Hydra Palace, the back garden, next to the water lily pond surrounded by dense forests.

Margrethe III grabbed a piece of dry bread and spilled the crumbs into the pond.

A flock of tiny golden trout came over quickly, their mouths closed one by one, swallowing the crumbs.

This is a dry bread specially made by Hydrera, specially used to feed the fish. It's mixed with fish meal, bone meal, and other offal powders and stuff. This group of little things, eating very happily, quickly jumped on the surface of the water, scrambling.

Mata XIII stood silently behind Margaret III, squinting at the group of young trout.

Margrethe III threw all the pieces of special dry bread in her hand into the water, and then said coldly: "Mata...... Raised and wasted. ”

Mata XIII sighed: "This was originally our plan, so all these years, no matter what he did, we ignored it, didn't we?" ”

Margrethe III pursed her lips, and a murderous glint flashed in her eyes: "A heretic, a waste, unworthy of that title...... Originally, the right person was Magnum, who would inherit the title of Marquis, and in our complete opening of the Lanyin Corridor, the influence of the empire would return to the hinterland of the Medland continent, and Magnum would lead the army to restore the glory of the Kingdom of Matar. ”

Mata XIII frowned, "But now, Magnum has been imprisoned...... He would have been the most suitable person, he was our child, and he had half of the royal blood of the Ice Sea Kingdom. With the support of the Empire and the Ice Sea Kingdom, he can secure the throne of Matar. ”

Margrethe III scratched at her long hair in annoyance: "But now, dear, Magnum, this bastard boy, I really want to ......"

Snorting fiercely, Margrethe III muttered, "It's Elizabeth's little, she taught our Magnum badly...... Ah, you know, my dear, how important it is for the kingdom of Matar to be united into one, and for the descendants of the imperial family to take over the throne, to the strategic plans of the Empire. ”

Mata XIII muttered, "Can't find a more suitable candidate?" ”

Margrethe III had a gloomy face and counted with her fingers: "No, Freret, his mother and his wife are princesses of the Lucian Empire...... Gaul, Saint-Chia, Nice, and even us, will not tolerate Lucia's paws reaching into the hinterland of Medland. ”

"Isaac...... No way. His future should be in the empire, and not exiled to become a vassal kingdom of the king. ”

"Ma Kai...... No way. If Makai is made the king of Matar, it will be difficult for Conrad to explain. ”

Mata XIII was silent for a while, he frowned and thought for a long time, then shook his head slightly: "There is no suitable candidate...... Truth be told, Marg, maybe it's a better fit? But ......"

Margaret III gave him a blank look: "That little white-eyed wolf, I can see his character clearly...... Let him be the king of the Kingdom of Matar, you don't want the army of the Kingdom of Matar to fight against the back of the Imperial army one day, right? ”

Mata XIII spread his hands and shook his head helplessly: "So, the side of the royal family ......"

Margrethe III gave him a blank look again: "The entire empire is mine, no one wants to take advantage of me, all the plans I have made, have never taken them into account." Don't mention them in front of me, don't let me see them in Hydrderabad, that's my bottom line! ”

Mata XIII nodded helplessly.

This is Hydra's nature, greedy and crazy.

That's what Hydra is all about!

Margrethe III looked up at the sky, and in the already dim sky, a few stars were faintly visible.

She muttered, "That little bastard Mata who deliberately got the same name as you, his youngest son, just had a full moon, right?" ”

Mata XIII smiled bitterly: "Yes, over the years, he has had a lot of children. Now there are twelve boys and nine girls...... Do you want to? ”

Margrethe III said indifferently: "Let this child who has just completed the moon inherit the marquis title of Mata, and let the House of Nobles come forward and let Conrad adopt this child, and wait until the beginning of spring, the Lanyin Corridor will be completely opened, and the imperial army will reintegrate the Kingdom of Matar in the name of this child." ”

"Let Conrad regency...... When the child is an adult and can take charge on his own, give him back the power. ”

"Let Conrad work hard, and during the regency, he will have another child."

Mata XIII narrowed his eyes: "Peace...... Elizabeth? ”

Margrethe III said very politely: "Let Elizabeth die of illness, discuss with the United Kingdom of Nice, and let them get a princess to marry Conrad." ”

"A child with the blood of the imperial royal family and the United Kingdom of Nice can also sit on the throne of the Kingdom of Matar."

Mata XIII nodded: "So, Florence?" ”

He looked at Margrethe III tenderly: "My dear, I must warn you that it is too risky to hand over the killing of Heringle to Joe...... Moreover, he mastered it a little too long. ”

"Risk? No risk! Margrethe III looked at Mata XIII with a smile: "I know this child, he is not mature, he is still very simple, he is a good child who is reliable, reassuring, clean and innocent." ”

"Because of his simplicity and immaturity, he could not control his anger and resentment."

"That's ...... It's good. ”

"Let him keep making trouble...... You tell the outside world that because my brain is broken, because I'm not feeling well, I lost the ability to act on my own after I handed over the killing of Heringle to Joe. ”

"If I don't come forward, no one in the Empire will be able to take back the killing of Heringle!"

Margrethe III chuckled: "The official caliber is that my brain is broken, so let's just say it...... I think this news will make a lot of people happy for a few days. ”

"As for Joe, let him make a fuss, even if it's cruel, tyrannical, inhumane, and rules-breaking...... Well, even, even if it's a little bit against the law? Let him go! ”

Margrethe III looked at Mata XIII deeply: "Honey, you should be able to feel it. From the Mid-Autumn Massacre in Tulum Harbor, to the lost Wall's Chapter, to the treasures of the Knights of Suffering, and this time the Royal Bank robbery, the Palace of Apophis was destroyed by the creatures of the Abyss......"

"In the Empire, there are hidden forces that want to stir up trouble."

Margrethe III said with certainty: "I am good at playing with conspiracy, so I can smell the smell of conspiracy." ”

"Including Mag, including Magnum."

"Doran and Hillman's direct subordinates were either sentenced to death eighteen years ago, or accompanied Doran to the northern island to fish, or accompanied Hillman into the Blood Kapok Fort."

"Marg, who was only eleven or twelve years old at the time, was in our sight all the year round, how did Marg, who was a good student and teacher in the second university all the year round, use his spare time to establish the 'Night King' in eighteen years, and did so many cases?"

"Magnum, a little fellow of fifteen or sixteen, even if he is gloomy and precocious because of his bastard mother's relationship, and even, he has some bad temper early."

"But, my dear, even his father Conrad and his brother Fredet are miserable under our control, and Fredet is even in the port of Tulun to try to steal other people's property by dishonorable means!"

Margrethe III spat on the ground: "It's a shame, it's disgusting, the next time I see him, I'll break his ass with my own hands......"

"But, my dear, Conrad and Freret, are miserable, and the change in their hands does not exceed 100,000 gold marks all year round...... Magnum's Mutual Aid Brotherhood, where did he get the capital from? Where did he come from, how did he learn so many crooked methods, how to reconcile a group of crooked disciples and accurately snipe the heirs of their family? ”

"A group of teenage little cubs, a group of waste cubs who don't learn and don't know how to do it, how do they help each other to kill the family heirs who are more than ten years older, twenty years old, or even thirty years older than them, and who have been cultivated by the elite, and are ten or a hundred times stronger than them in terms of ability, strength, knowledge, and experience?"

"You know, when I heard about the ridiculous organization of the Mutual Aid Brotherhood, I thought it was ridiculous!"

"A group of uninformed peasants with pitchforks and dung forks, dressed in rags, actually got together and killed a nobleman in full armor and a large group of elite guards?"

"Do you know that Magnum and his group of fox friends are a group of peasants trying to challenge an elite nobleman compared to the heirs of those big families!"

"The problem is, they succeeded!"

"What's even more sinister is that, my dear, with the secret power in your hands, you have not found any trace of the activities of the Mutual Aid Brotherhood in the past few years...... You've always thought that this is a members' club where a bunch of gentlemen eat, drink and have fun! ”

Mata XIII's face flushed.

"You don't find anything, and Conrad as a father, he doesn't find anything."

"The heads of those big families, those shrewd dukes and marquises, and those capable imperial ministers, they didn't even find out that within their own families, there was a group of ambitious little bastards who wanted to seize the family property!"

"His Royal Highness the Prince of the Delun Empire, as well as His Royal Highness the Prince of the Delun Empire, and so many capable ministers and generals, have they all become waste?"

Mata XIII's face darkened.

Margrethe III turned around, she looked at the flock of water ducks swimming slowly on the water lily pond, and suddenly reached out and grabbed the two large male ducks that had been fed fat and strong.

"So, within the empire, there is a secret force, or rather, many secret forces."

"They blinded us."

"They plugged our ears."

"They shut a lot of people's mouths."

"They are trying to make enemies of the Empire...... They want to be my enemies! ”

"Honey, you know where I am now...... I think it's good to have Joe take the killing of Heringle and make a good fuss...... It's fun! ”

"Perhaps, this will lead to war?"

Margrethe III's eyes gleamed with terrible blood: "But, my dear, you and I both know that what we are looking forward to is a war...... The empire needs a war...... Medland needs a war ......"

"Rather than letting them do everything in order...... Let's violently trigger everything! ”

Margrethe III smiled brightly: "These two ducks, they are really fat...... Honey, you fed them really well...... Hehe, Joe must have been in a bad mood for the past two days, I'll make him an eight-treasure duck from the Eastern Continent! ”

Mata XIII covered his forehead with his hand in a slightly exaggerated way: "Oh dear, I even thought he was our child too...... You have never been so kind to Salian and them. ”

Margrethe III hesitated for a moment: "If he can reduce the flesh on his body?" Ah, I prefer Tifa and Vima's little girls to that...... What do you think of Isaac and Tipha getting together? ”

Mata XIII began to blink desperately.