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.
you
this rumpus was due to those tears of a
at
once it disappears! I will
it might arouse the suspicion of the nobility…….so it should be done after the execution of the Duke.
was a crazy idea. But the panic-stricken Empress seemed to have found
one step ahead of
he
Oscar’s turn to help Ian.
echoed through the central hall.
Reinhardt.”
“Yes, Your Royal Highness, the Crown Prince.”
“Are the tears of a dragon that you’re
held out his
yourself, Your Highness.”
royal family of Iassa. The founder of this dynasty was born with the blood
half-dragons always went berserk,
Emperor, could survive as a human 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 body was “real”.
of the imperial family was under the Reinhardt family, but the Emperor and the Crown Prince were the only
a few drops on his
golden in color
“…..!”
at
as he looked up at Ian. He felt pathetic
there was nothing he could do.
one who advised Ian to carry this necklace before going into the battlefield.
wiped his palm with a handkerchief he received from a maid.
definitely
he returned the
ask you a few questions to check if it really–”
Oscar couldn’t finish his sentence as the Empress had forcefully turned him around.
She whispered.
did you say that they are actual
knew she’d panic
leaned in and spoke with a voice
I’ve done mean nothing to you?! Besides, I’ve already spent a lot of riches on his property!”
“That can’t be
have the tears of a dragon, he would have
The Empress murmured.
Duke carry his heirloom
a look of suspicion. Then she
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