When Louis started causing riots.

The Tino City Prison was still shrouded in gloom.

Snow, the former director of the waste treatment plant, was lying in the corner of the prison like a useless person.

The sound of a cane hitting the ground made him slowly raise his head.

What came into view was the Marquis of York standing outside the iron prison.

"Good day, Lord York. Which unfortunate death row prisoner has brought you here today?"

The Marquis of York looked at him quietly and sighed heavily: "You will be taken to the guillotine tomorrow. Do you have anything else to say?"

Snow rolled his eyes in dismay and said with a smile: "Haven't you already used the truth serum?"

The Marquis of York leaned on his cane with both hands, snorted coldly and said:

"Today, a gentleman gave me a lesson. He told me that there are some things that can be taken out of context but still be justified, and that you can call a horse a zebra but still make people believe it."

Snow was a little surprised and said, "At your level, there are still people who dare to teach you?"

The Marquis of York shook his head: "So you don't have anything to tell me?"

"there is none left."

"Humph, you're just being stubborn. You deserve this fate."

There was a sound of a cane hitting the ground outside the iron prison.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and the Marquis of York sighed:

"Forget it. I didn't expect you to explain."

Snow patted his belly and said with a smile: "Then why are you here?"

"I just had to work overtime today, so I bought myself a cake."

Snow in the cell was stunned and slowly raised his head:

"cake?"

With a whoosh, a cardboard bag fell in front of Snow.

Snow stared at the cake in the paper bag that was still emitting a faint coolness, and grinned: "So Lord York, you still remember my birthday?"

Snow took out the cake from the paper bag and took a bite: "It's quite delicious. I remember you asked me to share your piece of cake on my birthday. Do you want me to share another piece with you?"

That was 20 years ago.

At that time, Snow had just joined the City Lord's Mansion not long ago and received his first salary, which happened to be his birthday.

It is not easy for people from outside the city to come to the imperial capital to work, and it is also full of difficulties to join the Marquis of York as an ordinary operator.

The joy of successfully taking root and the happiness of his birthday made him take out money to buy a cake.

After get off work at noon, he was hiding in a corner to eat secretly when he met the then Marquis of York.

At that time, Snow had not met his boss yet, but seeing that the middle-aged man was staring at the cake in his hand, he was in a good mood and cut a piece of cake that he had not touched and handed it to him.

——Later he found out that the man was the Marquis of York, whose name he had long heard of.

Who would have thought that time flies so fast, and when he was eating cake again, he was already in and out of prison.

The Marquis of York said calmly, "Because today is my birthday too."

Snow, who was eating cake, stopped, a look of realization and a trace of undetectable sadness appeared on his face.

“It’s a pity that I won’t be able to eat it anymore.”

Snow lowered his head: "There are plenty of cakes."

"That's different."

Snow ate the cake slowly: "Really?"

"I should go and say goodnight, Snow."

The sound of the cane faded away, the smile on Snow's face gradually disappeared, his eyes became dark and unclear, and finally he sighed tiredly.

He said in a deep voice, "When there was no way to dispose of the waste at the treatment plant, I sought out the mage who 'helped' me. Or rather, he took the initiative to seek me out."

"I accepted his advice because I really wanted to eliminate the impact of waste."

"And I hope to get more help from him."

The sound of the cane gradually faded away and stopped. When Snow came to his senses, the Marquis of York was standing in front of him again.

The Marquis of York said, "What is this condition? Why did you hide it when you took the truth serum?"

"Because it has nothing to do with the waste treatment plant. It's just my personal appeal."

"Lord York, have you ever heard of the Book of the Dead?"

"The Book of the Dead by the necromancy magic king Sandro?"

"No, it's the New Book of the Dead that was improved by another mad king Rudelson in later generations."

"The one who claims that 'physical death leads to spiritual immortality'? What does this have to do with you?"

"It didn't matter at first, but then it did. I saw that wizard resurrect the dead."

“…”

Snow said in a hoarse voice: "My father had just passed away not long ago. For my own selfish reasons, I agreed to his proposal."

"Foolish, don't you know that without the protection of God, the souls who go to the underworld will never come back?"

"...I know, I know! But I just want to take a gamble, just like I bet that I can handle the waste."

The Marquis of York was so angry that his body was shaking, and the head of his cane was crushed by him.

Snow said in despair: "Lord York, if I were to let you go back to 20 years ago and I were still an ordinary person who was not corrupted by greed, would you still eat the cake I handed over?"

"There aren't so many ifs."

"Yeah, so I'm going to the guillotine."

…

When the Marquis of York left the iron cage, he looked at the armored man standing in the shadow with a complicated expression.

"Your Highness Louis, is this also within your expectations?"

"Call me Gaius Julius Caesar."

Perhaps after listening to the entire conversation between the two, Louis felt that it would be inappropriate to continue teasing them, so he took off his helmet, revealed his true face and said:

"I am only an honorary prince without real power. It is thanks to you, Marquis of York, that I was able to extract useful information from Snow."

Louis paused and said curiously:

"So today really is your birthday?"

"Um."

Louis asked curiously: "Then that cake back then..."

"Your Highness Louis, the higher a fruit tree aspires to be, the greater the shadow it casts, and there will be wild monkeys climbing on it to pick the fruit... So, that cake is different."

The succubus's perception of human emotions told him that what the Marquis of York said was true.

As for the Marquis of York, it's all acting or something like that...

If even the succubus's blood instinct to see into people's hearts could be deceived, then the Marquis of York must be too terrifying.

It was at this time that the Marquis of York looked at Louis:

"Your Highness Louis, the commotion you caused yesterday was too great."

Louis denied it flatly: "This was done by Caesar, what does it have to do with me?"

Cut!

Cut at the speed of light! The Marquis of York just smiled and said nothing.

When public opinion broke out, he sent people to investigate.

What is the true identity of the adventurer Caesar? Which caravan did Grace register with when she entered the city?

He soon found out and deduced the connection between Louis and Grace.

His intuition told him that every move behind this war of public opinion was a calculation.

Louis fell into deep thought.

The Shi Jinquan incident in his previous life caused a huge sensation. After the truth came out, many people also accused him of taking advantage of the kindness of netizens.

Shi Jinquan himself also under tremendous pressure.

However, Louis helped Grace out of convenience, and even induced adventurers to go to Dragon Bone Grassland, all in order to conceal the truth.

Even Alice didn't know his real plan.

"Then the next step is the final preparation."

(End of this chapter)