Your Majesty, the Spectacle Has Missed the Country!

Blood.

The bright red blood gradually soaked into Raphael's luxurious light golden robe, and the sharp dagger coated with poison penetrated deeply into his body, causing the emperor in front of him to lose his ability to react almost instantly.

Under the influence of the poison, Raphael felt as if countless ants were gnawing at his flesh and blood, but... his throat seemed to be blocked by something, making it difficult to make any sound.

He widened his eyes and looked at the chamberlain who had served him for many years in disbelief.

betray……

Severe pain...

The faint smile on the waiter's face was like the sword of Damocles striking his heart, making Raphael feel extremely resentful and... helpless.

Why?

Why did his personal servant choose to betray him...

At this time, Raphael desperately wanted to grab every possible life-saving straw around him. He struggled to pick up the sword that represented the authority of the emperor, but...

The moment the dagger was impregnated with poison, it had already penetrated his body. As the blood flowed through his limbs, he became completely powerless and could only collapse on the emperor's seat.

"Help...save me..."

Raphael tried his best to make a sound, because the guards guarding the palace stood outside the bronze gate, but... it was like a huge boulder of ten thousand kilograms was blocked in his throat, so he could only open his mouth. Struggling desperately.

He can't die!

He is not yet forty!

He has not yet succeeded in regaining the power exclusive to the royal family. He has only just gained an advantage in the frontline war, and the arrogance of the Regency Council has just been suppressed. Even... he has not even determined his successor...

only……

The poison has penetrated deep into the bone marrow over time. At this time, Raphael Alexander could only collapse on his throne, enduring the severe pain that almost broke him!

The chamberlain known as "Kerry" just stood there with a smile, quietly watching the forty-third emperor of the Norman Empire in front of him gradually fall into the endless abyss of death.

Who is trying to kill him?

Until the moment when he was unconscious and on the verge of death, Raphael Alexander didn't even know whose order his personal servant was following...

A desperate nobleman?

The Odins who have always longed for imperial lands?

Or is it one of his traitorous sons who killed him because he coveted the throne?

Even in his wildest dreams, Raphael never imagined that

He had always been ambitious and eager to change the weak situation of the Norman royal family, but he died on his throne and at the hands of his most trusted chamberlain when his plan had just begun!

Finally, Raphael Alexander's vision went dark and he completely lost consciousness.

The red blood dripped onto the ground along the throne made of pure gold.

a drop,

Two drops...

Kerry looked at the emperor whom he had served for a long time without any expression. He knelt down, stretched out his hand, and tested the emperor's breath...

Sure enough...dead.

After getting a positive answer, Kerry finally turned around and walked towards the knight whose throat was also blocked and unable to move...

In the frightened eyes of the knight, Kerry stretched out his hand and put the dagger stained with the blood of the Norman Emperor into the knight's hand, and then...

Kerry smiled.

He grabbed the knight's right hand holding the dagger, pulled it hard in his direction, and the dagger penetrated deeply into Kerry's body...

He fell heavily to the ground, and the endless darkness finally swallowed him up.

At the moment when Kerry died, the knight who was "caught" holding the dagger was finally able to control his hands and feet, and he was finally able to scream...

…

The emperor is dead.

There is no airtight wall in the world, especially in the context of the coexistence of the Regent Council and the imperial power. There are countless guards in the palace who make a decent living by selling second-hand information.

so……

The news that the 43rd emperor of the Norman Empire, Emperor Raphael Alexander, had been assassinated spread throughout the streets of St. Lawrence that afternoon.

The messenger sent by Imperial Marshal Teodoro Lawton actually killed His Majesty the Supreme Emperor in the hall!

Almost all the nobles living in Saint Lawrence were shocked by this sudden news and were at a loss what to do...

Even though the knight who delivered the message was speechless, there were only three people in the closed hall at that time.

The emperor, the chamberlain, and the knight who delivered the message.

But now, the emperor is dead, the chamberlain is also dead, and only a knight holding a dagger is left, claiming that he did not kill anyone...

Those so-called doubts all become extremely pale in front of these facts.

Whether the emperor dies or not, and who will be the emperor, actually the commoners and serfs living in St. Lawrence don't care at all.

Anyway, no matter who is in charge, my life will never be worse than it is now...

However, looking at the soldiers patrolling the streets and alleys in the city, they couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Maybe... things are going to change?

The heavily armed eldest prince, Pitzman Alexander, entered the palace accompanied by groups of soldiers.

Raphael Alexander has three sons in total, the eldest son is Pitzman Alexander, the second son Rez Alexander, and the third son Victor Alexander is only eight years old now.

Pitzman Alexander knew very well that as the eldest son of the recently deceased Norman Emperor Raphael Alexander, he was the most likely successor to the throne in name. UU Reading www.uukaｎshu.net

But...it's only in name.

Leaving aside the eight-year-old Victor, the twenty-one-year-old Rezko is among the Imperial soldiers in the Sogn Plains. Together with Imperial Marshal Teodoro Lawton, he controls nearly 100,000 people. army!

Moreover, according to the existing evidence, Imperial Marshal Teodoro Lawton is inseparable from this assassination!

The eldest prince, with a heavy heart, passed through one bronze gate after another. Finally, he saw bloodstains all over the ground in the main hall of the palace, as well as his father lying in a pool of blood.

"The knight who committed the assassination...have you found out?"

Pitzman asked in a deep voice.

"Reporting to Your Highness, that person is indeed a subordinate of Marshal Teodoro..."

The captain of the guard in charge of the palace guard said cautiously.

"Who can tell me why the dagger coated with poison appeared here, but the soldiers responsible for searching didn't find anything?" Pitzman Alexander was furious.

"Report..."

Before the guard captain could finish speaking, he saw a sharp sword stabbing him.

Phew...

Blood spurted out from the neck of the guard captain and sprayed on the marble floor of the main hall.

"Execute all the soldiers responsible for the body search! And...let Rez come back!"

"That's not possible, Your Highness!"

Beside Pitzman, a middle-aged man dressed as a staff member quickly stopped him.

"The empire is fighting on the front line now, and Marshal Teodoro and Prince Reitz have a quarrel with each other. If the assassination was really ordered by Marshal Teodoro of the empire, wouldn't it be..."

"Send someone now to call Rez back to me!"

Pitzman ignored the man's words and said stubbornly.