248 The Herbal Garden

The three Inquisitors stood ahead of the King.

"I gave you the task to investigate the Third Prince Bernado's death. What are the results?" The King asked with a cold, authoritative voice.

"…Your Majesty, we investigated all the loose ends. However, there is nothing that points towards those assailants' identities." It was Inquisitor Cat who gave this information.

Clearly, she was following Tronte's order in concealing Edwin's involvement in this entire scenario.

The King frowned slightly as he heard Inquisitor Cat's words. According to Inquisitor Frog and Inquisitor Rat's sources, the Crown Prince or his faction atleast was related to Bernado's death.

Moreover, they had even figured out the motive behind the Crown Prince's faction's actions. They were planning to expand their business now.

They wanted to control the raw materials useful for creating an array. If they could monopolize the array business under them, then combining it with their weapon supply to the army, the Crown Prince's faction would control nearly half the business of the entire Sinyalian Kingdom.

Although the Crown Prince was bound to inherit the throne, there was still some time, and the King was in perfect health right now. The King wasn't ready to give up his claim of the throne to his son.

The fact that Inquisitor Cat didn't find any relation of those assailants to the Crown Prince made the King wonder whether the Crown Prince or his faction was truly guilty or they were framed.

'Who possesses enough power to have done this?' The King was truly puzzled regarding this question.

'All the experts of this caliber aren't here. Is it one of the Guardian Elders then? No… They won't do anything that would weaken the Sinyalian Kingdom.'

"For now, find the individuals who attacked the detention centers and capture them," King gave them this order and dismissed them.

'What is the motive of this individual?' This question continued to internally eat the King.

Meanwhile, Edwin was gathering information regarding the fifth prince.

Andre Valliadis, the fifth prince of the Sinyalian Kingdom, stayed in either his palace or in the herbal garden.

Unlike the other princes, this man was considered a rather honest and simple-minded individual. He could even be considered to have a clean history.

There had been no controversial incident regarding him.

'I don't need to kill him. It would be better if he is alive after my attack.' Edwin thought with a scheming smirk.

Edwin had also researched about the warriors serving under the Crown Prince. He was going to use a fighting style similar to that man and fool the Fifth Prince.

Because of Edwin's Ardor Control and Skills, only he could copy and recreate the fighting style through mere rumors.

It took some time for him to build up a profile about that warrior, but he was ready now.

The Crown Prince had his personal army, which he had been building since he was 7 years old. All the warriors who had served under him since that period were now commanders of his army.

Edwin was going to impersonate the fighting style of the commander who was still stationed in Mesenana City.

Each commander received orders only from the Crown Prince. It was said that even if the King ordered them, these warriors would first ask for permission from the Crown Prince before executing the King's orders.

Thus, if one of these commanders was found attacking the Fifth Prince, it could be considered that the Crown Prince was attacking him.

The King was definitely going to take action against the Crown Prince if this news went viral.

Edwin was counting on this information. He wanted to know what would happen if the King went up against the Crown Prince.

Who would win that confrontation?! According to common logic, the King should win without an issue.

However, this fate energy seemed rather strange. There might be other rules that he wasn't aware of.

Perhaps even the Black Hurricane Demon King had no idea about these rules.

The best way to figure them out was to see the situation. Besides, if this battle against the King and the Crown Prince occurred, many people were bound to die.

This was also very beneficial for Edwin. In fact, if nothing else, Edwin was counting on this.

It was the evening time, and the sun was about to set. Edwin sneaked inside the Herbal Garden.

Andre Valliadis would arrive at this time to do a final check of the herbs for the day. This was his routine.

Edwin found out about this routine rather easily.

There were seven 5 Star Guards near Andre Valliadis. Initially, he didn't take his guards along when he went to check up on the herbs, but the death of Bernado had changed a lot of things.

He had been advised to take guards along with him by numerous advisers who were worried about him.

Each guard was from a different Noble Family. They could be considered the elites of their family.

It was considered degrading for a Noble Family Member to become a guard. However, this was not the case if the post was the Crown Prince's Guard or the Fifth Prince's Guard.

The charm of the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince was considered so great that people would hold competitions to become their guards.

The Crown Prince was more famous among the ladies, while the Fifth Prince was famous amongst both genders.

The Fifth Prince was so polite and respectful that there was practically no individual who could hate him.

Even the King was very friendly to his fifth son. He treated him the best among all the Royal Princes.

If not for the lack of the Fifth Prince's Ambition, he would certainly be a contender to sit on the throne. Well, his lack of ability in comparison to the Crown Prince was the other reason he would have failed anyway.

Edwin knew this entire information. But attacking the fifth prince was the only option present to him.

The fourth prince of the Sinyalian Kingdom didn't have an important position for which the Crown Prince would possibly attack him. His abilities were even inferior to Andre Valliadis, and his management skills were even more inferior.

The third prince was dead. The second prince needed to remain safe to fan the flames. The other princes were too young to even consider attacking them.

Currently, Edwin held a curved saber in his hand. The colorless wind was revolving around this sword, making its edges and attacks even sharper.

The fighting style of a commander under the Crown Prince was related to using Wind Slashes to attack the enemy from a distance. His title was Razor Hawk.

Razor Hawk used a sword style named Razor Wind Style to fight against his enemies in close range.

Edwin had more or less researched this style and could be considered proficient in it. At the least, he was good enough to fool an amateur.

Edwin had buffed up his body using Ardor since this was how the body shape of Razor Hawk appeared like.

Naturally, he was wearing a mask that concealed his face. Since he would leave Andre Valliadis alive, he couldn't allow this guy to see his face.

Currently, Edwin looked completely different from his normal appearance.

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