Chapter 242

However, Phil had been telling himself to believe her these days, so Sherlock had no choice but to do as he said.

After all, even if she refused, those people would have plenty of ways to make her speak.

It was morning, and Sherlock's door was pushed open by Phil.

"Let's go, Sherlock."

Phil said.

"Go? Where to?"

Sherlock was very puzzled. She had been staying here these days, and she could only stay here. Phil said this, maybe he was testing her?

Who knew that Phil saw Sherlock's thoughts at a glance, and she hurriedly said:

"I'm not testing you. These days, it's busy outside, and the manpower is scattered. Today, I finally replaced the people guarding this house with my people."

She explained this, and then continued:

"Today they are going to use the materials I asked you to provide before to convict Orson. You can still go to the court with me now."

"But... but aren't you the prince's man?"

"Don't worry about it. Anyway, if you still want to save Orson, come with me."

Hearing this, Sherlock hurriedly got up.

"Okay, let's go!"

Chapter 51: Rebellion, all rebellion (6K)

In the Imperial Court, Arthas met with the Grand Judge who was hearing the Orson case today.

The Grand Judge, with white hair and beard, stood in front of Arthas, straightened his back, not timid at all.

"Your Honor, I would like to ask, why was Orson, who asked you to help him before, released today?"

Arthas suppressed his inner anger and expressed his doubts.

"The key witness said that the evidence was false, so how can I judge Orson if even the evidence is false? I can only judge Orson again after the real evidence comes out."

The Grand Judge explained this, not worried that Arthas would get angry at all.

"And, Your Majesty, you also know that you asked me to do this case, so I skipped a lot of necessary steps, but I really can't force you to reverse black and white when the key witness is present."

"So, you chose to betray your emperor because of the ridiculous "morality" in your heart, right?"

Alsace's anger has been suppressed to the limit and is about to explode.

The Grand Justice closed his eyes when he heard what Alsace said.

"Sorry, Your Majesty, to be honest, until now, I still blame myself for agreeing to you before."

"Because a political struggle has discredited my career, I would rather Your Majesty fire me, so that people will at least remember that I am a Grand Justice who has not abused my duties in the future."

"Okay, you will never abuse your duties in the future, you are fired!"

Alsace said this, and tore off the scale-shaped brooch on the Grand Justice's chest, which symbolized justice, and threw it on the ground and stepped on it into powder.

"Get out!" He pointed at the door and said fiercely.

The Grand Justice said nothing, and walked out of his office with his head held high.

Even if what awaited him next was a lifetime of poverty or death, he didn't care.

Arthas stood there, and after a long time he adjusted his mentality and headed for the next location.

On the way, he met his subordinates who were sent to investigate the betrayal.

"Your Majesty, the person who released Sherlock without authorization was Phil."

"Phil?!" Hearing this name, Arthas was stunned.

Phil had been with him for three years, and his ability to do things had always been good, and he never asked any more questions, so he trusted Phil very much. When investigating the assassination of Francois, Alsace specifically asked Phil to be in charge of the royal investigation team.

As a result, he was told that it was the person he trusted the most who betrayed him?

Arthas couldn't accept it.

He then asked:

"Have they found them? I want to see them alive or dead!"

"Report... People, they were indeed found, but just now, they entered the Imperial College..."

"Imperial College..."

When Arthas heard these four words, it coincided with the place he was going to next.

"It seems that there are really many people who don't like me."

He said so.

After Elsa and the court magician were driven away, they were taken to the Imperial Academy to hide, and now Phil, who betrayed him, also took Sherlock to hide in the Imperial Academy.

The Imperial Academy has now become a refuge for political prisoners, right?

But the nature of the Imperial Academy has caused Arthas to be unable to do anything to them in a short period of time.

The Imperial Academy, nominally belongs to the Empire, but in fact the royal family has no control over it. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a country within a country.

Without the permission of the Imperial Academy, outsiders have no way to enter the Imperial Academy, even the royal army.

And in this situation, the Imperial Academy really has the capital to do so.

Faced with the pressure from all forces, Arthas dispersed the troops and elites in his hands. In addition to ensuring absolute control of the city, the army in Saint Laurent City did not have much reserve combat power.

This is even more true for mid- and high-end combat power.

The combat effectiveness of the teachers in the Imperial Academy is generally between level five and seven, and there are even many at level eight. Coupled with the large number of students, their combat effectiveness is not bad at all. If a real fight breaks out, the army of Saint Laurent City will definitely not be able to break in.

He had no choice but to go to the Imperial College in person and use his status as emperor to force the Imperial College to make concessions.

…

Imperial College, in the Dean's Office.

At this moment, Alsace was sitting on the sofa, with a cup of hot tea on the coffee table in front of him, as if to remind Alsace not to be impatient.

Alsace looked at Luca sitting at his desk, smiled and said:

"Dean Luca, I haven't been back here for a long time. Under your governance, Imperial College has really been booming recently."

"No, your Majesty is joking." Luka listened to Alsace's polite words without any hint of happiness.

Of course he knew what Alsace's purpose was for coming here. The most they could do was chat for a while, reminisce about the past, and get closer, and then they would both confess their purpose.

"Your Majesty, it's really a blessing to be able to visit Imperial College despite your busy schedule."

"Haha, after all, I am also a student of Imperial College, and I once served as the student council president. Imperial College has always been very good in my impression. As for what you said, coming here despite your busy schedule is actually to solve some problems."

"oh?"

Seeing Alsace getting straight to the point, Luca was ready to play dumb.

"What do you mean, Your Majesty? If there is anything we can do to help Your Majesty, we will do our best to help."

"Of course, there is definitely something you can do to help me."

Alsace said:

"Previously, the Imperial Court heard a case. The important witness of the case, Shylock, appeared at the scene and was threatened by a subordinate who betrayed me. He gave contrary testimony, which brought our trial of the criminal to a deadlock. I came here to take the two of them away. I heard that the two of them came to the Imperial College to take refuge, right? "

Hearing Alsace's words, Luca frowned and tried to think hard. After pondering for a long time, he shook his head.

"This Sherlock your Majesty is talking about... I really don't know him. As for the other subordinate who betrayed you, I have never heard of it."

"Then I'll replace you with someone else."

Of course Arthas knew that Luca couldn't agree so simply.

After all, the other party has already taken in Sherlock and Phil, as well as Elsa and others, so they must be ready to challenge themselves.

"Elsa, Elsa, the one who murdered my father, has returned to the Imperial Academy, right? She also brought a group of disloyal rebels with her. You can hand them over, right?"

"...I'm sorry, Elsa is a student of Imperial College. We have registered her when she comes back. She is indeed on campus. Although it is a holiday now, we will not stop students who want to stay in school. As for other people, I will There is no information to provide, or I don’t know them at all.”

Seeing Luca's confused look, Arthas laughed out loud.

"Dean Luka, no matter how much you pretend to be stupid, it's not like this."

He said this and looked at Luka with a hint of menace in his eyes.

"Let me tell you one more thing. I entered the Imperial College as the Emperor of the Empire to talk to you about this matter. Please know why the Imperial College is named 'Empire'."

When Luca heard what Alsace said, he knew that Alsace was a little unhappy now, so he quickly comforted him and said:

"Of course I know that we will never forget the royal family's kindness to the Imperial College, but the current situation is special after all..."

"Let me say it again."

Seeing that Luca was still preparing to use the drag technique, Alsace continued:

"My power as the emperor is unlimited. How many people from the royal family are on the Imperial Academy's board of directors, and how many people are really willing to support you? I don't think you don't understand. If you still want to stay in this position honestly, If you retire, don’t cause trouble for me.”

"Of course I won't cause any trouble for Your Majesty."

Luca saw that Alsace was clearly threatening him, and his tone became much stiffer than the deliberate flattery at the beginning.

"It's just that your Majesty, you should also know that the reason why Imperial College has achieved its current status is inseparable from our efforts. Before everything is settled, Imperial College will protect every student. In the same way, Your Majesty, as the college Former students, of course, can enter and leave the academy at will. You can find the 'suspects' you think are in the academy. As long as you can persuade them to leave the academy, we will not stop them. "

"So, those court magicians and the two people who betrayed me are not from the Imperial Academy. Are you going to slap the emperor in the face in order to protect them, Academy President?"

"Didn't you also lock up the most proud student of Imperial College? Isn't it very clear who is slapping whom in the face?"

Seeing that the meeting was fruitless, Alsace stood up.

"Your Majesty, you haven't had your tea yet."

Luca said so.

Hearing this, Alsace picked up the tea cup and then put it down.

"It's not cold yet."

With that said, he opened the door and left the office of Dean Luca.

After walking out of the Imperial Academy and returning to the palace, the first thing Arthas did was to smash some decorations in the palace.

This move frightened the maids and guards so much that they did not dare to breathe again, for fear that Alsace would pour out his anger on them next.

"Why, why is everyone going against me!" Alsace shouted loudly in his room.

"Everyone doesn't believe me. What do they know? Do they know the truth?"

"I have been wronged before. Why do they think I did something wrong when I was wronged, but choose to believe others when it's someone else's fault?"

Arthas was very puzzled, and his heart seemed to collapse.

But then, Arthas was hugged from behind by Rosalin.

After hearing the sound from the next room, Rosalin hurried here, but then she saw Arthas, who was almost emotionally collapsed.

She said that she didn't want to lose, so after stepping on Arthas's boat, she had only one goal.

That is to win, and the boat must not capsize no matter what.

And Arthas, the helmsman on the boat, is undoubtedly the key to whether the boat capsizes or not. Rosalin must take care of his mentality no matter what.

"Your Majesty, you are not wrong. They are wrong. They just don't understand you."

"Rosalin, can you understand me?" Arthas listened to Rosalin's words, and his emotions calmed down a little. Then he turned his head and looked at the girl behind him, muttering and asking.

When Rosalin saw Arthas like this, she felt helpless and regretful, but she couldn't show it on her face.

When she realized that Arthas's character was not suitable for being an emperor, it was too late.

When he was a prince, Arthas did what he was interested in and did it quite well, so he was quite confident. At that time, the high-spirited Arthas, like Orson later, fascinated thousands of imperial girls. Rosalin also fell in love with Arthas, who was ten years older than her, at that time.

However, when she came into contact with Arthas until now, she realized that Arthas's confidence and calmness were always because he was always in a favorable situation.

His ability to withstand pressure is quite poor.

Even though he has good abilities, once he falls into a disadvantage, he will doubt himself, be self-stressed, and eventually collapse.