Chapter 1199: The Little Princess was killed
— Find out about this matter before tomorrow morning, and let everyone involved die, " the king said, and held out a small pendant made of gold under the table, this pendant was in the shape of a lion.
It represented the presence of the King himself.
When Su Xiao took this pendant a text box appeared in front of him.
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Notification: Hunter activated a side mission.
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Side mission: Charlene's death.
Difficulty Level: Level 23.
Description: Find Charlene Herbert's killer in 18 hours.
Lead time: 18 hours.
Completion Reward: Stone of Wisdom (Pale Gold).
Task Failure Penalty: The King's trust will be slightly reduced.
Su Xiao received a side mission again, which made him think that the acting king was an inexhaustible source of side missions.
But it made perfect sense. He had spent 16,000 merits to purchase Iron Hand's identity, however, Iron Hand didn't have any financial resources or connections. After being in this role for a few days, Su Xiao realized that this identity basically granted access to side quests from the king.
Princess Charlene Herbert was murdered. According to common sense, this was quite a common occurrence, given the ongoing struggle for the throne, but the king allowed his right hand to cordon off the city, and immediately sent Huslet to the front line, after which he gave Su Xiao temporary power over the life and death of all the people in the kingdom, which looked too strange.
This was clearly not an ordinary case. If other princes or princesses were killed, the king would turn a blind eye, but he decided not to turn a blind eye to the death of Charlene Herbert.
He decided to do this not because he valued her more than anyone else, but because Charlene Herbert was still too young.
She was only 13 years old. She was the princess that the king received at the end of his life, which no one expected.
Until the age of 15, Charlene Herbert was supposed to stay in the palace, and when she reached the age of 15, she would have received a fiefdom under her control, however, given the struggle for the throne that had begun, this was unlikely.
This 13-year-old princess clearly wouldn't be able to participate in the fight for the throne. She didn't even formally have the right to participate in the power struggle, so killing her was not part of the" permissible " losses in the struggle for the throne.
Killing her was the most common murder of a member of the royal family, and this was already something that couldn't be ignored.
The king looked calm, but he was very angry right now. Whoever did this would definitely die if they were still in the kingdom's territory.
This was a provocation of the entire royal family and its power system.
— Where's the body? Su Xiao asked the king in a low voice.
— In the garden.
— … — Su Xiao stood up and walked out of the banquet hall with Bubtney. Out of the five people who were toasting and joking with each other, in less than two minutes, only one king remained.
When Su Xiao left the banquet hall, many officials, businessmen, and princes and princesses were confused.
— Third brother, it seems that something important has happened in the royal capital, " the eldest prince said as he walked up to the younger prince with a glass of wine in his hand and a gentle smile on his face.
— You're smiling so hypocritically, don't you know what happened? The third prince replied and clinked his glasses together. Although they looked like real brothers from the outside, their conversation wasn't friendly at all.
The departure of Iron Hand and the other subordinates of the king made many people feel dangerous, and many people wanted to leave this banquet, but the king never left.
No one could leave this banquet while the King was attending.
As soon as Su Xiao walked out of the banquet hall, five men in black armor were already waiting for him at the door.
— Su Xiao's gaze swept over the five men. They helped him last night. If we omit some details, the abilities of these five were at the highest level.
They were obviously allocated to him by the king.
— To the garden, " Su Xiao said, and together with Bubtni and the five guards, he headed to the back of the palace, where Charlene Herbert's body was found.
As Su Xiao walked to the garden, he thought about the general state of affairs.
First of all, this side mission was different from the previous one. Although the last one was more complicated, in reality, its essence was very simple — he just needed to eliminate certain targets, which wasn't very difficult.
But this assignment was different. It was already directly dependent on reasoning, but considering Alice's games, Su Xiao was confident in his own abilities. He wasn't very strong in these matters, but he was definitely stronger than ordinary people.
He had already mentally prepared himself for the failure of this mission, but he wasn't going to give up right away. After all, the reward for completing this quest was a pale gold gem, and such gems were very rare to say the least.
After walking around the palace, Su Xiao came to a not-so-large garden.
This garden was full of climbing vines, all the plants in it were blooming and looking beautiful.
Walking on the soft grass, Su Xiao walked to the center of the garden. There was a huge fountain in the center, and the sound of water could be heard from it. The water in the fountain was cold, which caused a pleasant coolness to spread from this fountain.
How something like this was created in this place, given the technological level of this world, was not entirely clear.
— Sir, the body is here, " a guardsman said from the back of the garden.
Su Xiao walked over to the flower beds.
There was a faint fragrance of flowers in the air, but it was overshadowed by the strong smell of blood.
A girl about 1.3 meters tall was lying next to the flower beds. She was wearing a beautiful white dress, but now it was stained with blood.
It was Princess Charlene Herbert.
A dozen Royal Guards stood guard around the body. Their faces were now distorted. They were supposed to protect everything in the palace, but in the end, right in the center of the palace, someone killed Princess Charlene Herbert.
Su Xiao ignored these guards. When they saw Su Xiao, they parted to the sides.
— Allow me... Come and look at ... Charlene, " a woman's voice said. Anyone who heard it would be able to tell at once that this woman was ready to burst into tears at any moment.
— Queen, calm down, Master Iron Hand will find the killer.
— Get out of here, what were you doing anyway? Why was Charlene killed in the palace garden? She didn't even leave the palace! She was so young...
With the help of her personal guards, a woman who looked like she might faint from grief at any moment started walking towards the girl's body.
The Royal Guards knelt down in front of the woman to stop her. "We deserve to die, — a guardsman in magnificent armor said, kneeling before the woman.
He was the commander of the Royal Guard corps. There were many commanders in the kingdom, and the highest-ranking commander was Huslet. With the exception of the Royal Guard Corps, almost all of them were under the jurisdiction of Khuslet.
The commander of the Royal Guard is called Karen, he was a very strong man and now he was 35 years old.
Su Xiao squatted down in front of Charlene's body and pointed his finger at the guardsman closest to him, to which he immediately leaned closer to him. "Tell her to shut up.
— Well.
Upon hearing this order, he immediately ignored everyone present and rudely ordered the queen to shut up.
Karen's face tightened slightly, but remembering who had given the order, he relaxed, but the queen didn't care and continued to cry loudly.
Her sobs caught Su Xiao's attention. If it had been an ordinary mother, he would have been able to understand that. After all, she was seeing her own daughter's corpse right now, but queens weren't ordinary women. They were all the daughters of high-ranking officials or nobles.
What made Su Xiao even more puzzled was that Charlene Herbert's body had been dragged to this place. Although the killer tried to hide it, he couldn't fool Bubtney's nose.
And judging by the swollen eyes of the queen, she seemed to have been crying for a long time, which didn't fit in with the whole situation at all.
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