scepter

The banquet was still going on, and Orthea liked to dress up, and would often change clothes several times during a banquet. Everyone was used to it, so her brief disappearance did not attract anyone's attention.

Although neither Yannick nor Bishop Hutcheson had any interest in dealing with those nobles, it was not very good for the two bishops to huddle in the corner after all. Just when a nobleman came to greet him, Bishop Hutcherson had to leave temporarily holding a glass of wine. , Yannick stayed alone on the terrace outside the hall.

He had to come to the banquet, but the less contact with others, the better. His speech at the magic seminar has been widely spread, and Yannick Hill's reputation has become even more famous-there are mixed reputations in these reputations. Those who show off and win honors also say that his words are thought-provoking enough to be recorded in the annals of history and become the pioneers of enlightened priests.In any case, if he went out to chat with the nobles now, the other party would definitely ask about this matter. At this stage, Yannick did not want to express any further opinions on this matter.

If the content of the public speech is at least beyond reproach on the surface, and the pope can't use it as an excuse to trouble him, then if he makes any remarks in private, it is estimated that it will soon reach the pope's ears , has become a handle to punish him.

Anyway, he couldn't stay in the Charlemagne Empire for a long time, so there was no need to bother to establish a good relationship with the nobles.

"Your Excellency Hill, you are actually being lazy here!"

When the voice of accusation came, Yannick didn't even turn his head, and continued to face the terrace to feel the evening breeze.

"This is an opportunity for you to show yourself," the silver-haired bishop lazily said, "You need to learn how to deal with different kinds of people, especially those nobles who are difficult to talk to."

Avery and Augustine walked over together.

Ai Fuli said: "Your Excellency, I am always worried that I may say something wrong and cause you trouble."

Augustine also sighed: "Those nobles have been asking us about your position on mages, and we are all embarrassed by the questions!"

Yannick said with a smile: "That's why I don't want to show up. If I say something in front of them, I believe His Majesty the Pope will be happy to leave immediately."

"Ah, Your Excellency Hill, so you are here!" The floor-to-ceiling curtains on the terrace were lifted, and the anxious and surprised maid came over.

Yannick recognized her as the maid accompanying Princess Orthea.

"Hello, what's the matter?"

"His Royal Highness asked me to invite you to the lounge on the second floor."

Yannick coughed lightly, and said to the other two people's ambiguous eyes: "May I ask if Your Highness the Princess has any orders? If you are in a hurry, I can help you to pass them on to Your Majesty."

The maid said: "No, no, you misunderstood, His Majesty is also there, and His Excellency Chris!"

Yannick asked in surprise, "Do you know what's going on?"

The maid hesitated to speak, but finally said: "...Her Majesty the Princess admitted that she liked you in front of His Majesty and His Excellency Chris, and His Majesty was furious. The Princess thinks that you also have affection for her, and would like to invite you to come over in front of His Majesty. Make it clear!"

Yannick's scalp was numb.

Since when did he have feelings for the princess? !

But it's not impossible to think about it. Princess Orthea really has a crush on him. An innocent and pure little girl who is in her prime can easily fall into wishful thinking. Maybe Alfonso VIII will I thought it was him who instigated it.

Rubbing his forehead, Yannick said, "Okay, I'll go there now, but I hope to bring my priests with me, can I?"

"Of course, please hurry up, His Majesty is waiting!"

The three of them followed the maid through the banquet hall, and Yannick found that the maid chose some secluded passages and was not seen by anyone.

Maybe it was because she was afraid that her identity as a princess maid would be seen and cause unnecessary trouble.

Yannick frowned slightly, thinking so.

Compared with the noise downstairs, the second floor was very quiet. The princess' rest room was in the second room on the left side of the corridor. The maid went there, knocked on the door twice, and then pushed it open.

The maid's figure suddenly stopped, Yannick stood behind her, couldn't see the change of her expression, could only look in through her half-opened door, only to find Chris and Alexander standing in the room, and Orr Princess Seya was lying on the ground, her life and death unknown.

Chris was squatting down in front of her, not knowing what he was looking at, while Alexander was standing beside her.

"Alexander, why are you here?" Avery asked in surprise.

It took only a few seconds from opening the door to Avery asking questions. Yannick realized that something was wrong when he saw Chris and Alexander appearing together, but before he could figure it out, he went down In a second, the maid's screams rang out.

This piercing scream was enough to get the attention downstairs.

For a moment, the sound of music, talking and laughing, and the uproar seemed to stop for a while, and then there were footsteps coming from the stairs, and many people appeared one after another.

They saw Yannick and others standing at the door of the room, Chris and Alexander, and Princess Orthea lying on the ground.

Soon, there were bursts of panting sounds from the crowd, and some even screamed like the maid just now.

"Oh, my God, my God! What the hell is going on!"

"Your Highness, why is Your Highness lying there!"

"My God! Go and report to Your Majesty!"

"What the hell is going on!" Alfonso VIII's voice sounded, and the crowd spontaneously made way for him, and His Majesty's voice came and went.

With such a big commotion, it is impossible for Alfonso VIII not to come over. When he saw his daughter lying on the ground, his face changed: "Your Excellency Simon has left the imperial capital! Hurry up and ask him to come over!"

"She's dead." Chris stood up and said calmly.

Alfonso VIII rushed forward in a few steps and helped his daughter up.

"Orthea!"

The princess's body has been cold for a long time, her face has completely turned blue-gray, her round eyes are staring at death, and her expression is also maintained at a moment of panic, as if she is telling others about her previous misfortune.

But make no mistake, as Chris said, she was dead.

The aristocrat, who was a little less courageous, covered his mouth, turned around and ran out to vomit.

"Orthea!" A person rushed out from the crowd, and Prince George staggered, almost pounced on him.

"God, what happened to her, father, what happened to Orthea!" Prince George opened his mouth wide and watched his sister's death, with tears streaming down his face, his face full of disbelief.

Who can believe it?The beautiful princess who was still dancing downstairs just now died in her lounge.

"Shut up!" Alfonso VIII yelled at his son viciously, like an enraged lion.

He raised his head, his fierce and sharp gaze swept over everyone present, "Where are the guards! Enclose the entire Star Palace, and no one is allowed to leave until the murderer is found out!"

With an order, the Star Palace was surrounded airtightly, and all the nobles who attended the banquet could not get out without the emperor's order.

However, in the room where Princess Orthea died, the emperor specially ordered a team of guards to station here to prevent the people who came to the scene for the first time just now from having a chance to escape.

For example, Chris, and Yannick and others.

"What the hell is going on, can any of you give me an explanation?" While waiting for Saint Simon to come over, Alfonso VIII's red eyes swept over everyone. Although he tried his best to restrain his emotions, everyone who watched Those who saw his expression had no doubt that if a murderer appeared among these people, Alfonso VIII would immediately tear him to pieces. "Prince Felton, why don't you explain why you are here!"

All eyes fell on Chris, and Alexander, who was standing next to him, became a foil because many people didn't know him.

Chris said: "When I came, she was already dead."

Alfonso VIII asked coldly: "Then why did you come to the second floor and enter my daughter's rest room?"

Chris pursed his lips: "Because Alexander came to tell me that you, Princess Althea, were with Priest Hill, and Priest Hill encountered some troubles, so let me come over."

Alfonso VIII asked coldly: "Is that so?"

"No, that's not the case! Your Excellency, Prince Felton, are you still lying?" Alexander shouted, "Your Majesty, I was not with Your Excellency at all. When His Excellency the Prince sneaked up the stairs, I didn't know what he wanted to do, but I felt that his behavior was a bit bad, so I followed behind quietly. Who knew that when I passed by this room, I heard something inside. There were a few arguments, and immediately after that, I opened the door, and saw the princess lying on the ground, and His Excellency the Prince's hand was on her neck!"

Yannick squinted his eyes and looked at the innocent Alexander.

He found himself making a big mistake.

A mistake I made because I was too blindly confident.

Yannick has always had a feeling that in his team, besides Priest Darwin, there must be someone who can directly contact the Holy See and report his every move to the Holy See at any time. This feeling is pulling After Archbishop He told him that "His Majesty the Pope is a man with a strong desire to control", he became even stronger.

But the feeling is the feeling, he has no direct evidence to prove it, not to mention that everyone in the team behaved normally, Avery, Augustine, Bart, Alexander, and even the few priests who joined later, All of them performed their duties very conscientiously, and their abilities gradually improved through experience, which made the group of priests more united and closer.

For a while, Yannick had doubts about Alexander, because he had almost no desire to express himself from the beginning to the end, and he almost never made mistakes. Of course, this may also be a problem with his own personality, and it is difficult to explain what the problem is.

Yannick was about to tell D'Antonio about monsters the night before, when Alexander knocked on the door. The timing was so coincidental that people couldn't help but be suspicious.So Yannick gave Alexander a note and asked him to pass it on to Baker. Later, Yannick asked Baker privately. Baker said that Alexander did give him a note, but there was no mention of monsters in it. He only said that he wished Dantonio a journey. tailwind.

Now Yannick was basically sure that there was indeed something wrong with Alexander, but he still wanted to observe again, what was the purpose of the other party hiding in the team, just to steal information, or was he planning to do something else?

If it's the former, as long as he doesn't intend to quarrel with the Pope, he can temporarily tolerate the other party's continued stay in the priesthood, as long as he is not allowed to touch more confidential matters.

As a result, just when Yannick was planning to keep Alexander for long-term observation, something like this happened.

Now he can be completely sure that the other party is indeed brewing a huge conspiracy.

However, what Yanick couldn't figure out was that framing Chris would benefit the Pope?

Just when Yannick was thinking, the interrogation was still going on. Of course, as one of the major suspects being interrogated, Chris didn't have this kind of consciousness at all, even if he was tied up by the guards at this moment. , but his face still has that lack of expression, so many people who have already identified him as the murderer can't help but slander autistic perverts in their hearts.

Chris asked Alexander blankly: "You said you saw me kill, so why didn't I kill you after you came in? What was my motive for killing?"

Alexander's expression was a little pale, and his face properly showed the shock and panic after discovering the important secret: "Of course you want to kill me, but I am a priest after all, and the princess's maid had already arrived at that time. Your Excellency, they are also following, you killed me, you have to kill the princess's maid, you don't have this time at all!"

"Wait, let me interrupt." Yannick gave Alexander a cold look, and he pointed to the trembling princess maid who brought them here just now. "This maid, she came to us on purpose just now, saying that Your Majesty and Princess, His Excellency the Prince are here, and said that His Majesty wanted to see me, so she brought us here, what motive did she have? Could it be that she was also bought by His Excellency the Prince? ?”

The maid shook her head with tears in her eyes: "I didn't, how could I go to you, Lord Hill, I just left for a while, the princess asked me to find her pearl earrings!"

She spread out her palms so that everyone could see the earrings that she had held tightly in her palms: "I finally found the earrings, and I'll be right back. Who knows, who knows that the princess..."

Yannick suddenly remembered that the maid led them through the remote passage just now, indeed no one saw that they were brought up by the maid.

"So it's obvious," Prince George glared at Chris and Yannick angrily, "The prince and bishop of the Garter Empire teamed up to kill Orthea!"

"George!" Even though Alfonso VIII was still angry, he felt that his son's conclusion was too hasty.

Just kidding, the prince and bishop of the Garter Empire teamed up to kill Princess Althea, so why did they do this?

"Your Excellency Hill, at this point, I have to tell the truth." Alexander fearlessly looked directly at the silver-haired bishop, who looked indifferent, as if he didn't care what shocking words he would say.

"His Excellency Hill and His Excellency Prince Felton have an ambiguous relationship."

With a buzzing sound, the crowd exploded, and everyone looked at Yannick in surprise.

For this handsome silver-haired bishop to have an affair with a man, many people think it is not difficult to understand, after all, this is not uncommon among nobles, but they are inconceivable that the bishop would find a man with a problematic character and no real power , even if he was conferred the title of prince, what's the use of that?

"Alexander, how can you slander Your Excellency Hill!" Avery was furious. Although Augustine didn't speak, he looked at Alexander coldly.None of them thought that Alexander was a poisonous snake that was hidden deeper than anyone else, and they hated that they trusted him so much before!

Alexander said guiltily: "I'm sorry, Priest Avery. Even though I am a subordinate of His Excellency Hill, I am also loyal to the Holy See and His Majesty the Pope. I cannot watch the reputation of the Holy See be ruined by His Excellency Hill."

"I see!" Prince George said angrily, "Orthea must have discovered this secret, so you are eager to kill her to silence her!"

Alfonso VIII frowned and said nothing. He let the crowd discuss, and he didn't stop shouting. At this moment, someone shouted: "Your Excellency Simon is here!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time, and they felt that as long as His Excellency Simon came, everything would be solved.

The author has something to say: 1. Now there are 4 suspects, Gong 1, Alexander, Yannick, and the maid. Each of them has a different statement, and each of them has no alibi.

2. Although Yannick was smart, he only noticed Alexander's suspiciousness in advance, and he planned to keep this suspicious person if he didn't fall out with the Pope.Thinking about it the other way around, because Yannick thinks that Alexander is the Pope's eyeliner, he will only speculate on what the eyeliner will do, and framing Gong 1 is not good for the Pope, so Yanick can't predict it in advance. The mistake he made was that after he doubted Alexander, he thought that he would only make some small moves at most, and he didn't anticipate what would happen next.

3. Gong 1's behavior is understandable. First of all, Yannick didn't tell him that Alexander was suspicious without certainty. In addition, they haven't met recently, so they don't have a chance to talk about it in detail. Gong 1's concern is chaotic. Hearing that Yannick was embarrassed by the emperor and Alexander came to call, it was understandable that he would follow him. He relied on his own magic power and felt that there would be no danger, but he did not expect that Alexander would set such a trap.

4. The fact that Alexander may be a monster is only known to you readers, not to the priests.