Imperial capital, royal palace.

"Report to Your Majesty, the crisis in the east has been lifted!"

Albert stood alone in front of a high railing, a place of his contemplation. Every once in a while, his men would rush in and report to him on the state of the Coalition with a happy face. At first, it was in the middle, and then in the west, in the north, and in the east.

The battle report was not surprising, the entire Senate was dispatched, and the six main ships left the Möbius, returning to the battlefield with the old monsters who had survived the first war. Presumably, it will not be long before the generals, who have settled the dispute, will drive Morbius to the capital of the Byron Empire, where they will carry out indiscriminate slaughter.

It seems that everything that happens on the mainland is being manipulated by an invisible hand.

"Let's go down. ”

The soldier replied strangely.

The victory at the front was great news, but the Sixth did not seem happy.

The man who came in after the soldiers had retired was Richard, who was dressed in knightly armor from the Royal Museum, his whole body was covered inside, a knight's sword pinned to his waist in a decent way, and the most nondescript thing was the black cloth bag he carried behind him, which was supposed to be filled with Richard's main tools of war.

"Albert, the war has begun, why haven't you done anything yet?" asked Richard in an impassioned tone.

Mr. Jeff had already set off for Spiral City with the students who had volunteered to fight, and he had delayed it for a few days to get his tools ready, but Richard had already prepared his empty boat, and he would definitely be able to get to Spiral City before the war broke out.

As always, Richard is still fighting for his knighthood dream.

In the face of the energetic Richard, Albert really wanted to sigh "My stupid brother".

But he can't, this is not in line with his personality, in the eyes of the people of the imperial capital, he is a tyrant who plays with power and applause, he will do whatever it takes to obtain the throne, unite the nobles to oppress the commoners, and connive at the endless spread of the unseen voice......

"Come over here. ”

To Richard's surprise, Albert did not taunt him as usual, but beckoned to him, so that Richard felt that the sun was coming out of the west...... Or, his brother has been brainwashed by Yuri X. However, he still walked to the high platform of the palace in three or two steps, and the early morning sun shone so brightly that Richard couldn't open his eyes, and he didn't know how Albert had stayed alone in the sunshine for so long.

"Look up, what do you see?"

Strange question.

But the upright Richard still looked up.

"Cloud. ”

“...... And on top of that?"

"Sun, you...... I just said that standing in the sun all the time will have a problem!"

Albert resisted the urge to throw Richard off the high platform. He remembered that Richard had fallen from this place, and it seemed that the sequelae of the fall had not improved until now, and Richard had been stupid for as long as he could remember. Regarding the news that Richard fell from the building in infancy, the Imperial Capital Incredible Daily also had a special report.

Of course, Ella's "reliable source of information" was sent by Albert on a whim.

Albert originally thought that no one in the world would believe that Sophia could throw Richard downstairs in front of everyone in the heavily guarded palace, but Ella believed it and made Sophia the big devil of the imperial capital in one fell swoop.

In fact, Richard's fall was not an accident, but a well-planned conspiracy.

But Richard had no idea about it.

With the death of Henry V, another insider was buried in the royal tombs. However, Albert felt that the person who took the risk to assassinate Richard must have regretted it, because Richard was so stupid that he was not at all competitive in his position as heir to the throne. Even with the help of the Lilith Chamber of Commerce and Tyre-Cyrus, they couldn't make much of a splash.

One day, Albert was standing here and asking his mother.

Instead of answering the question head-on, the mother asked him, "Albert, look up, what do you see?"

"Clouds. He didn't think twice about it.

"On top of that?"

"The sun. ”

"Between the sun and the clouds?"

Albert failed to answer this esoteric question. All he knew was that it was a sunny, silent place, and that at least a third of the year in Holutia was sunny.

"It's a birdcage. Mother said.

Naturally, Albert would not ask what the birdcage was like the stupid Richard, asking questions such as "who will live in the sky" and "keep birds in the sky", even if he could not understand the meaning of the birdcage, Albert still nodded deeply and pretended to understand.

It wasn't until much later that Albert understood the meaning of the birdcage.

He is the successor to the throne appointed by the Senate, and from the moment he was born, the Senate has designed everything for him in the future, which is the fate of every king in the imperial capital, and the existence of the ending has been written from birth. And Richard is an "accident", and the Senate never likes accidents, and the most common method they use is to erase the "accident" forever.

Albert already knew the answer to that question.

Between the clouds and the sun is not a birdcage, but a Mobius, and everything about Herutia operates in its shadows. The Senate is like a birdcage that writes the fate of every king.

However, even puppets occasionally struggle to break free from the thread of fate.

Albert then meets Prince Dima, who shares his thoughts, and realizes that if the chess piece's vision is raised to a certain level, the existence of the chessboard can be faintly discovered. His wisdom, Dima's power has reached the same level.

And Sith said he could break the birdcage.

Now, Albert understands that there is more to what the Sith wants to break than just a birdcage.

"What are you still doing in a daze? I'll say it first, when I suppress the evil party in Spiral City, I will definitely be able to overpower you in fame, and then you have to be careful, one day I will become the hero of Herutia before you!"

Under the sun, Richard made a statement that could not be underestimated.

Richard always has big ambitions, but unfortunately his actual abilities are often inversely proportional to his ambitions.

"Daydreaming, get out of here!"

Albert waved his hand impatiently.

But at least, this idiot still has dreams to make.

Richard didn't care about Albert's bad words, in fact he never cared what others thought of him. Albert watched Richard's staggering back escape the door and turned away.

"Ei, you go to Spiral City too, don't let that idiot die. ”

Richard's footsteps disappeared for a long time before Albert spoke into the empty room.