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Chapter 31 The eldest prince’s new plan

It's a sunny day in Aphrama.

Engli stood in the hanging garden in the palace, which is almost more than 70 feet above the ground. There are dozens of levels. Various flowers and artificial ponds make up each level here.

The problem of water source irrigation is simple. Using the exquisite water magic rune driver, the water for watering the garden can be continuously drawn from the natural environment, without having to hire extra people to carry it bit by bit.

Of course, this is also the rare time during this period that Engli is interested in coming here to relieve stress. After all, the bad weather that has lasted for a long time has made the scenery of the sky garden not as beautiful as before.

Not to mention coming here to relax, just finding someone to restore the plants in the garden requires a lot of effort.

"His Royal Highness the First Prince."

"Well, you're here."

Engri did not look back, because just by listening to the voice, he could tell that the person behind him was Jim, his most trusted magician.

"My subordinates have already asked the undercover agents of Her Majesty the Princess to take action. We should be able to take advantage of this opportunity to use Anka as a breakthrough to eliminate all those who know the truth, and then put all the blame on the Princess's side..."

"Shh..."

"My subordinates are talking too much."

The eldest prince smiled, raised the corners of his mouth, and shook his head as if denying or mocking.

"What does this matter have to do with us? Don't try to take the 'credit' for everything. It's obviously the woman Nalia who chose to go to Anka. Did I force her to go?"

"No."

"Then those lizardmen outside Anka City, did I instruct them to start the war?"

"Naturally not."

At this point Engli has turned around. At this moment, he is dressed luxuriously and has a better temperament. If you ignore the evil smile at the corner of his mouth, it can be said that anyone who sees it will have some respect from the bottom of his heart.

"So, Anka's affairs have nothing to do with us. I have been busy dealing with Aframa's affairs every day during this period. How can I have the time to care about Anka's affairs?"

"That's true. This subordinate is still stupid. He woke up after being reminded by His Highness the First Prince."

"Of course, that's what I said...don't leave me alive."

Naturally, the story of survival that Engel was talking about did not refer to his sister Nalia. After all, no matter how much he complained about this sister who favored Sirius, he could not blatantly take action now.

Sirius's situation is a special case. After all, the other party is a bastard to the extreme, and it doesn't matter what he does. Even if he is discovered in the future, he will probably have ascended to the throne by then. Who dares to say anything?

But in order for this day to come as soon as possible, in addition to trying our best during the period before the Queen's death, the remaining work is to eliminate all potential dangerous factors.

As a person who wants to become an emperor, it is absolutely impossible to be soft-hearted.

So Engri had already started planning to take advantage of the opportunity when the royal sister Nalia was busy directing the war and had no time to care about the rear of the battlefield, to kill all the insiders who had anything to do with Sirius's death.

Of course, he didn't originally want to do it so early.

But who made that woman leave the imperial city without saying a word and go directly to Anka?

Although the news from Luther was that Nalia was most likely on his side, the problem was that he couldn't afford the gamble, and Engli had no doubts about whether she was really on his side. A skeptical attitude.

As various problems occurred frequently during this period, as if God had been against him, Engli's mentality had already changed.

If the reason why Engri in the original work is not as vicious as he is now, it may be because his process of obtaining the throne was too smooth. Unlike him now, the more he doesn't get it, the more psychologically distorted he becomes, wanting to get it by any means and using all his efforts.

This also prompted Engri's current purge plan to be launched in advance with the advance of the Lizardman War.

And that fake Sirius was the first person he needed to kill right now.

Although the other party is just a small commoner and has no capital to fight against him, the other party's rights and status are given by himself, so of course he should be the best to control them.

But the problem is that Nalia is now in contact with the other party.

You know... not many men can stand up to that woman's beauty.

Although Nalia is not the kind of character who would deliberately take advantage of her beauty, no one can guarantee that when their identities are too different, the counterfeit Sirius will directly use the combination of beauty and power and coercion to directly steal all the people he knows. The matter came out and became a bargaining chip for the emperor's sister to use to attack herself in the future.

Therefore, we must strike first. Just when news came from my subordinates that the impostor was injured, wouldn't this be an opportunity?
  "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. Don't come and disturb me until the final result is obtained, or until there is no new news from my imperial sister."

"I obey my orders!"

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Inside the Ankh Cathedral.

Dim candlelight swayed under the high vaults, casting a warm and soft light. The old church is now a huge sanctuary filled with civilians from all over the city.

For these civilians, the Lizardmen are like a nightmare, and many of their relatives have died in the war. Coupled with the abnormal weather, it was still bright and sunny in the morning, but as it approached noon, dark clouds began to gather, and there was not much light visible outside. The rain turned into sharp knives, cutting off the last line of defense in their hearts.

At this moment, they could only huddle on the benches in the center of the church. Some of them had no place to stand, so they chose to lean against the stone pillars, showing exhaustion and worry on their faces.

The clergy in the church were busy moving among the crowd, because many civilians came with children, so the church priests needed to constantly treat these children for colds and other possible diseases.

A long table has been arranged at the front of the podium, with some steaming food and equally steaming milk placed on the table.

The refugees queued up to receive food one by one according to family groups. Although the food and drink were simple and not rich, they were precious enough in this difficult time.

However, this harmonious scene suddenly changed slightly when the main door of the church was knocked, and after several nuns opened the door with confidence and let the other party in under nervous questioning.

"You mean...these orders were given by His Highness the Second Prince Sirius?"

The bishop of Anka Church is named Calvin. He is the person with the highest prestige here and also has the greatest say.

But even for a steady person like him, after hearing these seemingly "excessive" requests, his first reaction was to refuse.

But the problem is...these requests did not come from Luther, nor were they meant by Her Royal Highness.

But their benefactor, His Highness Sirius?

Yes, if he had any suspicion before that Sirius might not be the one secretly aiding them, this thought could be completely offset now.

Because if you don’t know the basics, how can you know how much preparation their church has made during this period of time for future rebellion?
  Although they are currently unable to directly overthrow the Ankh regime in terms of manpower, they want to help His Highness Siris by using the offensive magic devices burned with money and the light magic that restrains the lizardmen. It should still be fine.

He, Calvin, was not an Ankh like Luther. Since the second prince helped them when they needed it most, the church would never do anything unkind at such a time.

Otherwise, how could they dare to say that they are believers in the God of Light?

(End of this chapter)