"My lord, it's a pity. The Marquess of Adams...has returned to the embrace of the Lord..."
As soon as the archbishop's words fell to the ground, the atmosphere in the entire venue immediately dropped to freezing point.
Everyone couldn't even believe it for a moment—
The Marquess of Adams died just like that
The second son of the Duke of St. Hilde, the first heir to the Lord of the North, just died like this
He also died at the banquet in his own castle!
This is too ridiculous!
However, reality is often so absurd.
The nobles widened their eyes and covered their mouths, not even daring to exclaim in fear, for fear of irritating Duke St. Hilde.
At this time, the Duke was staring at the magic crystal chandelier on the ceiling in a daze, as if it was not his son who had just been declared dead by the archbishop, but an unrelated passerby.
I don't know how long it has been.
Finally a voice broke the suffocating tranquility.
"Archbishop, how did Adams die?"
This is Queen Midara asking.
"Your Highness, I am still not completely sure of the cause of the Marquis' death. Further autopsy is needed to draw a conclusion. But based on my experience, the Marquis should have died of poisoning."
The queen immediately turned to look at the knight behind her, and ordered: "Arrest all the servants who prepare food tonight, and interrogate them one by one!"
"yes!"
After a slight commotion, all the attendants present were arrested.
Even the old steward of the St. Hilde family is no exception.
The second son of the dignified duke died of poisoning at a banquet in his own castle. This is a great shame!
Especially the second son is now the first heir to the Duke of the North.
Under such circumstances, even though the Duke of St. Hilde remained silent, everyone had already foreseen the coming landslide and tsunami.
No matter who the murderer is, the Duke will not let it go!
Colin looked at Marquis Adams, who was lying on the ground with a ferocious face bleeding from his orifices, then at Duke St. Hilde, who was still admiring the crystal chandelier, and finally turned his gaze to Marquis Garcia, who was also silent, feeling more and more in his heart Get heavy.
Yes, at this moment, Colin's first object of suspicion is Marquis Garcia.
Because his motive for committing the crime was too great.
Charles had been disinherited, and now Adams was dead.
So, if the Duke's youngest son, Joyce, suffers another misfortune, wouldn't Vera become the first heir to the Duke of the North
Could this be Marquis Garcia's counterattack against his brother's breaking of his promise
only…
Although it is logically deduced that the admiral, the Marquis of Garcia, is the most suspected, but Colin always feels that this does not seem to be the work of the Marquis of Garcia.
Because from the previous process of getting along, Colin has figured out the temper of the Marquis—he is not a person who likes to intrigue.
Colin felt that the Marquis of Garcia would not be able to do such indecent means of poisoning.
He would rather believe that Marquis Garcia would lead the Black Cavalry to attack Cold Winter City than that Marquis Garcia would poison his nephew.
Could it be...
Someone deliberately poisoned the Marquis of Adams just to provoke the relationship between the Duke of St. Hilde and the Marquis of Garcia
After all, once Adams died, Marquis Garcia was the most suspected...
wrong!
Colin immediately realized that he had actually overlooked an important factor.
That is, the promise of the Duke of St. Hilde to the Marquis of Garcia was a secret that few people knew.
Moreover, the fact that Marquis Garcia is Vera's biological father is also a secret that very few people know!
Therefore, even if someone wants to provoke the relationship between the two brothers, unless he knows these two secrets at the same time, he will never use this method.
At least, that Prince Okamoto will not.
Colin didn't believe that these two secrets could be known by a troll, so he formulated this poisonous plan in a targeted manner.
What's more, even if he knew these two secrets, it would be extremely difficult to poison the Marquis of Adams.
Still poisoning the banquet at Lion's Roar Castle.
And it precisely poisoned the Marquis of Adams alone.
Colin couldn't figure out how he did it.
And just as Colin was trying to learn from that elementary school student Ke to solve the murder case, the Duke of St. Hilde finally spoke.
His voice became extremely hoarse and deep, but he was not too excited, even a little too calm.
However, everyone could hear the fury that the Duke forcibly suppressed!
"Prince Okamoto, Prince Tupe, although you all want to marry Vera, it is impossible for Vera to marry two people at the same time. Therefore, I can only choose one of you."
The Duke of St. Hilde didn't mention the death of the Marquess of Adams at all, as if it was not important anymore.
He stood up from his seat and approached where Okamoto and Tupe were standing.
The body of Lord Adams was at his feet, but he didn't look down again.
"Prince Okamoto, I want to know, if Vera hadn't married you, would you still be willing to make peace with the North?"
Prince Okamoto's heart sank, but he still said helplessly: "Of course, Your Excellency Duke! My yearning for peace will not change no matter what."
In fact, he had no other choice.
Could it be that the current troll empire can fight another war with the northern border
As long as the Northern Territory agrees to negotiate a peace, he can actually accept any conditions.
"Okay." The Duke of St. Hilde turned his head and greeted the crowd, "Nara, come here."
I saw a tall little beauty walking quickly to the side of the Duke of St. Hilde.
Although she was not as beautiful as Vera, she was quite pretty.
The Duke of St. Hilde took Nora's little hand, pushed him to Prince Okamoto, and said: "This is my niece Nora, and also a noble St. Hilde. Are you worthy of you, Okamoto?" Prince Ben?"
"Of course! It's my honor to marry Ms. Nora!" Prince Okamoto bowed to Nora, then extended his right hand.
Nora was obviously still a little confused.
She never expected that she would be betrothed to a troll by her uncle in this way!
However, looking at Duke St. Hilde's expressionless face, Nora couldn't think of any resistance.
So, she slowly handed over her hand to Prince Okamoto's.
At this point, a smile finally squeezed out from the face of the Duke of St. Hilde.
He immediately turned around and shouted to Vera again: "Vera, come here."
Vera, who was still grieving for her brother's sudden sudden death, suddenly froze, and then, with puzzlement and hesitation, she slowly walked to the Duke's side.
The Duke took Vera's hand and looked at the half-elf prince in front of him: "Prince Tupe, tell me, you will treat her well!"
Prince Tupe was stunned for a while, obviously completely shocked by the huge surprise that fell from the sky!
After a long while, he took a step forward with his face flushed, and shouted excitedly: "My lord duke! I would like to swear that I will never betray Vera in this life. Otherwise, I will go to hell after death and suffer endless torture forever!"
"Father, I..." Vera was also dumbfounded.
She never thought that she would be married off by her father just like that.
Or married to another country, married a stranger she had never met a few times.
She was just about to break free from the Duke's hand, but suddenly froze.
Because, she saw the Duke's gaze.
It was a look she had never seen before.
Tiredness, disappointment, anger, even... fear!
At this moment, Vera suddenly discovered that the father who seemed to be omnipotent in the past, the Duke who lived and killed in the north, was also old at this time.
In a daze, she seemed to have returned to ten years ago, when the Duke wanted to send her to Yeville to learn arcane arts,
At that time, she tried to resist.
However, the Duke made her kneel for a day and a night in front of the statue of the family's twelve paladins, and finally told her—
You are a Saint Hilde, and while enjoying the glory that this surname represents, don't forget the burden it entails!
At this moment, facing a similar situation, the words of rejection just came to his lips, but Vera couldn't say it.
He could only watch helplessly as the Duke took his hand and walked slowly towards Prince Tupe.
But just when Vera's little hand was about to fall into the hands of Prince Tupe.
A voice suddenly sounded:
"My lord, I oppose this marriage!"
(end of this chapter)