer needed.

Otherwise, it can't be like this.

Prince Ortiz did not believe that they could not pass on a single piece of information by their means.

There must be other reasons.

Or those people want to wait for the price and sell.

I want to wait until I back down before I stand up.

Those old guys are the best at playing this hand.

Of course, it is also possible that they gave up on themselves.

After all, he wasn't the only one in the Skadi royal family.

It's okay for them to help someone else sit in that position.

Maybe the benefits will be even greater.

It's just that they have to pay a little more.

After all, he is the first heir to the throne.

If they want to support others, they must first bypass themselves.

Otherwise, it doesn't make sense at all legally.

In fact, her position as her sister-in-law is not as firm as she imagined.

It's not just because it exists of its own.

Rather, she is also called Skady.

However, she doesn't have the blood of the Skadi family.

It was only through some disgraceful means that she had been able to sit in that position.

However, it is not yet in the name of the Skadi family.

Otherwise, the sacred covenant that established the state in the first place would not have the power to bind.

After all, that kind of thing is not just a contract, but a continuation of the bloodline.

You know, that kind of stuff isn't that cheap either.

That kind of covenant to build a nation.

In the history of the continent, there are only a handful of occurrences.

Not everyone can have something like that.

Stained with the breath of the gods.

Write the contract on that kind of parchment.

It is equivalent to fulfilling the agreement under the witness of the gods.

Everyone can feel that connection.

Power can be borrowed from it.

No one would want to disobey it.

That's to test the consequences of violating your family's future.

No one would do that.

That's why it tied those upper nobles to the principality.

Their interests are together.

It is necessary to maintain each other's existence.

It's just that with the development of time.

They also found some incompleteness in the contract.

After all, I definitely didn't think of everything in the first place.

Although naturally there will be some loopholes left.

And after generations of development.

Those families also have their own thoughts.

They took advantage of those loopholes to encroach on the interests of the principality.

They use this for their own benefit.

It is estimated that their sister-in-law will take office in their plan.

After all, she sat in that position.

This will severely weaken the situation of the Holy Covenant.

That's the case.

They can encroach on the interests of the Duchy of Belmar.

After all, she doesn't have Skady's blood.

It is difficult to use the power of the Holy Covenant.

There is no way to restrain those families.

In the end, even if the Skadi family is in that position.

There is no way to use the Divine Covenant to remedy it.

You can only take those things back by your own means.

If you don't have the ability.

The Duchy of Belmar could only continue to decay.

That's probably their plan.

However, Ortiz couldn't think of it.

What do they gain by doing so?

You know, if you do this, you can get benefits.

However, a hole was torn between the Skadi family and them.

It doesn't matter who it is.

As long as they sit in that position, they will never be allowed to continue to be huge.

Make yourself just a mascot?

To whom will the country be handed over?

How is this possible.

It is inevitable to constantly suppress and take back the rights in their hands.

This process will not be smooth sailing, though.

But as long as it goes on and on.

It is bound to take back the rights that originally belonged to the royal family.

Because they were originally in the perspective of righteousness.

So, Ortiz didn't understand it a little.

Why would those people do such a thing.

Help your sister-in-law take office.

Although in the short term, there will definitely be rich returns.

However, in the long run.

It's not worth it.

Because that position will definitely go back into the hands of the Skadi family.

Use that little profit in exchange for the Skady family's vigilance in the future.

It's not worth it.

But they did.

It's really hard for Ortiz to figure it out.

It's like a puzzle with no solution.

Or is there really something outstanding about his sister-in-law?

Make them feel better suited for that position than they are.

Ortiz was a little unconvinced.

What happened back then now seems confusing inside.

But at that time, I didn't notice it at all.

I even thought that these were very common things.

Even the death of his royal brother.

I didn't have any doubts about anything.

I just thought that I would be a king one day.

I was all excited.

To the one who died was his royal brother.

Actually, he didn't feel it at all.

After all, he was nothing more than the product of the king's drunkenness.

And that man was the queen's son.

I was born as I shouldn't.

He didn't even grow up in Huttonmarr when he was a kid.

Wait until the queen dies.

His father, the King of Skady, had brought him back.

At that time, he didn't believe that he would come back one day.

He thought he would wait until his brother became king.

He's going to be in that little city-state.

No one thought that he would have a chance to come back.

However, Ortiz soon discovered that they didn't feel the same way he treated his family.

His father always looked at him coldly.

Because his existence is a shame for him.

And his brother always had a hypocritical smile on his face.

Pretend to be gentle there.

Shh

Didn't actually care about him at all.

It's just to make an example for others. ''

Ortiz soon realizes the attitude of his relatives towards him.

They don't care about him at all.

It was only because of the outside public opinion that he was brought back.

In fact, they preferred him to die in that small city-state.

So, although they are dear relatives.

However, the relationship is actually very cold.

Because of this, he didn't think about it that much at that time.

I was stunned by this big surprise of the day.

Now it looks like there was a clear problem at that time.

No matter how bad his brother's health is.

It shouldn't have died so soon.

It's just that he had already moved out of the palace at that time.

In his few friends Hu Tian Haiti.

For the things inside.

He didn't care much.

After all, he was nothing more than a concubine.

That position was simply not what he could have imagined.

Who would have thought that in the end they would find out that something like that.

His own sister-in-law.

A man who has nothing to do with the Skadi family.

I actually sat in that position.

Became Queen Skadi of the Duchy of Belmar.

At that time, although he was not smart.

But I also knew that I couldn't continue in Huttonmar.

He hid in the church.

Hopefully wait until the limelight is over and then get out of here.

Who knew that the church actually agreed to the outside conditions and handed him over.

And then he was locked up here until now.

Although because of the original conditions, he did not die.

But this will also die, what's the difference.

He was completely isolated from the outside world.

It's been here for a few years.

And thank those people as well.

If not for them.

Then my temperament will definitely not become what it is now.

It wasn't as steady as it is now.

If not to be locked up here.

Then he wouldn't think about that.

I can't figure out those questions.

At least I understand a little bit now.

The pact of those upper nobles could not be trusted.

The people of the Delos Empire are no better than that.

But does he still have a choice now?

He's like a gambler.

Now there is nothing left.

Can it be worse than it is now?

That's all there is to it.

It's just the only thing of value in him.

But those men promised the church that they would keep him safe.

If something happens to him.

Are those guys ready to face the church?

Ortiz didn't know that the situation of the church was no better than his.

If he knew, he wouldn't have thought so.

It's just that he's been locked up here all along.

Information about the outside world can only be obtained through the subordinates who go out to procure themselves.

They hurried back after shopping.

And how much can you know.

Although, Ortiz asked them to inquire more.

But in that moment, how much can they ask.

Some are even afraid that asking more questions will be heard by those who spy on them.

Prince Ortiz may be fine.

But they are different.

They're just a subordinate.

To put it bluntly, he is a slave of Prince Ortiz.

There is no status in the first place.

Those people even if they take them away.

Prince Ortiz will say the same.

He himself can't protect himself, how can he care about their life or death.

Therefore, it is inevitable to be afraid to do things.

Although there was a lot of information, it was basically useless.

That's all.

Ortiz also knows a lot.

However, it is not enough to understand the situation outside.

He could only guess a little.

It's just the silence of those families in those days.

He poured a basin of cold water on Ortiz again.

I had a little doubt about myself just now.

It's like he's a tool.

Those people will be around him when they need it.

When he doesn't need it, no one who throws him on the street will look at it.

Ortiz was waiting.

I even had to give up.

Fortunately, at this time, the news of the Delos Empire appeared in front of him.

It's like the dawn of hope.

So he only thought about it for more than a day and gave the other party an answer.

Because now he can't afford to wait.

This could very well be his last chance.

If you lose it again.

Who would want to spend their whole life here, if not the impossible.

Can't see the sun outside.

His range of activity will always be this small piece.

Decades like a day.

Ortiz has had enough of this.

He didn't want to go on like this anymore.

He wanted to give it a try.

No matter what the outcome, he won't regret it.

It's his own choice.

Perhaps only at this moment did he truly resemble a Skadi royal family.

Ortiz placed the book in his hand on the bookshelf in front of him.

The afterglow of the setting sun poured in through the window.

Ortiz walked over.

Stand in front of the window.

His eyes looked at the sun through the high walls that stood outside.

I can't help but feel a little touched.

"It's been a long time since I've seen anything like this."

Since when did his life be full of only gray.

He couldn't remember.

Ortiz just watched the sunset outside.

The surrounding clouds are dyed in beautiful colors.

When he was a child, he also saw such scenes.

At that time, he was carefree and didn't know what worries were.

What a "prince" or something, he doesn't care at all.

But by the time he came to Huttonmar.

That's all changed.

Someone told him about his background.

Teach him court etiquette.

Let him behave and become well-behaved.

Doing what a prince should do.

But he didn't like that at all.

There was only cold indifference.

And that long ruler.

Now that I think about it, it's really an unpleasant memory.

Ortiz shook his head and forgot about it from his mind.

Now he is no longer the same person he used to be.

He has changed.

I can't even recognize myself.

Maybe that's the price of growth.

Actually, there is nothing bad about it.

At least he knew where he was going, and he wouldn't waste his time.

If only his brother were still alive.

He wasn't locked up here.

Now he is nothing more than a drunken prince.

Spend every day in the light of wine.

Didn't know.

The humble prodigal Prince Ortiz.

Now the strength is more than forty levels.

Although he has never made a move.

However, such strength is already terrifying.

You know, his father - the previous king was piled up with a lot of resources.

The strength barely reached more than thirty levels.

And Ortiz is being held here.

There were no resources for him.

But with his own efforts alone, he reached more than forty levels.

Such a talent is relatively rare in the royal family.

No one in at least three generations has reached his example.

This is also the cause of the weakening of the Skadi royal family.

After all, the king's strength is really difficult to convince others.

Plus they don't have any outstanding performances.

Naturally, they are reluctant to move closer to such a royal family.

And those upper-class aristocrats took the opportunity to throw an olive branch to those people.

So, the two sides are so close.

So for a long time.

led to the weakening of the royal family.

Plus the king's decentralization.

This led to an increase in the power of parliament.

Therefore, the existence of the royal family is low.