The night before, in the tower in the central area of ​​the royal capital.

As soon as Cornes and others entered the basement, a figure opened the door and came in. It was Leonard's old servant who had already fled for his life. After all, he couldn't trust his master, so he came back after settling his son.

Already.

He is just an ordinary person, even powerless. At the same time, he also knows that Cornes is not a good person, but no matter what, he is willing to sacrifice his life for Leonard, even if he can only fight for a moment.

, he hopes Leonard can have a chance to escape from the clutches of Cones.

However, when he came to the entrance of the basement and looked into the bottomless hole, he still had trouble because the original platform had been lowered and he couldn't get down at all.

Just when he was at a loss, a man's voice sounded from the dark corner of the hall.

"Hey, old gentleman, do you want to go down too?"

"...Who is it?" The servant became alert.

Then, the man emerged from the darkness. He looked about twenty years old and had an extraordinary appearance. The old servant actually thought he looked familiar.

"Ah, you, you are... Lord Leonard's younger brother."

"Oh? So you still remember me." Byron was slightly surprised.

"That's natural. I basically know all the candidates for the throne. After all, I have lived here for most of my life. But, having said that, Lord Byron, what are you doing here?"

"Me? Of course I'm here to save my brother." Byron smiled slightly.

"Well, that's great, but do you have any way to deal with that guy named Cornes? He looks very strong, and who is he? He dares to hold a candidate for the throne hostage."

"Haha, if I said he was the Dark Knight of the Demon Clan, would you be afraid?"

"Ah? How is this possible?" The old servant's voice trembled. He had also heard about the demon clan.

"Nothing is impossible. We defeated the demons on the edge of the empire. Now he is the only one left to slip through the net. Now it's time to settle the accounts."

"Oh, I hear you say that, you have a way to deal with him."

"Haha, that's natural. The Demon King has been defeated by me. How can a mere dark knight stir up trouble?"

"That's good, that's good." The old servant burst into tears with joy.

In his impression, Leonard and Byron have always had a good relationship, unlike the current candidates in the capital, whose intrigues have turned the entire capital into chaos.

Now that Leonard is in trouble, Byron is actually able to sacrifice his life to save him. If word spreads about this, it will be a good story.

"But are you interested in helping me?" Byron said suddenly.

"Ah, I, a useless old man, how can I help." The old servant scratched his head.

"You have lived here for most of your life, right? And I also heard that you have contacts with several other candidates for the throne."

"Nothing. It's just sending some fruits from home to Lady Agnes, running errands for Lady Marika, and helping Lord John collect intelligence. In short, it's not worth mentioning."

The old servant said it was not worth mentioning, but everyone could see that he was looking proud, and Byron naturally saw it, so he continued.

"It's okay, this is exactly what I need. Although you are good to my brothers and sisters and treat them as your own children, I know that your favorite is Leonard, so you should hope that Leonard

Let Leonard take the throne."

"I……"

"No need to hide it, I think so too. If my brother can ascend the throne, my ambition can also be realized, because the two of us will always be of the same mind."

When the old servant heard this, he was immediately moved. How many children of noble families are killing each other in order to fight for family property. In the royal family, this kind of thing should be more cruel, just like Agni today.

Si and Marika, but never thought that Leonard and Byron were exceptions.

"...Okay, I understand. Whatever orders Lord Byron gives, I will definitely risk my life to fulfill them."

"Haha, I didn't ask you to go to this point," Byron smiled helplessly, then whispered a few words into the old servant's ear.

After the old servant listened carefully, his eyes suddenly widened. He could not understand that Byron had such vicious thoughts.

"How can this be possible? I can never do such a thing. You'd better find someone else."

"Oh? You gave up so quickly?"

"I'm really sorry. You just said that I treat them like my own children. How could I secretly poison them? Doesn't this make me do evil?"

Byron stared at him seriously, then smiled slightly.

"Then what you just said about risking your own life to help me is also a lie. In the end, you are not even willing to bear the name of a villain. It seems that it is meaningless for me to rescue my brother. After all, we have left the royal capital.

For many years, we have not gained enough support from the nobles in the royal capital. We might as well leave this place of right and wrong to avoid being killed, and let the empire be ruled by those despicable guys."

"..." The old servant fell into silence. He also felt that Byron's words made sense.

"Only you can do this. Just think about it, who else in the entire capital is worthy of their trust? It's only you, but since you don't want to get your hands dirty, there's nothing I can do. Yan Jin

With this, I take my leave."

After Byron finished speaking, he walked straight out the door, seemingly not waiting for the old servant to make a decision.

The old servant thought seriously for a while, and then rushed out the door, but Byron was waiting for him outside.

"What? Changed your mind?"

"Yes, I am willing to be a villain for you, no, for Lord Leonard, but please don't tell him about this. I don't want him to feel ashamed."

Byron couldn't help but want to laugh. It turned out that in the old servant's memory, Leonard had always been an upright and kind-hearted child, but he never thought that Leonard had already turned into a guy who would do anything to achieve his goals.

"Of course, my elder brother won't know. After the event is completed, I will give you a large sum of money and let you return to your hometown to live your life. As for the title, I don't think you will be interested. What do you think?

"

"Haha, you are so considerate, so let's do it."

After the two reached an agreement, Byron handed him a packet of powdered substance.

He watched the old servant go away, and then sat leisurely on the sofa where Leonard had been sitting before, and another person walked out of the shadows in the corner.

The opponent was wearing knight armor, about twenty years old, and handsome in appearance.

"It's really cruel. You let that old man do such a despicable thing. It makes me worry about what this empire will look like if you ascend the throne. It will definitely be worse than it is now."

"Stop teasing me here, Cohen. If an uninformed person heard what you said, he would really think you were an upright knight."

"Oh?" Cohen walked up to him and said jokingly, "Am I not?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a woman's voice sounded outside the door.

"Haha, I finally heard it. Neither of you are good people."

Cohen, who has magic perception, was not too surprised by the arrival of this uninvited guest. He just didn't know the purpose of this person's visit.

"It's amazing, this tower is so lively today." Byron couldn't help but sigh.

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in what you want to do. My name is Cosette, and I was found by following the traces of Cornes' magic power. Have you seen that guy?"

"Oh?" Byron was a little surprised. He thought he was the only one here looking for Cornes, but he didn't expect that guy had other enemies.

"Since you have magic traces, you should know the other party's location, why bother asking us?" Cohen said casually.

"Yeah, that's right," Cosette nodded, and then she seemed to remember something, and then looked at Byron, "Although it's rude to eavesdrop on other people's conversations, unfortunately I still overheard it, so you

Is it Byron?”

"Have you heard of me?"

"Well……"

Cosette hesitated to tell him the truth, and then after a few seconds of thinking, she gave up.

She had heard about Byron from Ophelia before, saying how upright and ambitious he was. Even Cosette once believed that Byron was a very good person. When the time comes for humans and elves to reunite,

Building relationships will also go more smoothly.

But now it seems that Byron is also a man who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. Although candidates for the throne sometimes have to do things against their will in order to seize the throne, poisoning one's opponents is still too much.

It was too despicable. She despised this guy from the bottom of her heart.

So she didn't plan to tell Byron that she knew Ophelia, and similarly, she wouldn't mention it to Ophelia.

Just let this matter rot in your stomach, Cosette thought, and then said to Byron.

"Haha, there are only a few candidates for the throne. Most people in the empire have heard of them."

"Well, indeed," Byron nodded, and then said, "By the way, since you also want to find Cornes, aren't we on the same team? So are you interested in joining us?"

"Huh, forget it. I don't have the habit of hanging out with despicable people." Cosette refused directly, and then jumped into the hole that led deep into the ground.

Byron and Cohen hurried over to take a look, but Cosette was nowhere to be seen.

"Oh, this girl is really amazing. The hole is hundreds of meters long, and yet she just jumped down like that." Cohen couldn't help but sigh.

"Haha, it seems that the people Cornes has provoked are not simple." Byron smiled bitterly.

"Then why are you still cooperating with that guy? I don't want to fight against such a powerful person."

"Well, when did you know about this?" Byron was surprised.

"Of course the crystal ball told me," Cohen told the truth, and then said with a smile, "My master, you hid it so deeply that you almost deceived me."

"...Cohen, the more you know, the more dangerous it is. You shouldn't speculate on my thoughts." Byron's face changed obviously.

"Haha, is it possible that you want to silence me? Come on, you should know that it would be easy for me to kill you, but that would be too boring. Don't worry, I have a very strict reputation for speaking."

"Of course I know, but what if you are caught, tortured, and finally confess me?"

"I think too much, no one in the entire empire can catch me."

"Indeed, I believe in your strength, but it is better to act cautiously, otherwise..."

"Yes, yes, it is what you say. Who told you to be my employer now?"

Cohen said casually, perhaps thinking that Byron would keep nagging him if he stayed any longer, so he left the tower directly.
Chapter completed!