Chapter 22

Aghast, the Empress glared at the necklace.

How could that be in the hands of the Duke? She couldn’t believe her eyes. Everything was falling apart in her perfectly designed scheme. She believed that the prickly Duke of Reinhardt had finally been put to eternal sleep.

She thought the Duke of Reinhardt was a great threat to the Imperial family. The knights under him had been the royal family’s armed forces for decades. He even owned half of the candidates of the Swordmasters. If Ian had a bad heart, he wouldn’t have been able to predict the winner.

The Empress of Iassa was blinded by Ian’s influence.

Then, the Emperor fell into a terrible sickness while the Empress came to rule the country. She had been enjoying this power for a long time.

“…….”

This was the perfect plan.

Well, at least, it used to be.

Oscar seized her elbow as the Empress stumbled and fell when the reality became vivid in her mind.

She cried out.

“C-Crown Prince…!”
“Mother, calm down and compose yourself.”

Oscar’s low mellow voice reached her.

That’s right, she shouldn’t just back away like that.

She screamed.

“Don’t speak nonsense! A-Are you just going to stand around?! Get that criminal on the ground this instant!”

But there was no one who dared to face him off.

The lowly guards hesitated, while impatience grew in the hall.

“There are only two men in the world who possess the tears of a dragon. I’ve heard that one was carried by the Duke.”
“His crime of treason is not really true, is it?”

“What is going on……?”

The nobles began to be swayed by Ian’s calm attitude.

The Empress roared.

quiet, you

this rumpus was due to

eyes shone at the necklace.

will calm down once it disappears! I will break

might arouse the suspicion of the nobility…….so it should be done after the

idea. But the panic-stricken Empress seemed to have found no better

Oscar was one step

to shove past him, he walked past her and stood in

Oscar’s turn to

soft voice echoed through

Prince.” “Are the tears of a dragon that you’re holding, genuine?”

held out his necklace.

yourself, Your Highness.” “…..Very

Iassa. The founder of this dynasty was born with the blood of a dragon running inside his veins.

true that half-dragons always went berserk, unable to control their strength.

that’s how the blood of a dragon

had special abilities. The ability to check if an object made from a

Reinhardt family, but the Emperor and the Crown Prince were the only ones with

the necklace and poured a

droplets gave off a golden gleam. It turned into gas that was golden in color

“…..!”

gasped at

brown eyelashes shook as he looked up at Ian. He felt pathetic

against Ian, but there was nothing he

was the one who advised Ian to carry

with a handkerchief

it definitely

declared as he returned the necklace to

I’ll have to ask you a few questions to

couldn’t finish his sentence as the Empress

She whispered.

they are

panic

leaned in and spoke with a voice that only she could hear.

The royal family will order the Duke to keep it a secret.” “Then, does everything I’ve done mean nothing to you?! Besides, I’ve already spent a lot

if he didn’t have the tears of a dragon, he

The Empress murmured.

would the Duke carry his

look of suspicion. Then she asked, tugging

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