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As a result, the number of fathers she can have is pitifully small.
Therefore, the so-called taking care of the father was naturally not out of father-daughter affection, but simply waiting for the king to pass away.
Andrei and the second prince had the same intention.
Today, Avril planned to go to the woods outside the city to visit her junior after finishing her boring babysitting.
However, strangely enough, the king, who had been in a deep coma for many days, actually woke up a little in the evening.
He talked to Avril for a long time, but all his sentences were incoherent. One second he said chicken wings were delicious, and the next second he said that clothes should be white.
No meaningful information was revealed.
After listening patiently for several hours, until the king closed his eyes again, Avril got up and rushed out of the city.
Because she didn't want her junior to be disturbed, she always went there alone, and this time was no exception.
On the way, she first pondered a question that she had thought about countless times - what kind of strange disease did her father suffer from.
The royal court physician tried his best, but in the end he could only diagnose that the king was seriously ill, a symptom that anyone with normal eyesight could tell.
Later, Bishop Jarvis of the Royal Capital Church took action.
After the light-attribute healing magic he cast failed, he carefully examined the king's body and gave a new clue - the king was poisoned.
All members of the royal family were shocked and strongly questioned this conclusion.
Not to mention that the poison could not poison the king who was a saint-level professional, just based on the king's own routine and strength, the poisoner had no chance of getting close to him at all.
Jarvis smiled and turned back to the church.
The attitude is very clear, believe it or not.
"In recent years, I have been collecting information about poisons, and I have never heard of any poison that can be effective against Saint-level professionals, but there are many curses that can have the same effect.
But...what reason would Bishop Jarvis have to deceive us?"
After leaving the city, Avril walked on the moonlit road, her deep thoughts continuing until she reached the woods.
Entering the woods, she walked towards the grave, her thoughts returning to her junior.
Perhaps she was recalling the not-so-long but particularly memorable experience they had together, and the corners of her mouth curved up.
Coming soon.
Although there was no one around and only the faint echo of her footsteps on the leaves, she still looked around furtively for a while and put her hand into the wide sleeves of her robe.
After a bit of searching, he pulled out a cat-ear headband with carefully selected golden hair on the back of the ears.
She remembered that Leah's cat ears were this color. When they were in Cass Town, her junior classmates always liked to sneak a peek at Leah's cat ears.
Holding the headband in her arms, Avril felt her face getting hot, which was rare.
As she walked towards the grave quickly, she muttered, "It's just compensation for not coming here for a long time. Just, just once!"
Shyness spread uncontrollably in my heart, but was replaced by rage after a few seconds.
The grave next to the tree had turned into a pit, with the broken pieces of the inscriptionless tombstone scattered all over the ground.
"Who destroyed my junior's grave?"
The magic power surged, and her whole body was filled with coldness. The cat-ear headband in her arms was instantly covered with ice, and shattered as her body shook violently.
Avril's sanity was burned out by anger, and she frantically searched around for traces of the destroyer.
Obviously, she gained nothing in the end.
After searching almost every corner of the sparse forest to no avail, the anger that had been pent up in her chest was about to burst out.
"I will freeze you into an ice cube and put you on display in the Royal City Square for ten thousand years!"
Her pupils, a mixture of ice and blue, showed a faint scarlet, and she turned and rushed towards the direction of the royal capital.
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"Hiss——" In the hotel room, Zhang Mu hugged his arms and shivered, with a strange look on his face, "The wizard caught a cold? Are you kidding?"
Soran sat on the bed and flipped through the documents: "Lord City Lord, what did you say?"
Shaking his head: "Go on."
"Okay." He responded, his eyes falling back to the document in his hand, "The day after tomorrow is the job review ceremony. Before that, Lord City Lord, you must decide which heir to the throne you want to support."
"why?"
“Although the three heirs have kept quiet about you, the second prince has only invited you to a dinner party.
But keeping silent doesn't mean they will ignore you, especially since you defeated the Lake Kingdom's old enemy just a month ago."
“Let’s put this aside for now.
I think if an armed conflict breaks out... well, it's unlikely in the capital, so it's hard to influence the battle for the throne based on personal strength alone."
"Yes, this is also your value, the fame you have gained among the people as the hero who defeated the Lagu Kingdom."
Soran closed the file and said, "Personal strength is of no use at this stage, heroes like you are more useful now.
And Lord City Lord, I don’t deny that people in the capital won’t attack each other, but the defeated heir won’t sit and wait to die.”
"After losing the battle for the throne, will they choose to raise an army?"
"The probability is high."
Zhang Mu pinched his chin and said thoughtfully, "The Kingdom of Lake has many enemies around it. Are the two big guilds just sitting back and watching them cause domestic unrest?"
"I'm not sure about this."
"crunch-"
The door was pushed open, and "Zhang Mu" walked in, speaking in Domit's voice: "Marshal, I'm back."
Raising his hand to cancel his Transfiguration, Zhang Mu asked, "What's the situation?"
"It went smoothly." Domit took off his coat and hung it on the clothes rack behind the door. "I went to the church first and got the potion you gave me to conceal my aura.
He didn't notice that I was only a senior knight, and he enthusiastically chatted with me about the customs and practices of Gul City."
Mih, who was lying on his side on the bed, heard this and slowly sat up: "What customs and practices can we talk about in Gul City?"
"Well, it's mainly because of the opening of the Silent Forest and the forbidden magic circle that was opened half a year ago."
"Since we've fooled him, we don't need to worry about it." Zhang Mu interrupted them, "What's next?"
"According to your order, I went to the Second Prince's residence again, but he was not there, so the butler received me.
I waited until dark for the second prince to return, and talked with him about the Grand Duke of Blois until about nine o'clock, then said goodbye and returned to the hotel."
"That's stable."
Zhang Mu happily sat on the wooden chair beside the table: "Brother Hai is missing, and he disappeared near the capital. The church must have mobilized all its forces to look for him.
If you go around using my identity, they won't suspect me."
After saying that, he remembered something and asked, "By the way, did you get any results from asking me to find out what the second prince was thinking?"
“Well…” Domit scratched the back of his head, “I was afraid that something unusual might be noticed, so I didn’t dare to ask too many details.
After talking for more than three hours, I only learned that the Second Prince seemed to have contact with the Grand Duke of Blois."
"Well..." Zhang Mu stood up with a twinkling look in his eyes, "The job review ceremony will be held the day after tomorrow. I will go while there is still one day left tomorrow..."
"咚咚-"
There was a knock on the door, but it wasn't theirs, it was the one next door.
Soon Palina's voice came through the door.
"Hello sir, what can I do for you?"
"Good night ma'am, is Lord Edge here?"
"He went out early in the morning, and..."
Mi He activated the Speed Sprint Technique and instantly reached the entrance. He raised his hand and opened the door: "The Lord City Lord has returned."
"That's great, I think..."
"Looking for me?" Zhang Mu patted his shoulder and Mi He stepped aside.
There was a guard outside the door.
Seeing Zhang Mu, he immediately took out a letter from under his breastplate: "His Royal Highness the Grand Prince invites you to his banquet."
He took it and nodded: "Okay, please tell His Royal Highness the First Prince that I will be there on time."
The guard saluted and left.
After closing the door and returning to the room, Zhang Mu opened the envelope and took out the letter with two fingers: "Hey, your sincerity is much less than that of the Second Prince."
"What's written?" Soran asked.
"Just a polite remark." He quickly glanced at the letter and threw it on the table with the envelope. "Invited me to have lunch at his palace tomorrow at noon."
"A temporary palace?" Soran looked thoughtful. "He and the only princess in the royal family both have their own temporary palaces in the royal palace.
Only the second prince...
Is this the reason why you are not favored by the king?"
"Haha, even if you don't like him, there are only three of them. The palace is so big, is it short of a palace for him?"
"That is..." Soran looked at Zhang Mu with a puzzled look.
He rested his butt on the edge of the table, his arms folded across his chest. "According to the Duke of Blois, the king had more than a hundred children ten years ago, right?"
"Ah."
"Ten years later, only three are left." Zhang Mu narrowed his eyes. "We don't know why so many royal descendants died, and we don't know why the royal family couldn't find the murderer.
But one thing is certain..."
Mih continued: "To be one of the three people who survived in such a cruel environment, he is definitely not as harmless as he appears to be."
"Okay, it's decided." Zhang Mu clapped his hands, "I'll sleep in tomorrow morning, go to the eldest prince's place at noon, and then go to the second prince's house in the evening."
After saying that, he went straight back to the house to rest.
The next morning.