Chapter Eighty-Four: Unexpected News
This time, the messenger sent by Count Cavin was unprecedentedly fast, and it was actually delivered to Casio's hands the next day. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After sending off the messenger, Casio sat behind his desk, opened the letter, sealed with fire paint, and began to read it.
As he continued to read the contents of the letter, the expression on Casio's face gradually became gloomy, and finally he slapped the letter directly on the table.
With his index finger tapping lightly on the tabletop and making a "duh" sound, Casio couldn't help but glance at the contents of the letter again.
The content of the letter can be roughly summed up in one sentence: Grand Duke Kersma died in the battle with the Voltis Empire, and the eldest princess Yalita urgently summoned Casio back to the royal capital of Dawn City to attend the funeral of Grand Duke Kersma!
It's a simple piece of information, but it contains a lot of content.
From the original owner of this body, Casio inherited the memory that although the original owner was a second ancestor with a bad character, Grand Duke Kersma was very fond of him.
Not to mention that the throne will be passed to Casio, but it is absolutely okay to be crowned a prince.
Because of this, the original Casio actually had a deep affection for Grand Duke Kersma, and although this feeling could not affect Casio's judgment until now, it could also make him feel a deep sadness emerging from the bottom of his heart.
This is not the most important thing, when the Grand Duke of Kersma went to the front, Casio got the news later, knowing that during the period of the Grand Duke of Kersma's campaign, the eldest princess Yarita was in charge of the domestic administration, and the second prince Muriel followed the Grand Duke of Kerma to fight and mastered part of the military power.
Combined with this situation, when he first got the news, Casio understood that Grand Duke Kersma obviously did not have a real candidate for the throne in mind, but divided the scope of an heir.
This range naturally does not have anything to do with Casio and the little princess Ferriel, and it will obviously arise between Yalita and Muriel, so they will give some privileges to the two of them in this expedition.
Now that Grand Duke Kersma has died unexpectedly on the battlefield, it is absolutely impossible for Yarita and Muriel, who each have a part of their full strength, to convince each other, and there is bound to be a contest between them.
And the content of Yarita's seemingly decent letter, if you think about it deeply, you will understand the difficulty.
At this time, Grand Duke Kersma died unexpectedly in battle, and he did not hear about the move of setting up the next heir to the throne, so Yarita and Muriel must have carried out manpower and mutual tilting for their own interests.
If Casio returns to the royal capital at this time in accordance with the content of the letter, even if he has always had a bad reputation, he is also the rightful heir of the eldest son, and on certain occasions, it will also bring political convenience to Yalita and Muriel.
Therefore, the two of them will definitely do whatever it takes to fight for Casio's position. In the end, no matter who Casio chooses, he will offend the other side.
Of course, Casio can choose who will help, then congratulations to him, both sides are offended.
Sometimes it's not that you want to be neutral, just because you can.
Casio doesn't want to get involved in this kind of political maelstrom, he is now developing smoothly in Greenwater, and it won't be long before he can achieve his initial goal, so why get involved in the struggle for the throne that doesn't benefit him at all!
But if Cassio didn't go back, it would be even more complicated.
At that time, both Yalita and Muriel had enough reason to believe that their third brother also had the intention of competing for the throne!
Then Casio believes that with the position of Yarita at this time, he will definitely not let him go!
Maybe Yalita didn't have much time and energy to deal with Casio in person in Muriel's contest, but don't forget, there is a Count of Cavin next to Casio who has been trying to get him for a long time!
"People are not as good as heaven!" Casio sighed, never dreaming that such a thing would suddenly appear.
Originally, according to his original plan, even if Count Carvin was already dissatisfied with him in every way, he would never dare to send troops to him due to the pressure of the royal family.
But now it is different, even if Yarita does not fight for the throne for the time being, but with just one order, Count Cavin will have a legitimate reason to actually send troops to Greenwater Town, and directly use force to steal all the fruits of his labor.
After all, before the Grand Duke of Kersma set out on the expedition, he had let Yalita temporarily replace all the administrative powers in the country. Before the new king is determined, Yarita's order will be the order of Grand Duke Ksma!
Moreover, if his father died in battle and asked him to go back to the funeral, if he didn't go back, then Yarita's order would definitely be justified!
After pondering for a while, Casio had already made a decision in his heart, but before that, he still needed to discuss it with the few people under him to stabilize everyone's hearts!
The next day, almost everyone under Casio's command, including Agaret, gathered in the manor for a dinner.
Casio sat at the top of the long table, his eyes slowly swept over the faces of Agaret, Ron, Fanner, Maester Dane, Carl, Azca, Tony, and Chief Ole.
It turned out that unconsciously, the manpower under his command began to grow gradually!
"During this time, everyone has worked hard for the construction of Greenwater Town, and I only want to express my heartfelt gratitude for everyone's hard work and dedication on behalf of the townspeople of Greenwater Town!" Casio held his glass and toasted everyone.
Everyone raised their glasses one after another, saying that it was not hard work, and for the sake of His Royal Highness the Prince, everything was worth it.
After putting down the wine glass, everyone didn't communicate with each other, they were not stupid, Casio suddenly called them to meet before the construction deadline was completed, and it was definitely a big deal.
Yes, they all looked intent, waiting for Casio's next words.
Casio is not pretentious, and goes straight to the point: "There is one thing that I need to explain to everyone, this matter will affect the fate of all of us!"
Casio is not alarmist, if this matter is not handled well, none of them will have a good life.
After speaking, Casio took out the letter and handed it to Agaret next to him: "The things I want to tell you are all on this letter, you all take a look." ”
As Agaret and the others inspected the letters, Casio looked sad and remained silent as he looked at the wine glowing red by the firelight.
This was not something he deliberately pretended, but a strong feeling caused by the memory of the previous owner, which made him feel quite empathetic.
Agaret and the others passed on one by one, and they all looked at Casio with different expressions, some were worried, some were silent, and some were equally sad.
No matter how much everyone knew and felt for Grand Duke Kersma, they were all shocked by this information, and they all felt a little unreal for a while.
The atmosphere at the dining table suddenly became solemn!