Chapter 2783: The Real Conspiracy

Although the anger had dissipated, Miss Danister still avoided talking to Xia De about Ms. Helena Carter, so Xia De talked to her about the astrologer Euclid:

"Although that astrologer is not well-known, his divination ability is a bit too powerful. He not only predicted that the landlady would encounter troublesome tenants before she died, but even knew that Ms. Helena Carter would visit at that time.

However, it seems that the astrologer didn't find what he wanted to find in Creekwood Town. He seemed to have been to the Moon God statue where I was healing... From the information I learned, his last stop before heading to Mount Karas was Tobesk. I am very curious, how long was it from the time he left Vista Forest to the time he went to Tobesk."

Miss Danister came here initially hoping to investigate her teacher's experience before disappearing by investigating the astrologer. Now Xia De had even seen that black-haired female sorcerer with his own eyes, so Mr. Euclid was no longer the focus. She was uninterested in this topic, just listening to Xia De talk, and didn't express anything.

At this time, Flora knocked on the door and walked in, waving the letter in her hand at Xia De:

"Something happened in the city, there was a shooting case on William Anjou's side."

"Wait a minute, he wouldn't be assassinated again, would he? His arm gunshot wound from last time hasn't healed yet, right?"

Xia De asked in surprise, and Flora shook her head:

"Charlotte is still over there. It's not the prince who was attacked. From the news Charlotte sent, it was William Anjou who shot and killed someone. The deceased was a young legal advisor of the local logging association. It is certain that William Anjou shot and killed someone, and more than one person saw that scene.

I heard that William Anjou was visiting the logging association accompanied by the mayor at the time. When looking at the development history of the local logging industry in the exhibition hall, he saw the deceased, and then stared at him with anger for some reason. Then the young man put his hand into his pocket as if he wanted to take out something, so William Anjou, who was prepared, pulled out the pistol he was carrying and fired three shots at him."

Her description was quite vivid, and Miss Danister was a little puzzled:

"So, this is the prince killing someone in public out of self-defense? This is a bit of an overreaction, right? No, considering he has been assassinated twice this year, this makes sense. But he still shot and killed someone in public after all. I think after he returns to Willendale, that King won't be very happy."

But Flora hadn't said the most important news yet. She sat on the sofa and said to the two:

"This is not the worst, the worst is the identity of the deceased. He seems to be the illegitimate child the King is looking for... Royal family members killing each other in the street, this is probably the biggest royal scandal in the last ten years, no, in the last hundred years! I dare to guarantee that the newspaper sales tomorrow morning will definitely be the most exaggerated this year."

"What?"

Xia De was just listening to fresh news, but at this time he couldn't help but be a little surprised:

"Wait a minute, is it certain that the deceased is the King's illegitimate child?"

"Certain. Charlotte said that after William Anjou fired, he angrily said that the deceased had been appearing on occasions where he appeared these days, and just now he smiled gloomily at him several times, and finally even put his hand into his pocket. However, after the inspection, it was found that there was an old pocket watch with the Anjou royal medal in the deceased's pocket, and there was also a photo of King Lion Ryan when he was young.

The shooting happened twenty minutes ago. My girls rushed to figure out the identity of the deceased before the police, and basically confirmed his life, which matches the investigation report about the illegitimate child in Director Kant's place."

Flora said, and the red-haired girl simply evaluated:

"Too deliberate, it's like deliberately inducing William Anjou to fire. However, although the scheme is cheap, it is really wonderful."

"Indeed too deliberate, it's as if so many things happened just for this scene today."

Xia De also said so. He frowned slightly and mentioned the previous things:

"The information about the illegitimate child on William Anjou's side was obtained from Director Kant, and there is clear evidence that Director Kant is cooperating with the Delior restorationists. And the information obtained by the 'Grey Gloves' says that the group of restorationists came here to plan a conspiracy against the royal family..."

Flora nodded:

"I think so too."

She reached out and left light and shadow in the air, drawing many exaggerated cartoon-style figures with sketches, letting them stand together separately, and everyone surrounded the deceased with "crosses" in their eyes:

"The Delior restorationists probably knew about the King's illegitimate child a long time ago. Then, months ago, they deliberately leaked their information to let Willendale know, inducing William Anjou to bring the Grey Gloves' intelligence personnel to this place, and finally succeeded today, inducing William Anjou to shoot and kill his own brother in public."

If the Anjou royal family could barely be considered Xia De's "relatives," then the witch really had no connection with these people, so she just talked about this from the perspective of a bystander:

"This is a very successful conspiracy. Fratricide has a considerable blow to the prestige of the royal family. And now the two countries in the north and south are facing war. At this time, such a thing happened to the royal family, and the domestic political environment may be very dangerous. Not to mention, after Delarion gets the information, it will definitely carry out large-scale propaganda to discredit the prestige of the Anjou royal family. Once the people have doubts about the royal family, this is the most fatal."

Flora shook her head gently and sighed again:

"Charlotte said that the illegitimate child was adopted by others since childhood. His adoptive parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marisa Kent and Faris Kent, also arrived at the scene. It is said that the two old people cried very sadly.

I don't know what role the illegitimate child played in it, nor do I know whether he was used by others or willing to die. If he was willing to die to avenge his father, then the tragedy of this story is even stronger... Tragedy has always been so touching."

"Those two old people must be very sad."

The red-haired girl couldn't help but say, Xia De was surprised and blinked again:

"Wait, who did you just say?"

"Are you asking about the deceased? Constantine Kent, he just graduated from the law school in Willendale and returned to his hometown to work this spring. This is really a tragedy. I bet the Grey Gloves will investigate the details of his life during his time in Willendale. If it is finally discovered that Constantine Kent had been in contact with the Delior restorationists long ago, tsk tsk, this conspiracy is really powerful."

Flora answered, but what Xia De wanted to ask was not this. He confirmed again:

"You just said, what are the names of the illegitimate child's adoptive parents?"

The witch repeated it again:

"Why are you asking this? Marisa Kent and Faris Kent, what's wrong with them? Charlotte didn't say what they do."

"I am very familiar with these two names, but at that time Marisa Kent was not married, so her surname was not Kent."

Xia De asked Miss Danister again:

"When I was telling the story just now, I mentioned that I helped a pair of lovers with the 【Ouroboros Ring】 left by the astrologer with Ms. Helena Carter in 1821. The names of that pair of lovers were Marisa Trian and Faris Kent."

Although she didn't want to discuss this with Xia De, the red-haired girl thought about it:

"Do you think the illegitimate child's adoptive parents are that pair of young lovers? That was 33 years ago. If they didn't have children ten years after marriage, and adopted an orphan more than 20 years ago, the time also matches. Why, Xia De, do you think there is a problem?"

Xia De shook his head. Things 33 years ago had nothing to do with today's events. He just didn't expect to hear news about the two again, and didn't expect the news he heard again to be so sad.

The prince killing someone in the street, and the deceased being suspected of being a royal illegitimate child, was not hidden as expected, or rather, someone deliberately leaked the news. By the time Xia De left Vista City that evening, even the guests eating on the first floor of the Accordion Hotel were whispering about this big news.

Of course, this news had not yet spread to the distant Tobesk City, but thinking about the ability of "MI6," it was impossible not to notice this news.

Xia De had already expected that for the next month, this news would appear in the newspapers he read in various ways. And when Xia De told Lei Qianya about this that night, Lei Qianya also sighed:

"This is the real political conspiracy, and it is bold and creative. If this happened in Delarion, even I would have a headache about how to solve it when the news has already leaked. Among the reactionaries in Karsenrik, there are also capable people. Delior restorationists? I only thought they were a group of dreamers who didn't accept reality and still lived in the past era. Now it seems their execution is really strong."

Today is Saturday. After dinner, Lei Qianya went to Xia De's house. As for why it wasn't Dorothy, it was because although the relationship between Lei Qianya and Dorothy could basically be regarded as one person, the two girls were obviously not truly one.

Although they could share bodies and senses, Lei Qianya also had to think about her own body. Obviously, the Princess missed Xia De very much.

Since Lei Qianya left the Yodel Palace at night, besides her maid, Angelina must have followed. The little princess had nothing to do at night, read a book in front of the fireplace in the living room for a while, and then pricked up her ears to listen to the conversation between Xia De and her sister in the study.

After listening for a while, she found that they were really talking about the fairy tale of the elf turning into a crystal statue, so she lost interest and wanted to find Little Mia to play for a while. ===== CHAPTER 2784 =====