After Becoming The Tyrant

"If you are in Angor, what is your identity?"

The king sat by the window, looked at the street and asked.

"I don't have any identity. Your Majesty." The knight commander smiled bitterly, "In fact, before I was rescued by the Duke, I had a name of Mordia Llewellyn."

"Leverin?" The king caught the key words, "You are from the Angor royal family."

"Yes." The Knight Commander replied, "A descendant of an exiled prince. Your Majesty, this is really not something to brag about."

The king soon understood why the knight commander said that.

Things must be pushed back to 11 years ago, which was a power struggle within Angle State.

The knight commander's father, one of the princes of Angor at the time, lost the competition and was accused of "intent to murder his brother", so he was exiled and had to flee Angor.

This is not an uncommon occurrence, stories like this abound in this day and age.

Right now, isn't the king himself experiencing such a thing?

The only slight difference is that after the knight commander's father took him away from the sad place, unfortunately he contracted typhoid fever.Before his death, the Knight Commander was entrusted by his father to the Duke of Buckingham in Legrand. Perhaps out of political considerations, the Duke arranged a new identity for the Knight Commander.

But the king should not have known this.

After listening to the knight commander's words, the king was not only not disappointed, but smiled subtly.

He thought he did have a suitable candidate.

Angor's grievances with the royal family have a long history.

It is located in the southwest of Legrand.

The first king of Legrand led his cavalry and longbowmen deep into the belly of Angor, and forced the ruler of Angor to surrender by force.Since then, the Angor and Legrand royal families have often repeated "surrender" and "rebellion".

What annoyed the Rose royal family the most was that 300 years ago, King Angor participated in a murder and joined forces with the enemies of the royal family to kill the then crown prince.So in 1134, the royal family convened a parliament and passed the criminal law that established the humble status of the Angles nation.

Since then, the contradiction between the two parties has become more and more acute.

There is no doubt that the ruler of Angor, who has always been full of hatred for the Legrand royal family, will definitely get involved after Legrand caused turmoil for the "Death of the King".However, compared to people with bad intentions such as Grand Duke Grace, Angel is just a shit stick.

They have no specific purpose but to make Legrand unhappy.

This is also one of the reasons why the king chose Angel.

Who would have thought that the king would suddenly unite with the Angles, who are usually the most unpleasant?

In addition, the king has his considerations.

Thanks to the Duke of Buckingham for his qualified care of his nephew. Although Purland I grew up to be a tyrant, he still received systematic elite crown prince education and had a certain understanding of his own territory.That's why the king was able to retrieve the information related to Angel from his memory.

If the woodland nobles in the north were repeatedly ridiculed by the upper class, then Angor was directly considered as unworthy of the stage.

Angor's natural scenery is extremely beautiful - undeveloped large forests, rushing rivers, and majestic mountains.And it is precisely these mountains, giant valleys, jungles, and rivers that limit Angor's development.The land there is barren and internal transportation is difficult.

A joke "A year's tariffs on Ingres can't afford a single button on King Legrand's sleeve."

The nobles only regarded Angel as a laughing stock, but the king saw something that could be borrowed and used at this time.

That is Angel's soldier.

Harsh natural conditions make it difficult for Angore to develop agriculture.Many of them still use hunting as an important means of making a living.The Angor people who hunted bears and killed leopards in the Taikoo Mountains were very good fighters, and it was because of this that Angor was able to set off rebellions again and again.

What the king wanted was to borrow this knife that could kill bears and leopards.

Angor's warriors did not have strong economic conditions to build armor, nor did they need to prepare many retinues for knights like ordinary nobles.Therefore, their marching speed was sufficient to penetrate from the mountains in the southwest into the battlefield in the middle of Legrand in the shortest possible time.

So, here comes a question.

How should the king use Angel's hunting knife for himself?

—He sent a letter to the Knight Commander.

The letter had been in the king's hand since the knight commander entered the gate. After listening to the knight commander's words, the king took a pen and added a few more lines to the letter.Then he sealed the letter with wax himself.

No one but the king himself knew what was written in it.

"Take him and hurry back to Angor as soon as possible to meet your cousin." The king said in a calm tone, "Tell him that the time is only one week."

The knight commander accepted the letter in a daze.

Angel was a painful place for him, and he swore to the king that even if he lost his life there, he would hand over the letter to his cousin himself.

"remember."

The knight commander walked to the door, and the king suddenly spoke.

"You are King Legrand's oath knight commander, and you are the representative of the Rose Royal Family."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The knight commander took a deep breath and left with his head held high.

………………

"It's amazing, my lord."

After the knight commander left, the devil came out from the shadow of the room.He seems to have a new hobby, which is elusive.

"Look at that poor fool who was taken advantage of. Even if you gave him a knife, as long as you give him an order, he can put the knife into his chest without hesitation."

"Then you will be disappointed," said the king. "If there is such a knife, it must not have stabbed my knight."

The devil pretended not to understand the meaning of the king's words: "Ah, I am your loyal hell knight."

The king sneered.

The devil came to remind the king that it was time to leave.

At this time, besides the knight commander, the oath knight beside the king quietly left in the morning.It was also ordered by the king to escort a secret letter.

After the carriage set off, it drove towards the palace.

Along the way, more and more cavalrymen passed by on the avenue.As the king expected, on the third day after the attack, the news that "the king is dead" broke out across the entire land of Legrand with a thunderous speed.

When the king's carriage stopped at the tavern again, people could already hear people discussing this matter.

The fire was warm, and the harp tunes of the southern region were brisk and almost obscene, and the tavern was full of joy.

Yes, beaming.

Contrary to the circumstances of William III's death, there was little mourning...

To put it bluntly, most people are overjoyed.The death of the tyrant was simply the best news they knew this year.

The bard plucked the dilapidated strings, and the funny clown who also stayed here threw colored balls up and down for the crowd.Most of the people here were drunk, and everyone raised their glasses and praised each other with "Amen" and "God bless".

The only one sober is the king's table in the corner.

The king and his knights disguised themselves and sat quietly.The devil also looked no different from ordinary young people.Few people noticed their table, but the noise of the people could still be clearly heard by the king.

The devil twirled the glass with his fingertips, making himself look like the drunks, and watched the king through the glass.

But he was destined to be disappointed.

The king did not respond.

Then one of the witty ghosts sang an adapted hymn:

"The merciful Lord bless my king

bless his people and his well being

Let him live less great and die more honorably

let's sing happily

Thank you Lord! "[1]

This song was originally sung on the day the king was born, wishing him to be as great and glorious as his father.At this time, it was sung with a slight modification, and the irony was almost to the point of meanness-yes, the death of the tyrant was simply the blessing of the Lord to Legrand.

The knights at the table couldn't bear it any longer, and put their hands on the hilts of their swords.

The king put down the wine glass he was holding and stopped them with his eyes.

The knights sat at the table flushed with anger, and the king listened to the commotion in the tavern as usual, as if he was not the one who was celebrating his death.

At this time, someone has already continued:

"...the merciful Lord bless my king

bless his judge and his sheriff

bless his forester and his deacons

Better let them be like my king

so that we may sing joyously

Thank you Lord! "[2]

Then they shouted in unison, "Thank you, Lord."

The king listened to the whole thing calmly.

………………

Still, there are those who will mourn the news that the "king is dead."

The Duke of Buckingham is definitely one of the saddest.

But the duke's grief was quickly suppressed in his heart, and he began to investigate the specifics of the matter as soon as possible, and began to try his best to defend the situation for his nephew.

He couldn't believe that his nephew was really dead.

"The bloodline of the Qiangwei family cannot die so easily."

The duke who once killed the Abyss Strait and became the nightmare of the Bracy people said so.

The Duke of Buckingham immediately gave up the cautious restraint he had made for his nephew, showing his ruthless iron wrist.On the day he received the bad news, the Duke of Buckingham sent soldiers, and he threw all those who dared to preach "the king is dead" on the street into prison.

The prison in Legrand's capital was filled in just a few days.

Such ruthless means will undoubtedly damage the Duke's reputation, but the Duke doesn't care.

—You know that, right?

——The only one I can trust now is you.

The old prince recalled the day the king set off.He had a vague feeling, maybe the king had a premonition at that time.

How did he answer back then?

"I will protect Legrand for you."

Ten years ago, he answered this way.Ten years later, the answer is still the same.

"Bring me my sword."

the duke ordered.

The Duke of Buckingham put on the red cloak given by the king, with the emblem of the iron rose pinned to the cloak.The servant quickly stepped forward with his sword in hand, he took the sword and hung it on his waist, covering it with a scarlet cloak.

He is going to attend the upcoming emergency parliament.

The content of the council—

Who will inherit the throne?

The author has something to say: [1][2] Adapted from the 15th century English ballad, the original text is "May the merciful God bless our king, bless his people and his well-being, let him live great and die gloriously/Let us be happy Sing/Thank God", during the reign of Henry V, the country was strong and prosperous.

Duke of Buckingham persuasion: take the sword.