The next day at dawn, the king walked into the city of Niustria.

The city has not experienced large-scale wars and has not been renovated on a large scale. Therefore, ten years have not left too deep traces on it. The damage caused by the brief attack of the Chaos Legion was not serious: it just burned the temple and several small houses next to it. The king took the lead and walked slowly on this street, sighing from time to time that something was wrong.

Because some residents returned, this place did not seem too deserted. In fact, even if the streets were not full of traffic, people could be said to be coming and going.

No one knows that a secret negotiation will be held here today. This secret is firmly held in the hands of a few senior officials and has not been leaked. At least, the king and his group did not attract people's attention when they walked across the streets. In fact, people did not care much about this matter. It is not uncommon for two princes with ruling power to compete for the throne - even if they have not encountered it in real life, at least in books, such stories are everywhere. In this case, the entire country will be divided in half - but this division is different from rebellion, but a conflict between legal powers. Therefore, this division is not an indefinitely difficult to heal, a complete division, but only a brief rift. When everything is settled, the rift will disappear quickly. The winner will quickly control everything, and the loser will quickly take his small number of his confidants to exile and leave the country.

There are enough examples of this kind in history. In politics/struggle losers, they are always more likely to be accepted by third countries, and if they are lucky, their descendants may even have the opportunity to return to their country and have inheritance rights.

There were not many garrison troops in the city, but when the king and his group came to the central castle, they still encountered cross-examination. However, the officer had received relevant orders - although he did not know the details, he already knew that visitors would arrive today. So after slightly confirming the identity of the group, they walked in. In particular, it should be noted that there were actually many people who knew Scadra, so he followed the king and hid his face in the shadow with his hood of a cloak.

On the long aisle in the castle, a man in armor stood there. When the group approached, the man did not move out of the way, and it was obvious that he was blocking the road here.

The king stopped. He looked at the man in front of him carefully. The man looked tall and thin, not very old, and had a good facial features. What is strange is that although he seemed to be deliberately blocking the road and making trouble, he smiled. It was a smile that made people feel comfortable when they saw it.

"Essin!" Scadra walked forward and pulled down his hood with her hand.

"Ah, Lord Scadra." Essin smiled and bowed, and bowed. However, although the movement was cool and fluent, it did not seem to be polite.

"This..." Essin looked at the man behind Scadra. Although he was very different in age, he could still vaguely see the inheritance of the Mark Remiz family's bloodline on the other party's face.

The man looked about forty years old and had fair skin. However, this fairness was a kind of pathological and unhealthy whiteness. Although Essin knew that the other party was not much older than him, in terms of appearance, the other party was much older than him. He could even see a slight whiteness on his temples. It was obvious that nearly ten years of prison life left an indelible mark on him.

"This is Essin... Duke." Scadra said to the man behind him.

Essin immediately made a gesture of "Don't talk" and smiled. "It's Essin, but not the Duke yet." He replied with a smile. "Although I'm very happy to call me in private, it's better not to use this title in public. After all, this matter has not been fulfilled. I am Essin, who was once a subordinate of Lord Scadra." Essin said with a smile, but the word "was" was added to the words.

"This should be...Prince Pol." Essin's eyes fell on the man behind Scadra. "Okay," he shrugged. "To be honest, I am a guide, leading the way for several."

Essin turned his head and muttered softly.

Scardra clearly felt the king's footsteps stagnant. He immediately realized that this was because Essin's soft words had been heard by the king.

This man, once imprisoned in a lonely cell for nearly a decade, has trained an extraordinary hearing, just like all such people.

"What did he say?" Scadra asked softly.

"He said..." The king didn't want to hide it. "As for whether he was taken to hell, it depends on yourself."

A touch of shame appeared unconsciously on Scadra's face. He seemed to want to say something, but in the end he just moved his lips slightly and said nothing.

At this time, they circled around and came to a staircase. Here, a small group of armed soldiers stood.

"By the way," Essin stopped at the stairs. "We can't carry weapons in front... Of course, those who are insignificant can stop here."

This proposal was not rejected, and soon most of the people in the team stayed here. In fact, there were only five people who chose to go up the stairs in the end. In addition to the King and Scadra, there was also a figure wrapped in a black cloak and moving slowly. Among the other two, one was wearing the priest robe of the church, and the other was a young man Essin didn't know, who held the black cloak.

Above the stairs, there is the upper floor of the central castle. As everyone imagined, the brother and sister meeting was arranged here this time.

"Essin, what do you want to do?" Scadra suddenly asked as he saw no one around.

"Ah, Lord Scadra, isn't this a clear thing? I'm leading the way."

"You know what I mean!"

"Well... well, I'm honest. I really hope to get the title and territory of the Duke, and I'm also interested in becoming the commander of the Guards... Of course, it would be better to be a royal adviser. But," Essin emphasized the term. "Although the prize money is very generous, I won't bet if the winnings are too small. Lord Scadra, do you understand what I mean? You are old... Although it's a pity to say that, both you and I have to admit this. And I am still very young."

"You have to know the inheritance rights of the royal family..."

"I know." Essin replied. This time, he interrupted Scadra a little rudely. "But I have never sworn allegiance to this king."

Although many people (even most) think that Essin is a shameless and loyal speculator, he has to say that he was righteous when he said this, which made Scadra unable to answer for a while.

"He is right." The king stretched out a hand and stopped Scadra from continuing. "Dad Scadra, don't say it anymore. Loyalty to the oath is a priceless treasure to maintain a country." After speaking, he looked at Essin. "Many people say that although you are talented, you like to change your mind and tempt your power. But it seems... they have made a mistake."

"No one likes to join the loser side," Essin replied. "But even the weak side, at least you have to give you a reason to continue serving, right? If others see you as a pile of garbage and you continue to stick it on, it would be too ignorant."

I don’t know if I understand it, but at least for a moment, the team calmed down and stopped talking.

"By the way, I'm very curious about one thing, why did you come to this battlefield." After a short silence, the king spoke. "You shouldn't have come here... but you unexpectedly ran here."

"I don't want to do it either, but I'm forced." Essin stopped and looked back. He was still smiling, but there was an indescribable layer of things behind the smile, mixed with hatred and disdain. "In this world, there are very few people who are capable of doing things, but there are too many people who are capable of pulling their backs. So at that time I wanted to find someone who can understand me...it's that simple."

His eyes remained on the king's face this time. "I have always held this view: In this world, there are actually many people who are not inferior to Garunas, but there is only one Mark Remiz."

The two of them looked at each other and were silent for a short time. "Of course, it's just my personal opinion." Essin said.

They began to move forward again.

"This time you have made great achievements for Groney. If it weren't for your timely assistance, maybe... I'd probably be without this trouble now."

"Oh, it's just luck... luck. This is my luck, but isn't it the luck of our General Ashrufate? He persisted for three days under the attack of the Chaos Legion... If he hadn't been to that point, how could I have arrived in time?" Essin spread his hands, "Ah, by the way, we've arrived."

They did have reached the end of the aisle. There were several rooms, one of which had the door open, and a young man stood there in a light purple dress.

The king glanced at the young man, but he already knew that there was a very eye-catching scar on Ash Rufate's face, so he immediately confirmed that this person was not Ash Rufate. However, being able to stand here to welcome guests must be a senior figure, at least the one who has won the trust of the little queen.

"Ah, it's Scadra." The young man bent down and saluted. "I'm so happy to see you."

"Creo..." Scadra also recognized the other party. However, Creo is not surprised here, because he has been mingling with Essin - as long as he was an official in the court, and was already doing things under Scadra.

"Her Majesty the Queen and Ashu Rufat are both inside." Cleo made a "please come in" gesture.

Standing at the door of the room, you can see another room in this room. In this case, when you close two doors when talking in the room, people outside will not hear it - at least with human hearing ability, they will definitely not hear what is being said inside.

"Wait." The black-cloaked man who had been silent just now spoke was a unique voice of elderly women, a kind and slow voice. "You are here..."

The black hood was lifted up to reveal the face inside. This was someone who both Essin and Cleo knew.

"Mother-in-law? Why are you here?" Essin asked slightly surprised.
Chapter completed!