Chapter 69: Ceremony of Triumphant Return (2) (2/2)
‘Now, this is the stable and peaceful life I had ih there had been soht his life purpose had finally returned to its original state
However…
“I’er before you return to the South”
Princess Leila sincerely apologized to Milton
“The situation changed The First Prince suddenly died They’re insisting it’s…suicide”
Milton frowned
“Will you explain what exactly happened, Your Highness?”
Princess Leila sat doith a tired expression as Milton looked ready for an explanation By establishi+ng her presence and receiving the support of the people during the Cereotten rid of all stu-ar the throne to her before all her goals would be met But suddenly… there was a problem
It started with the death of the First Prince People already knew that the First Prince lived like an invalid after his defeat in the civil war, drinking his days away But then, he suddenly died The cause of death was poison After his attendants testified that the First Prince’s mental state was very unstable and other various evidences taken into consideration, it was concluded that the First Prince had sed poison and committed suicide
However, Princess Leila ca the entire story She couldn’t let go of the fact that Claudia Vamos had been the first person to discover the First Prince’s body Could Claudia have killed her own husband, the First Prince? Princess Leila believed Claudia was capable enough to murder her husband Claudia wasto do anything for her ambition
But the problem was that there was no evidence
Claudia had carefully cultivated her ie; she was known as a benevolent and oman If Princess Leila was to suspect Claudia without any evidence, then those who sympathized with Claudia or those who dislike Princess Leila would all attack her as being heartless In fact, everyone would point to Princess Leila for being the reason the First Prince fell into depression and committed suicide So, at this point, Princess Leila couldn’t rashly attack Claudia
Without a doubt, Princess Leila was convinced but…
There was nothing she could do in this current situation Once realizing that attacking was impossible, Princess Leila quickly turned her mind to possible countermeasures
‘If that vixen killed her husband… why? The reason is most important’
Since he failed, he’s now useless, so kill hi as it was hers, the Claudia that Princess Leila kneas greedy enough to even eat the bone after eating the meat And if that Claudia killed the First Prince, then she had a reason for it Princess Leila ran through multiple scenarios in her head to determine the reason
‘Since a prince of the country died, a national funeral must be held And I, as aperiod In that case, she’ll be able to buy time But…’
She could understand up to here But even if Claudia bought herself soht now, Princess Leila had the support of the people, and held the Southern Army in her hands, and half the nobles on her side So even if Claudia bought soe the situation, especially since Princess Leila’s position in Lester Kingdom was stable now
‘Wait… ht of the worst thing Claudia could do in this situation and quickly moved her people to watch Claudia and Marquis Valed infor at h she knew her opponent wasn’t someone to hold back, she also didn’t think her opponent would take such extre that could be prepared in a short period of ti thepredicted her enemy’s move, Princess Leila immediately reacted First, she had to convince Milton to delay the Southern Army’s return
That was because…
“Strabus Kingdodo into our country, Your Highness?”
Milton was truly shocked Could Strabus Kingdododoh Strabus Kingdoth due to the recent invasion by the Republic, they were still known as a dom with only 20 percent of their military power Milton, who had once experienced war on the Western Front of Strabus Kingdodo process, Princess Leila caldom’s troops crossed our borders, it’s not an invasion”
“It’s not an invasion, Your Highness?”
“That’s right They ca officially asked to send troops to our country The border guards also said they checked that the edicts were sta thehness? Do youasked for reinforcedo would never bring in a force strong enough to surpass his oer”
“If that’s the case, then who did, Your Highness?”
“Officially, the owner of the seal is… Skyt von Lester It belongs to the First Prince who recently committed suicide”
“The First Prince asked for reinforce Milton not understand as going on, Princess Leila explained her speculations
“The whole thing’s probably like this The moment the First Prince was defeated by the Second Prince in the civil war, Claudia probably thought it would be difficult for her to beco the First Prince”
“Right, that’s understandable”
‘It went beyond a simple defeat and was directly connected to the national poeakening’
Milton could understand up to here
“Claudia probably chose a different method at this point Perhaps, she believed that since the Second Prince had the Republic at his back, she would also need the backing of a foreign country?”
“And that was Strabus Kingdoreed to that?”
“Readily agree… would he really have agreed?”
Milton frowned at her ful question
“Surely…?”
“Claudia had the full trust of First Prince Skyt and controlled his entire faction And of course, every docuh her hands If she really wanted to…”
Although Princess Leila trailed off, Milton was able to fill the rest in
“She forged the First Prince’s nan army”
“Exactly”
Princess Leila paused to sigh
“And that’s why she probably killed the First Prince once she had confirdo since it would be a criminal offense if it was known that she had used the First Prince’s seal to request for foreign reinforcements”