William listened to it and understood the ins and outs.

According to the laws of the Kingdom of Svak, if a commoner kills a nobleman, whether intentionally or unintentionally, he will be immediately put to death, and the higher the status of the nobleman, the more cruel the death penalty will be, and his family will be implicated.

However, if a nobleman kills a commoner, if it is unintentional, only a ransom is required to pay the deceased. If it is deliberate, in addition to paying the ransom to the deceased, it will also be punished by the Council of the Nobles of the Kingdom, usually by paying another amount of atonement.

And this Prince Liszt and this personable middle-aged nobleman, what has been arguing endlessly is whether the middle-aged nobleman did it intentionally or unintentionally.

The middle-aged nobleman firmly believed that he had no intention of killing the little boy, because the little boy was too young to work, and was only willing to pay the normal one-third of the ransom.

Prince Liszt, who saw the middle-aged nobleman arrogantly riding a horse and killing the little boy, refused to give up, holding on to this point, believing that the middle-aged nobleman had deliberately killed the boy, and in addition to asking him to pay the normal ransom, he also asked him to apologize to the noble council and pay the penal atonement.

Where are the middle-aged nobles willing to agree!

Prince Liszt was a prince who was not liked by the king, and his two older brothers already had fiefs from the king, while he did not, and often made the king angry with his untouchable affairs.

In the royal capital, apart from decent greetings, not many nobles would give the handsome prince the corresponding respect.

All the high-ranking lords thought that being given a random domain was the final result of this prince, before the new king ascended the throne.

Although the title of middle-aged nobleman is not very high, his maternal family has a high-ranking and powerful marquis, so he also insists on his opinion.

Of course, the main reason is that the entire royal capital knows that the king's third son is a "kind" person.

In the end, even the city guards were alarmed, and the king sent a password to scold Prince Liszt for this behavior.

But in the end, the king ordered the middle-aged nobleman to come up with a ransom money—the ransom of a complete commoner.

The king did not like Prince Liszt's actions, and was even disgusted, but he could not bear the dust on the reputation of the Ketranian family.

Things seem to have worked out.

The middle-aged nobleman dropped the ransom money and rode away with an ugly face. The retinue ran behind and followed.

Prince Liszt did not take the king's scolding to heart, but was pleased with his own actions, which he single-handedly managed to get a commoner to pay for his son's life. He comforted the victim and walked to the palace under the persuasion of the guards.

The poor civilians who received the ransom money looked around in fear, dazed and at a loss.

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The tables and chairs in the hotel are either missing a corner, or a little high-pitched, and they are all greasy.

But in such humble conditions, the whole hotel was still full.

Dusty travelers, cheating idlers, scantily clad women, the whole scene is in full swing.

William could not bear such an environment, so after watching the incident, he asked the innkeeper, Mrs. Mack, for a room in the best conditions, and was ready to go and rest.

He didn't plan to eat what this inn provided, and the extremely unhygienic method of making it not only made William feel sick, but also made him wonder if he, the stomach of the great knight, could bear it.

Although the food table is gone, he has enough food in his backpack to deal with a meal.

William's feet were about to cross the last staircase on the second floor when a whisper suddenly reached his ears.

William's brow moved, and his footsteps stopped.

"Have you heard? Our king's health is getting worse and worse, and I heard that he fainted again a few days ago. ”

"Hey, hey, hey, it shouldn't be that we are angry with our esteemed Prince Liszt, right? Look at what he does. ”

"Ah, it has nothing to do with Prince Liszt, the old king had another illness some time ago."

"Didn't you ask someone from the church to come and see it?"

"I don't know this, it's something that a relative of mine who works as a cook in the palace said unintentionally, and she also listened to the tailor in the palace. But I guess if the old king was really sick, he would have asked someone from the church to come and see it. ”

"Hehe, the church can't cure an old man who is naturally aging."

"Shh......h You can't say this kind of thing casually, do you dare to be disrespectful to the church? ”

“…… That was not what I meant. I just want to say that death is inevitable. Let's get back to the topic, I've heard that the old king is interested in choosing an heir! ”

"Heir? The new king? Is it the tall and heroic Prince Charles, or the clever Second Prince Ferrette? ”

"I don't know! The two princes are so good that if I were the old king, I would have a headache too. ”

"Huh...... If you are an old king, then the little prince Liszt can be a king! ”

"Hey, don't say it, if the kind-hearted little prince Liszt is our new king, then we ordinary people may have a better life."

“…… The little prince Liszt is not loved by other nobles, you look at the nickname they gave the little prince, lack of heart! The Heartless Prince - Isn't that an insult? ”

"Hey, our little prince is so kind, how can anyone care about things like that just now? If it were the other two princes, they might not even look at it. ”

"You should be assertive, remove the possibility!"

“……”

“……

"What else do you have to say? Which prince did the old king prefer? ”

"I don't know! However, it seems that there are rumors that the two princes are too good, and the old king can't make up his mind, so he decides to test them, and whoever performs the best will be the next king. ”

"I don't know."

"Oh...... Hey, since it's a test, will the little prince participate? ”

"Probably not."

"What test?"

"If I knew everything, I wouldn't have to drink the worst ale with you here!"

The voice of the last sentence was obviously in a bad mood, and the tone was several notches higher.

But it was nothing in the noisy hotel, and it was quickly drowned out in a raging cacophony.

And William also took a new step and walked towards his room, "The little prince who lacks the heart, the two elder brothers, the old king's throne test...... How does this sound so familiar? ”

"If it's really that fairy tale, maybe ......" William walked into his sour-smelling room, closed the door, and had a plan in mind.