Chapter 63
"You. Also. Know." Auston gritted his teeth, and spoke fiercely with every word.
He randomly slashed at the young man in front of him with his sword and asked angrily, "You know! Everyone I trust knows! I am the only outsider, the fool you guys played around with!!"
Since Her Majesty the Queen has conquered the Golden Knights and the Palace Mage Guard, she has completely controlled the human army and naturally has the confidence to curb the power of the aristocracy.
As laws were promulgated one after another, nobles who used to do whatever they wanted and even traded with foreign races were greatly restricted. Most families hoped that the position would be replaced as soon as possible, so in the past few years, many people have tried to lobby His Royal Highness indirectly.
Austin's father, the third prince's maternal family, came to him more frequently. His family originally had a prominent hereditary earl status, but ever since that vicious woman Felicia came to power, they have fallen to the point where they can barely maintain the cost of repairing the manor!
They knew the reason for the suppression, and a noble had kindly reminded them of the truth behind the death of the third prince. Under their guidance, they guessed the mastermind behind the successive deaths of the royal family... but they dared not make it public! After a complete fall-out, that woman would definitely kill them directly!
It was not until Austin, who was of their family blood, graduated and could naturally take over the glory and status that should have belonged to him, that the family began to frequently persuade him to force the queen to give up the throne.
Auston had been prejudiced against his father since he was a child, and he never liked him after coming into contact with the family behind him.
Recently, Auston had been so annoyed that he would quickly avoid those old faces when he saw them. He was even looking at a map, wondering where to go when he ran away from home for the second time.
The third prince's family had endured for so many years and finally couldn't bear it anymore. They stood guard at the castle gate day and night, and finally someone came and told Austin about his mother's past vicious deeds!
Telling the story as if she were the victim, what Auston heard was that his mother had married into the royal family with great ambition, and joined forces with the Lancaster family to kill all the heirs in line to the throne!
Auston didn't want to believe these words, but he had just understood the Queen's dislike for him as a precaution...
Austin felt that his relatives were right about his mother holding on to that position tightly and unwilling to let go, and that she had ambitions. Besides... he had always been puzzled as to why his mother had never been willing to return to her family, but had such a close relationship with the Lancaster family.
Auston previously thought that his mother disliked the greedy and useless people in her family, but his relatives' words made him think of another possibility - because his mother and Aunt Amber were allies, they were rebels! That's why they could rely on and trust each other!
After locking himself up for a day without eating or drinking, Auston went to the queen with a glimmer of hope, "Mother."
At the work desk, Felicia looked at her son, her face still expressionless. For some reason, he seemed to have grown a lot after just a few days of not seeing him.
"Are you worried about something?" The queen asked directly when she saw his cowardly and hesitant look.
Auston clenched his fists, looked up at her, his eyes bloodshot, "The bloodline of the Kent royal family has died one after another. Is it related to you?"
Felicia paused and narrowed her eyes, her gaze like a sharp sword. "Where did you hear that?"
“Why don’t you deny it first…” Auston looked into his mother’s eyes stubbornly under the extremely oppressive aura—Answer me quickly… The deaths of dozens of people in the royal family, my blood relatives, my father, have nothing to do with you!!
Felicia knew that lying was the right way to deal with it, but she only sneered, “If it has anything to do with me, are you going to help those scum get revenge?”
Auston's breath was choked, and he stumbled away. He just wanted to leave this cold space as soon as possible, without even asking why? No need to ask... Of course it was because of ambition!
In the room where the queen was alone, Felicia had a cold expression, and she didn't seem to be worried about her son's mood at all. "Valentin, follow him and see who he has contact with."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The knight walked out of the hidden compartment and left.
Not knowing what to do or where to go, Auston stepped into Lancaster Manor without thinking, a place where he felt most relaxed and at ease since he was a child...
It wasn't until he saw his good friend who was loved by everyone and treated gently by his mother that Auston's pent-up emotions finally exploded.
At this moment, facing Auston's questioning, Elphis sighed, "I'm sorry, but if this matter is exposed, the situation will be very complicated, so I didn't tell you."
Having vented his anger just now, Auston did not take any further action. The two good friends stood very close to each other, yet there was still a huge gap between them.
The green-eyed young man lowered his eyes, his expression wooden, as if he was talking to himself: "I actually... regarded the enemies who exterminated my clan as my family, and their children as my best friends..."
Elphis only felt guilty for hiding the grudges of the previous generation from his best friend. He did not feel sorry for the near-extinction of the royal family. He even felt that his family was doing good deeds by participating in the murder of those royal family members who were addicted to pleasure and bullying others, and that Her Majesty the Queen was the most qualified monarch of the human race in the past thousand years.
"Auston, are you willing to listen to my story about your mother? You are a righteous and kind person, different from other people in the royal family. I don't expect you to forgive us, but I hope you can understand Aunt Felicia's feelings and not hate her too much..."
He didn't know where his friend heard this secret from, but it wasn't from one of his own people, so what the outsider said must not be the whole truth. He didn't want Austin to be used as a gun.
The sun set and the sky darkened. After listening to the past events, Auston's heart was also shrouded in a shadow.
No wonder… No wonder his mother rarely looked at him straight in the eye, and sometimes even showed disgust—because she hated him! She hated this face!
Auston had just begun to hate everyone, but now he felt at a loss...
Just as Al said, Auston is a righteous man. Because Auston doesn't like the actions of the royal elders, he thinks that there is nothing wrong with his mother and Aunt Amber's counterattack. If these things happened in other people's homes, he would even feel very happy!
But the dead were all his loved ones, so he didn't know what to do...
Should he continue to hate her? But his mother still carries a painful past and is a more qualified monarch than his people. He doesn't seem to have the right to hate her.
His Royal Highness suffered the first major blow in his life. He did not learn to be strong throughout the whole day, and his fragile emotions were clearly revealed on his face.
Elphis hesitated for a moment, but still tentatively moved closer and hugged him, lending his shoulder to his brother to cry on.
After being comforted silently, Auston couldn't hold back his tears anymore. The young man in his twenties hugged his friend and cried bitterly.
After a long while, and having cried his heart out, his mind became clear, and His Royal Highness finally saw clearly what had made him most sad all day -
His most adored mother… “She never expected me to be born, and she never loved me any more.”
The previous sentence is true, but... "The future is in your own hands. Otherwise, you will always dye your hair black in the future?"
Auston turned to look at him in confusion: "?"
Elphis gave his friend some serious advice, "You see, His Majesty is much more patient with Sister Chloe. You are unlucky to have inherited your father's looks, so you should try to cover it up. You can change the color of your hair and grow a beard to cover half of your face. Then His Majesty will not be so angry when he sees you next time."
"..." Auston was speechless. What a bad idea! What was outrageous was that he actually wanted to try it!
After being "comforted" by his friend for a while, Auston felt a little relieved.
Although they reconciled, Austin was not so careless as to ignore such a big thing and get along with his elders as before, so he left the royal city again and traveled far away to relax.
Elphis told his aunt about this, and Amber breathed a sigh of relief. In the past, they were always worried that Auston would turn against them after knowing the truth. "It's great that the child thinks this way."
"It's good for him to travel and relax. His Majesty will probably send knights to protect him secretly, so there's no need to worry about him getting into danger."
Although Felicia didn't want to see the child, she knew in her heart that he was innocent and kind-hearted, and she would not really leave her son to fend for himself.
Elphis only cared about his friend's mental health. He didn't care who leaked the secret to him or what happened to him. He just did his own thing step by step.
Until one day when I went to the Vatican, the bishop reminded me of something——
"Near the abyss, three humans were found dead in strange circumstances. According to the intelligence they sent us, the bodies looked... similar to Daniel."
"Since His Majesty has taken care of the paperwork, I can leave without any worries to investigate this matter. Good boy, you must pay attention to your safety."
The young man pondered for a moment, then took the initiative to take over the investigation. With his eloquence, he once again successfully achieved his goal.
Of course, the main reason is that he has a divine seal on him. If the murderer is really the dark race that attacked Daniel, it must be a one-way trip if the divine seal is touched! It can also be regarded as revenge for the deaths of multiple candidates.
After waiting for two days, Winster had a long vacation. He was very happy that his brother was willing to wait for him to travel together, but - it would be better if there were no two annoying close knights.
The abyss zone is located on the western edge of the continent. Even with the teleportation array and horses, it takes a month to get there.
At night, in the hotel.
Elphis looked helplessly at his brother who was about to sleep on the floor in his room. The boy was afraid that he would be like Daniel, who would be attacked when he was alone in the room and no one would notice, so he insisted on living in the same room with him.
"You should sleep in the same bed with me. This bed is quite big."
"Okay, thank you brother." Winster smiled obediently.
Ai Er tilted his head to look at him, unable to understand his excessive worry, "I have a divine seal on me, so even if the god of magic comes, I can still delay it for a while."
Winster pursed his lips. He just didn't want to be a person who was taken out for fun. He wanted to do more to prove to his brother that he was no longer a child who needed to be coaxed and pampered, but a reliable adult.
But he was too embarrassed to say his true thoughts. Winston had just made up a reason to explain his clinginess, but as soon as he opened his lips, his expression changed in the blink of an eye -
Samuel threw away the bedding he was changing with, turned around and looked coldly at the silver-haired young man who was sitting comfortably at the table eating cakes, "Do you like the seal left by the God of Light so much?"
Hearing the slightly sarcastic words, Al was slightly surprised, "Why are you out again?"
The Lord God looked at the disrespectful little believer with a sinister look, "What do you mean? Don't want to see me?"
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