Volume 2 Chapter 1 (1/2)

A day without change passed by again today

It was agonizing The time limit mercilessly approaches

“It’s in six months”

“Yes”

Having an audience with the King became customary now The conversation should have ended with ‘There was nothing strange in particular,’ but today, it didn’t only end like that

“There had been a discussion regarding the matter in question In case an [Explosion] doesn’t happen in half a year, I entrusted Ricardo to take care of the situation Consult with Prince and discuss the particulars with the him Report to me by then You’re dismissed”

With that, the audience was over

Matthias left the King’s office and returned to his Master’s room in the Green Water Palace to finish his work as usual Late at night, he went to the Lapis Lazuli Palace located just a little away from the center of the Royal Palace

When he told the gatekeeper he wanted to atekeeper rushed to call the butler in a panic Matthias didn’t worry about since it happens every time Moreover, he previously received a coain’ because of his way of visiting, but even those two do the sa as hi a notice first and the surprise they gave Matthias’ house’s gatekeeper was even greater The gatekeeper who had been working there for a long tiiven several months of vacation

The butler cauided hiht that lapis lazuli was a very appropriate na of slipping into the depths of the sea

But when Matthias said it to this place’s Master, he replied that he likes the design of this imperial villa but he would prefer if it was s to him, it was lonely and he didn’t like that

Matthias was ushered into the designated roouestroom nor a bedroom It’s a small room

So it was here after all…

This room had been used by the three of them since Ricardo and his mother lived in this imperial villa Before they entered the academy and became schoolmates and even before Fer was elected as First Retainer (Matthias was taken along since they were always together in the acadee in this room when they sneaked out from their lessons Every time this happens, only the butler knohere to search for them

“You came?”

Ric and Fer were looking over some documents between them as they sat opposite each other

“Yeah I heard fro today”

Matthias locked the door and sat beside Fer He didn’t think that he would come back here one day with this kind of mood

“I thought about a plan that considers the conditions given by the King”

“Conditions?” Matthias reacted

“The assassination should be executed away from the Imperial Capital Perform it secretly as to not attract public attention Conceal it as much as possible Lay out a public stateht These are the King’s orders”

Ricardo conveyed the words of his Father King ently than usual He continued it in a manner that made his dissatisfaction clear

“As I thought, I don’t really want to do this plan… I understand that a prince unskilled in using n countries would take advantage of, still…”

“If his existence is not known to many, it’s better to take him outside of the Iht? ”

Fer crossed his arms as he continued Ricardo’s words This time it was Matthias who opened his mouth

“Who are the people aware of the Prince’s existence?”

“Everyone from the royal faeneration knows Especially, those like us who are concerned with the state’s affairs Ru in the palace during the prince’s birth, but everyone thinks it’s a groundless rumor because there was no eyewitness The populace doesn’t have any information at all”

“Is that so? That’s ao to that extent, what’s the reason…?”

The birth of a prince or princess isn’t so that can be concealed easily No e number of servants, and the news of a wo a in with, concealing such a happy story was never heard before

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“This may be because it’s the Third Prince’s mother…”

Ricardo muttered those words

Coincidentally, Ricardo are of it… No, even if he never went to the Inner Palace, he can re that woman

It’s not only Ricardo Fernando does remember, too Matthias never personally met her, but heard stories about her

The wo birth to the Third Prince, as she thinking about during her last ? Or was it her son who she had not seen yet?