After I became a real young master, I became famous for my bad behavior

"That's right."

The Lord said with a foxy smile,

"Since you were poisoned and resigned, you haven't appeared in our sight. How have you been recently?"

Ivan almost rolled his eyes: "It's that sickening fox smile again."

"Not bad," Ivan nodded with a smile.

"After I left Haynes, I went to other places, and the people there were pretty nice to me. At least they didn't poison me just because I was capable.

"In addition to my sister's salary as the chief, plus the little money I earn, my sister and I can buy ourselves something nice."

The lord always felt uneasy when he heard Ivan say such things.

But he immediately smiled:

"Well, I know you're doing well out there, and I wish you all the best in the future."

"Thank you."

Ivan thought to himself, "Finally, I'm done with his leading the conversation."

Next, Ivan asked politely:

"This Twelve Star Knight Recognition Ceremony is a major event that the entire empire should rejoice in. Why are you attending on behalf of the Haines family this time?"

The Lord also spoke politely:

"Oh? My brother is not feeling well, so he didn't come today. I came in his place."

"Huh! I don't trust you at all." Ivan snorted in his heart.

When he saw the lord's smug look, he knew that he had gained this opportunity by suppressing the duke many times.

This would send a wrong signal to others - that the Lord was beginning to gain control of Haines.

Ivan couldn't imagine how much the lord had done behind the scenes to ruin the Duke's reputation.

silence.

"Uh, wait!"

Ivan looked around again:

"My Lord. For such a grand occasion, it seems that the heir of a noble family is going to come, right? Where is Master Xi Lun?"

When the lord heard Ivan say something like "Xiren is the heir", he couldn't hide the smile on his face:

“Hahaha, of course he’s coming.

"As a member of the Duke of Haines's family, shouldn't you give a speech before the award ceremony for the Empire's war heroes? I'll leave this task to Xi Lun..."

Ivan was even more confused—aren’t these father and son together?

His eyes were full of question marks, and he couldn't help but interrupt the Lord:

"But there are less than ten minutes until the ceremony officially begins? I just came in through the main gate...I didn't see Xi Lun?"

The lord then realized that something was wrong, and his face quickly darkened.

"Isn't Xi Lun here?!"

Of course, his ability to react on the spot was not bad: at least in front of Ivan, an "outsider", he must not embarrass Haynes!

The lord quickly made up a lie:

"Of course he's in the lounge getting ready. You'll be able to see him when the ceremony officially begins."

Ivan nodded, raised his champagne and said lightly:

"Okay, I look forward to his (disgraceful) performance."

Ivan really didn't know anything and quickly joined the crowd. He wanted to find a better angle to watch Scott's glorious moment.

The lord smiled and sent Ivan away, then stood there, biting his fingers in his mouth and cursing:

"Xi Lun said he had something else to do so he won't come with me, why hasn't he come yet?!

"What on earth was he busy doing? If he ran away from a ceremony that would bring honor to the family...

"I will definitely teach you a lesson when I get back!"

Da da da...

"Your Lordship!" One of his men came running over.

The lord suppressed his temper and turned to ask his men, who answered unhappily:

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"The people who followed Master Xilun said... he said..." The subordinates knelt in front of the lord in panic.

"Someone has captured Master Xilun, and a video ball has been sent to the Duke... After the Duke opened the video ball, the content on it was that Master Xilun had deliberately murdered the chief assistant of the Magic Tower..."

After listening to his subordinates' report, the lord said disapprovingly:

"Isn't it just a small assistant? Just kill a small assistant and let Eve replace him with another one..."

Seeing that the Lord was not in a hurry, his subordinates became even more worried:

“But Miss Eve’s assistant is Mr. Scott!

"If they knew that Master Xilun killed the Duke candidate of Impes, it would not be as simple as killing an ordinary person."

The subordinate did not notice the lord's wide eyes, and he continued to report:

"Also, the Duke knows about the scandal that the young master went to the egg tart shop to cause trouble a while ago. But don't panic, the Duke has already sent people to the Magic Tower to negotiate..."

"What?! How can I not panic?!"

The Lord stared at the place with his venomous green eyes wide open.

"Silen, the power of Imperius is on the rise now... What are you doing?!"

Award ceremony.

The royal family all took their respective positions.

It can be seen that even the Queen and the Second Prince attended the ceremony, so this ceremony was very important.

But those who are in the know know that the so-called royal family only consists of the emperor and the crown prince.

After the people in the audience expressed their sincere greetings to the royal family, the whole ceremony began its process.

Everett said to you first:

“I’m so sorry.

"Due to some emergency, the royal family decided to broadcast the execution of a state criminal before the official award ceremony."

The crowd was in an uproar.

criminal?

In fact, some people in the audience understand that this is a very serious topic:

"The commander of the Royal Army is actually a traitor!"

This is also a topic that Ivan learned about not long ago.

But those who are ignorant of the ways of the world and only know how to have fun...you can tell by their surprised expressions as if they are hearing about this for the first time.

Ivan mingled in the crowd, listening attentively to what was being said on the stage:

"Knowing more about what's happening now will help you in the future."

This is also the task that extras should fulfill.

Next comes the Emperor's trial:

“Former Royal Commander Joey Klein is guilty of heinous crimes!

"He holds the royal military power, not only betraying the empire, but also stealing the black magic technology to Orendon. He even persecutes innocent knights and civilians...

"Treating their lives as a joke and using them as sacrifices for dark magic!"

DUANG!

The emperor's hands knocked on the armrest of the seat, making a loud noise.

"Not only did he betray and defect to the enemy, he even violated the rules of magic.

"Such a criminal holding a high position is a blasphemy to the peace of the entire empire!

"As the ruler of a country, I cannot allow such a person to continue to do evil!"

The emperor looked at the nobles standing in the audience.

They have already started discussing -

The nobles were stunned.

They didn't expect that the commander would commit the crime of betraying the empire, and they didn't expect that Joey would actually spread black magic.

"This is a grave sin!"

"How dare you?!"

Ivan was standing in the audience, and he knew one thing very well:

"The spread of black magic cannot be accomplished by Joey alone..."

"There must be an accomplice behind him. As for this accomplice, it can only be..."

The facts speak for themselves—Haines hid it too well.