Chapter 436

Chapter 67: Cross-talk?

Shortly after Orson walked out of the church, he stopped.

There was also the sound of rapid footsteps behind him.

"Master Orson." Lilia followed and came to Orson's side.

"Your Highness the Saint, who are you?" Orson asked knowingly.

"As for the noble you just mentioned, could you please tell us who it is?"

"Didn't I tell you this before? You will know when the time comes."

"But...why are you so sure?"

Coincidentally, at this time, a group of guards on the street protected a carriage heading towards the church.

"Look, I'm here to find you." Orson said with a smile in his eyes.

"Your Highness the Saint, go back quickly, something big is going to happen."

After saying that, without waiting for Lilia to answer, Orson's figure disappeared in front of her again.

Lilia could only return to the church in frustration.

…

"The princess went to church?" Alsace replied casually, sitting in the military tent outside the city, playing with the military talisman in his hand.

In front of him was the spy he had placed in Saint Laurent City.

"Yes, Your Highness, a man came to the entrance of the Imperial Court this afternoon. He went in and never came out again. After that, His Royal Highness took the people to the cathedral."

"Who is that person?"

"I don't know..." the eyeliner said and lowered his head. "But what is certain is that what the princess did this time must have something to do with the church."

"Isn't this nonsense?" Arthas said and stood up.

"Okay, now prepare your horses. Let's go directly to the Imperial Court and pay attention to the case that my sister is responsible for. It should be natural, right?"

"Okay, my subordinates will go and get ready."

Afterwards, Alsace led several people towards the Imperial Court.

With the royal token, the journey was smooth, and it was not until he came to the Imperial Court that he was stopped.

"I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness the Princess has an order that no one is allowed to set foot in the Imperial Court while the case is being processed, otherwise it will affect the investigation of the case."

The person standing in front of him was Elsa's confidant and friend, Avro.

Looking at the elf girl in front of him, Arthas asked doubtfully: "I don't know which case the princess is trying. Could you please tell me?"

"Sorry, this is confidential..."

"Do you think I will leak the secret?" Arthas looked a little unhappy when he saw Avro's guarded manner.

"As a member of the royal family, you cannot enter the Imperial Court. What kind of ridiculous joke is this?"

"That's right. Your Highness the Princess takes herself too seriously. She is obviously only responsible for taking over the judicial system. There is no reason to prevent Her Highness Alsace from entering."

At this time, an attendant behind Alsace also complained loudly.

Avro looked at the scene in front of him, a little scared, but he still mustered up the courage and said: "I'm sorry, this matter is indeed related to the future of the empire. Her Highness the Princess is very concerned about it, so the fewer people know about it, The better, please don’t embarrass me anymore, Your Highness.”

Arthas had no way of embarrassing Avro. After all, Avro was from the elves and her status seemed to be quite high. Attacking her would only damage the relationship between the two clans.

But that doesn’t mean Alsace can’t force its way through.

"Since you have said that it is related to the future of the empire, then I, the prince, cannot just sit idly by."

Saying this, he made a move to rush inside.

In the end, Avro still stopped in front of him.

"What, you want to stop me?" Alsace raised his eyebrows and looked at Avro.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess has an order..." Avro repeated this sentence.

Just when the powder keg was about to be ignited, a familiar voice came from the side.

"Your Highness Alsace!"

Orson came over from behind and seemed to be in a hurry.

"Master Orson?" Alsace was a little surprised when he saw Orson.

"What a coincidence. You said you were looking for me before, but I didn't expect that we would meet here." As he said this, he quickly walked forward and came to Alsace and Avro's side.

"Mr. Orson, why are you here...?"

"Ah, when I tried those nobles before, some materials were left in the imperial court. I plan to take them back and publicize them in their territory to let the people know how much their lords have done."

"That's it." Alsace nodded.

"What about you, Your Highness? I remember that Your Highness the Princess is in charge of the Imperial Court, right? Why are you here, Your Highness?"

"Well..." Alsace pondered for a moment, and then said: "Because someone told me today that Elsa went to church. I felt it should be a big event, so I came over quickly to take a look."

"It seems that His Highness Alsace is still very concerned about His Highness Elsa's work." Orson said this, and he didn't know if he meant it as a compliment or something else.

Then, Orson turned his attention to Avro and secretly gave Avro a wink.

"If I remember correctly, isn't this Afro-san? Why did you stop here?"

Avro had no choice but to repeat what he just said.

Osen was silent for a while after hearing this, and then said: "I think that His Royal Highness Arthas, as a prince, would not do anything that would be detrimental to the empire. Just let us in. After all, Her Royal Highness Elsa might make a misjudgment, right?"

"If Her Royal Highness Elsa's misjudgment puts the empire in an unfavorable situation, you can't be held responsible, right?"

"..." Afro could only nod after hearing this, and then made way for a few people to enter the Imperial Court.

As soon as Arthas entered the Imperial Court, he went straight to Elsa's office.

By the way, he also sent two people to the archives on the way.

This posture no longer looked like concern, but a direct search.

Even Orsen couldn't help but persuade him: "Your Highness, I understand your concern for Her Royal Highness Elsa, but shouldn't you be more restrained at this moment, otherwise it would be bad if it gave others a pretext."

Arthas nodded after hearing this.

"Thank you for your reminder."

Afterwards, Orson did not follow Arthas to the office, but came to the archives instead.

Afterwards, he was stopped by Afro.

After making sure that there was no one around, Afro asked in confusion: "Orson, what's going on?"

You know, she knew about the cooperation between Orson and Elsa, and Elsa also told her that if she was not there, she would listen to Orson.

But now it seems that Orson has betrayed Elsa, how can he let the wolf into the house?

"Don't worry about this." Orson said this, confidently.

"Do you really think you can stop His Highness Arthas?"

"Instead of this, it's better to let him in. Anyway, he can't find anything."

Speaking of this, Orson smiled and walked past Afro and walked into the archives.

Chapter 68: Don't be smart (3K)

In the archives, Orson passed Arthas's men

The two men were searching for the latest case information in the archives, so they just stopped not far from the door and did not go deep into the archives.

After all, the cases further inside had nothing to do with Elsa.

On the other side, Arthas finally got the answer he wanted in the office.

But this answer did not make him happy.

There was new progress in the previous case of Mudrick's demonization, and Elsa went to the cathedral because of this.

Then, Arthas went straight to the interrogation room.

But now the interrogation room was empty, and Lodi was no longer here.

Arthas looked at the interrogator on duty next to him, and then asked: "Did you interrogate a more important person today?"

"Your Highness?!" The interrogator was startled when he saw Arthas, and then nodded. "Yes, his name is Lodi."

"What did he confess?"

"..." The interrogator heard this and hesitated for a while, then spoke and told Arthas the content of the interrogation.

When he heard the name Giovanni, Arthas was stunned.

Before he could react, Orson's voice sounded behind him.

"Your Highness, did you get the result you wanted?"

Orson's voice was as calm as water, but to Arthas, it always felt like a hint of mockery.

"Orson... do you know what happened?"

"I don't know, but I came here this time to show you a file, Your Highness."

As he said this, Orson handed the file he had just borrowed from the archives management to Arthas.

This was a case eighteen years ago.

At that time, a large group of people were tried, among whom Lodi was sentenced to five years in prison for participating in leaking military intelligence to others.

And the case involving the person who leaked the intelligence was the case of internal collusion that was settled after the war with the orcs ended.

The group that directly colluded with the orcs at that time was sentenced to death, and the middlemen who were responsible for transmitting intelligence were all dismissed and sentenced to prison for reasons of poor confidentiality according to the circumstances.

In the end, for various reasons, Lodi did not really serve five years in prison. He was released on bail after only one year.

After being released on bail, Lodi immediately began to serve Giovanni, Duke of Napoli. It is conceivable who was behind what happened that year.

After reading this, Arthas was stunned.

"Why... why don't I know about this..."

"To be honest, I didn't know before, but I just happened to hear someone mention the name Lodi, and it sounded familiar, and then I happened to find this in the archives."

"Orson, you already knew about Lodi?" Arthas frowned and looked at Orson, with a hint of doubt and confusion in his eyes.

"Maybe." Orson did not comment, bowed to Arthas, and then looked up at him.

"I don't know why Her Highness the Princess doesn't want Her Highness Alsace to know about this, but in my opinion, if it were Your Highness, seeing this result, you would probably make the same decision, right?"

As he said this, Orson moved closer to Arthas.

"Sometimes, a heroic act of self-sacrifice and retreating to advance can have unexpected results, isn't it, Your Highness Arthas?"

"..." Arthas stared at Orson for a long time, then he burst into laughter.

"The one who knows me best is none other than you, Master Orson!"

"Well said, Master Orson, what you said is simply too good. Indeed, if it were me, I would do the same thing. Those who endanger the stability of the empire must be eliminated without a single one."

Having said that, he nodded.

"In that case, I will go back first. Please let Elsa know for me." After saying that, he left with his people without looking back.

However, this time they went not to the outskirts of the city, but to the palace.

After all the people from Alsace left, Afro found Orson again.

"Orson, what's going on? Don't you know that Giovanni is a supporter of His Highness Alsace?"

"Of course I know." Orson nodded. "So why don't you let His Royal Highness know about this?"

"You think His Royal Highness Arthas will do his best to protect Giovanni, right?"

"What else?"

"You really should practice your astrology." Hearing this, Orson cast a pitying look at Afro, which made the latter unhappy.