Chapter 278: Borrowing a Knife to Kill

What happened on the Dawn Gate Square spread quickly.

It didn't take long for even the street kids in the imperial capital to learn about this important news - the empire had a new prince, the son of Prince Bai Youming.

There were many princes and princesses, but there was only one prince, who suddenly appeared after many years. Some people had already started to find out all the information about Sean.

However, Sean himself was attending a banquet.

This was his first time entering the imperial palace. This trip was naturally for the invitation of the third prince Bai You.

Bai You was a wonderful person. When he didn't know that Sean was the prince, he wanted to kill him as soon as possible. After knowing it, he was as enthusiastic as a brother.

Before going to the banquet, Bai You learned that Sean was still living in a temporary residence. When he sent someone to pick him up, he also sent a villa and more than ten beautiful maids.

Moreover, his sincerity was more than Sean imagined. Before Sean left, he checked casually and found that there was not even a spy among the maids sent.

"This third prince is indeed capable of doing great things. He does what he does in his position." Even Moza gave him a high evaluation.

"This also shows that Bai Youming's prestige and power are much higher than I imagined." Sean couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, after the incident at the Gate of Dawn was over, the news that he was Bai Youming's newly recognized adopted son spread among the upper circles. There is still a difference between the weight of an adopted son and a biological son, but Bai You is still very enthusiastic.

This point was also perfectly reflected after Sean entered the palace.

At the beginning of the banquet, Bai You introduced Sean's identity to everyone. Although he was the owner of this place, he still raised Sean's level very high.

Even in front of many upper-class people, Bai You took the initiative to express his apology.

"Sean, I will punish myself with a glass of wine. I blamed myself for not knowing people and offending my cousin before."

In terms of face, Bai You gave enough.

Not only that, when the banquet was halfway through, Bai You smiled and pulled Sean aside.

"These things are just a gift for meeting you." Bai You smiled and handed over a gold-edged booklet.

Sean glanced at it casually and found that there were many good things. If it was put on the market, it would sell for tens of millions of liras, which would be about 300 million in Paradise City credit points.

He still had to do some superficial work, and Sean waved his hands repeatedly: "This is too expensive. I didn't do anything, how can I take it?"

Bai You stuffed the booklet into Sean's arms without saying anything, and said in a blaming tone: "This is the first time we two brothers have met, and it's just a small gift. Besides, if you don't let me compensate you for the things that happened before, I will feel uneasy."

After refusing for a while, Sean took it into his arms as a matter of course.

It's normal to be soft-hearted when taking someone's money, but Sean is the kind of person who doesn't do anything after receiving a gift. The two of them talked for a few words, and he didn't make any promises.

Obviously, Bai You didn't expect this little thing to buy Sean. He made it clear that this was a gift to show his apology.

He even said quite sincerely: "Sean, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. What I do now seems to be very utilitarian, but this is inevitable."

Sean smiled and nodded to show his understanding.

Bai You continued: "I had a conflict with you before, that was because I didn't know your identity, which was my fault, and I am doing this now because I know your identity. It seems that I am arrogant at first and respectful later, but it will happen again. Brother, I sit in this position, so I should act like this. I think you should understand."

These words have a shameless taste, but they sound very sincere. If a young man who is not familiar with the world, he will probably have a good impression of Bai You because of these words.

Sean just smiled and shook hands with Bai You: "Of course I know, cousin, don't worry, this matter is over."

Bai You nodded with a look of relief: "Cousin, I understand. By the way, I will help you urge the matter at the Gate of Dawn. Don't worry, as long as it is within the rules and regulations of the imperial law, I will definitely help you get that territory."

Sean just smiled and nodded.

Bai You was quite cunning. The matter of the territory at the Gate of Dawn had been settled after they left. Once Sean's identity was revealed, and he had always acted in accordance with the rules of the imperial law, under this sensitive situation, the people of the Golden Dawn could only postpone and could not deny.

Bai You sneakily added these two sentences, making it seem as if he had made great efforts in this matter.

'I haven't seen the other princes yet, but this third prince is a bit interesting, and this shows that he has learned relevant content. The other princes can compete for the right of succession, so I think they are not much worse - but Bai Ye is too immature compared to her brothers. It seems that before this, the emperor really didn't train his daughter as an heir...'

'Why did Bai Youming target Bai Ye and let me assist her... Is it related to Bai Ye's mother's family? '

When Sean was thinking secretly, suddenly, everyone at the banquet stood up.

"His Excellency Karado is here, and His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is here."

An old man in a red robe led a young man in.

"My fourth brother is here, and Lord Karado is here too." Bai You smiled and stood up and looked at Sean. "That's great. Let me introduce him to you."

He lowered his voice again: "Let's not mention the Gate of Dawn for now, let's just pretend nothing happened... Fourth brother is a little childish, if we talk about this, there will inevitably be some conflicts between you."

After listening to Bai You's reminder, Sean smiled and indicated that he knew.

However, from what Bai You meant, it seems that he and his twin brother don't have a good relationship as imagined...

Is it necessary to tell me an outsider at this time?

Interesting...

One of the people who came was the leader of the Golden Dawn, and the other was the current fourth prince, and everyone stood up to greet them.

Karado was a bald man with a very easy-going face, like a retired old man that can be seen everywhere on the street. He had no special features, but his orchid fingers that were raised when he walked looked very strange.

The fourth prince Bai Si was a little unkempt, with long black hair hanging down to cover his eyebrows and eyes, and the ends of his hair that fell below his shoulders were even more dry and knotted, as if he hadn't been groomed for a long time. But it can still be seen that although he and the exquisite and luxurious third prince seemed to be from two different worlds, their facial features were still very similar.

"Sir Carado, long time no see." Bai You first greeted the cardinal.

Carado's voice was unexpectedly deep, and Sean thought he was an old glass.

"Your Highness the Third Prince, long time no see, I am presumptuous to come to visit without notice." Carado didn't even look at Sean, as if he just came to attend the banquet.

"Sir Carado, you are joking. Bai You welcomes you to come." Bai You smiled and nodded, then looked at his younger brother with some doting in his eyes, "I haven't seen my fourth brother for a long time. I didn't see him in the gold before. I want to thank Sir Carado for helping me."

The fourth prince Bai Si raised his head and nodded, finally revealing some of his eyes. His pupil color was different from Bai You's. Bai You's was blue, and his was pure black.

"Third brother, long time no see." Bai Si said, and looked straight at Sean.

Bai You stood slightly beside Sean and introduced him, "This is Sean, the newly adopted son of the emperor's uncle. According to age, he is our fifth brother."

Karado nodded slightly, as if it was someone else who had taken away the land under the feet of their Golden Dawn.

Bai Si looked at Sean for a while, and finally whispered, "Sean...Did you kill Volk?"

Volk was the cardinal.

Sean smiled and nodded, "Meet His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, oh, no, fourth brother. That's right, I killed that Volk."

Bai Si said in a muffled voice, "Volk was my teacher when I was a child."

Sean continued to smile, "Well, I killed your teacher."

The atmosphere at the banquet suddenly became much more stagnant.

Bai You frowned and stood between the two of them, "The banquet should be fun, why talk about these?"

Karado sat down with his orchid fingers raised, and whispered, "Bai Si, it's rare to meet your brother, sit down."

Bai Si just looked at Sean for a while, and finally sat next to Karado, not next to Bai You.

This fourth prince, as Bai Youming said, has a bit of a weird personality... And, are these two brothers acting for me, or is it really like this?

Sean smiled and didn't say much.

Under Bai You's deliberate guidance, the banquet became lively again.

The Golden Dawn's canon does not seem to include the part of asceticism. Cardinal Carado seemed to have been holding back for a long time. After a while, he was full of red face and even his bald head was glowing red under the toasts of the people around him.

Bai Size was like a social phobic who entered the gathering of social heroes. He sat at the table alone, stretched out his hand to pinch the nearest beans on the table, and put them into his mouth one by one.

The other guests at the banquet seemed to know the temper of the fourth prince. Very few people went over to chat and toast, but most of them gathered around Sean.

As you came and went, Sean's face gradually flushed.

At a gathering of basically naysayers, ordinary wine could not play an intoxicating role, and naturally it was not enjoyable enough.

According to Bai You's introduction, the wine used at the banquet was a special fruit wine. Even a powerful veto player could feel the intoxicating beauty of the wine in the cup, and this special thing came from the large orchard outside the city.

"It's really good stuff." Sean drunkenly drank another glass and laughed with his newly recognized third brother.

Suddenly, he frowned slightly, and then showed an apologetic look: "I'll go."

"Hahaha, cousin, you still need to exercise."

Sean smiled and waved his hand, touching his swollen belly and went to the bathroom.

As soon as he entered the bathroom, his face was still flushed, but the drunkenness disappeared.

A familiar force lingered around, which was what attracted him here.

The source of power is the same as that obtained from the sacrifice ceremony, but the power that appeared nearby is hazy, and you can only feel it, but you can't catch up with the starting point.

Sean showed a puzzled expression, and after searching around, he didn't get anything.

"Strange..." He muttered in confusion and had to give up.

However, when he walked into the single room, a cunning flashed in his eyes.

Sean finally understood why Karado suddenly came here.

He deliberately revealed some of the contents of the ritual to the Golden Dawn, and the interrogator was deceived by his deception and confidently told his leader.

Sean did this, of course, to kill someone with a borrowed knife.

If he didn't go through the Golden Dawn channel, he would have a chance to kill the captured cultist, but that place is the military after all, and the cultist himself is a Crimson-level strongman. If Sean goes there alone, the risk is not small.

However, since there is a chance to use the Golden Dawn knife, Sean will naturally not let it go.

Based on the content he "revealed", Sean is very sure that the Golden Dawn will definitely find a way to meet the cultist... and between different sects, killing pagans is a compulsory course.

At the same time, Sean has another purpose, which is to make the military more "pure".

In terms of strength, the Golden Dawn is naturally not as good as the Imperial Army. In other words, if they want to meet the cultist, what the Golden Dawn has to do will be extremely troublesome, and they will pay a considerable price, which will definitely include the pawns planted in the army.

All these years of hard work in the military may be wasted because of this action.

This is also what Sean wants.

Only when the pawns of the Golden Dawn are lost because of this action will some positions in the army suddenly become vacant.

Just treat it as a gift to Bai Ye...

In order to "help" the Golden Dawn Operation, Sean also deliberately transferred the strongest Unit 0. He had the reason and the qualifications to do so.

Killing two birds with one stone, isn't it just right?

During the banquet, Sean felt the echo of the power of the sacrifice ceremony. He knew very well that this was a test from Karado.

Karado was testing whether Sean's "interrogation" was true.

So, Sean only needed to give a normal response to reassure Karado.

Walking out of the bathroom, Sean pulled up his pants.

If nothing unexpected happens, the military will be lively tonight.

Karado is here, and he can also make an alibi.

...

It was dark at night. The high priest lurking in the dark looked at the time and said in a deep voice: "Lord Karado has not returned yet, which means that the information we got from the prince is correct."

"Are we ready to act?" The exorcist whispered.

The high priest nodded, with a trace of heartache in his eyes. This operation would cost most of the chess pieces that had been placed for many years.

But the military was powerful, and only by doing so would they have a chance, and they even took advantage of the surprise attack.

Taking a deep breath, he ordered: "Prepare for action, send a signal."

"Yes."

"Remember, use the ritual to torture directly... The first task is the ritual mastered by the pagan. If there is no other way..." The high priest's eyes flashed with a fierce look, "Kill him, and the ritual cannot be obtained by others."

"Understood!"