Grave Keeper of the Fallen Kingdom

Louise, who was dealing with nobles on the first floor of the banquet hall, did not leave the area around Hamilton Lesias without being noticed.

Kate Travis said she had definitely seen it.

The scene where Luca Rogers kills Hamilton Lesias and buries him in the ground.

However, Hamilton Lesias, who was said to have died, openly attends Miriam’s coming-of-age banquet and laughs with the nobles.

‘How on earth… … ?’

I can’t believe it. How can a dead person be brought back to life?

The woman named Emily who was bewitched by Luca Rogers.

No matter how much I searched, I couldn’t find it. He is the one who bewitched Luca Rogers and Hamilton Lesias and made Luca kill Hamilton.

‘How far did Ren look out?’

Louise felt respect for Ren, who predicted this situation with just a few words from Cohen and Layton.

The insight that grasped the relationship between Hamilton and Luca at once and predicted that Emily, the warlock, was behind them.

And it was Ren’s idea that the warlock was going to do something today.

Watching ‘Hamilton Lesias’ walking around the banquet hall right in front of my eyes gave me goose bumps on my arms.

‘Len did too. You can’t bring the dead back to life. Then that’s a fake wearing the mask of Hamilton Lesias… … .’

How can I take off that mask?

And what is the purpose of coming here wearing a mask like that?

– If I were them, I would attend the banquet hall and stage a terrorist attack by assassinating someone. For example, a bishop of the Holy Kingdom… … .

– What do you mean?

– If you have a disguise, even better. If you turn into a hated person and try to kill a high official in the Holy Kingdom, it happened within the Brilliant Kingdom, and you will hold the kingdom accountable, and at the same time, the hated person will be alienated from the Holy Kingdom. How much more did the bishop die? That’s it.

– her… … , isn’t that overthinking?

– no. Archbishop level is hard to assassinate even a high-ranking knight, so if I were a warlock, I’d target a bishop.

The conversation I had with Ren flashes through my mind.

I thought it was a plausible statement, but I didn’t really think that warlocks would go that far.

But looking at that Hamilton, it hit me that it might happen enough.

‘bishop… , Bishop… … .’

Of the many bishops who manage the parishes within the Brilliant Kingdom, only four attended.

Among them, there are two bishops on the first floor.

Bishop Dennis oversees the church in Brillant, and Bishop Thomas oversees the church in Dusk a little further away.

If Hamilton were going for the Bishop, it would be one of these two.

‘Who are you?’

Dennis is talking to Brother Lev next to the archbishop, and Thomas is having a light conversation with noble ladies in a corner.

“Your Highness, the Three Princes, what are you thinking so hard about?”

“That’s right. You seem to be in a lot of trouble. You keep looking over there, do you think you want to make friends with Lesias-nim? Then I-.”

“Oh, no. Stop worrying about whether my brother is doing well… … . ha ha ha. Thank you for your concern.”

“I see. It’s nice to see you thinking of your brother.”

“thank you.”

Louise tried to keep tabs on Lesias while dealing with the nobles. It was several times harder than training all day with a sword.

Seeing brother Lev who skillfully handles nobles over there and brother Alan talking with nobles in a comfortable way made me feel amazing.

“Hamilton, where are you going?”

“Oh, I’ll come over there to say hello for a second.”

Louise’s ears perked up.

He barely turned his head out of Hamilton’s line of sight, but only turned his eyes to look at him.

Hamilton was on his way to Bishop Thomas.

‘The real Thomas?’

My heart suddenly thumped thump.

What should I do?

If he moves after Hamilton like this, it is tantamount to letting him know that he is wary of him.

Naturally, you have to approach Bishop Thomas without him noticing.

‘What should I do?’

As Louise is contemplating, Miriam just happens to be approaching to talk to Thomas.

Miriam’s eyes turned to Louise.

Their eyes meet for a moment and she smiles softly.

‘Yes, this is it.’

Louise left the place with the words that she was saying hello to her brother for a while to those around her.

Hamilton is already pretty close to Thomas. Louise, on the other hand, has to walk 10 more steps to get close to Hamilton.

It’s a quick walk, but as natural and leisurely as possible.

Other people’s eyes don’t matter. Hamilton just needs to not notice himself following.

‘please please… … !’

As soon as you approach Thomas, if you try to assassinate him, there is no answer.

If that happens, it will be impossible to block because of the distance.

But if only we had a little more time… … .

‘no!’

Thomas looked back and was talking to someone else, and Hamilton put his hand in his bosom as he approached.

It felt like everyone else around me was doing their own thing and didn’t really care.

I’m not sure if there’s a tool for murder in my hand that slips into my bosom, or if it’s just an ordinary thing like a handkerchief.

“Oh, aren’t you Bishop Thomas?”

At that time, Thomas turns to the call of Miriam, who approached Thomas.

Hamilton’s upper body, which had been leaning forward little by little, stretched out again.

Thomas’ gaze passed Hamilton, who had come closer, to Miriam.

Hamilton took a handkerchief from his bosom, wiped his mouth, and put it back.

“Your Highness, the 3rd Princess, do you know me?”

“sure. You’re in charge of Dusk’s church, right? Whoops.”

“hahahaha, this is an honor. I heard that Princess Miriam isn’t very interested in worldly affairs, but I guess that was a false rumor.”

“Whoops… , sure. How much the bishops of the Holy Kingdom give strength to our kingdom. Wouldn’t you be interested Uh, Hamilton?”

Hamilton greets Miriam with an awkward smile.

“Congratulations on becoming an adult. Her Highness, the 3rd Princess.”

“thank you.”

“My name is Thomas, who is in charge of Dusk Diocese.”

“My name is Hamilton Lesias.”

Hamilton smiled and held out his hand.

Thomas took it by the hand.

At that time, Thomas looked over his shoulder and Hamilton looked back.

It was Louise.

“Miriam, you are here. How about a banquet?”

“It’s fun. Brother.”

“I’m glad.”

Louise turned to look at Thomas and Hamilton.

“Thank you for coming. Bishop Thomas. Mr. Hamilton Lesias.”

“I am truly honored. His Highness the 3rd Prince.”

“You seem to be talking to other people, what are you doing here?”

Thomas became surprised at Hamilton’s words, and Miriam hardened her expression.

Louise tried hard to put on a calm expression and smiled.

“hahahaha, I came here because I was worried about whether my brother was doing well.”

“… … Didn’t Prince Louise’s nerdiness improve quite a bit?”

“Is that so? I will take it as a compliment.”

A heavy atmosphere suddenly changed.

Louise and Hamilton’s sharp gazes are intertwined, raising tension.

‘Wouldn’t it be nice to sharpen my blade like this?’

He already knew that Hamilton disregarded the Hertia royal family.

However, if that person was a warlock instead of Hamilton, there would be no need for such an angle of confrontation at all.

‘Wasn’t he trying to kill Thomas?’

“Since I took a picture of my face, I will stop. My head hurts.”

Having said that, Hamilton smiled, turned around, put his face in Thomas’ ear, muttered something inaudible, and then left.

Hamilton walks away and Thomas hardens.

Before he can stop following Hamilton across the center of the ballroom, Thomas runs and grabs his arm, turns around and grabs his collar.

“Hamilton!!”

In an instant, all the eyes of the banquet hall were focused on Thomas.

Hamilton Lesias, who had an arrogant face, twisted his face like a demon and took something out of his arms.

‘this!’

The light from the chandelier hanging from the ceiling reflected off the cutlery in his arms, illuminating the surroundings.

squeak-!

Chew!

As soon as she senses something strange, Louise runs over and pulls Thomas’ arm.

‘this!’

It was too close to avoid it.

The dagger cut through Thomas’ chest, spraying blood.

Hamilton’s face contorted at that moment, and at the same time, the kingdom’s knights drew their swords and aimed their swords at Hamilton.

“Cool!”

Thomas fell to the ground, bleeding profusely.

Fortunately, thanks to Louise, he was not killed instantly.

If he had died, he wouldn’t have been able to save him even if the pope came, but if he didn’t die, he could somehow be saved.

There is an archbishop here.

“Bishop Thomas!”

Archbishop Mel Watts, who was talking with Prince 1, immediately raised his holy power and poured it over the fallen Thomas.

The blood that flowed like a fountain stopped, and his wounds healed quickly.

‘Is this the archbishop’s holy power?’

This monstrous ability to instantly heal wounds that would have been dead if it were just a few seconds later was amazing to watch over and over again.

‘The worst was averted.’

If Bishop Thomas had died here, no matter how much Hamilton Lesias from the Baran Empire wielded the sword, the Brilliant Royal Family, who hosted the banquet, would hardly be able to avoid responsibility.

The Pope of the Holy Kingdom, who takes great pride in establishing churches throughout the continent and sending out their clergy, is very sensitive to the well-being of the people of the Church.

Especially from the bishop level and above, there was no mercy for that mace.

Perhaps after today, the Lesias family will never set foot in the church, and the Lesias family’s influence within the empire will diminish.

Thanks to that, I had trouble with the Holy Kingdom.

“Your Highness, the Third Prince, thank you for saving Bishop Thomas.”

“no. Wouldn’t it be time to accuse Lee of this?”

Louise raised her sword and aimed it at Hamilton.

Hamilton smiles and stands still leisurely.

“They are laughing. It was Bishop Thomas who rushed at me first.”

“Bishop Thomas did not attack you.”

“I felt threatened. Is that not enough? If so, tell me one more.”

Hamilton glared at Thomas, who was lying on the ground breathing heavily.

“I hear Bishop Thomas loves a woman.”

“what?”

Archbishop Mel instantly wrinkled his expression and stood up.

Hamilton smiled.

‘What’s going on?’

Louise couldn’t readily suggest holding onto Hamilton.

Because the Archbishop took his word.

There is a law that the clergy belonging to the Church of the Holy Kingdom must abide by in common.

Do not make love with the opposite s*x.

It is one of several statutes.

Except for the pope, all clergy below him must not make love.

Thomas had disobeyed the absolute command given by God.

High priests or priests under the bishops are stripped of all sacred powers and expelled from the church if they violate such decrees, but from the bishop level onwards, punishment is applied.

Believing that, Hamilton was taking his time.

“Bishop Thomas is in love. It’s also very nasty! Emily, whom I loved with everything until recently! The bishop of the church is what a man tried to take over!”

At the shocking revelation, the nobles began to mutter, and the archbishop, who had been properly disgraced, gritted his teeth with a serious hard face.

“We will talk about that later. Hamilton Lesias. Apart from the disrespect committed by Thomas, you tried to kill the priest of our church.”

“You are laughing. I was in self-defence.”

“No, that is not self-defense.”

Mel exercised as much patience as he could and glared at the knights with his eyes wide open.

“What are you doing without catching this criminal right away!”

Louise shouted at the knights who flinched at Mel’s remarks.

“Arrest this criminal who dared to cause a disturbance in the castle!”

“yes!”

With those words, the knights rushed in and Hamilton took out a sword from his waist and raised it to face it.

Caan!!

Chew!

A black aura shone over his sword and passed by, decapitating a knight.

“Kyaaak!”

“What crazy!”

The banquet hall quickly became a mess due to the screams and high voices of the aristocrats.

“Anyway, the windows in the church do not communicate.”

Hamilton, black-eyed, groaned in frustration.