A strange world

Chapter 1055 Chapter 286. Interrogation of Baba Todd

"Your Majesty, the banquet is about to begin."

In the king's bedroom, the council leader stood beside the bed, waking up the sleeping king.

"Master Olmei is...oh, it's him." Crowe remembered the name and forced himself to sit up, "That's what we should meet."

The servant came over to help Crowe dress, and the council leader stood outside the curtain and recounted what happened in the past few days.

When it was said that Baba Tod was locked up in the dungeon of the kingdom, a calm snoring could be heard from behind the curtain.

He fell asleep again.

The servants exited and said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty's lethargy is getting worse and worse."

"Let him sleep. Your Majesty will let me know when he wakes up."

The chairman didn't say anything, didn't show any disappointment, and turned around to leave the palace.

Night fell and the banquet started, but the king still didn't wake up.

But the other protagonist of this banquet, Master Olmei, stood in the center of everyone's attention.

Compared with the previous contempt and hostility, this time the nobles looked at Young Master Olmei with fawning and fearful eyes.

Everyone could see that the Speaker seemed to be preparing to train him as his successor.

Some elderly nobles even thought of how similar the Senator was when he was young... to now?

Annan? successor?

Renaldo and some ministers who knew the inside story felt very uncomfortable.

History seems to be heading towards the path of "Annan taking over as chairman of the parliament and taking control of the kingdom without a single blow"... But Annan may not be able to wait.

Annan's attention was not focused on this. His mind was filled with what Little Bat said about Grand Duke Babataud being very rich...

We have to find a way to get Babatado's wealth.

In the midst of this, the Speaker came to the banquet.

The nobles' quiet lieutenant president said that the king was still resting, and he rewarded Annan on behalf of Crowe: a promotion to the title.

In less than a month, Annan went from being a commoner without any status to a viscount. It's hard not to think too much about this kind of promotion speed.

But for Annan, what excites him most is the opportunity.

"Babatod has been unwilling to reveal how he contacted the rat people. I leave the interrogation to you and search his manor to find clues." The chairman said.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" Annan said excitedly.

The chairman showed a smile: "Enjoy the banquet."

Enjoying the banquet is unlikely. Annan was not interested in the flattering faces of nobles and shy ladies. As soon as the banquet was over, he said hello to Renaldo and took Maria straight into the palace dungeon.

As the most severe prison cell in the kingdom, the palace dungeon does not contain any dangerous beings... Who would bury a danger that could blow the palace to the sky beneath their feet?

The reason for the strictness is that the dungeon held high-ranking princes and ministers—Princess Sales was once imprisoned here in the old royal capital.

Annan walked through the passage and was imprisoned in various cells. He was neatly dressed. He didn't recognize any of the people he looked at. He hummed a nursery rhyme and went straight to Babatado's cell.

"Little Olmei ran around looking for buried treasure~ He found a rich noble, and the treasure disappeared~"

"Grand Duke Babataud, we meet again."

He was in good condition and holding a book. But it's not good when you see your enemy.

"Young Master Olmei...you still dare to appear in front of me!" Barbatoud, who had turned from a noble grand duke to a prisoner, whispered bitterly: "We will not let you go..."

"The person who arrested you is the Chairman of the Council. What does it have to do with me, Mr. Olme?"

Baba Todd doesn't care. Even though he was in prison, he still didn't dare to hate the chairman.

He can only hate Mr. Olme, and it must be Mr. Olme.

"I appreciate your willingness to bully others, but I don't know if you will still be so tough when it comes to torture."

"You dare, I am the Duke of the Kingdom!"

"It's easy if you don't want to be tortured. Tell me everything you know."

"Cough-vomit!"

The filthy hidden weapon attacked, but Maria pulled out a dagger to block it.

"I won't say anything!"

Annan looked at the dagger stained with Babataud's spit in disgust, stopped Maria from putting it away, took it and threw it away.

"We don't want this anymore. I'll buy you another one."

When Babatado heard this, his eyes burst into flames. What made him even more angry was what happened later. After Annan threw away the dagger, he became more and more angry——

"Cough-bah!"

Annan spat back and hit Babatado's collar.

"You...uhhhhhhhh!!!"

Babatord, who had never been so humiliated, was furious.

Annan looked at Babataud who was frantically rubbing his collar with a handkerchief with an expressionless face: "Isn't it clear yet? You are just a prisoner now. Even a jailer can step on your face."

"Ahhhhhh!"

Babatord seemed to have a mysophobia and was still wiping his collar with a growl like a beast in pain.

"I've done some research and found that your relationship with Princess Sails is not bad. They seem to be childhood playmates, right? Why did you choose her?"

Annan continued, looking across the cell.

The cell has a bed and table, a toilet, and bookshelves to kill time. Apart from the lack of sunshine, it's not bad here.

"When Princess Seles was rescued, she was almost reduced to a skeleton. Her arms were covered with blood-drawing wounds, and her feet were bitten by rats. There were bloody torture instruments next to her. Compared to her, you It’s not miserable at all.”

Babatado's movements slowed down.

Annan said to himself: "I guess the reason is that she has been away from the royal capital for more than ten years, has no power of her own, and not many people are willing to stand up for her, so you chose her, right?"

"In fact, the second prince should be the most suitable candidate. Clo's younger brother, one of the people with the purest bloodline in the entire royal family, and he is in the dungeon, so he is ready... But you are not sure how much Clo hates the second prince, and whether he can live until the ratmen attack the capital, so you found Princess Saiers as a substitute..."

Babatod opened his mouth, this time not to spit, but to ask solemnly: "Who are you?"

Being able to hide in the upper echelons of the kingdom for so long, Barbatod is not a fool. Olme's current performance obviously knows too much...

The chairman of the parliament told him? Then why didn't the chairman of the parliament come to ask in person?

Want to train a successor? This kind of words can only fool the idiots outside... The chairman of the parliament is a legend. He can easily live for hundreds of years, and most of the political affairs of the kingdom are also in his hands. Grand Duke Barbatod has tried many methods, even begging Clo to insert him into the key departments...

Such a guy full of control will train a successor for himself in his prime?

Barbatod suddenly remembered something:

When the Councillor was confronting Kyle, he contacted the Ratman through a secret line, and Olme was the key. But for some reason, the Ratman had a fight in the New Capital, but did not bother Olme...

At least now, he was standing in front of him safely.

There were only Annan, Maria and Barbatod in front of the cell.

Annan laughed softly, "Because I cooperate with the Ratman just like you."

"Ah?"