Bab 159: Another room

For him, the only difference between Claus and Lena was that one of them shared a little more blood with him.

But although he knew his mother was going to react like this, he needed her help now.

Seeing her son silent, the empress soon calmed down. She closed her eyes briefly before giving an order to one of the maidservants behind her.

"Lotus, investigate if something happened to my daughter and the little bastard today. Also, observe Lena closely. She is a very bad liar. If she experienced an assassination today, her face will reveal something."

"Understood." The maidservant nodded respectfully and left the room.

"Mom?"

"... It's strange. If the little bastard and Lena experienced an assassination, the entire city should know about it already. However, we have not heard any news... Are you sure that the assassins were completely loyal?"

"I'm sure."

"... Then it means that they were killed silently, without letting anyone know. If my suspicions are right, not even Lena knows she was the target of an assassination."

"You mean..."

"It looks like the forces behind your little brother are not so simple as we thought. I already found it strange when I heard about his master, but now I confirmed it.

"My son, you have a Transcendent guarding you, but not even him noticed anyone protecting the little bastard, and despite it, the assassins died silently. For something like that to happens, the implications are terrible..."

A deep frown appeared on the empress's face. Lately, she has been having the feeling that everything was getting out of her control, and she did not like that feeling.

"No, we need to dispose of the little bastard as soon as possible! If things continue like this, he will become a real threat to you! Son, do you have any idea?"

Alan thought for a moment. Quickly, a flash of insight appeared on his mind "... In a month, the institute will realize the first expedition of the year. It will be in the forest one week away from the capital. That place will be perfect and we can eliminate all the suspicions easily."

"Perfect!" The empress nodded with a dark smile. "I'll make the preparations then. The little bastard will not survive this time."

At that moment, she looked at the maidservant beside her and frowned slightly.

"Hope, you look a bit pale, is something wrong?"

"N-Nothing, your majesty. I'm just feeling a bit unwell."

"Is it so?" The empress put on a slightly suspicious expression, but in the next second, she shook her head and laughed it off.

After all, Hope has been her most trusted confidant for many years. In fact, she trusted Hope more than her own sons.

Hope never would betray her.

In another room in the palace, the emperor was hearing the conversation that the empress was having with her son.

When the conversation ended, an old man appeared behind the emperor.

"Your majesty, your orders."

The emperor fell silent. For a brief instant, an expression of pain and self-loathing flashed in his eyes.

But in the next second, the pain was replaced for an obsessive hatred.

"... Make sure that the plans succeed." The emperor said.

The old man looked at the emperor and sighed. A second later, he nodded. "I understand."

At the end of the day, the emperor's orders were absolute.

Even if he comes from 'that place', and 'that place' has the power to stop the emperor, going against the emperor for the sake of a prince is foolish.

Even if the prince is very talented, even if a powerful force is behind him.

After all, no force in this world is stronger than the empire