"Haha~! I won't forget, I won't forget~!"
Bang--!
Just when Finau was immersed in the land of joy, the gate was suddenly kicked open and a group of knights rushed in.
"ah--!"
"ah!"
The women who were dressed up in fancy clothes immediately ran away in fear and hid in the corner of the room.
“What! Who are you—?!”
"Huh! Vernot Bart?"
A knight captain asked coldly.
"I am, wait! You are the Guardian Knights?! What are you trying to do by breaking into my mansion?!"
"What for? To arrest you, of course! Take you away—!"
Two knights immediately rushed forward and grabbed him.
"Wait! What are you doing?! Stop it right now! I'm the Earl! I'm the commander of the guard! The Third Prince is behind me! Let me go! You can't do this to me! I want to see the Third Prince!"
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Let's go!"
The knights took Verno Bart out of the room without even glancing at anyone else in the room.
After leaving the room, Finau was still yelling.
Many guards in the mansion turned their heads away when they saw this scene and pretended not to see it.
This made Finno completely furious.
"You bunch of losers, what are you still standing there for! Your master is about to be captured!"
However, the guards lowered their heads even lower and muttered something in their hearts.
Can't see me, can't see me...
Are you kidding? The Garrison Knights are the most elite troops in the empire. Even though there are less than twenty of them now, all these guards are just serving as food delivery.
Although they were guards, they were only paid. If it were thieves or other people, it would be fine. After all, there would be rewards for stopping thieves, and if they were killed, their families would also receive pensions. But the Garrison Knights represented the face of the royal family. If you stopped them, you would be lucky to survive! And no matter whether you survived or not, you would be held accountable afterwards.
The consequence of this is that none of the guards dare to step forward to stop it.
And Verno Bart could only be taken away by the knights with a look of despair on his face.
... ...
... ...
Many days have passed since the battle at the abandoned church.
Through Alicia, Hulim also learned a lot about the follow-up of that incident.
In addition to the intelligence that Hulim accidentally found at that time, the knights found more evidence underground that the underground organization colluded with many nobles to commit crimes.
With this evidence, the Knights arrested a group of nobles, and then obtained more information from these nobles, implicating more illegal organizations and a large number of nobles.
Among these captured nobles, the majority were members of the Third Prince's faction, because Finau was one of the core members of the faction and an important funder. Of course, these funds were also confirmed to be illegal income, so he possessed a large amount of information that was unfavorable to the faction.
The result was that the entire Third Prince faction suffered a major blow.
It is said that the number of people whose titles were revoked reached double digits, and the number of people who received various punishments was even greater.
Although the factions of other candidates were trying to take advantage of the situation, the reason why things went so smoothly was that the third prince recruited too many nobles with bad reputations.
In short, after this incident, the Third Prince's faction could only temporarily withdraw from the fight for the throne and rest up.
In addition, this incident also brought an unexpected benefit to Hulim.
That is, Delgette's tea party has been suspended indefinitely, which means that it is highly likely that no one will come to cause trouble for no reason in the future.
It's a happy thing.
But the happiness didn't last long, because someone came to find Hulim...
"...Delgette, what do you want from me?"
The once proud girl in front of him had lost her former aura. Although the Balorian family had been spared various punishments due to their strong background, as the leader of the faction, they were inevitably greatly impacted by such a big problem in the faction.
"Hulim... I know you have a lot of complaints about us... and most of the problems were caused by us. I apologize for this."
"Apology...except for this."
"I also want to thank you."
"Thank you for saving Lucy, Harley and the others!"
“… …”
The people who were rescued didn't come to thank you, but you, the most honorable leader, came to thank them on their behalf. For a moment, I really didn't know whether to accept the thanks or not...
"...Delgette, you really are thinking about those people... Is it worth it?"
Delgette shook her head and replied calmly and seriously, "This isn't a question of worthiness, but rather a responsibility as a superior."
“… …”
The responsibility of those in power...
No... ...
As expected——
Delgette, you are still the same arrogant person from the inside out.
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It was the third night after the abandoned church incident.
“… …”
"I've said it before, that Morga guy is an idiot."
Two men in black robes stood on a rooftop near the abandoned church. Their bodies seemed to blend completely into the night. If they hadn't spoken, no one would have noticed that there were two people standing there.
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