Chapter 53: Chapter 53 Her Highness Olivia Really is the Empire’s Wise (Not)
Everyone stood in shock.
They watched as the giant slime descended from the sky, kicking up a large cloud of dust.
Jino revealed a cruel yet satisfying smile.
The armed head maid looked on with surprise mixed with admiration.
The imposing presence of the two dragons paused for a moment, revealing a hint of peculiarity in their gaze.
As for the leader of the Pigeon Guild, known as "Colossus."
The scars of war left on him by the purge of the Mad King’s remnants, which had cost countless brothers their lives;
The fear and helplessness upon encountering the King of the Undead once again;
The terrifying memories conjured by the cold, brutal Magic Power of the New Book of the Dead.
All shattered abruptly with the meteoric descent of the giant slime.
His whole body tensed to the extreme, his eyes wide open, excited for a long time, ultimately blurting out a simple word.
"Damn!"
At that moment, everyone was awakened, the wave of Magic Power emitted by the tome was instantly dissolved by Limuru under the doubtful gaze of everyone.
Some watched as this ultimate legacy of necromancy turned into bubbles in the slime mucus, unable to accept it.
In the "innocent and simple" Star Continent, top inheritances like this, even with huge risks, are usually seized and carefully studied.
Yet here someone directly destroyed the legacy of a Magic Monarch.
Louis snorted coldly, "Not destroying the tome, leaving it for someone else to rise again?"
Louis dared to swear on his extensive experience of reading online novels, who knows how many pits those old Silver Coins dug behind this tome.
These people must have hundreds of plots in their minds.
If left, they might really pull off a "Heaven Sword Dragon Saber chaos in martial arts" stunt.
What’s the point of keeping it?!
In case of unexpected changes, it would only add more danger to Beatrice, and he would have to clean up the mess.
Might as well destroy it directly, once and for all!
At this time, someone seemingly unwillingly shouted sinisterly:
"Is it really to destroy, or to urgently dispose of evidence?!"
Just after the words fell, chaos began among the hundreds of members of the adventure guild.
Then someone shouted:
"If I remember correctly, you should be Caesar, that shameless bastard who abused a farmer’s daughter and didn’t give her a penny!"
With that, true chaos erupted among the adventurers.
Hiss!
The little swan, who was just clapping for Louis, inhaled sharply.
Logically, she should be happy seeing the Kingdom of Illusions suffer.
But the little swan wasn’t a fool; how could she not know this was someone stirring trouble?
And what had the Kingdom of Illusions done to provoke so many adventurers’ united resentment?
She frowned slightly, her gaze turning to Lumi.
What Louis did was hidden to most people, but it was impossible to keep it from the royal family.
The head maid directly informed the little swan of the whole matter.
The little swan’s brows furrowed slightly.
"Did adventurers come to the Dragonbone Prairie because Louis arranged it beforehand? The goal was to expose the mastermind while rescuing people?"
"Possibly true."
Lumi nodded, whispering:
"After all, it was His Highness Louis who discovered the news about the living dead, and also..."
"Moreover, His Highness used his own small treasury, they say His Highness couldn’t sleep for half a day when he returned to the Prince’s Mansion because he was heartbroken."
It must be said, the head maid entrusted by the dying Princess Consort possessed profound knowledge of all sides.
"His Highness Louis having that girl kneel to the White Tower Mage statue was surely intentional."
"There’s not just one newspaper office on that road, and almost all newspapers received a notice at the same time to go interview the big news."
"His Highness, even in his princely capacity, issued public and shadow task contracts through the guild."
"When I came to find you, I discovered dark crows were suppressing a batch of undead monsters."
"If it weren’t for the presence of the Royal Guard and adventurers this time, an incident would’ve really occurred here."
The little swan nodded:
"Understood, and it seems this guy even segregated the adventurers from this identity?"
Lumi nodded, "Probably afraid the turmoil would affect His Highness the Grand Prince..."
Lumi watched as the always frivolous little swan’s face turned somber.
The little swan, holding a stern face, said unhappily:
"Mad King Rudelson was still killed by Father Emperor."
"Whether the New Book of the Dead needs preserving depends on us, when is it someone else’s turn to comment?"
"Isn’t it likely that the loudest shouter is indeed the one with vested interests!"
"Lumi, let the Royal Guard arrest those who shouted the loudest just now."
Lumi’s expression froze, and she said in a deep voice:
"Yes, Your Highness."
The Royal Guard, without saying a word, directly moved into action.
When they were on their way to the Dragonbone Prairie, they felt the little princess’s runaway act was a willful act of defiance.
But upon seeing the chaos on the Dragonbone Prairie, they finally understood what it meant to perceive the gist from the minor details.
Hearing now about the prince’s actions from a top-tier role model’s perspective only made their scalp tingle.
Is this the world of the wise?
Two wise people, without prior communication, almost simultaneously perceived the crisis from different angles.
One princess personally fled to draw the Royal Guard’s support.
One prince plunged into the fray, concealing the adventurers as a secret weapon.
Truly—
The wisdom of the empire!
What more needs to be said?
If His Highness says there’s a problem with someone, then there is a problem!
Arrest them!
At this moment, our clever Olivia was also frowning.
In fact, she wasn’t sure if the person stirring trouble earlier was truly involved, just instinctively perceived something off about them.
Originally, she was hesitating whether to arrest them.
But for some reason, a sudden flame of anger surged in her heart.
"Even I targeted the Kingdom of Illusions within a reasonable scope."
"Now you play this sly department’s moral implication game and use it as a reason to smear someone?"
"Are you looking down on the Kingdom of Illusions or looking down on me?"
"Olivia, if I am to win against the Kingdom of Illusions, it’ll be through proving their incompetence openly and fairly!"
"It doesn’t mean you can dump filth on them at will"
Maybe there was a tiny bit of sympathy for the Kingdom of Illusions?
So, the little swan bared her teeth; today, she wouldn’t just be a hard-nosed duck; she was going to be a fire-breathing dragon, loudly commanding:
"Grab the ones shouting the loudest! I want to ask them some questions!"
The scene was chaotic.
The adventurers on the ground barely managed to voice accusations against the "inherently evil adventurer Caesar" before noticing a few individuals being taken away by some Royal Guards.
The Colossus, finally understanding the situation from those around him, flew into a rage on the spot:
"A bunch of idiots, don’t be led by the nose!"
"Think carefully why you accepted tasks to come to Dragonbone Prairie and why they directly confronted the King of the Living Dead!"
"Figure out who our enemies are and who our friends are!"
First, Royal Guards took action, then the Colossus came out in support.
Some adventurers also understood something, after a moment of contemplation, and inhaled sharply.
What an adventurer, this Caesar.
What a brilliant scheme of deception.
Louis looked at Olivia in surprise.
Originally, he had prepared the explanation that "the adventurer Caesar commissioned Honorary Prince Louis to help him publish the public and private contract tasks."
It didn’t matter if this group believed it or not; Caesar’s identity was merely for handling dirty work and exhausting tasks, as long as there was a reasonable explanation.
As for possible slander?
What does it have to do with me, Louis? Feel free to curse Caesar!
Unexpectedly, the matter was suppressed by the combined forces of the little swan and Colossus before he got involved.