"Kroll, what are you going to do when you meet His Majesty the King tomorrow?"

In the room, the five people who had a conflict with Roning gathered together and were discussing the next countermeasures.

After being treated by the court doctor, Cross, who had broken ribs, showed significant improvement in his condition, but he was still lying in bed resting and did not get out of bed.

"What are you afraid of?"

He was not worried at all: "We didn't spread those rumors about Ronin out of thin air, so he can't sue us for slander. Besides, I am also the nephew of His Majesty the King, and we all have the blood of the House of Alduin flowing in our bodies. Are you still afraid that His Majesty will favor the son of a declining marquisate?"

Facundo touched his nose and smiled awkwardly, "No one in my Fleming family has Alduin's blood in their bodies."

"Oh, what are you afraid of?"

The one who spoke was Sally, who already had a close relationship with Facundo of Screaming Island.

"The Fleming family is a magic family, and your grandfather is a great magician, much more powerful than the Wushan family."

The Marquis is a great nobleman, but sometimes it is not just because of his high title that others are afraid of him.

Take the Fleming family of Howling Island for example. Although they are a family of earls, their strength is not inferior to that of Wushan Castle, so naturally they have no fear at all.

"You don't have to worry either."

Cross said, "I have asked my knights to contact my uncle Hamand outside the palace. He will meet His Majesty with us tomorrow. Haha, I was injured and I haven't even had the chance to ask for compensation, but that Ronin asked for 50,000 gold coins. How can such a good thing happen in this world?"

They all thought that His Majesty the King would summon both of them tomorrow, but they didn't expect that Bruno would not wait until tomorrow, and did not even delay for a few hours.

More than half an hour later, both parties gathered in the Hall of Alduin.

At this moment, Tom and David, who were carried in and sitting on soft chairs, were excited.

This time, following the lord on his trip, they not only saw the prosperous royal capital, but also had the honor of entering the Golden Feather Palace. Now they have come to the Hall of Alduin, which ordinary people cannot enter.

This is a glorious moment in their lives, even though they are injured.

"Okay, little ones, tell us your stories."

His Majesty Bruno sat on the throne, looking at the group of people below with a smile. They were all very young.

His eyes fell on Cross, who was also lying on the soft chair.

"Cross, you go first."

Cross saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, the story is very simple. My friends and I just said a few words about Ronin, and two of his followers came forward to accuse and insult us. In order to protect the dignity of our family, we taught them a lesson. But I didn't expect Ronin to hurt my knight, and even broke two of my ribs!"

“Your Majesty, they are lying!!”

Tom and David were anxious. They were so excited facing the king that their voices trembled.

Such performance could not help but make the other noble young masters and young ladies secretly laugh at him, thinking that he was indeed an ignorant person who had never seen the world.

"Don't be impatient, speak slowly." Luo Ning said.

His voice was like a shot of adrenaline, easing the panic of the two.

"Your Majesty, we happened to hear them insulting Lord Ronin as a waste and a disgrace to the nobility. We were about to step forward to stop them when Cross and Facundo each kicked us in the ribs, breaking them!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, we didn't even have the chance to accuse and insult these nobles and ladies. Cross, as the eldest grandson of the Principality of Vera, actually framed us. It really brought shame to the Vera family!"

"Are you worthy of being framed by us?"

The speaker was Melanie, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Ferencburg. She was Bruno's niece and had a marriage relationship with Cross.

"We are noble aristocrats with the blood of Alduin flowing in our veins, while you are lowly commoners. Under normal circumstances, we would not even look at you, let alone come to frame you."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I think these people are here to cause trouble."

"And we didn't deliberately spread rumors to slander Roning. The things we said were things he had done in the past."

"He even forced a noble lady to have sex with him, causing her to commit suicide. Such a person is not worthy of being a noble!"

They started arguing with each other, and a war of accusations and insults against Roning began again.

Luo Ning laughed in his heart. Even though the nobles were polite and respectful on weekdays, once they were angered, they would curse and spit everywhere, no different from the common people.

It was really difficult for Tom and David, kids from the mountains who had never seen the world. They were insulted and accused by this group of nobles, and they got so angry that their faces turned red, but they couldn't say a word for a long time.

The solemn Hall of Alduin became extremely chaotic.

"alright!"

After the quarrel continued for a while, Bruno finally spoke up to stop the farce.

He looked at Ronin: "Everyone has expressed their opinions. What about you, Ronin? Do you have anything to say?"

To be honest, if it was just this kind of accusation, his way of dealing with it would at most be to give both sides a slap on the wrist. He would neither help Cross nor deliberately favor Ronin.

Ronin saluted Bruno, then turned to Cross: "I only have four questions for you. First, who was the first to attack and injure my followers? Second, who killed my followers when they were powerless to resist? Third, who took the initiative to attack me? Fourth, who saw that he couldn't win, so he called a group of people to beat me up?"

As each of his questions came to mind, a picture appeared in Cross's mind.

In the picture, that person was actually him.

"So what if it's all me?"

Luo Ning also knew that such accusations and questionings were a very troublesome thing, after all, there was neither a camera nor a recorder.

He needed to escalate the conflict, preferably by dragging the king, who was acting as the referee, into the conflict.

"Your Majesty, I want to duel with Kroos, not only for myself and the Wushan family, but also for your Majesty and the late Klinsmann."

Bruno was stunned. How could he be involved in such a small conflict?

It would be fine if they just implicated him, but why did they even bring up his dead father? When Klinsmann died, the oldest of these guys was only four or five years old.

"Luo Ning, this is not something you say casually."

Ronin explained, "Cross said that the Wushan family was able to join the ranks of marquises because His Majesty Klinsmann was moved by my grandfather's serious injury and the pain of losing his son, so he gave them the title of marquis. When they said this, they were questioning the fairness of the Alduin royal family. After all, any professional knight knows that the only way to become a noble is to rely on unwavering loyalty and fruitful military exploits."

"More importantly, their tone at the time revealed disdain and doubt towards Klinsmann."

"Nonsense!" Cross roared angrily.

The people around him were also anxious. They didn't expect Luo Ning to say such words.

God bless them, they never showed any disdain or doubt towards His Majesty Klinsmann.

"Cross, just tell me whether you said this or not?"

Roning said calmly, "Oh, by the way, I remember the latter sentence was said by Lord Facundo of Screaming Island, but you stood up for him later."

Bruno frowned and looked at Facundo: "Do you really think so?"

Facundo was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and he knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, I..."

He was about to deny it, but he seemed to have really said this, and he was not sure if there were other outsiders present at the time.

If he insisted now that he had never said it and was exposed later, it would mean that he had deceived His Majesty the King, which was different from slandering Ronin's two followers.

"Your Majesty, I said this, but I never showed any disdain or doubt towards Your Majesty Klinsmann. This is a slander by Ronin!"

Luo Ning followed up, "Your Majesty, there are many doubts about my past. For example, Selina committed suicide. I was drunk that night and passed out. You know, that thing is useless for a drunk man."

Bruno gave him a look that indicated he didn't know.

Blanche, who was sitting next to him, also understood. Although she felt a little embarrassed, she still cared about this matter. After all, if this matter was true, she would still have some regrets and resentment in her heart.

"In my opinion, it is more likely that someone wants to use her death to solidify my reputation as a loser, and through a series of manipulations, deprive my eldest grandson of his right to inherit the throne."

Blanche tilted her head and thought about it. It seemed that this possibility was very high, and the regret and resentment in her heart faded a lot.

Bruno nodded secretly in his heart, but said: "Ronin, we are talking about a conflict now, not your personal matter."

It's not a glorious private matter, and it's not a good thing to talk about it too much.

“These two things are connected.”

Ronin explained, "If there are too many rumors about me, people who hear them will think that I am just that kind of person and will no longer pay attention to the truth. Similarly, if Facundo's words are spread and widely circulated, the knights and even nobles of the kingdom may also believe that they can obtain the title by playing the victim and gaining the sympathy of His Majesty the King."

"Once this mentality spreads, how many knights and nobles will be destroyed in their loyalty to His Majesty? Once people start to think this way, the Kingdom of Alduin will lose a large number of capable knights and gain many misery sellers and performers. How will we face our powerful enemy, the Kingdom of Tricia?"

He said, looking at His Majesty the King: "Don't think that they are just slandering the Wushan family. In fact, they are endangering your rule and the foundation of the kingdom!"

Ronin took a deep breath and said seriously: "So, for you and for the Kingdom of Alduin, I must draw my sword against them and stop the spread of their words!"

Krodo was speechless and Facundo was sweating profusely.

Could a word they said casually really have such great power?

What Roning said was a bit far-fetched, and the power was not as serious as he described.

But if you analyze it carefully, it seems to make some sense.

Bruno had a thoughtful expression on his face.

What he wanted most in his life was to destroy the Kingdom of Tricia and establish the Empire of Alduin.

Therefore, he needed many knights to serve him and fight for him.

Although what Luo Ning said might be exaggerated and might be intended to drag others into trouble, he would still take it seriously as long as there was a slight possibility.

Moreover, he had intended to side with Roning in this conflict, but he had no reasonable reason.

Now, here comes the reasonable reason.

Bruno looked at the Minister of Justice standing beside him and said, "Texas, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

The Minister of Justice who was called in was in a dilemma. They were still in the stage of blaming each other. It seemed that Roning had won, but it was difficult for him to judge the children of the opposing families.

"Your Majesty, this conflict..."

"No, I'm not talking about this conflict."

Bruno interrupted him, "Instead, they questioned the legality of the previous king's ennobling of the Wushan family as marquisates and spread false information."

(End of this chapter)