At Elizabeth’s dungeon .

“So, who’s the mastermind? Is it the new church or the old church? What exactly are they after? All right, I shall decide who I shall execute based on their goal . ”

I placed an individual’s hand down . I just finished snapping all of his fingers . He pa.s.sed out for the meantime due to pain . As such, I had the chance to ask for Mommy Elizabeth’s opinion .

Mom shook her head: “Frankly, Mommy is unsure now . It could be either faction . If it’s the work of the old church, it’s simple to explain and that is that the old church couldn’t appease their people’s anger . In turn, they took revenge . The old church stole the weapons the new church smuggled . After finding out, the new church’s pope fled . However, if it’s the new church’s scheme, then it could be explained, as well .

My guess is that the new church sent the weapons to the old church so that the old church could go on a killing spree . That way, the declaration of war between the two churches would officially be announced . That said, the old church at Hilles City doesn’t have weapons; therefore, the new church, which is located at Troy City, possesses supreme power . In fact, they could instigate a confrontation between the two of us . In that scenario, I either take the initiative to eliminate you, or the new church flawlessly subdues the old church and becomes the state religion . ”

“However I look at it, it’s the new church’s scheme . There’d be no way to explain their pope’s departure, otherwise . Furthermore, I sent a letter to investigate my seal, but I haven’t received any response . My guess is that it’s most probably because Troy City is now under the new church’s control . That would explain why I have no clue about what happened . Mom, this is now a pressing matter . I have no time to calm down . I must immediately head to Troy City!”

“What are you going to do at Troy City? Son, whatever the case is, the new church now controls the city . You want to take on an entire city? I think that you’ll need an army backing you . Mommy won’t stop you . In saying that, Mommy has to go with you . Troy City is no longer what it once was . It may be named after you, but the city’s flag no longer has your name on it . Hence, Mommy shall bring Mommy’s armies that are best at sieging cities this time to a.s.sist you in taking back Troy City . ”

“Mom…”

“Before that, nevertheless, Mommy needs to complete some tasks . Mommy, at the very least, needs to delegate the old church to traditional state religion . That way, the new church’s plot to have us fight each other will go down the drain . The old church will calm down and stop bothering with the new church once they’re declared state religion . After all, there’s no need for them to waste time with the loser when they’ve already won . By the same token, I’ll have a legitimate reason to intervene . A nation doesn’t require two religions, especially one that has no qualms with resorting to unscrupulous schemes . Thus, we can just eliminate them . ”

Mom’s eyes showed that she was dead serious . In reality, we didn’t reach any conclusion since we lacked the most crucial piece of the puzzle; to be specific, we lacked evidence . We just felt that the new church’s motivation sounded more probable . Furthermore, I wanted to rip the new church, the people who forged an imperial decree . I just wanted a reason to slaughter the lot of them . I didn’t know what Mommy Elizabeth thought . I wasn’t sure if she thought the matter was at its final scene or if she, too, just needed an excuse to kill the new church . The two of us reached a mutual agreement this time, and for a rare moment, both want to kill . I wondered when I developed a violent tendency .

The riot ended half a day ago . A day had nearly pa.s.sed . It was nearly noon by the time I left the interrogation room . Everybody caught was scheduled to be hung tomorrow . We needed to speak to the old church . The final step was to prepare the army .

Mom looked forward to fighting another war after a long layoff . To begin with, she prepared three main forces and two supporting armies . You could say the scale of the army was big . Nevertheless, I felt that it was unnecessary to take Troy City since Troy City didn’t have an army . If it did have one, it wouldn’t be beyond my control, yet .

I thought the free city had a decent reputation . I only just realised that it was completely beyond my control . The inhabitants were no longer loyal to me . In fact, they stole my property .

Elizabeth needed three days to prepare everything . The plan was to set out in three days and arrive at Troy City a week later to take it back . One, I couldn’t accept betrayal . Two, I couldn’t accept others hurting my family . For that reason, I was hesitant to hurt my citizens . Under normal circ.u.mstances, the people were innocent; however, they lived where the new church rooted themselves, so they had to be with the new church . As they were with the new church, I should kill them all . Subsequently, I was undecided as to what to do to them .

Current time at the Imperial Palace in the North .

“Miss Ling Yue?!” exclaimed Freya . She got up from her brother’s bed in a fl.u.s.tered manner and explained, “I-I was just seeing if my brother’s room was tidy or not during his absence . I had to check if the mattress, in particular, was comfortable or not . If Brother suddenly returns…”

“We have situation at Troy City . I need backup . Please provide me with the best guard and general . ”

Ling Yue ignored what Freya was doing in her husband’s room . Her fur was incredibly messy . There were even leaves, gra.s.s and branches in her fur . It was safe to a.s.sume she took a straight route to the North instead of taking the normal path in order to get to the North as fast as possible . That was how she managed to reach the North in half a day in her fox form .

“I think w- . ”

“We’re out of time! My daughter is still at Troy City and could be in danger at any moment . Plus, my husband’s stuff has been stolen . The entire palace at Troy City is under someone else’s control! They’ve revolted! It’s a silent revolt! Freya, I need to protect my daughter and investigate what happened!”

Ling Yue’s fangs were partially visible . That was how Ling Yue behaved when she was worked up; it was in her wild beast nature . Freya immediately tidied herself up . She had a fundamental idea of what happened . She responded with a quick nod and then yanked out a sheet of paper from the desk . She quickly wrote something down then folded it and pa.s.sed it to Ling Yue: “Take this to Miss Ying . Miss Ying should be in the camp . You may mobilise Brother’s guard unit as you see fit . Take as many men as you think you need, Shusia included . Shusia and Miss Ying are both trustworthy . I am sure you will find a use for them . ”

“These two will do . I’m heading back now!”

“I will gather up our newly formed team and head to Troy City . Since they’ve revolted, we must take back Troy City for my brother!!”