Chapter 92： Surprise (Part 2)

"My lord Duke, it's a pity. Marquis Adams...has returned to the Lord's embrace..."

As soon as the words of the archbishop landed, the atmosphere in the entire venue immediately dropped to freezing point.

Everyone couldn't even believe it for a while--

Just like this, the Marquis of Adams died?

The second son of the Duke of St. Hild, the first heir to the Lord of the North, just died?

also died at the banquet in his castle!

This is too ridiculous!

However, reality is often so absurd.

A group of nobles opened their eyes wide and covered their mouths. They didn't even dared to make exclamations of fear, for fear that they would irritate the Duke of St. Hild.

At this time, the Duke was staring at the crystal magic chandelier on the ceiling in a daze, as if it was not his son who had just been declared dead by the archbishop, but an unrelated passerby.

I don’t know how long it has been.

Finally a voice broke the suffocating silence.

"Archbishop, how did Adams die?"

This is Queen Midella asking.

"His Royal Highness, I cannot fully determine the cause of the death of the Marquis. A further autopsy is needed to draw a conclusion. But according to my experience, the Marquis should have died of poisoning."

The queen immediately turned to look at the knight behind her, and ordered: "All the attendants who are preparing food tonight will be arrested and interrogated one by one!"

"Yes!"

After a slight disturbance, all the attendants were arrested.

Even the old butler of the St. Hild family is no exception.

The second son of 　　 Tangtang Duke was poisoned and died at a banquet in his castle. This is a shame!

Especially this second son is now the first heir to the Duke of the North.

Under such circumstances, even though the Duke of St. Hild is still silent, everyone has already foreseen the coming landslide and tsunami.

No matter who the murderer is, the Duke will never give up!

Colin looked at the Marquis Adams, who was lying on the ground and bleeding, and at the Duke of St. Hilde who was still looking up and admiring the crystal chandelier. Finally, he turned his eyes to the Marquis of Garcia, who was also silent. Heaviness.

Yes, at this time Colin's first suspect was Marquis Garcia.

Because his motive for committing the crime is too great.

Charles has been deprived of his inheritance rights, and now Adams is dead again.

Then, if the Duke’s youngest son, Joyce, encounters another misfortune, wouldn’t Vera become the first heir to the Duke of the North?

Could this be the counterattack of Marquis García against his brother's betrayal of his promise?

only……

Although it is reasonable to reason that the Marquis of Garcia is the most suspicious, Colin always feels that this is not like the handwriting of the Marquis of Garcia.

Because Colin has figured out the temperament of this marquis from the previous process of getting along-he is not a person who likes conspiracy.

Poisoning, this kind of indiscriminate means, Colin felt that Marquis Garcia should not be able to do it.

He would rather believe that the Marquis Garcia would lead the Black Cavalry to attack Winter City, rather than believe that the Marquis Garcia would poison his nephew.

Could it be...

Someone deliberately poisoned the Marquis of Adams to provoke the relationship between the Duke of St. Hild and the Marquis of Garcia?

After all, when Adams died, Marquis Garcia was most suspected...

Not right!

Colin immediately realized that he had actually overlooked an important factor.

That is, the promise that the Duke of St. Hild made to the Marquis of Garcia is a secret that few people know.

Moreover, the fact that the Marquis Garcia is Vera’s biological father is also a secret that few people know!

Therefore, even if someone wants to provoke the relationship between the two brothers, unless he knows the two secrets at the same time, he will never take this approach.

At least, that Prince Okamoto wouldn't.

Colin didn't believe that these two secrets could be known by a troll of him, so he worked out this poisonous scheme in a targeted manner.

What's more, even if he learned these two secrets, it would be extremely difficult to poison Marquis Adams.

was still poisoned at the banquet in Lion's Roar.

and accurately poisoned the Marquis Adams alone.

Colin couldn't think of how he did it.

And just as Colin was trying to learn from the Komou elementary school student to solve this murder case, the Duke of St. Hild finally spoke.

His voice became extremely hoarse and low, but he was not too excited, even a little too calm.

However, everyone heard the duke’s suppressed fury!

"Prince Okamoto, Prince Tupe, although you both want to marry Vera, it is impossible for Vera to marry two at the same time. Therefore, I can only pick one of you."

The Duke of St. Hilde never mentioned the death of the Marquis Adams any more, as if it was not important anymore.

I saw him stand up from his seat and approached where Okamoto and Tupe stood.

The body of the Marquis Adams is at his feet, but he didn't look down again.

"Prince Okamoto, I want to know, if Vera did not marry you, would you still be willing to negotiate peace with the North?"

Prince Okamoto's heart sank, but he said helplessly: "Of course, Lord Duke! My yearning for peace will never change."

In fact, he has no other choice.

Can the current troll empire be able to fight another battle with the North?

As long as the Northern Territory agrees to negotiate a peace, he can actually accept any conditions.

"Okay." The Duke of St. Hilde turned his head and greeted the crowd, "Nara, come here."

I saw a tall little beauty walking quickly to the side of the Duke of St. Hild.

Although she is not as beautiful as Vera, she is also pretty.

The Duke of St. Hilde took Nora’s little hand and pushed him to Prince Okamoto, and said, "This is my niece Nora, and a noble St. Hild. Is it worthy of you, Okamoto? This prince?"

"Of course! It is my honour to marry Miss Nora!" Prince Okamoto saluted Nora, and then stretched out his right hand.

Nara is obviously still a little confused.

She didn't expect that she was betrothed to a troll by her uncle!

But, looking at the expressionless face of the Duke of St. Hild, Nora could not raise any thoughts of resistance.

So, she slowly put her hand in the hands of Prince Okamoto.

At this point, the Duke of St. Hilde finally squeezed a smile on his face.

He turned around and shouted to Vera again: "Vera, come here."

Vera, who was still saddened by the sudden death of her brother, suddenly froze, and then, with incomprehension and hesitation, she slowly walked to the Duke's side.

The Duke took Vera's hand and looked at the half-elf prince in front of him: "Prince Tupe, tell me, you will treat her well!"

Prince Tupe was stunned for a while Apparently, he was completely shocked by the huge surprise that fell from the sky!

After a while, he stepped forward with a flushed face and said excitedly: "My lord Duke! I will swear that I will never lose Vera in this life, otherwise, I will go to **** after death and endure endless torture forever!"

"Father, I..." Vera was also dumbfounded.

She never expected that she would be married by her father like this.

still married to another country, married to a stranger she had never met.

She just wanted to get rid of the Duke’s hand, but she was stunned.

Because she saw the look cast by the Duke.

It was a look she had never seen before.

exhaustion, disappointment, anger, even... fear!

At this moment, Vera suddenly discovered that the father who once seemed to be omnipotent, the Duke who was born and killed in the northern realm, was also old at this time.

Suddenly, she seemed to be back ten years ago, when the Duke wanted to send her to Yeville to learn arcane arts.

At that time, she tried to resist.

However, the Duke made her kneel in front of the twelve paladin sculptures in the family for a day and night, and finally told her--

You are a Saint Hierde. When enjoying the glory represented by this surname, don’t forget the burden it needs to carry!

At this moment, facing a similar situation, the words of refusal just came to the lips, but Vera couldn't say it anymore.

had to watch the Duke holding his hand, slowly walking towards Prince Tupe.

But just when Vera's little hand was about to fall into Prince Tupe's hands.

A voice sounded abruptly:

"My Lord Duke, I am opposed to this marriage!"