Chapter 413

"As the Duke of the Empire, you only sent 5,000 insiders when the Dukedom of Antica was hit by a disaster! This is what you did, right?"

"Your Majesty, please take care of this crazy woman!" Seeing that he could not persuade Mary, Giovanni set his sights on Odysseus.

Odysseus nodded when he heard this.

"Come here, Madam Mary has some mental problems, take her away."

Hearing Odysseus' words, the guard standing at the door was stunned. After getting Orson's permission, he walked in and lifted Mary up.

"Let me go! I haven't finished yet! And you Ivan! How many illegitimate children do you have? Don't you know?!"

"And you Leon...!"

Mary was pulled upstairs and locked in her room.

If nothing unexpected happens, today should be her last time in her room.

After Mary made a fuss, the joyful atmosphere of the celebration banquet was completely gone.

Instead, it turned into an awkward moment.

No one expected that the Stranik family would actually do such a big thing.

After Mary was liquidated, she unexpectedly revealed more information, intending to drag other nobles into it.

Fortunately, she was carried upstairs later.

"Sorry, I made you laugh." Orson said this, showing an apologetic smile.

"It's okay, everyone has something to hide at home." William said this, stood up, came to Orson, and patted his shoulder.

"It's just that this time, everyone happened to be a little irrational."

After listening to William, Orson showed a grateful look.

At this moment, the other nobles who had just been named by Mary on the field had some embarrassment on their faces.

Some things are indeed known to others, but they are not made clear.

But some things are indeed unknown to everyone.

At this moment, many eyes on the field looked at Giovanni, including Odysseus.

Chapter 30: Suicide

Mary was taken into her room, and then the door was closed heavily.

I don't know how long it has been, the door was opened again.

Orson walked in from outside.

"Oh, your goal has been achieved." Mary said coldly.

"Well, thank you." Orson said so and nodded.

Then, he came to Mary.

"Actually, I feel very sorry. We could have been a very good family." Although he said so, there was no emotion in Orson's tone.

"You are in charge of the interior, and father is in charge of the exterior. Lit and I are responsible for taking over your shift." Orson said regretfully.

"You have already thought about how to deal with me from the beginning." Mary said so.

"If you mean the time you conspired with me after Lit returned home, then it is indeed the case." Orson said frankly. "After all, I don't think that a junior like me can persuade you, an elder."

"What's more, you have always claimed that you have lofty ambitions, so how can I stop you from pursuing your dreams?"

"Oh." Mary snorted coldly. "You still won't tell me the truth, right?"

"I always tell the truth. At least, I told you the truth that day. I want Litt to be the Duke. Similarly, I convinced my father afterwards."

"Even if he is not your biological father, even if he favors Litt, who is related to him by blood, and thus throws you, the adopted son with stronger talents, aside?"

"Orson, I really don't understand. You are so powerful, why don't you want to cooperate with me to hollow out the power of this family?"

"Maybe it's because I don't want to do this." Orson said, sighing. "Just like you have never thought about being a good wife, I don't want to be a duke."

"Oh, sure enough, you are more terrifying than I thought." Mary said, sneering. "You want to gain the trust of the father and son through my death, and completely become the behind-the-scenes person of the Dukedom of Antica, ruling behind the curtain, right?"

"If that's the case, couldn't you have done that?" Orson asked back.

"In our family, weren't you the one who was most trusted at first?"

Mary was silent.

"I can understand your pain. I know that the source of all these tragedies is your brother. He married you here. The deeper tragedy is that your family has always valued boys over girls, and your brother is more popular than you."

"So, no matter how hard you try, you will eventually lose to him because of your age and gender disadvantages, and then he will settle accounts with you."

"It's okay." Orson said this, standing in front of Mary, looking into her eyes.

"We will help you with your revenge, but before that, please pay for the evil you have done."

Then, Orson took a bottle of potion and handed it to Mary.

"This potion can make you throw away all the pain in your life."

Mary looked at the potion, then looked at Orson in front of her, and suddenly smiled.

In front of her, she suddenly appeared when she just entered the house.

It was the tenth year since Lucius's wife passed away. At that time, Lucius was twice her age.

With resentment for her failure in the political struggle, she married to Antica.

When she entered the house, a young child attracted her attention. The child had black hair and purple eyes. She knew at a glance that he was Lucius' son.

However, Mary found that she could not see the childishness and innocence of ordinary children in this child's eyes, but instead looked as calm and profound as an old man.

After meeting Lucius, Mary tried to be a good mother and get along with Orson as a sister and mother.

As a result, Orson always kept a distance from her.

Maybe it's because she is a stepmother, Mary thought, and the relationship between the two has remained an apparent mother-child relationship since then, without any further changes.

I have no memories of this family, so I regard the family as a tool for my revenge.

"Orson." Mary took the poison from Orson's hand and looked at Orson with a trace of sadness in her eyes.

"Please tell me." Orson bowed respectfully and then asked.

"In the past eight years, have you ever regarded me as your mother?" Her tone was trembling. "Have I ever behaved like a mother?"

"..." Orson was silent for a while, and then said: "Yes, you taught me a lot of truths and saved me a lot of detours.

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"Okay." Mary nodded after hearing this, then opened the poison and drank it in one gulp.

"Have a good trip, mother." Orson said, and helped Mary to the bed.

Next, she will die in her sleep.

Then, Orson left Mary's room.

He told the guard at the door not to let anyone in, and then walked into Lucius's room.

"Is it over?" Lucius asked.

"Yes, Father, Mother, she has..." Orson lowered his head and reported.

"Oh, I know." Lucius nodded, and then sighed. "In this way, there will be no factors in the duchy that prevent Lite from inheriting the title, right?"

"That's basically the case, but strictly speaking, there is still one."

"Oh?" Lucius heard this and looked at Orson curiously.

"That's me." With that said, Orson pointed at himself. "If I don't disassociate myself from the Stranik family, I'm afraid someone will make a fuss about me."

"Is it going to be a big problem?" Lucius asked.

"There is no need to worry about this. If you use my name to oppose Li Teuk, then I only need to step forward to stabilize the situation. The key is whether I will have the idea of ​​usurping power."

"What do you think of Orson? Do you have such thoughts?" Lucius raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

"If I were to boast, I would definitely not do it, but people's hearts are unpredictable, so I hope you, Father, can discern clearly."

"Oh, do you think I can still tell the difference now?"

"Father, you know better than anyone else, don't you?"

As Orson said these words, Lucius froze for a moment, then shook his head.

"You want to deceive me?"

"Father, if you want to retire, I will help you build a log cabin next to the grave of your wife Margaret. If you feel tired, you can stay there temporarily."

"However, I think it is still too early for you, the current father."

"After all, you still have a revenge to take, don't you?"

Hearing Orson's words, Lucius paused and then laughed.

"As expected of you, Orson." He said and stood up.

After raising Orson for eighteen years, it turns out that this child still understands him best.

Yes, he still has a revenge to take, so how can he rest?

Chapter 31: Internal Response

Time goes back to when Mary was just being carried upstairs.

At this time, the nobles downstairs focused their attention on Giovanni.

Mary mentioned just now that Giovanni sent five thousand internal responders.

Although this kind of statement may be made after emotional excitement, as the saying goes, flies don't bite seamless eggs. There must be a reason for Mary to say so.

Could it be that Giovanni really sent an internal agent?

"What are you looking at me for?" Giovanni frowned.

"I did not provide much support to the Duke of Antica when the orcs invaded, but this is because in my estimation, the assistance you gave me, plus the strength of the Duke of Antica, will be more than enough to deal with the orcs. "Yes." Giovanni said, frowning.

"The actual results also show that it is indeed what I expected. However, things like the Earl of Karls can only be said to be man-made disasters, which no one could have expected."

"Indeed, what she said just now went too far." Orson said and smiled.

"After all, how can you wish for Duke Giovanni, the great loyal minister of the empire, right? Your loyalty to the empire is really something that can be seen from the sun and the moon."

"Ha, that's good to know." Giovanni laughed and said nothing more.

At the dinner that followed, the center of the social circle was Li Te, who was designated as the heir by Lucius. Many nobles toasted to Li Te. After all, in their view, Lucius's life was already in danger. Li Te There is no telling when he will inherit the title of Duke. Building a good relationship with Li Teuk at this time is the basic ability of nobles to socialize.

Many people have even called Leeteuk Duke Leeteuk in advance.

For these people who tend to be in favor of others, Li Teuk just smiled politely and refused to communicate with them further.

In the end, the dinner party returned to its originally lively atmosphere under the leadership of Orson.

After all, the nobles here don't care about your affairs, Mary. They only care about whether their own interests are protected.

...

After the dinner, Giovanni returned to his temporary residence in Antica City.

Looking at the thriving Antica City, Giovanni didn't know why he always felt angry.

"Hehe, Lucius is really lucky. Whether it's his own children or his adopted children, they are all so excellent. He is so excellent that he can enjoy his old age with Alzheimer's disease now."

"Unlike me, I only have a useless son." Giovanni said this and sighed.

"But at least you are still young and strong, and you can fully realize your vision in your time, right?" Behind Giovanni, a blond young man walked out of the shadows and smiled.

He is the mysterious man who was called a doctor by Orson and his party before.

"Well, thanks to the information you gave me, Zenit." Giovanni said this with a grateful look. "Otherwise, how could I have seen this drama of brothers killing each other?"

"But I'm curious." Giovanni looked at the blond man.

"How did you know about the discord in Lucius's family and the fact that Lucius had dementia after being assassinated?"