Despite the surprisingly calm last night, Count Brad Klein had not been able to get a night's sleep, and it seemed that some unknown force had told him that something was going to happen today. Therefore, before dawn, the leader of the Dragon's Tooth Knights had already left his temporary residence and headed for the royal castle. A four-wheeled carriage studded with crystals and pearls was parked at the entrance of the castle, and although the new emperor had not yet ascended the throne after the assassination of Emperor Anfil XXXIV, the Emperor's chariot parade was not canceled every morning, and in place of the dead emperor sat in the carriage were the two sons of Emperor Anfil XXXIV, Prince Verdor Klein and Prince Yagu Klein.

Count Brad Klein examined the carriage, the crystals of which were inflicted with sacred prayers, and any invisible creature would manifest itself in the light of this prayer. In the carriage of the carriage, the curtain made of colored pearls has the effect of reflecting magical attacks, whether physical or spiritual magical attacks, they will be completely reflected back when they encounter this curtain. Coupled with the fact that more than fifty knights followed around the carriage, such protection could have been called perfect, thought Earl Brad Klein, casting his gaze into the distance.

In a few minutes, the carriage will depart for a circle around the streets of Onyx. On the way, the carriage will stop at the door of the mansion of the two princes, and then carry the two princes and the officials of the national parliament who have joined the parade along the way to the national parliament of the Holy Asserian Empire, and today there will be many more people on the parade, and thirty-three lords from all over the world will join the procession around Onyx, including of course the lord of the Duchy of Mlian in the south, Count Brad Klein. And the Count himself intended to follow the carriage from beginning to end. Not sure why. The Count always felt the distance of today's parade. has fallen into someone's conspiracy.

The parade of the emperor's carriage was unexpectedly smooth. Along the way, early risers pointed at the carriage, speculating as to who would be the next Emperor of the Holy Asyr Empire, among the two princes sitting inside.

The knights who kept the carriage safe looked solemn, but the Blood Griffin Knights among them occasionally gave a defiant look to the Light Knight beside them, and whenever this happened, the Dragontooth Knight, who had deliberately driven the horses between them, would try to remind both of them to remain calm and restrained with a dry cough or a slight tap on their shields.

The faces of the ministers and lords who followed behind the carriage were also very solemn. Today is likely to be the day that will determine the course of the Holy Asserr Empire for decades to come, especially as the lords will vote for their successors, and their choices will have a direct impact on the relationship between their respective lords and future emperors.

Count Brad Klein relaxed the reins of his hand, slowing down the horses under his seat, and then the archbishop of the Green Leaf Church, Zeni Keamo, wearing the armor of the head of the Knights of Light, came to the earl's side. Like the Count, the Archbishop of the Green Leaf Church has never been accustomed to riding in a carriage, and riding a horse is more in line with Archbishop Zeni Keamo, who is also the head of the Knights of the Light.

The archbishop turned his head to look behind him, and it was the carriage of Baron Wesley Ruda, the Minister of State, who was closely following the Emperor's carriage. The archbishop put his head in the direction of Count Brad Klein: "I hope that today will be smooth." Poor Marquis Eugene Coma, whose carriage should have been in today's queue. Zeni Keamo did not deliberately keep his voice down, the sound of wheels and horses' hooves around him was enough for his voice to reach only the earl's ears.

The Count doesn't have much affection for the Archbishop, and at times it seems like Prince Verdor Klein as a minion of Prince Verdor Klein at times, but he doesn't particularly hate him, and the Count knows that the Archbishop is a faithful follower of Lena, the goddess of the earth. Helping Prince Verdor Klein ascend to the throne may be what he understands and the will of Goddess Lena.

"That's what I thought, too. Don't you think your Holy Light Knights are a little overly impulsive?I heard that the number of fights between the Holy Light Knight and the Blood Griffin Knight in the past few days is almost as good as the number of prayers of the Green Leaf Cultists. ”

According to the teachings of the Green Leaf Church, every Green Leaf is to pray five times a day, and the archbishop is well aware of what the Count has said about the brawls and disputes between the two knights in recent days. Indeed, it has exceeded the number of five times a day. The archbishop felt a little embarrassed: "In this regard, I have instructed them to try to restrain as much as possible, but those blood griffin knights are ...... Let's not talk about that, in the voting for a while, I wonder which prince the Earl will support?"

Count Brad Klein was silent, his green eyes silently watching the Emperor's carriage in front of him, and the archbishop, who had not received an answer, closed his mouth in amusement.

Prince Verdor Crane, who was sitting in the carriage, was wearing a full formal uniform, and as Minister of War, he was not wearing a sword or any other weapon, while Prince Jacques Crane was wearing a full suit of armor, and the helmet of the head of the Blood Griffin Knights was on the prince's lap with his sword.

Silence prevailed between the two princes, and since the assassination of their father, Emperor Anfil XXXIV, the two brothers, who were supposed to be bitter enemies, had scarcely spoken a word to each other. The murder of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Marquis Eugene Coma, a few days ago, further worsened the relationship between the two princes.

At this moment, the eyes of the two princes were attracted by a strange sight at the same time. From there, a puff of black smoke swirled in the carriage, up and down, and then it contracted violently, then expanded, and finally condensed into the shape of a man.

This man, both princes could not be more familiar. Faced with the face of their father, who was assassinated a few days ago, the two princes couldn't help but be dumbfounded. The dead Anfil XXXIV had a pained expression on his face, his body made of smoke fluctuating with the vibration of the carriage, and the two princes watched each other, not knowing where their father's ghost came from or what his purpose was.

The ghost of Anfil XXXIV slowly raised a hand. Pointing to his eldest son, Prince Verdor. The mouth opened. Seems to want to say something. Prince Yagu turned his head to look at his brother, and found that the Minister of War also had a shocked expression on his face at this moment, and quickly bumped him with his elbow. At the suggestion of his brother, Prince Verdor remembered a spell circulating in the Green Leaf Church that could appease the spirits of the undead, and Prince Verdor Klein quickly took off a ring inlaid with striped agate from his hand and threw it on the floor of the carriage, and the ring immediately emitted a puff of white smoke and shrouded the ghost of Anfil XXXIV.

The spell that had been placed on the ring to appease the undead was meant to temporarily ease the ghost's pain so that the suffering ghost could say what he wanted, but now the smoke emitted from the ring covered the ghost of Anfil XXXIV. But there was a completely different effect. I saw a flash of light slowly drifting down from the ghost's body, and the body of the ghost of Anfil XXXIV gradually melted and disappeared, and all that remained in the carriage was the ghost's last, meaningless scream.

The screams of the ghost of Anphil XXXIV resounded through half of the city of Onyx, and the alarmed knights hurried to the Emperor's carriage, and Count Brad Klein, who rushed ahead, jumped off his horse without hesitation and ran to the carriage in which the two princes were riding. The two knights in the carriage managed to stop the frightened horses, and the Count reached out and pulled the carriage door open: Prince Jacco Crane lay on the floor, blood flowing from the gap in the armor around his waist instantly stained the entire carriage floor, while Prince Verdor Crane stared blankly at the dagger in his hand, the blood on which was dripping silently......

The Dungeon Master, Demon Amtils, and his Archmage were staring intently at the crystal ball in front of them. The crystal ball is reflected on the stone bridge in front of the National Assembly.

Several angry Blood Griffin Knights had drawn their swords and seen the corpse of their regimental commander and the dagger in the hand of Prince Verdor Crane. Without hesitation, the faithful knights rushed in the direction of Prince Verdor Klein. Under the eyes of the Archbishop of the Green Leaf Church, Zeni Keamo, the Knights of the Holy Light rushed to Prince Verdor Klein, ready to protect him.

If it weren't for the same iron-faced dragon tooth knights trying their best to block the two sides, I am afraid that there would be a second bloody case today, and it would be at the scene of the first bloody case. Count Brad Klein and Archbishop Zeni Keamo of the Green Leaf Church stepped forward to support the pale prince, and the many lords and ministers behind him gave the prince unshapedly glances. They saw almost the most horrific event since the founding of the Holy Asserr Empire: after the unprecedented assassination of the emperor, there was another incident of slaughter between two princes and the heir to the throne.

Even Earl Brad Klein, who had been honed on the battlefield for a long time, was stunned by what was happening in front of him at this moment. The blind-eyed Prince Jacques Crane lay on the floor of the carriage with his limbs spread out, his bloody griffin knights' armor already stained with blood, and the equally bloodstained sword still clutched in Prince Jacques Crane's hand. There was no need to come forward to visit, and the Count knew that the prince, who was the head of the Knights of the Blood Griffin, had already followed in the footsteps of his father, the assassinated Emperor Anfil XXXIV, and that his murderer was undoubtedly Prince Verdor Crane, the Minister of War who was weak and sitting on the ground.

The carriage that carried the Holy Emperor of Acel, which paraded through the city twice a day in the morning and evening, and the curtains of the carriage carriage, were inlaid with a number of magical gems that had been used to sever the magic of any creature that approached the carriage, invisible, or transformed, and to sever the magical connection between the carriage and the outside world. In other words, even the most powerful magician could not control the people in the carriage through guò magic, and even if the people in the carriage had been controlled by enchantment or some other spell before entering the carriage, the gems on the carriage would remove the magic. Therefore, Prince Verdor Klein had to stab the dagger into his brother's position of his own will, and led to the death of Prince Jacques Crane, one of the three major knights of the Holy Asyr Empire and one of the contenders for the throne.

No one around dared to make a sound at this time, and even the Blood Griffin Knights who saw the corpse of their regimental commander and drew their swords in anger were temporarily stopped by the Earl's subordinates from attacking Prince Verdor Crane. Count Brad Klein looked around. Discover both the ministers and the lords of various places. At this moment, all eyes are on themselves: one prince is killed, and the other prince is the murderer. In this case, the only person who is qualified to call the shots is the head of the Dragon's Tooth Knights, Count Brad Klein, who is also a member of the royal family.

The Count pondered for a moment, then fixed his eyes on Prince Verdor Klein, who was trembling and looking at his brother's corpse in disbelief.

After a slight sigh, the count called out to his superior knight: "Isis!"

"Yes, sir. Although he was not among the knights who protected the carriage, Isis, the superior knight of the Dragon's Tooth Order, led his knights not far from the emperor's carriage in order to ensure the safety of the procession.

"Bring His Royal Highness Prince Verdor Klein to the Imperial Capital Prison. Count Brad Klein quietly gave orders to his subordinates. Then he added: "Isis, you yourself take the knights to guard the gate of the Imperial Capital Prison, and anyone, no matter what kind of knight order they come from, if they try to break in, they will be killed." ”

"Lord Earl, this Imperial Capital Prison ...... Is it possible to make an exception and bring His Royal Highness back to the Palace of the Minister of War, or to the Royal Castle?" interjected Archbishop Zeni Keamo, and many ministers and lords echoed his opinion, after all, it is not a good reputation to put an important minister of the Empire and His Royal Highness in a prison full of murderers and fraudsters, and if it reaches the ears of the people of other countries.

Count Brad Klein frowned. He had also considered this, but the laws of the empire never changed because of the identity of the prisoner: "According to the Amphir Code. Prisoners involved in the killings must remain in prison awaiting trial. Isis, take His Royal Highness the Prince away. ”

Archbishop Zeni Keamo looked at the Blood Griffin Knights, their faces seemed to have an expression of applause in addition to anger and shock, and Baron Wesley Rueda, Minister of State, walked up to the Count: "Isis, send His Royal Highness the Prince in my carriage." Brad, is that okay?"

"Well, that's fine. The Earl agreed with the Chancellor, and Prince Verdor Klein, who was weak, no longer looked able to climb onto his horse. "Lord Bishop, please restrain your Knight of Light, and please send the body of Prince Yagu Klein to the Greenleaf Chapel. ”

"No, how can the body of the head of the regiment be placed in the chapel of the murderer!" one of the Blood Griffin knights roared out without hesitation when he heard the Count's words, and the rest of the Blood Griffin Knights also tried to rush to the carriage in an attempt to take the prince's body with them.

The Count's icy gaze caused the Blood Gryphon Knights to pause their intense movements: "Listen, Blood Griffin Knights. It is fitting that the remains of the members of the Klein family are placed in the Green Leaf Chapel, and the remains of your head of the regiment will be with the Emperor. And you, return to your camp in the North at once, and inform your superior knights to come to the National Assembly. ”

With that, the Count turned and mounted his horse, and galloped away in the direction of the National Assembly, followed in the footsteps of the other ministers and lords present at the scene. Only the archbishop of the Green Leaf Church stared at the earl's back, showing a look of resentment, and after casually instructing the people around him to clean up the body of the dead prince, he jumped on his horse and followed the carriage of the Minister of State who was slowly driving towards the Imperial Capital Prison.

The demon Amtils and the archmage Aqiman were walking down a lighted corridor from the room where they were watching the crystal ball, and after passing through two secret doors there was a corridor covered with a shiny golden carpet, and as for the hidden doors and rooms, which had been designed by the ancestors of the hereditary baron and Minister of State, Wesley Ruda, when they built the mansion, and which even Princess Thealy Crane, the wife of the Minister of State, had never heard of There are still these unknown rooms in her own home.

Princess Sayari Crane was now in her bedroom, having heard that her brother, Prince Argus Crane, had been killed, and that her brother, Prince Verdor Crane, had been imprisoned. Almost within a week, the princess lost her father and brother one after another, plus the previous queen Amiya, and her other brother, Prince Veran Klein, who was killed in a giant riot against the southern part of the Holy Acer Empire, Princess Seary Klein lost almost all of her family in these four years.

"And Verdor, he must not be allowed to ......," the princess thought quietly. Her brother was a descendant of a great monarch, and although her younger brother, Prince Yagu Crane, was also eligible to inherit the throne, Princess Sayarily Crane always felt that her older brother, Prince Verdor Crane, was the best person to rule the Holy Asser Empire.

The princess's idea is not necessarily unreasonable. The eldest son of Emperor Anfil XXXIV was six years older than his sister, Princess Sayali Klein, while Prince Yagu Klein was born two years later than the princess. Eight years ago, Prince Verdor Klein entered the National Assembly as a knight of the Knights of the Light, and then ascended to the position of Minister of War, and his exploits in the Knights of the Light may have been forgotten by many people, but the Church of Greenleaf and the Knights of the Light have become loyal supporters of Prince Verdor Crane. Compared to his brother, Prince Yagu Klein did not stop at the rank of the upper knights, but eventually became the head of the Blood Griffin Knights in his own position, which led Princess Sayari Klein to think that Prince Verdor Crane, who had long sat in the national parliament and consulted with his father and two other ministers, was more suitable to become the emperor of the Holy Aserr Empire than his younger brother, who only knew how to charge on the battlefield.

Princess Sayari was well aware of the situation, and the panicked maiden, the bewildered knight, and her solemn-looking husband each described the situation in detail to her. There is no doubt that Prince Verdor Klein was the murderer of his brother on the spot, so whatever his motives, Prince Verdor will face trial and consequences in the national parliament. The worst consequence is that the prince is convicted, and the laws of the Holy Asserian Empire have only one punishment for the crime of intentional homicide, which is the death penalty.

Thinking of this, the princess realized that she couldn't stay here anymore, and she felt that she had to do something for her brother," Tina. The princess exclaimed.

A girl pushed open the door to the room. The girl looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, her light brown eyes that showed the exact opposite of the princess's sorrow, and the lady's dress indicated her status, except that her bracelet seemed more suitable for the princess's hand. (To be continued......)