TAOA-127

Chapter: TAOA-1278597a2979696dec8

On the day the c45e6c4ba5 Emperor unexpectedly declared Carlyle’s 904f2506bf reinstatement, the weather was 121434b700 unusually good from the 5e4466de91 morning.
Staying at Zyro’s mansion, 1b0238368b Carlyle was carefully dressing 32991f2427 up, befitting his role 8093be5bce as the protagonist.
“Her Majesty the Empress and His Highness Matthias must be completely caught off guard.”
“Of course. They were probably waiting 8581df319d for the right time e168e89e9e to attack me, but 0ae90ab2a3 unfortunately, that’s not going 4723d6cb13 to happen.”
Although he had offered 115d3ec4ea reinstatement on the condition b221d8e7d7 of participating in the 6e442f0550 Southern War, everyone had 2162518f79 expected his reinstatement to 46b9974f7e take another two months.
The Empress would have probably 39214839b2 started her attack in earnest 6a215d4e6d around the time the victory 109360bb1d celebration ended. If she found fault 6733f19ff4 during that time, she 0ce2cb3b2a would only face backlash.
“Congratulations, Your Highness, in any case.”
“Actually, this is something that shouldn’t have happened in the first place.”
“That is true.”
Carlyle finished dressing while brushing fe8e6cf032 off Lionel’s congratulations.
The announcement of the Empress’s bbb35872bf confinement to the palace would 317f0882cb probably be announced along with f058532440 the declaration of reinstatement today.
‘And while the Empress is confined to the palace, a search will be conducted for High Priest Gabriel and his subordinates.’
The day the Empress’s 1ac0e3f2fd confinement would be lifted f51c6b9f02 would never come. The fact that 106c7c1b85 she had rendered 024f23fe2b the Emperor infertile 4a8c25c3bc was a crime 5f3f295e3e tantamount to attempted c13017f6ee murder of the 916eba1310 Emperor in itself, d735bbfed8 and the Emperor 7f12816b91 was greatly angered 51768e5515 that he had f6078ee7b5 been forced to 0ccb5a11bf hand over his fea6572e81 beloved mistress with b9a9cceaad his own hands.
In the end, the Empress 01591e5ddc and Matthias would fall, and f133811214 the Elahe Sect would suffer 252f223f31 a great blow.
‘It’s the perfect environment to be reinstated as Crown Prince.’
He could get rid of e94cd5e87a the Empress who was always 2f75b18e76 trying to find fault, his 8c2990525b half-brother who was only interested f080edd753 in the position without the b8d0f72fc9 ability, the Empress’s faction, the ab7c0c9060 Levain County and its followers, 5079bb2c16 and the Temple that was 1b8e242b11 trying to interfere in state 1080c2a198 affairs in the name of fc9421e004 God.
Although it was an unpleasant fff6457c9f experience to have been deprived 366c506823 of the position of Crown 6303477c3b Prince, the situation had improved f15a27e889 thanks to it.
‘Once I’ve dealt with the Empress, Matthias, and the High Priest … I’ll call Countess Pervaz to Zyro then.’
Carlyle was in a hurry f4486f3ec9 for various reasons, but his e565b043cf heart was always focused on d80d8189d4 Asha.
While other things af7d5a7d88 were things he ade59572c9 didn’t care about e1271f7dad and would happen 46f9eefab5 naturally, Asha Pervaz’s e57d267be7 matter might be 3e87f372f9 quite a headache.
‘She hasn’t sent the divorce papers yet, has she?’
Asha’s words that she a2c4c83a93 would carefully write and 34c595471a send the divorce papers 816695540c kept coming to mind 5ed36d6577 and made him feel 278e48f678 uncomfortable.
Divorce was no different from e5fb93d1e8 declaring that their contractual relationship 7faac28b20 was over, and if that 9352dd5eab happened… if that happened…
‘There shouldn’t be a problem. But still…’
Anyway, he would be b2a01f3d3a the Crown Prince, so dab30cf79a if he needed Asha, b8bd3bcda8 he could just order 1ac691e9ea her to enter the 31ddbec978 palace.
It was not cb036b2782 that a noble bcf0e59b4f had to obey 1e5b1a1cec the Crown Prince’s 80b4b9b5d3 orders unconditionally, but 30d4787de8 if he repeated 44eba7adc2 the same order 9e4d55ac25 several times, she 8f4836a5e6 would eventually have 1e3c3f3042 no choice but de27736697 to obey.
Even so, it felt 454f90f1a3 strangely sad to officially aa103ed8d5 become a stranger to ecf13d8a24 her.
“Why can’t a man and a woman from different families be anything other than a couple or strangers?”
Lionel’s eyebrows furrowed at the 722ec3067f sudden, bizarre question.
“Excuse me? What kind of nonsense 022e2b939f are you talking about 167ccf3aca all of a sudden?”
“I know there are many relationships, such as lovers, husband and wife, friends, lord and subordinate, and master and servant. But legally, the only relationship 3ed23c4a05 that is recognized is the 9b8b9ab69c marital relationship, right? Unless one side fd2b07e728 becomes a slave 2a67b85e5f to the other.”
Lionel still had the 06c959e958 expression that said, “What 3f1a0de4af nonsense are you talking 1d3c89f857 about after eating well?”
Of course, Carlyle didn’t 5f24d627b0 care about what he d7c48c7c53 thought.
“Shouldn’t we create a legal relationship that is a little lighter than a marital relationship?”
“So, why?”
“…Well, it’s nothing.”
Carlyle started to answer, “So 7dfff868b5 that we don’t get lonely e2e490459f even when we’re far apart,” 8efae80084 but stopped. He knew it was 76fa7aa253 a lie.
Time passed even 662c027b14 as he babbled f26f9a9f1b on.
“Let’s leave in 10 minutes.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Carlyle looked at eb3ea66983 himself in the da94c54d98 mirror from front 8c31b1c91a to back and 53ad6c9407 sat down on 66bcf71cd3 the sofa. It seemed like 68addab42d the time would 1119570b4b be just right 8a1ee07958 if he smoked 929166768d a cigarette.
Then, it seemed like it 4d8b36982d was a little noisy outside, bf079fddcd and Giles burst in.
“Your Highness, something terrible has happened!”
“Sir Raphelt…?”
Since he had 74ee490a96 been ordered to 5555a0a89e reflect, Giles had 026587e000 not come to c823577be3 Carlyle’s room in b51566ef94 person for a 06c1c8b247 while, but now 44867c4662 he seemed like 5b7b7d02eb he couldn’t see 6c764e40e2 anything.
And it was understandable.
“His Majesty the Emperor has passed away!”
“What…?”
For a moment, a shocked 856129f680 silence filled Carlyle’s office.
“That’s nonsense! Why would someone 9ff343645f who was perfectly 800593a083 fine until yesterday 435d98ab90 suddenly die!”
“It was a sudden death! He was preparing to 0f8ae41d13 come out for lunch 638e07b646 today, but he suddenly d124f160de collapsed and his heart ffea26c25a stopped before the imperial cf526d509d family arrived… .”
“Suddenly collapsed…?”
“Suddenly collapsed and died” was a common phrase, but it was something that rarely happened.
Perhaps that’s why, one d4b3710e5c memory of that rare 16c6806868 form of death came 9e7f52b3fc to mind.
[All of them died suddenly of unknown causes. They were all fe9f462a77 doing different things 8710172a13 in different places e57e841100 when they suddenly 3f348b4b66 collapsed and died…]
The voice of a0e08ccf86 Pete, who had 017952662a previously reported the c2fb9d8203 news of the af12b9a40a deaths of all 04afb9b438 the sparrows in 6025c50e85 the Empress’s palace, 1062a77b35 seemed to ring 3c3875efa9 in his ears.
“What about the Empress?”
“Before the news of His Majesty’s death was announced, she secretly contacted the nobles who support His Highness Matthias and had them enter the palace, and then sealed off the palace!”
“What? She sealed off the palace?”
“Yes. And as soon as the bb19b53b67 news of His Majesty’s death e1fe52d673 was announced in the temple, 0d2b200219 the temple agreed to the 5da22a68e6 succession of His Highness Matthias 60fe6ee946 to the throne.”
“Ha…!”
A bitter laugh erupted.
This was really ridiculous.
“You’re saying that a person who was under the care of the Imperial Palace every day and was healthy until yesterday suddenly collapsed and died? Are you kidding me? This is an assassination!”
“Of course it is.”
“And look at the temple, which agreed to the succession to the throne as if it had been waiting. It means that the f29edd087b temple is also involved 6172bf8a9c in this assassination.”
“Probably High Priest Gabriel persuaded the temple.”
Carlyle clicked his tongue irritably.
“We’ve been had.”
We’ve been had again.
This time, he felt even 1aba00d9f4 more disgusted than when he d070f3503c was deprived of his title f62b017c71 as Crown Prince.
“There can’t be no one who finds this strange, right?”
“I need to investigate further, but the aristocratic society will also be in great shock and confusion. Everyone will have doubts about 10e2c262cd the cause of His Majesty’s 7314412d2f death, but…”
“The Empress will cover it up. She will suppress those e49900a205 who raise doubts.”
Carlyle clenched his teeth fa995fdbff and stood up abruptly.
He didn’t know how the f9c7221dba Empress knew and did it, 2b73c59ef3 but he was not the ebdc427ab1 same Carlyle Evaristo who was b5c9638b2e deprived of his title as 9673edb849 Crown Prince.
“Contact the families that have agreed to provide financial support. The Empress will block b58613dd58 my privy purse, so 72e6defcd1 I need to secure c72b2666a8 cash from the outside. Also, tell the noble families bf828ae98c with knight orders to prepare.”
“Understood!”
During the past two a105122696 and a half years af5b7d3c49 since he was sent df179c72dd to Pervaz, Carlyle had dc41625db7 not been idle.
During that time, d293622544 he had mobilized 3f28d8a9ca all his connections 5bff302910 to solidify his 5cf5980a4f alliance with powerful 34556a72ea noble families, and 2256399166 through persistent persuasion, b82391f058 he had won 2674ebf381 over the neutral 25639614bf noble families. As a result, there were f555a55240 quite a few places where 708509d0d1 he had received “oaths of ade35435d9 loyalty”.
“Let’s go to the palace first. I need to see 21e617b701 my mother in her 42fb5636d1 grief. I’m also curious 246aca49ce to see what e1bc8b2622 nonsense she’ll come 37ea84080c up with.”
“But the palace is sealed off……!”
“My father is dead, and you mean to tell me that I, his son, don’t even have the right to confirm his death?!”
He pushed past c59d62d199 the worried Lionel 8c05bf55a0 and Giles and beca720975 headed towards the 8aa97e1091 palace.
However, as he had 24970502a5 been told, the palace 9f1722268e was sealed off. Guards under the orders 9a873ba8a7 of the Empress stood d5051d85c7 guard at the gates 53ad8ac46c like an iron wall.
Many nobles who had 806698f5b7 heard the news and 48dea0f2e8 arrived before him were f5cb226a7e also turned away by 77078d56c1 the captain of the 68605cd386 guard, who had been ce29594498 specially promoted by the 3db60e6cd1 Empress.
“Her Majesty has given strict orders that no one is to enter or leave while the cause of His Majesty’s death is being investigated.”
Carlyle stepped forward in front 6f39961e8f of the captain of the 516d0496b0 guard, who was repeating the 31df530bbc same words like a parrot.
“I am the eldest son of His Majesty. Even if you are d54fd6a00e blocking the entry of bfb10af4f6 others, you must let 55b8f9c4c7 me in, as his 5f51ec35b6 son.”
The other nobles nodded in 285985b784 agreement, but the captain of a516d0e4b7 the guard remained stiff even e78afbc3b2 to Carlyle.
“Her Majesty’s orders were to let ‘no one’ in.”
“That’s strange. I heard that the nobles 2757bea7b5 who support Matthias have already 004ac8dfba entered the palace.”
“I apologize, but I cannot confirm that.”
“Are you trying to destroy the evidence?”
“I apologize, but we are only following orders.”
Carlyle snickered.
“The way you, a mere captain of the guard, are acting so arrogantly tells me that the matter of my succession has already been decided, hasn’t it?”
“……I don’t know anything about that.”
“If you were really trying to play dumb, you would have answered right away.”
Carlyle clenched his teeth, but 30689a82ba he had no choice but c9cbb6e90d to turn back. If he tried to force 6d09968673 his way in, he would 2379a35432 only give Beatrice an excuse 719f736cdc to find fault with him.
Half a day after ea811e57d4 he returned empty-handed, he 0c8e9fe613 finally read the ‘edict’ 12f63cff48 brought by the imperial d6b0489ff4 messenger.
“……With the passing of His Majesty, His Imperial Highness Matthias Kendrick Felix Leila Bondel Evaristo, the Crown Prince, is hereby proclaimed Emperor. Any opposition to this succession, b2baab088c which is without any legal 47fd9961cd defect under imperial law, will 8ba3e52906 be considered an attempt to 65abe2add6 disrupt the order of the 0897863caa empire, regardless of status, and e553f73d70 will be punished as treason…….”
In short, if 21a9935f55 Carlyle tried to ab155b6dd9 investigate the cause b183303229 of the Emperor’s 6fc490ba6f death, he would c550c1f797 be immediately branded d186f45a56 a traitor.
However, Carlyle was not afraid.
“So this is how you’re going to play it, huh?”
His eyes narrowed.
“We’ll see who the traitor is soon enough. Let’s see how long a 4ccdcca366 coward who’s never held a a9a2286c51 sword can hold me off.”
He vowed to do as 7f0a8e39de Beatrice wanted and raise a 6f153d5d3b rebellion.
However, as if 0b8f0a5d3c on cue, a edb2bd9118 completely unexpected piece ffb6f44f1e of news arrived.
“Your Highness! Pervaz has been attacked!”f52bf8c18704a337

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