"..." Goron knew that he had nowhere to go, and the only thing he could do was to drag his younger brother to hell with him. At this time, he calmed down instead, "Did you deceive me for the purpose of getting rid of me?"
"Get rid of you? No, that won't help me, dear brother. I'm helpless," Tifeko said, still calm, as if stating a fact, "If I'm honest, After five years, I'm afraid that it will be Sanmei's pirate army. Do you know what she's doing recently?"
Goron shook his head, estimating the distance between himself and the second prince. He remembered that his younger brother had been very smart since he was a child, but he was not good at riding, shooting and fighting. As long as you can seize the opportunity to dash over and chop—
"She's building her own army, brother. Seriously, I admire her a lot. Even I didn't expect this step before the battle for the king. We got along so well when we were young, why? If you have come this far, do you have to kill each other?" He said and took two steps back, "For example, now you are afraid that you want to cut me in half with a sword?"
"… "
"I know, brother. You are still the same as before. When you want to kill people, your eyes will become terrifying," Tifeko sighed, "I'll tell you bluntly, I want to end the battle for the king. Otherwise. If so, what awaits me in five years will be Garcia's fleet. She took control of the Clear Water Port a few years ago, and Golden Spike City is suitable for cultivating merchants, but not for raising warriors."
"I need an army strong enough to withstand the army of the Third Sister Fleet, and this cannot be achieved by a trading city. Goron Wimbledon, you will be tried tomorrow for trespassing and assassinating the king. I will be tonight. I have to go back to Golden Spike City and get ready before the bad news about my father reaches the East. I will be deeply saddened and obliged to be crowned king as the second in line. And you will be accused of murdering the king. Sent to the guillotine."
"You...!" Goron shouted and rushed towards his younger brother, but the distance was too far. His great sword was intercepted by two armored guards together. Then his calf became numb, and a short sword pierced his calf. , Goron suddenly lost his balance and fell to the ground. The crowd rushed up and pressed him to the ground, bound until he could not move.
"Judgment? You are also qualified to judge me? I will tell all this and let those who support you know what kind of monster you are!"
"Of course you won't, brother," Tifeko said patiently, "there is a medicine in the alchemy workshop called 'Forgotten Language', which is prepared by mixing lizard venom from the sandy land of the South with horse milk. There is no sound. Don't worry, it won't make you feel any pain, but it tastes delicious and intoxicating. If you have to blame it, blame our genius sister, if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have taken this step. "
He waved to the leader of the guards, who nodded and saluted, dragged the eldest prince out of the palace, and the other armored guards filed out, and in the end only the second prince and Master Ang were left.
"Your Highness, the throne is already in your pocket, and I should call you Your Majesty," Ang said with a bow.
"You have done a good job. When I sit on the throne of Greycastle, we will complete our agreement. But... Seeing the miserable appearance of my brother today, I think some agreements should be accompanied by a guarantee clause."
The scholar's expression changed immediately, "Your Highness, what do you mean—"
"Don't worry, I just don't want to be betrayed," Tifeko took out a wax pill from his arms, "You must have seen this thing a lot. It takes seven days for the shell of the wax pill to dissolve completely, and it's almost like I return to the King City and the Golden Spike City. The time between. I used the price of the chief astrologer of the kingdom to win you over, but I don’t want others to offer a higher price to pull you away.”
"Your Highness... You are joking," the bachelor's complexion turned pale, he gritted his teeth, and finally ate the wax pill.
"Smart choice," Tifeko nodded in satisfaction, "you go."
…
When the palace was empty, the second prince's face darkened.
He grabbed the china on the low table beside the bed and slammed it on the ground, the china shattered with a bang. Immediately outside, a guard came in, "Your Highness?"
"Get out!" he growled.
"Yes," the other party quickly bowed his head and exited the room, closing the door with him.
Damn, it wasn't supposed to be like this!
His plan did not kill his father. With the preference of Wimbledon III, he only needed to guide the other party to notice what Garcia had done and stop it, and the chess piece in his hand was the eldest prince Goron . Wimbledon.
Tifeko considers his plan impeccable. He used the position of the chief astrologer to lure Gronn's enlightenment mentor, Maester Ang, who had a low status in the astrologer association, and wrote a letter to the eldest prince for himself. And the eldest prince quickly took the bait. This is also in line with Timothy's judgment. His own brother is stronger than fighting but not good at thinking, and at the same time he is not willing to hand over the throne.
The next few letters aroused the ambition of the eldest prince step by step, and Tifeko also made the next preparations. When the last letter with the astrological prophecy was sent, he secretly returned to the capital to reveal the news that the eldest prince might force the palace to his father. Undoubtedly, once this was confirmed, the father would throw the eldest prince in a rage, either imprisoned to death or exiled.
Then, the father will turn his attention to other children, and Garcia, who has vigorously developed the military power, will inevitably become the second nail in the father's eyes.
But... why did it become like this? After hearing the news that he revealed, his father showed a weird smile, pulled out his personal dagger, and pierced his chest directly!
Everything happened so fast that Tifeko had no time to stop it, and could only watch his father die.
He sat down weakly along the edge of the bed, and for the first time had the illusion that he was also a chess piece. His father's last smile was like a nightmare, making him horrified. I thought about the whole thing over and over again, including examining the body, but still couldn't find a clue - why did my father do that
He also suspected that this person was in disguise, but he couldn't find any flaws, and even a hidden wound on his back matched the appearance in his memory.
Seeing that Goron was about to arrive in the capital, he had to pretend to be calm, change all the plans, put the death of Wimbledon III on the eldest prince, and then use his status as the second in line to ascend the throne ahead of schedule. As long as he can be crowned smoothly, he no longer needs to be restricted by the territory, and can directly mobilize the power of the Duke of the South to coerce Garcia and force her to give up the Clear Water Port.
In this way, the ending is not too far off, but Tifeko feels deeply disturbed... It seems that an invisible hand has unknowingly inserted into the upper-level battle of Graycastle, but he has no idea about it. known.
At this moment, he has no choice but to firmly hold on to the throne. Timothy Wimbledon swears in his heart that if he finds out who is playing this trick, he must let him know what it would be like to annoy a king!