Alice squeezed her right hand gripping the Ice Orb Staff hard.

Perhaps in order to suppress the restlessness in her heart, she took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and then once again questioned the red-clothed priest on the church podium in her trademark cold tone: "Lord Sirudelt, what is your explanation for the contradictions at these points in time?" Or what is the other legal basis for your visit to the Cathedral of San Antonios on the afternoon of the 23rd of this month and the revocation of the title of Count of Northland? ”

"This ......" Sirudelt was speechless for a moment, and his feet on the stage stepped back half a step with some weakness.

His steps were almost involuntary, but this retreat seemed to confirm the existence of conspiracy theories even more, causing all the court officials in the church to focus their eyes on his faces, and Scambed looked at him with an "interested" expression, and his mouth did not forget to open and close lightly, as if he deliberately made a series of whispered mutters to him.

Noticing Scambed's actions, Sirudelt subconsciously looked away, and read the old steward's mouth with his eyes, reading as if he were saying......

"Isn't the journey not calculated, running a little faster than the scheduled plan?"

"You ——?!" The red-clothed priest immediately gritted his teeth and dumbfounded.

Alice saw all the changes in the expression on his face, and saw that he looked like he had finally been forced out of his feet, and then immediately pursued again: "Lord Priest Sirudelt, what is your answer?" ”

As soon as her voice fell, the leather boots under the blue flame robe stepped forward again, and the staff in her hand fell with a thud as she raised her arm, striking the church floor.

The sound seemed to knock into the hearts of those present, echoing throughout the interior space of the church.

Sirudelt felt his breath shorten, but he tried to keep his brain calm for a few seconds, then regained his composure, and then looked at Alice's figure that had just stepped forward to him and responded, "Calm down, Miss Alice Stun." ”

"My lord's death is suspicious, how do you want me to be calm, Lord Priest?" Alice stopped, her calm voice sharpened.

"The unexpected death of Sir Kevin is deeply saddened, and if there is something strange about it, then His Majesty and the Church will not stand idly by." Sirudelt replied to her, "Again, the current facts are beyond doubt, Your Majesty can indeed revoke the title of Earl of the Northland in accordance with the letter of the law, so I suggest that both matters be taken seriously, and that when you return the title to our Emperor Leopold IV, the Church will surely organize a court of judges to find out the truth after this matter is over." ”

"In that case, you must coerce me to hand over our lord's title and land before all suspicions are known, right?"

"I think I've made it clear, Ms. Alice Stun. Your Majesty and the Church will be responsible for finding out the truth, and even if you insist that Sir Kevin's suspicious cause of death is higher than the laws of the Empire, and force today's meeting to be put to an end, you are still a woman with no male heirs as the heir to the law of the Northlands, and this is a fact that cannot be changed in the short term! ”

With that, he snorted coldly, stood on the stage and turned around, with a look of displeasure on his face, and turned his head to glance at the long painted windows on the side of the church.

The remarks of the red-clothed priest still sounded uncompromising, but after careful analysis, there was suddenly another layer of threatening subtext in the ears of the court officials in the northern land.

Everyone shuddered, and suddenly realized that this was Sirudelt's greatest self-confidence, and it could also be said that he was the most scoundrel hole card in this church meeting, even if this meeting ended peacefully, the de jure heir of the Northland County was still a woman without a male heir, and Alice Stoon would never create a male heir in a short time.

Unless she dares to recognize a wild seed as an illegitimate child in the orphanage in Helmet City!

But even then, and not to mention the bad effects of the scandal, the Lord Regent only had to point out the fact that the wild race had no noble blood in his legitimate, so that neither the Emperor nor the Church recognized his legitimate inheritance, and then he could easily instruct the next envoy to come and reclaim the title on behalf of His Majesty's will.

What if the cause of the lord's death is suspicious? What if the Duke Regent is suspicious?

All the factors are no match for a set of clearly written imperial succession laws!

It's a dead end......

Urs took a deep breath while wearing a knight's helmet, and after listening to Sirudelt's words, he also secretly said in his heart that the result of this meeting was not a draw at all for the Northland nobles who adhered to the ruling interests of the Stun family.

Ms. Alice, do you have any other backs? Not to mention that the struggle between you and the Northland ministers to protect this county ended hastily?

The young man looked sideways at the little lady not far from him, she had taken a few steps forward not long ago, and now stood in front of everyone representing the side of the Northland court, leaving the back of the fire emblem of the incantation ring behind the blue flame robe in everyone's eyes, and looking up to face the red-clothed priest of the church, Sirudelt, who stood high on the podium of the main priest of the church, under the marble statue of the god of justice, Gaztethes.

Thea stood on the other side not far from Alice's side and slowly clenched her hands, her amber eyes also fell on Alice like Urs, and deep down in her heart she was not only worried about the outcome of the meeting, but also more worried about her own state.

For the wolf-eared maiden knew it—Alice's coldness covered her stubborn side, her fragile side, and even her little hand trembled slightly before she stepped out of the carriage and into the church......

After all, she's actually only sixteen.

In just a few days after the lord's death, she had actually managed to endure a lot.

"Lady Alice......" Scambed suddenly sighed softly, and took a step between the courtiers.

At this time, the old steward turned his gaze to the red-clothed priest to the heir of the Northland Earllands, and there was also sympathy in the depths of his old eyes, but in addition to this, there was also a hint of forbearance, and inquiry-

Alice clenched her wand and nodded her head at the sound of his sigh of sympathy, forbearance, tenacity, and inquiry, and though she didn't look back, she still turned her back to his gaze and nodded.

Then, like this, she lowered her forehead slightly, causing the blonde hair on her forehead to fall and half-hide her eyes, and suddenly took a step forward in the direction of the priest's pulpit where Sirudelt was—

But this time, it's not just this step, but two steps next -

Three steps.

Step 4 –

"Huh? Ms. Alice Stone, what do you want to do? Sirudelt reacted suddenly, glancing at her out of the corner of his eye, realizing that she was approaching him step by step, he quickly turned back to look at her, and suddenly became vigilant.

Alice lowered her head slightly, as if ignoring the red-clad priest's reaction.

With a blank face, she paused after taking the fifth step towards the priest's podium, and then raised her eyes forward—

The blonde hair spread out, and a pair of cold eyes of ice blue appeared.

"Sirudelt ......"

"The conspiracy to murder my brother, you were involved in - how many?" ()

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