Chapter 22
Aghast, the Empress glared at the necklace.
How could that be in the hands of the Duke? She couldn’t believe her eyes. Everything was falling apart in her perfectly designed scheme. She believed that the prickly Duke of Reinhardt had finally been put to eternal sleep.
She thought the Duke of Reinhardt was a great threat to the Imperial family. The knights under him had been the royal family’s armed forces for decades. He even owned half of the candidates of the Swordmasters. If Ian had a bad heart, he wouldn’t have been able to predict the winner.
The Empress of Iassa was blinded by Ian’s influence.
Then, the Emperor fell into a terrible sickness while the Empress came to rule the country. She had been enjoying this power for a long time.
“…….”
This was the perfect plan.
Well, at least, it used to be.
Oscar seized her elbow as the Empress stumbled and fell when the reality became vivid in her mind.
She cried out.
“C-Crown Prince…!”
“Mother, calm down and compose yourself.”
Oscar’s low mellow voice reached her.
That’s right, she shouldn’t just back away like that.
She screamed.
“Don’t speak nonsense! A-Are you just going to stand around?! Get that criminal on the ground this instant!”
But there was no one who dared to face him off.
The lowly guards hesitated, while impatience grew in the hall.
“There are only two men in the world who possess the tears of a dragon. I’ve heard that one was carried by the Duke.”
“His crime of treason is not really true, is it?”
“What is going on……?”
The nobles began to be swayed by Ian’s calm attitude.
The Empress roared.
quiet, you
was due to those
at
down once it disappears! I will break it to
arouse the suspicion of the nobility…….so it should be done after the execution
panic-stricken Empress seemed to
Oscar was one step
about to shove past him, he
it was Oscar’s turn to help Ian.
soft voice echoed through the central hall.
“Yes, Your Royal Highness, the Crown Prince.”
“Are the tears of a
held out his necklace.
prove it yourself, Your Highness.”
“…..Very
Iassa. The founder of this dynasty was born with the blood of a
always went berserk,
being. And that’s how the blood of a dragon had been passed down to his
special abilities. The ability to check if an object made from a dragon’s
family, but the Emperor and the Crown
necklace and poured a few drops on
gleam. It turned into gas that was golden in color and swirled up in the air until
“…..!”
gasped at the beautiful sight.
up at Ian.
but there
who advised Ian to carry this necklace before going into
a handkerchief he received from a
it definitely
he returned the
it. I’ll have to ask you a few questions to check
couldn’t finish his sentence as the Empress had forcefully turned him around.
She whispered.
you say that they are actual tears of a dragon?!”
“…..Mother,
knew she’d panic like
with a voice that only she could hear.
entrust him without the interrogation? I’m saying, we should make a deal. The royal family will order the Duke to keep it a secret.”
“Then, does everything I’ve done mean nothing to you?! Besides, I’ve already spent a lot of riches on his property!”
“That can’t be helped. Who knew that he had a
of a dragon, he would have still survived with
The Empress murmured.
the Duke carry his heirloom on a battlefield?”
glanced at the Duke, her face with a look of suspicion.
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