"Did you see the man's face clearly?"
"No, Duchess. His speed is too fast, only an afterimage can be seen..."
"Then you didn't see anything clearly?"
"The last thing I saw was the man standing in front of Earl Angelet's body. Looking at his back, he should be a middle-aged man about 1.9 meters tall, with blond hair and the scabbard of the knight's sword around his waist... it seems to be purple..."
The Duchess listened to the guards in front of her babbling for a long time, but did not hear any useful information, and her face became a little impatient.
The guard obviously also noticed this, and quickly searched his stomach, and then added with some uncertainty:
"Duchess, I seem to have seen that person rushing out of the residence of His Royal Highness Prince Harrison..."
"Are you sure?" The Duchess asked hastily as her eyes changed.
"It should be..." The guard faltered again.
The Duchess was a little disappointed, but she still came out, found the restless Prince Harrison waiting outside, and asked:
"Your Highness Harrison, a guard said that he saw the murderer rushing out from the direction of your residence. Have you noticed any suspicious people?"
Prince Harrison only hesitated for a moment, and immediately said: "Duchess, Prince Leahy appeared in my room at that time, and then he rushed out out of nowhere... Then, he heard the news that the teacher was assassinated.
Duchess, teacher, he...couldn't really have been killed..."
Prince Leahy!
The Duchess was taken aback by the name.
The paladin of the San Lorenzo family actually appeared in Bailu City and killed Count Angelet... This made the Duchess a little confused about the situation for a while.
You must know that although Prince Lehi came from the royal family of San Lorenzo, his actual position is in favor of the church.
So, why did he somehow come to Bailu Castle to kill people
What's more, Prince Lexi and Count Angelet have never heard of any enmity.
Seeing that the Duchess was stunned, Prince Harrison asked again: "Duchess, what's the matter with him, sir?"
The Duchess knew that this matter must not be concealed, so she sighed and said:
"Earl Angelet, he has been assassinated..."
"No, it's impossible! How could the teacher die so easily, he is a sixth-order knight!" Prince Harrison kept shaking his head, completely unable to accept such a result.
The teacher who created almost miraculous results time and time again, died like this
Princess Judy also burst into tears, yelling to run into the room, but was stopped by the guards.
After listening to Prince Harrison's words, the Duchess also reacted—yes, Colin Angelet is a sixth-rank knight. Besides a paladin like Prince Lexi, who else could kill him so easily
But she still couldn't figure out the motive of Prince Lehi's murder.
At this moment, Knight Valen came to the Duchess again and reported in a low voice:
"Ma'am, my subordinates are incompetent. They failed to stop the northern guards who followed Earl Angelet into the city and let them escape from the city..."
"What?" The Duchess raised her eyebrows and said angrily, "There are only so few people, can't you stop them?"
Warren Knight felt aggrieved, and said in a muffled voice:
"Madam, although there are not many of them, they are all professionals, and there are even two sixth-level fighters among them... We can't stop them at all."
"Two sixth-order?" The Duchess's voice changed.
She knew that even the current San Pros family couldn't come up with two sixth-level fighters.
Has the Angelet family been so extravagant that they let sixth-level fighters serve as bodyguards
And there are still two!
However, worse news is yet to come.
Just listen to Warren Knight's continued report:
"Moreover, when we chased these northern guards to the north gate, we found that the city gate was open... I suspect that someone in the city deliberately opened the city gate for them!"
The Duchess felt a chill in her heart, and immediately asked, "Whose army was stationed at the North City Gate?"
"It's the army of the Nicole family."
"Count Nicole..." The Duchess suddenly thought of the news that Count Nicole had been assassinated at the previous banquet.
At first, she thought that the other party just couldn't help exclaiming after hearing such horrifying news suddenly, but now that she thinks about it, that old guy clearly did it on purpose!
Even Earl Nicole may not have heard Knight Warren's report at all, but he already knew that Earl Angelet would be assassinated!
This Earl Nicole is simply an accomplice in this assassination!
"Where is Count Nicole?" the Duchess asked through gritted teeth.
Knight Warren also realized something, and immediately said: "I'll go find him right now!"
The Duchess stopped the Warren Knight, and ordered with a gloomy expression:
"Don't waste time, if Earl Nicole really betrayed the St. Pros family, he should have escaped from White Dew Castle by now.
Now go and mobilize the Pegasus Legion, control the four city gates, and don't let the Blood Cavalry Army enter the city! "
"yes!"
…
In the banquet hall, a group of nobles were still discussing the assassination of Count Angelet.
However, some people left early when everyone was not paying attention.
For example, Count Nicole, or, for example, Beatrice.
She also did not go to the place where Colin was assassinated, but went straight to the room of Marquis Vincent.
"Lady Beatrice!"
"Is Lord Marquis awake?"
"not yet."
"Go down first."
"yes."
Since the Marquis was still in the banquet hall, after the maids left, only Marquis Vincent and Beatrice were left in the room.
"Auntie, what's the matter?" Marquis Vincent opened his eyes, wondering.
"Colin's dead," said Beatrice.
"Really?" Marquis Vincent sat up from the bed in surprise, "Auntie, you have succeeded? What about mother? Did you kill her too?"
Beatrice shook her head and said, "No, I haven't had time to act at all. Colin Angelet was killed by someone else."
Marquis Vincent was stunned for a moment, before asking, "Who killed it?"
"have no idea."
"Then have you been to the scene to see it?"
"Not yet, what's the matter?"
Marquis Vincent's face changed drastically, and he immediately grabbed Beatrice's arm and said anxiously:
"No, you must behead him! Be sure to behead him!"
Beatrice frowned, puzzled and said, "Why do you have to cut off the head?"
"Because, if you don't cut off the head, he will come to you."
An erratic voice suddenly sounded outside the window.
Marquis Vincent froze for a moment, as if he had been petrified, but there was a terrified expression on his face.
(end of this chapter)