The next morning...
Sean was woken up by Frelia, who said that someone was waiting for him outside and they were the emperor's guards.
"Where are they inviting me to go?"
"He should be someone sent by Emperor Sel. With such a big thing happening yesterday, he would definitely ask you to go over and ensure your safety... Do you want me to wake up Lucille?" Frelia said hurriedly.
"Um."
Watch the other person run into the next room.
Last night, just as he was about to examine the characters on the pillars in the library, Rachel arrived, interrupting his magic. She had come to protect him, because the pirate leader he had brought with him was reportedly assassinated in his cell, and the entire cell was set on fire! Even Sean couldn't believe her audacity.
You have to know that this is the capital of the Kserk Empire, the power center of the entire country, and there are people who are causing trouble in such a place.
Wouldn't that be a slap in the face of Emperor Sel? Besides, a foreign prince like himself was still here... According to the dignity of a country, it was equivalent to making a fool of oneself in front of other countries. So that night, Sean didn't ask any more questions and just acquiesced to Rachel's way of bringing people to protect him.
Until the next day, probably because of the shift change, or maybe he went to report to Emperor Sel, anyway, when I woke up in the morning, he was gone.
A moment later Frelia came out of Lucille's room, but the other party did not follow her.
"No one's here?"
Frelia shook her head.
"Forget it, don't worry. She should have gone to help Rachel. Let's go over there." After all, it was Emperor Sel who invited him over, so he had to give him some face.
"Sean..." Frelia paused, as if considering something before speaking. "Although I shouldn't say this, your mentor often hangs around in the palace of Kserk. I'm worried she might be discovered and it could be detrimental to you, especially after something like this happened."
"That doesn't matter."
Sean looked at Frelia's serious expression and knew that she was worried that Lucille would be discovered one day because she kept running around in the palace. Moreover, what happened yesterday would not be good for him if the matter was investigated.
"I'm reminding you!"
Sean's casual remark provoked a stern response from Frelia.
Looking at the other person, who was also looking at her seriously, Frelia finally sighed.
"I just don't want anything to happen to you... You know these private struggles are always a life-and-death struggle..."
Frelia grew up in the wizard organization of the prince of Bashalan. She was probably accustomed to this kind of inter-factional struggle since she was a child. When she heard yesterday that Rocks was assassinated, she immediately thought that it was done by Kselk's own people. Perhaps it involved the nobles who opposed the regime of Emperor Sel. It is estimated that the authorities of the entire country were involved with the pirates or free men, so the entire prison was burned down in order to silence them.
As an outsider, Sean didn't have many opportunities to take action. He just had to watch from the sidelines and it was best not to get involved too much...
"I understand." He stroked the other person's hair.
In fact, Frelia didn't quite understand the relationship between Lucille and Rachel. She was the first older sister she met after leaving the merchant ship, so Sean guessed that she would definitely go to help.
It can't be stopped.
Unless he revealed his identity and said that he was her mentor back then, no one would believe him. Moreover, Sean couldn't imagine what consequences would be caused by breaking the laws of time and space. Even if he used the power of the ancient gods to eliminate the threat, Sean didn't want the laws of nature to be broken.
"I'll tell her."
"That's good!"
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The two followed the soldiers who came to invite them and walked towards the palace hall of Kselke.
Almost all the officials and nobles who could enter the hall gathered here, and there were much more of them than the last time Sean came here.
And everyone greeted me warmly after seeing me come in...
"Your Highness Prince Sean, I finally meet you."
"I'm sorry! I gave you some unpleasant memories yesterday."
"Your Highness, please keep your faith in us. We will definitely catch those criminals..."
Sean didn't recognize any of them, but they were very polite to him. He walked directly to the seat on the same stage with Emperor Serre, with Princess Nova and Prince Lieta beside him.
"Brother Sean, did you have a good rest yesterday? I'm really sorry to disturb you with such a big thing." After all, it is the face of the royal family. It would be a huge loss of face to wake up the princes of other countries just to fail to catch a criminal.
"It's okay, I just had insomnia at the time."
Sean could only hide his anger with a smile, but Emperor Sel on the other side looked really angry, and judging from his attitude today, he was ready to cause trouble for everyone present.
"Tell me what the results of the investigation are. You... General Braden, you go first."
The person being pointed out walked out from the trembling crowd.
Sean looked at the thirty or so ministers and nobles in front of him, all of whom had negative emotions such as "nervousness" and "worry" hanging on their heads.
"We're already investigating!"
After holding it in for a long time, the general only said this one sentence.
Touch~
The chair next to it was smashed with a loud noise, and the ordinary officials below were startled.
"This is outside the imperial city. Do you mean that all my soldiers and all my deployments are useless?" Emperor Sel seemed very angry.
"No... Your Majesty, I mean." There is no excuse, and I can't find any excuse.
It was obvious that this incident happened so hastily that even the Imperial City's guards did not react in time, but the person who was able to kill the imperial prisoners in front of so many troops must be of high status.
Sean subconsciously glanced at all the ministers in front of him. Although most of them had greeted him warmly, not many of them had a truly friendly impression or above. Most of them were neutral. When watching General Braden being scolded, some even showed a look of gloating.
This is conscious!
It seems that the complexity of the power arena in this country is even greater than I imagined. There are many people who appear peaceful on the surface but are actually mutually exclusive and scheming against each other in secret.
"Enough! According to the previously planned day, the great pirate Rocks should have been beheaded today, but he died in prison the night before. What does this mean..." Emperor Sel was still very angry.
No one dared to respond, and no one was willing to stand up.
At this time, everyone knows that whoever stands out may become the target of criticism, so just wait to be named, at least there is still a sense of luck.
"Duke Festus, what do you think?"
I ordered another one...
The man stood out from the front of the crowd.
"His Majesty."
"I think you're in charge of the prison management."
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