In the Palace of Baissus, in the chamber of King William's chambers, several ministers were standing under the steps, and they did not dare to show up.

"You don't know what you are doing! The last time Anne was assassinated, she had already called for strengthening her defense, but this time she actually let the assassin sneak into the Arena to assassinate Jessica. If Roger hadn't sacrificed himself to save her, my daughter would have died." King William of Baiss was furious.

"Report to Your Majesty! It was the last general who was neglected. Unexpectedly, there were assassins in the City Guard. Now I have conducted an investigation in the City Guard. Everyone who has unknown origin or family background has been arrested!" The commander of the City Guard Chris reported in panic.

"Hmph! Everything happened, and now I remembered the investigation of the person. It's too late! By the way, did the assassin interrogate?" William asked angrily.

"This... Your Majesty, the assassin committed suicide shortly after being caught. According to the coroner's examination, there was a highly toxic drug hidden in his teeth. As long as he bites it, he will die in a very short time!" Chris replied tremblingly.

"...The hands and feet are really clean! Have you found out the identity of the assassin?" William was not surprised after hearing the assassin's suicide by committing suicide by poisoning, because such dead soldiers often commit suicide after being caught.

"I checked it. His name is Skuhlavi, but he is a real city guard soldier. But he is an illegitimate son and has been living with his mother. We went to his house and interrogated his mother only to find out that his father was the Marquis of Wellington, whose house was raided ten years ago." Chris hurriedly replied.

"Marquis of Wellington? No wonder! I not only killed him, but also confiscated all his property! However, when he was the Minister of Finance, he also had an affair with many women, and all the money was spent on women! Many nobles blamed me for using people inappropriately!" William said angrily.

Christ immediately didn't dare to speak anymore, and stood under the steps with his head down.

The chamber immediately fell into silence. After a while, William asked, "The target of the assassin's assassin this time was Jessica. This surprised me very much. What do you guys think about this matter?"

"Your Majesty, I guess the assassin's original target of assassination was Your Majesty. However, Your Majesty has a tight defense around him, so it is difficult for the assassin to take action, so he turned his target to Princess Jessica..." said Weilanki, Secretary of Military Affairs.

"Well, probably that's the case." William nodded slightly while thinking, and most ministers also whispered, thinking that this should be the case.

"I don't think this matter is so simple!" said the Minister of Internal Affairs Salvador.

"Oh? My dear Salvador, what do you think?" William asked in surprise.

"I remember that the City Guards were relatively strict when selecting soldiers. No matter how strong a person with a family background or a unclear origin was, he could not be a City Guard. The selection of the City Guards in the capital Empet is even stricter. Not only does it require reliable strength and loyalty, but it also requires a letter of recommendation from a nobleman above the baron to join. However, according to the investigation by Commander Chris, this Skuhlavi was an illegitimate son, and his father was also the Marquis of Wellington whose house was beheaded for corruption. How could he get a letter of recommendation for such a person?" El Salvador raised doubts.

When everyone heard this, they immediately began to ponder. The illegitimate son of a nobleman who was searched for his family was afraid that he would not be able to hide. How could anyone write a letter of recommendation for him?

"Then I will check immediately what noble recommended Skuhlavi to join the city guards." Chris said at this time.

"Okay! Chris, you will report the result to me immediately after you check it! I want to see who is so bold! You dare to recommend a letter of recommendation to the assassin and let him sneak into the city guards!" William roared angrily.

"Report to Your Majesty! Lord Inpad, the deputy commander of the City Guard, said there was an important report!" At this time, a guard outside the hall walked into the hall and bowed and said.

"Call him in quickly!" William snorted coldly. He felt that nothing good was wrong.

Inpad is a 35-year-old seventh-level warrior. He was born in the famous Kenret family in Baishoshe. His father was Duke Dessa, the patriarch of the Kenret family.

"Report to Your Majesty! An hour ago, the Baron Mercedes's house suddenly caught fire. When the fire brigade went to put out the fire, he found that all the people in the Baron's house had been killed. I just came back from the scene. Judging from the traces at the scene, the murderer should be a very well-trained professional killer. Everyone was a fatal blow. It is impossible to infer the origin of the murderer at present."

Inpad's words immediately caused an uproar in the hall. Chris was anxious at this time. The assassination of the princess was not over yet, and now there was another major case of the murder of the noble family. Although Mercedes was just a baron, he had been an assistant to the Minister of Finance for many years and was quite famous in Empet. Unexpectedly, he was destroyed. Now that there are accidents one after another, it seems that the position of the commander of the city's guards is almost over.

"Not good!" El Salvador shouted in dismay.

"What did you find out about me?" William asked quickly.

"I have a gut feeling that Baron Mercedes was the one who recommended Scuhravi back then," Salvador sighed.

"Let's go and investigate this matter immediately!" Chris was secretly happy when he heard this. If Mercedes was silenced, his responsibility would be much smaller.

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Half an hour later, Chris appeared in the chamber again. He reported to William: "The last general had just visited the City Guard's archives room and carefully checked it. As expected, as Lord Salvador expected, three years ago, it was indeed a letter of recommendation written by Baron Mercedes to the City Guard's recruitment office, which recommended Scuhravi to become a City Guard's soldier."

The palace suddenly became silent, and all the ministers felt the terribleness of the planner behind the scenes, and they actually started planning the assassination three years ago.

"Your Majesty! The old minister believes that the people who planned this assassination should be the Jepeng people, and their upper nobles in our Baisus must have bribed the traitor. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain that the assassin could successfully get the letter of recommendation and the target of assassination would be Princess Jessica!" Minister of Internal Affairs Salvador broke the silence at this time and said first.

"You continue!" William heard something.

"I won't mention the recommendation letter, and everyone knows it. Although His Royal Highness, who is both talented and beautiful, and has unique insights into national political strategies, she has only started to participate in the discussion of these major national events in the past year. However, dangerous elements like Skuhravi began to lurk in the city guards three years ago. It must have been a pre-arranged death warrior to assassinate important figures in our country." El Salvador continued.

"Let's look at the achievements of Princess Jessica. She started learning magic at the age of six, reached the second level magician at the age of eight, reached the third level magician at the age of twelve, and now she has reached the fourth level magician at the age of twelve. Now her teacher, Master Carter, is only a third level magician at the age of twelve... So, if nothing unexpected happens, even if Princess Jessica cannot become a sanctuary, she can at least become a 9th level magician."

"I understand! If there are two holy magicians in our country, it will break the balance between now and Jepeng, and we can overwhelm Japeng in terms of strength!" William said thoughtfully.

"Yes, the reason why the assassin was eager to assassinate His Highness Jessica was that he didn't want her to grow up quickly. According to the old minister, there is the possibility that Jesseng is the mastermind behind the scenes, and of course, it is not ruled out the possibility of other neighboring countries. But they should not take such extreme measures, because once exposed, it will attract our country's anger." El Salvador continued: "Only Jesseng can do this without considering our country's feelings at all."

"Well, El Salvador, what you said is reasonable." William nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

"Your Majesty! Princess Jessica is here!" At this time, a guard came up to report.

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The first update is here today!
Chapter completed!