Chapter 42: The Death of Malone
Leon prefers his elder brother Second Prince to the Third Prince, who is the first of Lorraine, especially after the Foun family joined the Second Prince's camp, and the latter introduced him as a close friend.
However, this battle for the succession has not yet been decided, and anyone can ascend to the throne, including the third prince, of course, although no one will support him except the so-called "Knights of the Thousand Birds".
But no one in the royal family can afford to slack off, this is the lesson that the family has learned with blood and tears. The Foun family was on the wrong side in the struggle to choose an heir to the original Duke of Lorraine, and was sent to the east by Lorraine II. Although Fern has regained its position as one of the largest families after hundreds of years in business, the threat of the Wick has always been a sword of Damocles hanging over the griffin's head.
Eduardo was still there boasting about the "exploits" of the third prince, and Leon had already turned his attention to Buck, who was silent and did not seem to be in a very good mood today.
"What's wrong Buck, you've been scolded by your father again?" Leon expressed concern for the little brother of the Holy Light.
Hearing Leon's question, Buck barely squeezed out a smile, "My father is too lazy to scold me now, it's my cousin, who died suddenly last night." ”
"Marlon Siegel is dead?" Leon was taken aback, unlike Buck, a noble child who is not angry, Malone is a rare talent among the younger generation, especially in business, Count Buchko faintly cultivated this nephew as a successor, who knew that he died so inexplicably.
"How did you die?" Eduardo and the others also heard the conversation here, and they were all shocked to learn the news of Marlon's death.
Buck looked embarrassed and replied hesitantly, "Follow...... With a ...... The servant girl cheated on her and died in her bed. Of course, Buck is inconvenient to go into too much detail, Marlon's mistress is a relative of someone's family present, and these dirty things between nobles can sometimes only knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs.
Eduardo grinned when he heard this, "What strange posture did Young Master Buck use, which would lead to death, isn't he playing the queen game of finding pleasure from physical destruction?"
The room resounded with the laughter of several aristocratic sons and brothers that all men understood.
Leon felt that things were not so simple, Malone was not married, and a nobleman did that kind of thing with a maidservant, could it be considered cheating?
Buck's face flushed, and he tried to explain, "No, he was assassinated, but there are no scars on his body......"
"If you can't find a scar, it's still called an assassination, you should look for any whip marks on him. Eduardo and the others laughed louder, and said something like "Peony flowers die, and ghosts are also romantic".
Leon patted Buck on the shoulder, offering comfort. "Have you found the killer?"
"No, there was no trace at the scene, many people said that it was a sudden natural death, but my father didn't believe it, he firmly believed that it was murder. Buck looked frustrated.
"Master, absolute master. Leon thought to himself, "Being able to kill a person quietly on the spot without leaving a trace and without leaving a scar on his body, Leon asked himself that even the most elite Dark Elf assassin raised by their family can't do it, unless he ......"
Leon shook his head and swept the thought out of his head, "Impossible, that person has already defected to Prime Minister Schiller, and Siegel is Schiller's most important target at the moment, so there is no reason to attack them." ”
Looking at Buck, who is now an ally, Leon deliberately wanted to lead the trouble, and he deliberately asked casually: "I heard that your Siegel family had a conflict with the Knights of the Eagle before, could it be that the Habs did it?"
Unexpectedly, when he heard the words of the Female Eagle Knights, Eduardo next to him became energetic, "The Female Eagle Knights? is that cheap thing named Loren, stupid girl, one day I will let him beg for mercy under me!" Eduardo instantly remembered that day at the Sorbis Auction House, he had received the biggest insult in his life.
Leon gave him a disgusted look, and after this period of contact, he realized that Eduardo was nothing but a noble title, stripped of that illustrious surname, even the ruffians of the lower city were no better, and it was rare to see a complete waste.
Although he thought so in his heart, Leon still maintained a standard aristocratic smile on his face, and he said to Eduardo in a flattering tone: "When Edward takes over the title of Duke of Leinster one day, that Loren will not take the initiative to recommend himself for a bed." ”
Eduardo smiled, very useful, Eduardo's luckiest thing is that his father, Duke Leinster, is the only son of him, and as the rightful first heir, even the most common fratricidal drama in traditional aristocratic families is impossible to stage, no matter how bastard and incompetent he is, his father can only pass the title to him.
"What a plague left over from a thousand years. Leon sighed inwardly.
was interrupted by Eduardo, Buck wanted to cover up the previous topic, and like Eduardo, the unbearable memories of Buck's life are also related to the Habs princess Loren, but the most painful part is brought to him by the man named Damian, at this point, Buck and Leon have a common topic.
"But what do you have with Loren's?" Unexpectedly, after a circle, Eduardo did not forget about it, and turned back.
"This, this ......" Buck was completely speechless this time, he couldn't say that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to people begging for mercy.
"No matter what it is, I believe that your Siegel family will definitely not let her go, and when the time comes, the new and old accounts will be settled together. "Leon seems to be clearing Buck.
Buck gave Leon a grateful look, completely forgetting that Leon had brought it up in the first place.
"Why hasn't the third prince come yet?" someone next to him asked.
"That's right. Eduardo was also puzzled, "It stands to reason that it should have arrived a long time ago, didn't you meet the old man halfway and delay?"
A group of people were there again, hey laughing.
Leon was in no mood to deal with this group of gentlemen who were full of women and alcohol, he stood up and sorted out his clothes, "Please tell the third prince, Leon is sorry that I can't accompany him today, next time I will organize a banquet, invite all the most beautiful girls in the city, and wash the dust for the third prince." ”
"Are you leaving?" asked Eduardo.
"Tomorrow morning, my father will come to me to discuss important matters, and I am not as good as everyone else. ”
Saying that, Leon had walked to the door and made a noble salute towards the room, "Goodbye, my lords." ”