10 Masks and Betrayers

At midnight, in the castle's council chamber, the lieutenants returned to their rooms to rest after discussing the matter of arranging the defenses. As usual, Chief Adjutant Sevia was the last to leave, and he took off the mask of kindness and hypocrisy, revealing a face that controlled his life and death, and just now he had established himself as Ryson's successor at the military council, and even the consul of the city was to give him three points, and the other lieutenants had sworn allegiance to his orders.

In this way, a civilian adjutant suddenly became the de facto supreme commander of the city's army.

Saivia couldn't help but feel the role played by the "persuasion letters" during the day, and he even thought that there was no need to be very elaborate and designed, even if the "persuasion letters" were full of loopholes, in this tense and depressing atmosphere, his image would still stand majestically, and the people around him would instantly respect him after seeing the persuasion letter and his determination.

Sevia returned to his room in the castle, and at the door, his servant reported that his fiancée, Irene, had just come to him, saying that there was an urgent matter to discuss, and that he should meet him in Duke Ryson's room. Sevia sent the servant, put some miscellaneous items into his room, and changed his face in the mirror several times—gentle, fierce, cunning, and indifferent...... He was able to switch between these expressions flexibly, making it unpredictable what was really going on in his heart, and after confirming that he had put on a calm face with a "heart like water", he left his room and went to Duke Ryson's room to make an appointment as the servant had said.

After Risson's death, his room was cordoned off for a period of time and was no longer guarded, but was free to come and go. The servants did not dare to enter easily, but the lieutenants needed to collect some important maps or seals from inside, as long as they did not take the items at will, no one would care, after all, the cause of Duke Ryson's death had been sealed, and there was no need to lock down the room. Therefore, Erin's appointment to meet there did not arouse his suspicions.

Duke Ryson's room was in a corner of the upper echelons of the castle, and the handsome adjutant, the elegant gentleman, had come to the door of the room, and knocked slowly and softly—but there was no response. Sevia tried to push the door open, but found it unlocked, and when he entered, he saw again the arrangement of Duke Ryson's room—desk, chair, bookcase, bed, and on the adjacent wall there were two windows facing different directions, the wooden mullions were precious but fragile. On the other wall, a small door leads to the cubicle, where Risson has his private room, where he can take a bath and rest.

The night before, Duke Risen had been found "poisoned" in this room.

Confirming that Erin was not in the room, Sevia decided to wait, and he turned his attention to the other living creature in the room, the canary raised by Duke Ryson. Looking at each other, Saivia's expression changed from solidification to distortion, the original indifferent expression melted, and his eyes were also full of provocation-

- Finally got rid of you, Risson.

The canary tilted his head to look at Sevia, who had a strange smile on the corner of his mouth, and he slowly raised his arm, put his fingers around the canary's neck, and held it gently, as if with a force, the poor bird would say goodbye to this world.

- You see everything, but I won't kill you.

The canary was not afraid of his fingers, but still tilted his head in the other direction, and looked around again, as if he were looking at someone.

- Erin Akayi? She's not there, God knows what she's called me for, maybe she's just scared of Risen and looking for comfort. Love her? Sorry, this is a false proposition, "love" is not warm, "use" is the correct solution. Being able to become a member of the Akayi family of the military family is the first step to get closer to the power of the state, of course, there are other ways, but this woman is more like she was sent to the door, saving herself a step, and sooner or later she will become a burden and end up with Ruisen.

The canary looked left and right, and pecked Sevia's finger lightly, and it was not afraid but more like a protest.

- Enemies outside the city? They are just a rabble, behind the seemingly powerful is actually weakness and division, the temporary formation of the army has no solid foundation, and the strong military power of the Spallow Empire is not comparable at all, and the weapons and equipment on this side are ahead of the other party in all aspects, although they are now surrounded, they can fight out at any time and achieve results.

The canary stopped moving, and stared out the window, as if observing the furnishings in the room.

Just then, the door opened, and Erin appeared in the door with a rifle.

The innocent canary was finally let go, and Erin came in with a blank face, and Sevia put on the same expression he had planned as if nothing had happened.

"Erin, what's wrong? What do you want me to do? A tone of concern.

Erin didn't speak.

"You sit first, don't stand stupidly, put this gun aside first, in case the guards who come in see it, it will be bad for people to misunderstand." Sincere tone.

Erin didn't speak, she closed the door and walked in, but the rifle in her hand was not lowered.

The canary's gaze followed Erin's movements, and it was clear that the woman in red who had just entered had brought it a fresher feeling.

"Erin, you look a little uncomfortable, what's wrong?" A pampering tone.

Irene finally spoke, and she said with difficulty:

"Duke Risson's death has something to do with you, right?"

Sevia's eyebrows were raised high, and his eyes were full of doubt, but then he changed to a disdainful expression, and he put down those caring expressions just now, replaced them with a cold, contemptuous countenance, and sneered.

Erin was startled by the momentary change, and she clenched the rifle in her hand. The canary also felt the subtle changes, and its body began to tremble, and its wings trembled.

"Yes, it has to do with me, that- congratulations on seeing it. Can you tell me what suspicious things you found? Sevia's tone and emphasis were completely different from before, the ambitious, humble and cautious young man disappeared, and became a high-spirited, pretentious and ruthless man, with a look as if he despised everything, and no one would like it.

"The ring on the body was worn on the wrong finger...... "Erin said, she didn't know where she got the guts to say this, she just felt that the person in front of her was no longer her fiancé, it was a different person, and she wanted to raise her gun......

"Ahh It seems that he is still careless, ahhahaha......" He actually started laughing, and the laughter made people shudder.

"You killed Duke Ryson?" Erin almost screamed......

"Yes!!" Saivia suddenly shouted, and at the same time quickly silently chanted something, and in an instant, a bright light flashed-

Erin felt something explode in front of her, and the instant wave of qi flipped herself, and her body flew up at once, and she was slammed against the wall behind her, falling to the ground, and the huge force pushed away the nearby furniture. Sevia's sudden attack made Erin breathless all of a sudden, although she was physically fine, she was so frightened that she lost her face, her whole body did not obey the call, her eyes were wide open, revealing a look of fear, and her mouth had to open and pant hard...... She wanted to speak, but she couldn't, and her mind raced about the sudden situation just now - Sevia can magic! He can do magic!

Sevia also knew that this blow didn't hurt Erin much, so he changed his face and said viciously, "Erin, I didn't expect me to use magic." But you won't know more, say goodbye to this sad world! ”

Lest the night be long and dreamy, Sevia recited the incantation—

A blinding white light blinded Erin, who knew she was going to die.

"Who are you?" Sevia's angry voice echoed through the room, and Erin suddenly realized that she wasn't dead! The expected attack did not come, and the stunned vision gradually became clearer, and the white vision was fading...... She could see clearly that a woman standing in front of her with her back to her, dressed in black robes, was the magician she had just said goodbye to not long ago—the wind chimes.

"You...... You, it turns out that this bird was changed by you! Sevia was furious, but sane enough to spot the problem - the wind chimes had already turned into canaries and infiltrated the house.

"It's a shame that your plan won't work out." Wind Chime said coldly, she lowered her head slightly, and stared at Sevia with her eyes raised, "...... If your body moves, pick up a gun. The latter sentence is addressed to Erin.

Erin reacted slightly, she tried to move, but instead of rejoicing, she was occupied by remorse - she misunderstood the kindness of the wind chimes and was blinded by blind love.

Sevia silently recited the incantation, and a bright light struck her, heading straight at Erin, and the wind chime also raised her hands and set up a magical shield in front of her, defusing the attack, but her steps backed a little.

"You're no ordinary magician!" Sevia said, as if the magic just now was not an ordinary power.

"Each other." Wind Chime said that she had also noticed the magic power of the person in front of her, at least on par with herself.

Erin had slowly climbed to the edge of the fallen rifle, and she barely managed to hold herself up and try to get up.

"You think you won? I could easily kill both of you. "Sevia began to intimidate, and he had no room to throw in the towel in terms of momentum.

Wind Chime knew that he was not bluffing, and that he might have the strength, but she was not afraid, and said, "Believe it or not, I can get Irene out of here." ”

"Can you escape? I just need to say that you are the traitors who assassinated Risen and that you are wanted by people all over the world, can you really escape? Sevia said triumphantly, a little less angry.

Wind Chime was about to say something, when she heard the sound of pulling the bolt behind her, and she realized something-

Erin raised her gun and aimed it at Sevia: "Die!" ”

"Erin, don't!" Wind chimes shouted, but it was too late—

Angry bullets came out of the chamber.