Volume 3: The Vortex of Strife Chapter 317: Ruthless and Heartless (I)
The garden outside the king's chambers was silent, and Bradley had all his men disperse throughout the chambers, but as soon as they dispersed, a small number of guards came out of the chambers, and Evan was standing in front of them.
Bradley thought for a moment and then went up, Gadia and the wounded Eggsy followed, and Bradley had confirmed his suspicion that the Queen's faction was resisted by Evan, and the Queen's faction, which was supposed to fight here, was attacked from both sides.
"Your Highness Bradley, King Byron is already waiting inside, please enter alone. Evan had blood on his gray-white plate armor, and even if he didn't say it, Bradley knew what had just happened. Evan didn't say anything about the Queen's faction either, his lips closed as close as the guards behind him.
Bradley shook his head, "The Queen's faction has not been completely eradicated, I can't risk my life, and if it's Evan Deputy Commander You, I won't enter alone." ”
"Then bring a small number of guards, but Your Highness Bradley, you need to know what this place is, and what it means for you to do so. ”
"I'm well aware. Bradley only responded to this sentence - even if the eldest prince ordered his subordinates to storm the king's bedchamber, it could be carried out in the name of "searching for the rebels", but Bradley still had a glimmer of hope in his father's heart, hoping that the other party would be wise.
Bradley selected more than a dozen guards to follow him in, and carried the bodies of Cawdon, Broken Eyebrow, and Walter inside, Evan did not stop him, he just looked at Dorothea who was left outside, the deputy commander had no idea that the person under a certain white cloth was the third prince Walter.
The reception room of the King's chambers was dim, and it began to light up when Bradley and his men stood outside.
Avi followed at the end of the group, and like Felisty, he was wary of his surroundings and Evan as he led the way. But when he walked into the living room, he realized that his worries were unnecessary.
I saw King Byron sitting on the high seat in the living room, and the king did not look like he was seriously ill at all, but radiant and energetic. Next to the king stood a man, tall and thin, dressed in a uniform similar to that of Heck, with a white mask on his face, showing only his eyes and mouth, and it was impossible for outsiders to judge his appearance.
The reason why Avi was worried was that the guards standing in the hall were detaining Queen Rosemund and Gronos, the two culprits of Mallot's rebellion, had been subdued by Evan's men, and King Byron had taken down the queen's rebels in his bedchamber.
"Don't kneel down when you see the king?"
"I'm going to make sure it's my father. Bradley ignored Evan's words and instead took two steps closer to the high platform of the hall.
King Byron opened his mouth, "Hmph, I'm your father!What, do you want to arrest me as a rebel?" King Byron still had an impatient face, Avi didn't think that such a fat and grumpy person was suitable to be the king of a big kingdom, "I didn't expect you to be the first person to come here, I was looking forward to... The people who caused the chaos have been arrested, including the highest-ranking president, Gronos, and Rosemund, who sleeps with me every day, but Heck's guy escaped quickly, and I've sent cavalry to chase him!"
Bradley glanced at Gronus and Rosemander, who was whispering, and Rosemander, whose face was dead, like a soldier who had experienced despair and despair, an expression that was hard to disguise.
"The son is guilty," Bradley knelt down on one knee, "and let my father be deceived by traitors, and let the rebels do whatever they wanted, and if I had discovered the conspiracy of the queen's faction earlier, all this tragedy would not have happened." ”
Byron waved his hand, and he stood up with the masked man's support, "I'm not interested in knowing about you, by the way, where's my Walter? where is he? Still fighting?" Bradley stopped talking, but he finally chose to nod slightly, "Hmph! I'm sure my good boy won't be out of here, Evan you don't need reinforcements... Now, though, it's time to deal with her business. Byron waved his hand, and the nurse who had appeared in the banquet hall had come out with a baby in her arms, and Avi guessed that the baby was Prince Vic, who had been born to Queen Rosemundre and Prince Amsoil under the auspices of her.
Queen Rosemund's head jerked up, her eyes filled with tears, but her mouth was open open for nothing, only what she wanted to say, not what she said.
Byron took Vic, "Even Bradley said in the banquet hall that this is not my son, but my son's son, hum!
As soon as Rosemander saw Byron pick up Vic, she immediately cried out, "Don't! Don't hurt my child! That's your grandson, too! Don't hurt him! Please! Read it as husband and wife! Please, don't hurt him! Whatever you want to do with me! Please, don't hurt him..."
Rosemander's head kept kowtowing to Byron, and the kowtow was so loud that in a few moments, Rosemander was bleeding profusely. Her cries were so weeping that even Bradley's men could not stand the undignified pleas of a mother, even if she was the head of the Queen's faction, even if she had made a mistake that no king could forgive.
Byron narrowed his eyes at Rosemund, and he shook his arms gently, "Yes, he is my grandson, and if Amsoil inherits my throne, then he will be the future king of the Kingdom of Salins... But his mother turned out to be the queen who shared my bed!!!" Byron's face changed, and he directly lifted the sleeping Prince Vic!
Rosemander was still kowtowing frantically to Byron, and she must have seen Byron's movements, but she had closed her eyes. Everyone but her watched Byron make this dangerous move, and no one had the right to stop the king, even if the baby was innocent.
It was Bradley who stood up, "Father, Vic is innocent, no matter what he says, he is also your grandson, the child of King Amsul's brother, even if Rosemand made an unforgivable mistake..."
Then this is retribution. As soon as King Byron finished speaking, he threw his arms down and threw the baby to the ground!
The baby died before his head collided with the slate before he could even let out a cry, and the loud crash left everyone stunned.
Vic's nurse couldn't hold back, and she immediately covered her mouth to keep her vomit from spitting up at the king's side. Rosemander, on the other hand, was stupid, and she slowly stretched out her hands to pick up her lifeless body, her own flesh and bones, but the guards behind her held her down.
Bradley closed his eyes and sighed softly, and even Gadia and Eggesy turned their faces sideways, not wanting to see the poor infant corpse, not wanting to see the ruthlessness and cruelty on King Byron's face. No one with compassion can agree with such an act, but those present can only accept the outcome.
Felisti stood behind Avi, and Avi couldn't help but care, "You don't want to see such a scene, do you..."
"No, I'm just keeping an eye on the roof," Felisty whispered, "The ghost of the academy seems to be here, and you don't have to worry too much, the baby who fell to death wasn't Vic, at least not the one in the banquet hall." Avi was surprised by Felisty's words, but even if it wasn't Vic, it was a precious life.
Byron snorted coldly, "This is the only fate for those who betray me, and you will soon be able to go down to accompany Amsoil and this bastard!"
Rosemander no longer kowtowed, "Amsoil is dead... My child is dead... Is it really impossible for someone like me to get what he wants?
"Who do you say is pathetic?" Byron's eyes widened, as if he was dissatisfied with Rosemande's words.
Rosemund's didn't respond to Byron, she suddenly broke free from the guards behind her, and slammed into a stone pillar with all her strength! Evan, who was not standing next to the queen, wanted to stop the woman who begged for death, but he was still a step too late, Rosemand had already collapsed in a pool of blood, and the third woman in Byron's life ended her short life.
King Byron seemed to have a hard time swallowing something, and if what Felisty said was correct, then maybe Byron didn't even think that Rosemander would die, maybe he just wanted to torture Rosemander with a fake baby, make the other party suffer the pain of losing his own flesh and blood, and use the pain to avenge the woman who betrayed him and brought pain to himself.
Neither Gardia nor Eggsy dared to take it lightly, and even if Rosemander's fate was embarrassing, they were on high alert - Walter was dead, and Byron didn't know about it, and when the Queen's account was settled, it would be Bradley's turn.
Only then did Gronos raise his head and look at the masked man, "You did all this, right!?"
King Byron sat back in his place, like a deflated ball, his eyes blank. The masked man immediately responded: "Your Excellency, your greed has made you irreversible, so it is your greed that is playing tricks, I just reminded the king." Avi seemed to have seen this strange man who used "my person" as a self-title, and he had an impression of this figure, but he was not entirely sure.
"I've always wondered why the guards around Byron changed batch after batch, and finally took the initiative to attack us, and sure enough, it was your and Evan's trickery..."
Byron didn't let the masked man continue to speak, "Gronos, I didn't trust you from the beginning, every move you and Rosemand was under my nose, even Amsoil's ambitions... Evan just protected me, and Reeves gave me options, I gave you a chance, I gave you a fair test, and you still wanted to kill me... What a bunch of people who don't know how to restrain themselves! When you think I'm just a tiger dying of disease! That's when you're going to die!"
"Hahaha! If it weren't for this stupid woman who decided that you were really seriously ill! I would have personally brought troops in to get your head! I didn't expect that your tiger was really pretending to be dead!"
From the conversation between the two, Avi can probably learn the truth about the palace of Mallot, it is indeed the queen's faction that was calculated by King Byron, who is deep in the palace, and this is also thanks to the loyal Evan. Perhaps only Evan whom Byron trusted best knew that all this was just a cover-up, but why did King Byron do this? What is the point of hiding in the palace and claiming to be seriously ill?