Chapter 302 Who Wants to Kill the King?
"Humph... He doesn't have the ability like you... Let's get down to business, Lord Leon, now that you know our identities, what do you want to do?"
Faced with Leon's sarcasm, the prophet who looked like a maid just smiled contemptuously, without any emotion fluctuation.
"Why? You plan to talk to me as a maid? Didn't Inna tell you? I was asked by Lady Anna's father, Sir Ors, to come here to ask questions on her behalf. Do you think it's appropriate for me to talk to a maid about this?"
Li Ang crossed his legs carelessly. "Besides, you, a maid, sitting at the main table and talking to the marshal of the kingdom, aren't you a little too bold? The guards outside can see it! Are you really planning to let His Majesty see something?"
The prophet's face twitched noticeably, but he did stand up and stood in the corner with a respectful attitude - that was where the maid should stand.
"Sir Leon, Anna can't come. She has to stay with the king in the bedroom... She will come with Ulrich in a while. So, if you have anything to say, please talk to me immediately and don't waste time."
Although he was ridiculed by Leon for a while, the prophet still maintained a calm attitude and appeared to be very well behaved.
It was obvious that she didn't want to cause any trouble here.
However, this kind of servile attitude will definitely put you at a disadvantage during negotiations.
Moreover, Leon confirmed one thing through his continuous sarcasm - the three prophets did believe that Anna was the daughter of Ors.
Honestly, this isn't really a lie.
If Anna was an orphan raised by Sister Clancy, then she could indeed be considered Ors' daughter.
"Before we get down to business, I need to ask you a question... Amy was accused of heresy in Weird Fox Town. Does this have anything to do with you?"
Li Ang planned to confirm his thoughts first.
"Hehe... Mr. Li Ang, since you know our identities, you should understand that we can't cause trouble for ourselves at this time. We are also very curious about who did it - my other sister has already gone to Guihu Town to investigate..."
The prophet answered readily. Since Leon already knew their identities, she did not hide it anymore.
"Very good, since it has nothing to do with you, then we have a basis for cooperation."
Leon nodded and started to make a request directly: "I plan to ask you to help me. Ask His Majesty to withdraw the royal decree to punish Godric and Amy, and issue another royal decree - I need the king to publicly order Amy and Godric to be responsible for tracking down the heretics."
"Mr. Leon is indeed extraordinary. I thought you would insist that we did it... But it is not easy to ask the king to withdraw the order he has issued. Besides, why should we cooperate with you?"
The prophet stood in the corner with his head down, looking relieved, but his words did not seem to indicate he was willing to cooperate.
However, this tone is clearly a concession.
A smile appeared on Li Ang's face - this meant that the three prophets would most likely not turn against him directly now, and he only needed to guard against their plots.
In other words, as long as Ulrich was not dead, and as long as Anna's "child" was not designated as the heir, the three prophets were unwilling to take the initiative to provoke Leon, the kingdom's marshal.
They don't want to cause any trouble.
And from the looks of it, the three prophets did not regard Li Ang as an enemy...
That's true. In Changhe Town, the coalition forces that Li Ang was in defeated them fairly on the battlefield, and eventually handed them over to Leiman. There was really no personal grudge between the two sides.
On the contrary, it was Granlon and Fothert who destroyed the Three Prophets' lair near the Misty Swamp Castle when they went to 'find the King's Seal'. It is estimated that they were regarded as enemies by the Three Prophets.
That's easy...
"Why should you cooperate with me? ...Because if you don't cooperate with me, you will become Amy's servants!"
Li Ang shook his head and smiled: "Amy was said by the heretics in Weird Fox Town to be the 'descent of the Dark Goddess'. You should have heard about this, right? If you don't intend to betray your faith, then you have to cooperate with me to solve this problem!"
In fact, this is why Li Ang came to negotiate with the princess...
If Amy is identified as the Dark Goddess herself, then all the heretics who worship the Dark Goddess will have to regard Amy as a deity...
The Three Prophets are also believers of the Dark Goddess, but Leon does not believe that the Three Prophets will worship Amy as their master.
"Hmph... Lord Leon, you don't seem to understand the situation."
The prophet was not intimidated by Li Ang: "We are not prophets now... My sister is the princess, I am her maid, and my sister's child is about to become the king - how can the princess be a heretic? How can the future regent queen mother worship a heretic as her master..."
"Ha, you say the god you believe in is a heresy? You actually openly betrayed the Dark Goddess?"
Li Ang looked at the prophet in surprise. He didn't expect that the three prophets who gained power from the Dark Goddess would dare to say such words: "Aren't you afraid that the goddess Erida will punish you after hearing this?"
"Sir Leon, I might as well tell you directly... This tower of the Noble Court is the center of the continent of Pendor, a place that no god can peek into. The goddess Erida cannot hear what I say..."
The prophet smiled faintly: "Besides, when my sister's child becomes king, the goddess will naturally know our loyalty."
I see……
No wonder the Noble House Gardens are full of flowers blooming all year round.
This is why the Fierce Lion King chose the Noble Court as his private residence - a place without gods is a real blessed place...
"Well, now that you mention the king...if Anna's father appears before the king, how do you think Lady Anna should explain?"
Li Ang asked calmly, "Besides, the child in her belly...I'm afraid it's not the king's, right?"
"Why, do you think Ulrich will believe you?"
There was a hint of murderous intent in the prophet's eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.
Of course Leon felt the murderous intent.
This meant that the child was indeed not the king's - which was unlikely in the first place. Ulrik was already fifty years old and had been ill for so long. How could it be such a coincidence that he could get pregnant right after marrying a concubine?
But Li Ang could also be sure that the three prophets did not dare to attack him, at least not now.
"It doesn't matter whether His Majesty the King believes me or not. I am just asking you here on someone's behalf. But I'm not sure whether the King will doubt you because of this."
Li Ang said with a smile: "Also, I'll tell you another secret. Princess Anna has a brother."
Anna does have a brother, Inna. Although he is not her biological brother, the three prophets certainly don’t know the connection.
For the three prophets, this means that Anna has more and more loopholes, and more and more problems may arise...
The prophet frowned and fell silent, probably considering what consequences this would have.
Leon looked at the prophet dressed as a maid and asked again: "Since you said that the gods can't see here... then, if I'm not mistaken, you won't get a response from the Dark Goddess in the House of Nobles, right? In other words, you can't use witchcraft against the king... nor can you revive again in someone else's body!"
"what you up to?"
The prophet raised his head suddenly, his eyes showing deep vigilance.
"Just to remind you, you only have one life now, so you'd better cherish it."
Li Ang looked out the window and raised his chin to indicate the guards standing on the wall.
He was simply trying to prevent the prophet from taking any risk.
If a fight breaks out here, he will definitely not be able to defeat the prophetess without a weapon...
"Sir Li Ang, in fact, we have never provoked you. Why do you have to go against us?"
The prophet didn't seem to have any intention of taking action, but there seemed to be a hint of regret in her expression when she looked at Leon.
"To do the opposite?"
Li Ang laughed: "I am helping you! If I hadn't reminded you, you probably wouldn't have thought that Anna would have so many family members, right? If I didn't help you, you would be exposed sooner or later! I help you hide your identity, and you help me convince the king, isn't this a fair deal?"
"Convince the king... Leon, what if I don't want to? This is not a question of fairness... Leon, we don't want to be coerced!"
The prophet asked seriously.
"Unwilling to be coerced? Then...what if King Ulric dies?"
Li Ang didn't even move: "If he dies, not only will you get nothing, but you will also be accused of regicide by Anna's father. Are you willing to accept this result?"
After saying that, Li Ang raised his hand and waved.
With this wave of his hand, a cold light flashed, and two flying knives suddenly shot in from the window, spinning and stabbing into the fruit plate on the table - it was the fruit plate that the prophet had brought in earlier, and an apple in it was cut directly into two halves by the spinning flying knives.
This was obviously a show of skill - two throwing knives hit the same target and had the effect of cutting off the apple. This technique was really terrifying.
It's worth the 120 dinars per month...
Li Ang felt.
"Scorpio Assassin?!"
The prophet obviously knew what he was talking about: "You want to kill the king?!"
This time, the prophet was no longer calm.
"No, it's you who will kill the king... The Scorpio Assassins are from D'Shar. No one will believe that they have anything to do with me, the Marshal of the Sarleon Kingdom who just beat D'Shar into a mess. On the contrary, it is very likely that they are related to you - you should understand what I mean. If you lose the protection of the king, no one will trust you..."
"I just want to tell you that if you are willing to cooperate, then we can trade fairly. But if you are not willing to cooperate with me, then I promise that you will become the King Slayer!"
Li Ang still crossed his legs and looked at the prophet: "By the way, I would like to remind you that the flying knife is poisonous. This apple cannot be eaten."
In fact, this was the method that Li Ang really intended to use to coerce the princess.
When he was in Changhe Town, Li Ang had already roughly determined the scope of application of the Three Prophets' skin-changing witchcraft - this kind of skin-changing witchcraft should have many restrictions.
For example, it can only be used against true believers of the Dark Goddess.
Because the way they skin people is to let the fanatics become corrupted and peel off their own skin - otherwise they won't get a complete human skin.
For example, there may be some restrictions on where it can be used.
Because the fake Igor once tried to lure the king to Changhe Town, which meant that they couldn't use this method in Sarlion City - otherwise, they could just change their skin and pretend to be the king, and even replace all the nobles with their own people, and there would be no need to find a princess.
However, Leon didn't know the reason at that time, but now he knows that the House of Nobles can isolate the gods.
In other words, the three prophets could not let the king die at this time, otherwise all their plans would be ruined - the child has not been born yet, and the child must become the king's heir before Ulric can die.
But for Leon, if the Amy incident had not happened, Ulrich's life or death would not have much impact on him, and it might even be slightly beneficial - he was the marshal of the kingdom, a senior official among senior officials, and no matter who succeeded to the throne, they would have to show goodwill to him.
But Ulrich really can't die now. After all, only the king can clear Amy of the charges.
But if Amy's crime really can't be solved, then...
Therefore, when Leon came to Fierce Lion City this time, he originally planned to use Ors's last name as an excuse to meet the princess, and then threaten the princess with the king's life - of course, there was no need to really hold the king hostage, he just needed to let the princess know that he had the ability to kill the king.
This is also the reason why the Scorpio assassins were arranged to ambush the House of Nobles in advance.
After meeting Inna at the city gate, Leon tried it out and got the opportunity to meet the three prophets directly, avoiding a lot of uncertainties - for example, if the king and the queen showed up together, it would be difficult to negotiate.
At this time, there were footsteps upstairs.
"Your Majesty and Lady Anna are coming... I agree to cooperate with you, but if you don't want to die, don't play tricks!"
The prophet glanced at Leon and began to quickly clear the fruit plate on the table.
"Of course... What's your name? Or rather, what do you call this body of yours now?"
Li Ang helped to collect the two flying knives and also took a close look at the appearance of the prophet.
She was dressed like an ordinary court maid, but she was still very beautiful, with reddish brown hair and emerald green eyes, which were very distinctive.
"My name is Cersei. Lord Leon, I will come to you."
The prophetess named Circe picked up the flying knife on the fruit plate and walked out of the door with the fruit plate.
King Ulric happened to be walking down the stairs with his young and beautiful princess. He passed by Cersei and saw the fruit plate in Cersei's hand. He picked up half an apple from it casually...
Circe was stunned, but she couldn't remind him - what should she say about this? Say that the apple is poisonous?
Then why?
"Your Majesty, you can't eat this... it's what I left over..."
It was Li Ang who reacted quickly and gave a reason.
Ulrich glanced at Leon and threw away the apple: "Leon, you should go and suppress the rebellion now, instead of running to my place early in the morning to get breakfast!"
"Well... an important knight under my command has some identity problems... Sir Ors von Clancy. He begged me to ask if the wanted order against him can be lifted for Lady Anna's sake. He is a member of Lady Anna's clan, but he became a wandering knight due to some injustice many years ago. Your Majesty, you know that this identity is not suitable for suppressing rebellion..."
Leon smiled at Princess Anna, then nodded in response to King Ulrik.
He didn't say anything more about Anna's father, but it looked like he was fulfilling his promise to 'help the princess conceal her identity'...
Princess Anna looked visibly relieved.
Cersei also swiftly picked up the poisoned apple and went downstairs.
"Wandering knights? An illegal knight group, huh? You really have all kinds of people under your command..."
Ulrich was probably woken up before he had enough sleep, and he obviously didn't have breakfast, so he didn't have the patience to ask about the details: "Since his last name is Clancy, let Anna decide..."
"My family was wronged and fell into ruin, and most of the clansmen were scattered all over the place. Now that I can find my relatives again, I should thank Lord Leon... Maybe I should sign a letter of guarantee to Sir Ors..."
Mrs. Anna reacted quickly and bowed to Leon, handling the situation quite appropriately.
