Duke's wife

Chapter 100

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Chapter 100
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"....... hah"

Grace suppressed the feeling of tears welling up in her eyes with anger and sadness. Arthur clasped his loose clasped hands as if to comfort her, and said to Lord Kaldine:

"Can you provide any evidence to support your assumptions?"

"Yes, roasting greedy monks is easier than flipping the palm of your hand."

"Well, I'll leave that to the sir. It doesn't matter how much money it costs. If that doesn't work, you can mobilize the knights. Just focus on finding out who sent the troops to them, where they took them, and what they were doing."

"I see, sir. Leave it to me."

At Arthur's command, Lord Kaldin nodded with a stern expression.

After that, there was a heavy silence in the room for a while. The facts, outlined by Grace, and wedged in to some extent by Lord Kaldin's testimony, left each knight in thought.

Then it was Sir Oliver who broke the heavy silence. He asked, looking at Arthur with a stern expression.

"...... What are you going to do now, sir?"

"Well. What does Sir Oliver want to do?"

Arthur asked, as if to say what was in his mind. Then Sir Oliver's expression hardened even more. Soon, he replied with a heavy sigh.

"I am only following your orders whatever decision you make."

"Even if you want to behead the Duke of Alberton and dethrone the Emperor in order to avenge me and my wife?"

At that, Sir Oliver, as well as Grace, who was listening beside him, looked at him in amazement.

Grace, who had only vaguely thought of vengeance on the Duke of Alberton and the Emperor who had helped her accomplish all this, but had never thought of treason, spoke in a dismayed voice.

"Oh, Arthur! Are you going to rebel?"

"Yes, it is."

"Oh my God, it's too dangerous! You know that. How powerful are the forces that follow the emperor! If we make a mistake, we'll all disappear into the dew of ........"

"However, if you don't bring down the current emperor, your life will continue to be threatened. They'll only have a chance to kill you to the end in order to save the Crown Prince. ...... I don't want you to get hurt or hurt. I hate the idea of that happening."

"...... Arthur."

"And I don't want to live with the stigma of being a monster duke anymore. I also want to remove the stigma that young Leon has been subjected to."

Then, Arthur threw off his black mask. Then his cold face was revealed. The knights involuntarily gasped, and Grace's eyes widened at the suddenness.

Arthur turned to each of them, pulled his well-shaped lips up slightly, and continued in a serious voice.

"They have deceived me and my family. He used the power of the Felix family to save the Crown Prince's life, and he risked many lives for him. As a result, the Felix family was unjustly stigmatized, and they used the stigma of being a "monster duke" to constantly send me and my knights to battle, saying, "Prove that you are what this empire needs." And in the process, I lost a lot of lives that I shouldn't have lost."

"...... Your Excellency."

"Not only that, but the lives of innocent women were used as if they were expendable. Now they have drawn their swords to put you to death. Should we still put up with it? Is it because I don't want my life?"