“Actually, Wolram Raifurut played a significant role in our current predicament.” Rockto said with a frown, “We failed to eliminate him that time, and he escaped. He held a grudge and immediately reported us to His Majesty in the name of the Raifurut family after returning.”
How did he report them?
It was simple. He revealed that Harvis had secretly attacked him.
As envoys of the Empire, after arriving in the Kingdom, Harvis and Rockto suddenly attacked him, even causing the annihilation of an elite assassination unit of the Raifurut family. Once Wolram revealed this, the Empire would definitely question why Harvis and Rockto attacked him, right?
If these two were traitors who had colluded with the Kingdom, they must have wanted to do something in the Kingdom and didn’t want Wolram to know, so they attacked him, intending to silence him.
Furthermore, Harvis had admitted defeat in front of everyone on the stage in the Kingdom’s palace, showing no intention of competing for the hand of the Kingdom’s Treasure. So, what was his real purpose in going to the Kingdom?
Wolram exaggerated these issues, ultimately infuriating the current Emperor and causing the people to become suspicious.
Therefore, Wolram played a significant role in Harvis and Rockto’s current predicament.
Of course, all of these claims were without evidence.
Without evidence, there was no way to prove whether Wolram was telling the truth, and there was no way to convict Harvis and Rockto.
However, their goal wasn’t to achieve everything in one go, but to slowly boil the frog, gradually eliminating Harvis and Rockto.
If Shien had arrived a few days later, perhaps the situation would have already been settled.
Now, Shien was here.
“Buz…”
Rockto wanted to call Shien’s name, but remembering that Shien was still concealing his identity, he immediately stopped.
“Just say it.”
Shien didn’t want to waste time, and since he was already in a bad mood, he simply threw out these words.
Rockto was still hesitant.
After a while, the Empire’s strongest knight sighed, raised his eyes, and said solemnly to Shien,
“I hope you can go to the Imperial Palace and meet with Prince Harvis.”
Upon hearing this, everyone, including Shien, looked at Rockto.
“Why?”
Shien narrowed his eyes and asked calmly.
“No reason.” Rockto shook his head, “It’s just that I don’t believe that after everything that has happened, Prince Harvis wouldn’t have any plans.”
In other words, Rockto wanted to say that in this situation, Harvis must be thinking of a way to break the deadlock.
As long as they met with Harvis, there might be a way to deal with Mara, the Raifurut family, and these underhanded tactics.
Shien understood the meaning behind these words.
“Is it necessary to go through so much trouble?” Shien said straightforwardly, “Since we’re going to the Imperial Palace, instead of looking for the prince, it’s better to go directly to Mara and eliminate her.”
Clearly, Mara was also on Shien’s kill list.
It was just…
“Unfortunately, the Imperial Consort’s whereabouts are still unknown. We don’t know where she went.” Rockto sighed, “Even in the Imperial Capital, she has no fixed residence, disappearing from time to time and suddenly reappearing. We don’t know where she went, nor do we know where she’ll be.”
Harvis had already told Shien about this half a month ago.
Because of this, Shien had been worried that Mara might run away. If he went to the Imperial Capital and made a big fuss, only to find nothing, he would be very frustrated.
Catching that Imperial Consort wasn’t an easy task.
Back in Cosmos, she had always been hiding behind the scenes, never appearing in person.
In the large-scale assassination incident in the Royal Capital ten years ago, she had also planned everything as the mastermind behind the scenes, causing that tragedy.
This was a very troublesome woman.
“This mysteriousness suits those bastards from the Original Demon quite well.”
Shien said sarcastically.
“So?” Rockto looked directly at Shien, “Do you want to talk to Prince Harvis first? Maybe he knows the Imperial Consort’s whereabouts?”
This was clearly wishful thinking.
This strongest knight of the Empire was willing to go to great lengths to make Shien meet with Harvis.
This was understandable.
After all, Harvis was under house arrest, and Rockto was definitely very anxious to confirm his situation.
If Shien could infiltrate the Imperial Palace and meet with Harvis, the situation might change.
That’s what Rockto thought.
The problem was…
“I’m not familiar with the Imperial Palace. Even if I go, I won’t know where the prince is, right?”
Shien raised this question.
To this, Rockto could only say…
“Take Tilly with you.” Rockto said without hesitation, “She’ll guide you.”
Hearing this, Shien glanced at Tilly.
Tilly was stunned, seemingly not expecting Rockto to suddenly give her such a task. She thought for a moment, then chose to remain silent.
Clearly, she agreed.
“Alright.” Shien shrugged, “In that case, I’ll go meet with the prince.”
Perhaps he might even be lucky enough to encounter Mara?
If that happened, things would be much simpler.
Also…
“You’re not sure about Mara’s whereabouts, but you should be able to confirm someone else’s, right?”
Shien suddenly said this.
“Whose whereabouts?”
Rockto was stunned.
Shien smiled.
A smile devoid of any emotion.
“The Raifurut family.”