Mount and Blade

Princess Furda is a plump beauty. From her appearance, it is almost impossible to tell that she already has an adult son under her knees. She has beautiful blond hair and sharp eyes.

Apparently the reason for Edward's handsome appearance was also inherited from her. However, Princess Furda's strongest feature is her straight bridge of nose and the imbalance caused by her oversized lips.

Her facial features are not perfect, but they give people a strong affinity.

Of course, wrinkles and a little fat are inevitable when you reach a certain age. However, Princess Furda has proved herself that women become more attractive as they get older.

When He Kun was still young and had not been poisoned or killed by his sister.

Furda has been He Kun's underground lover all year round. Even so, many nobles still proposed to her and flocked to her, but He Kun later used his power to take her away.

However, God knows if He Kun really loves Fulda that much. Furda, who was still the female head of the Halvorsen family at that time, had a high reputation and had no connection with the local religion. Her position was biased towards the King's Hall, so there were rumors that Grand Duke He Kun married her for political purposes.

Every time Edward heard this rumor, he would involuntarily think: Nonsense, which royal marriage is not for political purposes?

When Edward arrived at the door of his mansion, he found two luxurious carriages parked at the door. The knight responsible for the escort is resting.

From this point of view, these two carriages indeed belong to the royal family. In other words, my mother Furda has also returned home.

After Edward asked the servant about the situation, he learned that the Grand Duke He Kun was also here, and both of them were in the bedroom.

These two can't just...what the hell, right? Edward decided to greet the two of them first.

When he reached the servant's bedroom, he could hear the two people arguing inside the door, and Edward stopped.

"Why don't you spend the night in the harem?!" He Kun's voice sounded a little angry.

"I have already made an appearance in the palace during the day." In contrast, Princess Furda's voice seemed a bit indifferent, and it was difficult to hear her clearly with the door open.

The rumors that the two were not in good terms recently naturally reached Edward's ears. In other words, Furda and He Kun were now a couple in name only.

Furda, who lost her husband just after getting married, had to enter into a political marriage with Grand Duke He Kun in order to protect the Halvorson family. Therefore, Furda did not love Grand Duke He Kun wholeheartedly.

Moreover, the child born to Grand Duke He Kun and his ex-wife was first in the succession to the throne, which also made Furda feel very unhappy.

Oh, speaking of Grand Duke He Kun’s ex-wife, she is He Kun’s sister.

He was also the murderer who poisoned He Kun. His ex-wife was indispensable for He Kun's body to be so rotten that even women were too lazy to respond to him.

He Kun used to love his cousin very much. In such a polygamous country, marriage between close relatives is not a rare thing.

When He Kun learned that it was his sister who wanted to harm him, God knows how He Kun's state of mind changed. Anyway, since that day, the originally cowardly Grand Duke He Kun always liked to be incompetently furious in private, and began to take revenge on those nobles who were dissatisfied with him and had second thoughts.

The rumors will be exaggerated, which is closely related to He Kun's unpopularity!

"I'm Edward." Edward knocked on the bedroom door a little harder. Even if the emotional discord between their husband and wife was a fact, Edward had no intention of continuing to hide outside the door and eavesdrop on their quarrels.

"Come in!!" He Kun roared back.

Edward chose to ignore his ugly and irritable father and walked straight towards his mother. The boy who once only stayed in his mother's arms had become a man much taller than her.

"I've heard about it, Edward, you've returned triumphantly." As soon as Furda saw her son coming home, she walked forward with a smile on her face and checked if there were any obvious injuries on Edward's body.

Edward smiled, "The Fire Dragon's Lair is still standing."

Apart from his bloodlust on the battlefield, he was still the gentle, humble and polite child he was when he was with his mother.

"Huh!" Grand Duke He Kun looked unhappy. For some reason, he was not happy at all with his son's military exploits.

"To celebrate your victory, I am planning to go to the "Fire Dragon's Lair" to work for the army." Furda's sharp and gentle eyes seemed to have a bit of expectation.

"Eh? Mother..." Edward was startled.

"Anyway, the "Fire Dragon's Lair" is not far from Nooruka Huati."

"That's right..." Edward finally knew the reason why He Kun was so upset.

There were many rumors used to attack Grand Duke He Kun - among them, the rumor that the princess Furda "wanted to be pregnant with Gurenberg's child" was the most humiliating.

"Humph!" Grand Duke He Kun left angrily.

.........

General Kirsten, on the other hand, fell into deep thought as he looked at the female corpse whose hand and hamstrings had been severed, beaten to a bloody pulp with the bones exposed, and even had her teeth and tongue brutally pulled out.

The method is still the same, but this time the murderer targets a civilian girl.

"What are the clues?" General Kirsten asked the barber who had been following the Guards captain to study the body since last time.

The barber carefully examined the body, frowning, "The murderer is left-handed and very familiar with the human body structure. Judging from the method of committing the crime, he should have learned some surgical skills or received relevant training, always letting these female corpses survive for two or three days when they were persecuted before their death."

General Kirstin nodded, and several left-handed dignitaries seemed to have emerged in his mind, "Anything else?"

Kirstin knew that the clues the barber mentioned were definitely more than this one.

The barber raised his head and presented a strand of wild wolf fur dyed brown in a cloth bag to General Kirstin, "I found this not far from the scene."

"General, maybe we can start with the social relations of the victims to see if there are any common points."

The general thought for a moment, just sniffed it with his nose, and it was clear at a glance, "No need, I already have a clue in my mind."

This is a dye used exclusively by the Grant royal family. This dye originated from the ancestors of the marine hunting nation.

"...No need to investigate, this matter...you have made an indelible contribution."

The barber showed a trace of doubt on his face when he heard the general's words, but he did not dare to ask more questions and could only retreat respectfully.

General Kirstin looked at the wolf fur in his hand, with a lot of thoughts in his mind. He knew that this matter involved the royal family and it would not be simple.

In the entire royal family, only Grand Duke Hekun was left-handed, and this strand of hair happened to be unique to the Shadow Hand Clan who were loyal to the king.

It seems that all the clues point to one person, that is - Grand Duke Hekun.

Kirstin: "..."

As a famous general of the Principality of Grant, he has been fighting for the country and the people all his life. He can never sit idly by and watch the Grand Duke's cruelty to the people.

Kirstin frowned and paced back and forth in place. He knew very well that if this matter was really done by the Grand Duke, what kind of uproar would it cause? !

Grand Duke Hekun, who was already unpopular, would inevitably be overthrown by the rioting people and nobles.

However, without sufficient evidence, everything is still just a bold guess. He decided to investigate secretly first and find more clues to avoid alerting the enemy.

With a firm look in his eyes, Kirstin secretly sent people to collect more evidence and strengthened the monitoring of the royal capital.

General Kirstin decided to start the investigation from the daily whereabouts and contacts of Grand Duke Hekun. He secretly summoned his most trusted confidants and ordered them to secretly monitor the Grand Duke's every move, especially his behavior and words when no one was around.

In order not to arouse suspicion, Kirstin still went to the Guards to deal with the military affairs of the Principality as usual, but in private, his mind was all on this difficult case.

He also secretly contacted some old people who had served in the palace, hoping to obtain some unknown secrets about the Grand Duke from their memories.

However, Grand Duke Hekun and his shadow hands were not ordinary people, and soon noticed Kirstin's intentional surveillance.

Grand Duke Hekun knew that Kirstin was not easy to deal with, so he ordered the Shadow Hands to interfere with Kirstin's investigation and temporarily stopped persecuting other girls.