Under the dark sky, Benjamin flew towards the Kingdom of Hori.
He was still thinking about the report given to him by the academy's ANBU:
"The fact that the Riise family was seized is nine out of ten true. Although Duke Claude was executed secretly, some people have seen his body. The bruises on his neck were obvious. He was finally sent to the church for incineration. Dropped. We also found out about it from the porter of a church."
Even now, he can't believe it.
The last time he returned to the Kingdom of Hori was a few months ago, and he even met Claude in Havenlight. Because of Grant's existence, he felt that no one in the Horry Kingdom could threaten the Reese family, and he felt relieved because of this.
But…
Benjamin shook his head, still unable to figure out how all of this happened.
Has the church's internal strife spread to the Riese family? Are the nobles starting to fight against each other? The academy's ANBU couldn't give him a clear answer. So Benjamin set out on his own.
—He wants to know the truth.
It was Claude who saved him from the execution square. When he first came to this world, it was also the Reese family that gave him a place to stay. Perhaps after all, he is just a traveler from another world, but he has already established a close connection with this world. He hoped that the members of the Reese family, except Mary, could at least have a stable life.
But at this moment, after receiving the bad news and rushing to Hori Kingdom, Benjamin felt particularly heavy.
If Claude is really dead, at least... at least he must understand what happened, avenge his injustice, and lay a bouquet of lilies in front of the tombstone.
At Benjamin's current flying speed, crossing Ikol is not a big problem. It took him three days in total to fly over the mountains near the Crusad Gate, enter the Kingdom of Hori, and arrive near Havenlet.
"Tell me, how did the Riese family fall?"
After finding the ANBU personnel stationed here, Benjamin met him in a hotel room and asked.
"Now there are many opinions in the Hori Kingdom. There is a great shock in the noble circle, and they are all discussing secretly, and they are not sure which one is true." The person in charge of the ANBU stronghold replied.
"What are the rumors? Tell me all."
"Many people said that Grant Reese had fallen out with his family. Those nobles speculated that Duke Claude started making various demands because his son became the pope, which angered many people in the church. Grant In order to stabilize the church, I can only bear the pain and sacrifice my own family."
Benjamin shook his head and ignored it.
"It's definitely not this. Is there anything else?"
The person in charge of the stronghold hesitated and said: "But... Judging from the source of the news, this kind of news that spread most widely among the nobles was released by the church. They deliberately led the public to think so, whether it was the Pope or other members of the church. Father, everyone must agree with this statement.”
Benjamin was stunned.
how come
Claude's character Benjamin also understood that even if he had a son of the pope, he would not be overstepping even a little bit - this middle-aged aristocrat is a very traditional person at heart.
But Grant, he allowed this statement to spread outside, and even secretly acquiesced... Even if there was something inside, his attitude shouldn't be like this, right
In the end what happened…
Benjamin realized at that moment that the Reese family might not be the same people he had left.
"Duke Claude... was he executed secretly? I want to know who was present at the time. Did you find out the information?" He asked after thinking for a long time.
The person in charge shook his head.
"There are actually different opinions about the secret execution. No one knows where it was executed, and no one knows the specific time. That is, on the afternoon of the second day after the coronation ceremony, the Paladins surrounded the Reese family and announced That order."
Suddenly, Benjamin frowned.
By doing this...what are you trying to hide
The reason why the Reese family suffered was definitely not what was rumored outside, but the real cause of Claude's death... was he really executed by the church? Benjamin felt there was something fishy about this.
At that moment, he made up his mind to figure things out.
After asking the person in charge of the intelligence base all the questions he could think of, Benjamin turned around and left in a hurry. Judging from what the person in charge has investigated, there is not only an inside story about the changes in the Riese family, but there are even people who are deliberately blocking the matter, hoping to let it go down quietly.
Therefore, if he wants to know the truth of the matter, he must find some relevant people.
"...the prison in the west of the city, the third and fourth cells on the left side of the underground floor."
One day later, while walking in the outer city of Havenright, Benjamin looked at the note in his hand with a heavy heart.
The Riese family was wiped out, and her grandmother was missing. Claude was probably really dead, and Mary was said to have lived in a farm in the countryside to recuperate from illness, and was not in the royal capital at the time of the incident. As for the servants who served the Riese family, they were all implicated and sent to prison.
Benjamin wants to know the truth, so he probably can only go to the prison and take a look.
The prison was quite heavily guarded, and he could not find any other entrance except the main entrance. He felt a little regretful. If Miles were here now, he could probably solve this problem easily.
But... Benjamin is not helpless.
Hiding in a nearby deserted ruins, he quickly activated the water element field and commanded the ice drill to start digging holes. It was originally on the underground level, and the two places were not too far apart. Benjamin could dig directly to a specific cell.
-According to the information given to him by the person in charge, the former servants of the Riese family were all locked up together, and they were far away from the cells of other prisoners. As long as he dug carefully, no one would notice.
About half an hour later.
"Wait a minute, something happened in the cell..."
The system that had been responsible for the guidance suddenly spoke in a strange tone. Suddenly, Benjamin's heart skipped a beat, and he leaned forward using the water element induction method.
The scene inside the cell that was so close came to his mind.
The light was dim, the walls were wet, and in the two cells specially designed to hold them, familiar faces fell to the ground one after another, seemingly... out of breath.
Benjamin was so shocked that he quickly speeded up, dug through the last bit of space, and entered the cell himself.
"Hmm... They must have been poisoned by someone. Everyone's body can be scanned for similar toxic substances." The system suddenly sighed, "It seems that some people really want to keep the secret sealed forever."