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Chapter 39 Is he still alive?
  Luther felt that although he loved money, he was never a fool.

In fact, he had long thought that the eldest prince might kill him one day in the future. In order to prevent this day from coming, he could be said to have placed all his hopes on the second prince Sirius.

However, Engri, who was far away in the imperial city, was like a wily fox. After he felt that he had some support, he arranged for the empire's princess Nalia to come over.

This ability of concealment can really be said to have perfectly blocked all his plans to communicate with Sirius, preventing him from playing any role in this game.

He even felt now that he had never cooperated with the second prince at all. Could it be that from the beginning... he was Engel's good dog and had never betrayed him?

In this way, he is a very loyal minister! It's a pity that such a magnificent and loyal minister who is unparalleled in the world has to die today to show his determination~
  Of course, this was just a last act of self-deprecation. After all, he did not kill Sirius, and it did go against Engri's wishes.

He thought about making a final resistance, but he found that he only had some power in Anka, not to mention that this was the only power he had. What do you mean by fame?
  Sorry...this really doesn't exist.

Even if you tell me everything, who will believe you? That Engli didn't leave any substantial evidence for him. The other party never even came here from beginning to end, so he had no chance of winning.

As for the news that he might be dying soon, it was not his conjecture or speculation, but a trace of fear that naturally arose from the sudden changes in his house.

A few days ago, he discovered that a man who used to work for the princess seemed to appear frequently near their home recently. However, when he asked other people, no one said they had seen him too.

In addition, he was also a nobleman himself. Although he was greedy for enjoyment and did not train his awakening ability, the ability to sense crisis still made him feel that something was wrong.

Since he couldn't confirm when the crisis would come, he might as well hide like this.

Then he announced to everyone that he was seriously ill and needed to rest alone, and no one was allowed to come in to see him.

Of course, his reason was ridiculous... but he didn't have much energy to think of a more perfect excuse.

But today he really couldn't hold on anymore.

Staying alone in a closed environment for a long time, even with food and water, the mental pressure has pushed his entire state to a point where he is about to collapse.

If this continues, he might go crazy and commit suicide before he can be killed by the person who comes to kill him.

In addition, when he used his unreliable awakening ability to sense today, it seemed that he could no longer feel any dangerous smell condensing in the air. This further enhanced Luther's idea of ​​​​leaving the secret room and seeing the light again. .

Putting his hands on the mountain of gold coins behind him, Luther stumbled up from the human-shaped gold coin pit. He had changed the candles in the secret room many times, but this time the candlelight was still bright enough for him to He took out the key from his pocket.

The door of the secret room was protected by several locks. The excited and frightened Luther's hand holding the key kept trembling on the keyhole. Finally, as the fourth lock was opened by him, he finally saw the door leading to the bedroom. of stairs.

"I want to have a good sleep, and then have a good night with my wife, and I want to eat big fish and meat, and..."

Just as Luther was mumbling to himself like a madman as he crawled out of the secret passage, then moved the special bedside table in his bedroom that was used to hide the secret passage to its original position and locked the mechanism, he suddenly felt a A strong desire to die came over him.

Before he could shout or dodge, Luther felt his neck being pinched tightly by a hand with black silk gloves, making him unable to make a sound.

And the owner behind the hand that was strangling his neck slowly emerged from the shadows, and that beautiful appearance made Luther's pupils shrink suddenly.

“&!@……”

"If you don't want to die, just be honest with me." Nalia looked at the somewhat abominable Earl Luther coldly, with no kindness in her eyes.

Unlike Luther in front of her, although Nalia didn't have much of a good attitude towards Sirius before, she never hated Sirius after all.

Even from a high position, she felt a little pity for the victim of politics, the poor guy who no longer had a name.

Besides, Sirius was still on her side no matter what. Who do you think you are, Luther? A disgusting, ugly figure among the so-called aristocratic group who don't have much nobility.

She didn't kill such a person directly, which was already a great gift from her.

Seeing Luther nodding his head crazily with all his strength, Nalia released her left hand and threw the fat man to the ground.

"From now on, you can only speak when I ask you, and you can only answer the questions I ask. If you violate it, I will cut off your tongue directly."

"...Yes, Your Royal Highness."

Luther gasped for air, and then kept rubbing the marks on his neck with his hands.

He knew that he was destined to die, so at this moment Luther had no idea of ​​resistance at all. He only hoped that the imperial princess could give him a less painful death when she killed him.

"The first question." Nalia said as she pulled out the sword from her waist with her right hand and pointed it at Luther's mouth. "Are Sirius' treason and other charges true?"

"This……"

Just when Luther was hesitating whether he should tell the "truth" he learned from Sirius that day, Nalia had already stabbed him with the tip of her sword, and a wound appeared on Luther's cheek. He immediately cried out in pain.

However, he chose to decorate this bedroom with materials with strong sound insulation effect. It was originally designed for some couple's fun, but now it has become the last wall blocking his hope.

"Don't make me feel like you're hesitating and lying, or your tongue will be on the floor next time."

Nalia has never been a talkative character, and she has no patience at all with people like Luther.

"I understand, I will tell you everything I know."

Luther banged his head and endured the pain as he told all the things about Sirius being framed by Engri. Although these so-called facts were only one-sided words from Sirius's side, he didn't dare to think about it anymore. other.

Instead of being regarded as a deliberate lie, it is better to be a reteller and put the conflicts and problems between the royal family back into the hands of the royal family.

These answers sounded to Nalia's ears as if a sharp blade had pierced her body on the spot, making her feel suffocated.

She could feel that Luther was not lying, and the other party had no reason to lie about it.

After a while, she opened her trembling eyes, and then asked again pretending to be calm:

"Second question...is the real Sirius still alive?"

(End of this chapter)