Swain didn't wait too long in the dark room, of course, if it were a normal person, this period of time would be enough to make them have a nervous breakdown, but for Swain, it was far from enough.

The small window on the door was opened, and the light shone in. Sven opened his eyes slowly, he was used to the darkness, but it would take some time for his eyes to get used to the sudden light.

Beria's glasses appeared in the small window, because Sven couldn't see much clearly because of the backlight of the light, and even Belia's appearance was seen by a few iconic features.

"Count Jericho, I am sorry that now I have to treat you with such measures. Beria's voice was so cold that it didn't show any emotion, and it looked completely businesslike, "We sent someone to check it, and the letter you sent to Michelle clearly meant to cooperate with the rebels, so you'd better be honest now, otherwise I can't guarantee that you will be treated like this next time." ”

Swain looked at Belia calmly, there was no emotion in his eyes, only a cold light flowing.

"Aren't you talking?" Seeing that Swain remained silent, Beria asked again, with Manfred behind him, he was not very afraid that Swain would suddenly attack.

Swain, who was sitting in a chair, suddenly raised his legs and folded his hands in front of him, as the one being interrogated, Swain suddenly showed a very relaxed appearance, as if he was not in prison, but in his own living room.

"Let me guess, Viscount Ernest is coming back soon, isn't he?"

Sven's undulating tone frightened Beria's heart, but he soon calmed down, and with the help of the iron door and the light in the corridor, Beria's momentary loss of color did not let Sven see it.

When Swain said this, Beria even wondered if someone had leaked the secret to Swain, but then he thought that Swain had been reading the newspaper provided by Thressi during this time, and with the help of the sporadic information revealed in the newspaper, it was not impossible to guess this matter with Swain's ability.

Viscount Jericho was about to return to the division because Beria only received the news yesterday, and when he saw this report, Beria knew that his royal brother was really going to have a showdown with him, otherwise Alexander would not be so anxious to let the imperial capital garrison, the only force in the Ministry of the Interior controlled by the crown prince's side, and the most combat-effective force come back.

"Now that you've guessed ......" Beria lowered his eyes, and he gradually figured out the best way to talk to Swain, which was to get straight to the point, "then I'll get straight to the point, yes, Viscount Jericho is indeed about to arrive in the imperial capital." You have also expressed your intention to cooperate with us before, and you must know what the situation is now, so now I will give you a chance to cooperate with us, but this is only a possibility, I may need your cooperation, or I may not accept your cooperation, which is not enough to be your bargaining chip. ”

Manfred, who was standing behind Beria, sneered silently, anyway, Beria had his back to him, and he was not afraid that Beria would find out.

"How can I help you?" said Swain, leaning back in his chair, his posture was such that Beria didn't feel like a prisoner being interrogated, which should be his own treatment.

"I can't let the Imperial Capital garrison be under Alexander's control, and Viscount Jericho happens to be your father, I mean, you should understand, right?"

"Before I understand this," Swain raised a finger to Beria's eyebrows, "you should also understand what the relationship between me and Viscount Ernest is like, right?"

"Ah, of course. Beria was very uncomfortable with Swain's attitude, but he put up with it for a while, just waiting for a moment to make this arrogant boy look good, "However, it seems to me that no matter how big the conflict between father and son, there is always the possibility of reconciliation." ”

Manfred couldn't help but laugh again, this sentence came out of Beria's mouth, it was so funny.

And Swain, who apparently had the same thoughts as Manfred, spread his hands, untouched by Beria's words.

"I don't think you think so—probably not the deceased His Majesty Nicholas I. So, let's be honest. ”

Beria frowned when he heard Swain mention his deceased father, not because he missed his deceased father deeply, but because he didn't want to hear the name. "That's what I mean, and there's no falsehood. Beria raised his head and looked at Swain condescendingly, Swain's attitude had almost made Beria lose the last of his patience, and the usually imposing Minister of the Interior did not intend to accommodate him like this.

However, even though Beria had already said so, Swain still didn't believe him. Swain stood up suddenly, staring at Beria coldly.

"Actually, you're planning to use my head in exchange for Viscount Ernest's support, right?"

Hearing Swain's words, Beria's heart jumped suddenly, Beria did have this plan, if it weren't for Manfred's intervention, he would probably really treat Swain as a worthless pawn and trade it to Viscount Jericho.

And now, once again, Beria wondered how Swain knew this, whether it was pure speculation or ......

Seeing Beria's stunned and pensive expression, Swain slowly walked towards the door. But he had barely taken two steps, and before he had even left the two meters of his seat, an invisible barrier blocked his progress.

Sven frowned slightly, after being transferred to this room, he had been paying a lot of attention to magic perception, but even so, he still didn't realize that the room he was staying in had been set up with a magic circle from the beginning.

Manfred, who was standing behind Beria, was holding up a hand and looking at Beria with great interest. "Your Highness, are you alright?" he asked with a smile and whispered in Beria's ear.

Beria sighed and turned around. He wanted to pat Manfred on the shoulder, but when he lifted his hand, he realized that he couldn't reach him. Putting down his hand stupidly, Beria said to Manfred: "Then leave it to you, anyway, at this point, there is no point in negotiating with him, as long as you don't let him get in the way of us, you can do whatever you want." ”

"Yes. Manfred bent down deeply, and Beria could reach his shoulder, but the stocky Minister of the Interior, His Highness, had already walked away.

Manfred walked to the door, which was designed for the height of a normal person, so even if Manfred was sticking to the door, he would have to bend down to see Swain through the small window. But Manfred certainly wouldn't do that, he continued to take steps next to the door, his tall body straight through the iron door and into the room. Originally, the room was illuminated by a beam of light from the small iron door window, but when Manfred entered, the only light source was obscured, and the closed room fell into darkness again.

"See you again, Lord Jericho. Manfred bowed to Swain as if he were catching up with an old friend.

"I seem to see you a little too much. Seeing Manfred, Sven couldn't help but purse his lips, indeed, among the new people he met after coming to the imperial capital, Manfred was the one he met the most.

Just now, because the iron door and small window were blocked by Beria, Sven didn't see Manfred's figure, and with Manfred's magic power, it was still possible to avoid Swain's magic perception, so knowing that Manfred took the initiative to appear, Sven found out about his existence.

"Consider this a coincidence. Manfred shrugged, but it was weird for him to do it, "And now that you have the time to care about these things, don't you want to get out of this prison predicament?"

"Get out of this predicament?" if Swain could laugh, he would have replied to Manfred with a sneer, "Is there a better option for His Highness Beria to hand me over to Viscount Ernest?

"But Viscount Ernest is from His Highness Alexander's side. ”

"Will His Highness Beria give up on winning over him because of this, or is there something on me that His Highness values more?"

"That's right. Manfred nodded, "For His Highness Beria, the best way is the most straightforward, and that's his usual style. And after I showed him the power of magic, he also felt the power and convenience of it. Since you have the same power, it is only natural that His Highness Belial wants your service as well, and a powerful magician can sometimes be more useful than an army of 10,000 men. ”

"But magic doesn't make more of this stuff better. Swain shook his head, even though Manfred said it so openly and honestly, Swain was still unmoved, "Otherwise, why didn't His Highness just say it directly?

Manfred couldn't help but laugh, every time he talked to Swain, he could feel that this young man's quick thinking, he could always see the crux of the problem and the flaw, which was worthy of Jericho.

"Well, well, no small detail can hide your eyes. Manfred raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, "There are some things that His Highness Beria can't say, only people like me. Perhaps His Highness didn't hint clearly enough just now - of course, His Highness wanted to remind you slowly, but you are so unflattering - your posture is really not worthy of anyone. ”

Sven's face didn't change at Manfred's teasing and taunting, and he sat back in his chair and waited quietly for Manfred's next words.

"As I said earlier, the best way for His Highness Beria is the most straightforward way. In the current situation, there is only one way to be the most straightforward. ”

Hearing this, how could Swain not hear what Manfred meant?

That is to say...... You want me to assassinate His Highness Alexander?"

"Earlier, His Highness Alexander made a request to His Highness Beria. Instead of answering Swain in a hurry, Manfred said something else, "He asked His Highness Beria to release you so that you could attend his enthronement ceremony, and then officially canonize you." ”

"So, His Highness Beria wants me to take this opportunity to kill His Highness Alexander?" Swain shook his head, if Beria was so naïve, it would be too disappointing for Sven, "The question is, why should I help His Highness do this, to assassinate another Highness?

"You're not going to do that," Manfred said confidently, "you don't really think you're completely invulnerable and we can't help you, do you?"

Swain lowered his eyes, the throbbing that had been haunting him all this day began to flare up again, as if something was about to happen.

"I saw Miss Jericho once before ......"

Swain jerked his head up and glared at Manfred, the usual calm on his face shattered by Manfred's words, a terrible hideousness even more terrible than Caterina had seen on the Vincent.

"Haha, sure enough, I said, how can a person have no weaknesses, as long as he is a person, even if he beats his body and will harder than steel, there is always something that can weaken the defense of the fortress from within him - because a strong-willed person must have a thing that he cares about the most in his heart!"

Seeing Swain's appearance, Manfred burst out laughing, and he clapped excitedly, as if he had come here today to see this scene.

Sven took a deep breath and tried his best to restrain his emotions.

"What did you say to Sophia?" Swain remembered that when Sophia went to Fort Midnight, she had told her about Artemis that Manfred had told her about Artmis, and Swain hadn't paid much attention to it at the time, but now that Manfred had brought it up again, it made Sven suspicious.

"You and Sister Ling haven't seen each other for a long time, haven't you?" Manfred reached behind his back and grasped the doorknob of the iron door, "Maybe there are some things you don't know yet, so please ask your butler to answer for you." ”

Manfred slammed the door open, and instead of the hallway light, it was the wind and rain from outside the building.

"Mr. Schneider," Swain stared at Manfred with a terrifying aura he had never shown before, not even at the end of the battle with Young, even when he was cut through half of his body by Planck, he was not as angry and terrifying as he was now, "You better be clear, no one can provoke the Jericho family, no one can challenge the night watchman in the deepest part of midnight. ”

"I'm looking forward to it!" Manfred's eyes widened with excitement as he stared at Swain without showing any hint of weakness.