Dear Eddert - Chapter 65 - Belle Reservoir

Chapter 65
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“I heard that the Pope was stabbed with a sword in front of the nobles. If Benedict had not been an Archmage who could heal himself, he would have already died at Christian’s hands.”

Hyemi frowned and asked Walter back.

“… why the hell… would they do that… ? They say the Pope works for the imperial family.”

“I guess they wanted to confirm that very point. In the presence of others. Who is at the top of this Empire? By subjugating the Archmage, who has absolute power unlike other humans.”

Hyemi shook her head in disgust. She may not know it, but she felt that she never wanted anything to do with the Emperor.

“Alright. So, if it wasn’t the Emperor who sent the assassin, I guess we can assume that he’s probably unaware of my existence right now?”

“For now, I hope so. The first princess of Klawe was declared dead 18 years ago, when she was five years old. Christian was three years old at the time.”

Hyemi fell into deep thought, tracing the story Walter told her in her head.

It was Valtri, Walter’s father, who rescued her from the burning palace and brought her to Sernotti.

He is said to have concealed her identity and secretly collected her, following the orders of the previous Emperor. What was the Emperor’s intention in announcing that his daughter was dead even though he knew she was alive?

It meant that her father, the deceased previous Emperor, also knew that she was in danger.

“Then who was it that tried to kill me when I was young?”

“According to Valtri, it was also Kaplan. He poisoned your mother, the first Empress, and set fire to the palace when you were five years old.”

Walter chewed his lip with a bitter look. It was a past that Valtri revealed to Cedric just before his death. If he had known the truth a little earlier, might things have been different?

“But I heard that all assassins work for the Emperor.”

When Hyemi thought about it, she couldn’t understand. Even though Kaplan is now working for the well-being of Emperor Christian, at that time the previous Emperor was still alive.

“Basically, yes.”

“So he betrayed? Kaplan to the Emperor?”

Walter nodded his head heavily.

“Why? For what?”

“For power and wealth.”

It was Christian’s mother, the second Empress, who joined hands with the ambitious Kaplan.

“Christian’s mother? Why?”

“I guess she wanted to make her own son Emperor. For that to happen, you, who received the Archmage’s Jewel, would have to disappear.”

Hyemi let out a long sigh and shook her head. It was not enough that her half-brother is a tyrant, but her stepmother is on a rampage to kill her. Things got more and more complicated.

“So, are you saying that the person who ordered Kaplan to raid Sernotti three years ago could have been the Empress?”

“No. There’s no possibility of that.”

“Why?”

“The Empress was already poisoned to death by someone 10 years ago.”

“Who is that… someone?”

“It must be someone else who held a grudge against her. The culprit has not yet been identified.”

Hyemi muttered, resting her elbows on the table and holding her head.

“Ah…. what a nightmare….”

“That is the environment of the imperial family you were born in, Eden.”

Hyemi carefully organized her thoughts while listening to Walter’s heavy words.

Who on earth was behind Kaplan, who raided Sernotti and killed her three years ago?

Among them, except Sernotti, very few people knew that Princess Eddert was alive and not dead, as she was said to have died when she was five years old.

No. 1. The previous Emperor, who entrusted his daughter to Valtri.

No. 2. Pope Benedict who was said to have personally visited the dead Eden and brought her back to life.

No. 3. Kaplan, the assassin group who was directly involved in the murder of the young princess.

The previous Emperor died during the war. If Benedict, the Pope, had wanted to kill her, he could not have taken the trouble of saving her.

Then there was only one answer. It was Kaplan, the assassin who tried to kill Princess Eddert but failed and set fire to the palace.

Hyemi blinked her eyes and raised her head.

“So what you’re saying is that Kaplan may have acted alone on what happened three years ago.”

“Only Kaplan knows the answer.”

Walter opened his mouth cautiously.

“It doesn’t make sense if he has been hiding the fact that he failed to kill you when you were young.”

Hyemi looked at Walter and nodded her head as her eyebrows were knit together. The Empress would not have forgiven Kaplan if she had discovered that he had failed to murder the Princess. It would have been impossible to have the power as now.

“If my existence is revealed to the world, Kaplan….”

“The entire family will probably be exterminated. Including the crime of blaspheming the imperial family.”

Only then did she feel like her dizzy mind was clearing up little by little.

“Now I understand why the Emperor ordered to keep the fact that the princess survived under wraps.”

She could see why the Emperor had asked Valtri of that. The Emperor perhaps wanted to buy her time until she had the strength to face the countless dangers.

“Then, you could say that Kaplan has been secretly searching for my existence ever since he failed to kill me 18 years ago.”

“Perhaps.”

“And Kaplan, of course, attacked us right after Valtri revealed the fact to Sernotti’s elite knights.”

Hyemi muttered in an anxious voice towards Walter, who silently affirmed with darkened eyes.

“No way, there is a spy in here…?”

Except for Valtri, no one knew her past. She didn’t know either. But soon after Valtri told the knights, she was killed.

“… that’s right.”

Walter opened his mouth heavily. Even though it was a surprise attack, the timing was too quick. This was impossible without someone who knew the situation inside Sernotti closely.

“It’s no wonder that Cedric’s suspicious illness has become more severe.”

Who among them was a spy?

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