A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 257
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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 257
With a bang, the door opened and armed Imperial Guards rushed inside.
“Seal off the entire area! Escort the Empress and Prince!”
Lavania blinked with a dazed expression.
“Investigate all food, drinks, and people in here!”
“His Majesty…!”
“Get down!”
The soldiers threw open every door in the banquet hall one by one.
Some of them formed a circle to prevent anyone from approaching the tables.
“Come out now! Get outside!”
Another voice echoed from outside the banquet hall.
It was the sound of soldiers dragging servants out from the distant kitchen.
“Your Majesty. Are you alright?!”
At that moment, someone called out to Lavania.
When she looked up, the young knight who usually guarded her was standing there with worried eyes.
“Lo, Lord Rowen.”
At Lavania’s words, the knight politely extended one hand.
“This place is dangerous. It would be safer for you to stay in the inner palace while the investigation proceeds, so I will personally escort you.”
However, Lavania couldn’t readily take the knight’s hand.
Instead, she swallowed dryly and turned her gaze to a nearby spot.
“Your Highness the Prince. Are you alright?”
“…I’m fine.”
There, Pides was surrounded by knights.
“May I ask what happened? Was there an assassin? Or perhaps…”
Pides pressed his lips tightly together.
For a brief moment, his gaze turned toward Lavania.
He answered with a hardened face.
“I don’t know.”
Then he gripped his forehead with one hand as if tired.
“He suddenly collapsed during the meal. Mother screamed in shock.”
“…”
“A servant who heard that sound came running and called for you. That’s all.”
The breath Lavania had been holding burst from her mouth.
She squeezed her eyes shut and opened them again.
Her fingertips were trembling regardless of her will.
“Your Majesty, are you alright…?”
The knight, noticing her poor condition, asked again.
Lavania barely managed to answer.
“I’m fine, I’m fine.”
When she took the knight’s hand, he looked her over once with meaningful eyes and nodded.
“This way.”
Lavania walked out of the chaotic banquet hall.
Bright red juice was seeping from berries that had been crushed underfoot.
The banquet hall and Imperial Palace were close to each other.
As soon as the Emperor was moved from the stretcher to the bed, the physician spoke.
“This is not an illness. Someone definitely tampered with him!”
He examined the Emperor’s complexion again and continued.
“His pulse is faint, so if this continues, there’s a possibility he may not wake up for a long time…”
“Jeremy.”
The Captain of the Guard who was listening called someone.
A court magician who had been waiting outside the door entered.
“Check if there are any traces of sorcery or curses.”
The magician stepped forward.
He examined the Emperor for a few seconds and immediately shook his head.
“There are no traces of curses or sorcery.”
“Then it must be poison.”
Pides spoke up.
“Have all the foods in the banquet hall been investigated?”
Pides’ eyes looking at the Captain of the Guard were more coldly sunken than ever.
The Captain of the Guard bowed his head.
“Yes. However, no significant poison was found.”
“The servants in the kitchen.”
“We interrogated them thoroughly, but they claim to know nothing.”
Pides muttered.
“Then that wasn’t enough, it seems.”
“Pardon?”
“Don’t make me repeat myself. In this situation, who else besides them could harm His Majesty the Emperor!”
The Captain of the Guard’s eyes widened.
Pides raised his gaze.
“Where are you interrogating the kitchen servants?”
“We, we set up temporary barracks on the first floor of the banquet hall…”
“Move them to the torture chamber in the dungeon.”
Several guards flinched and stared at Pides.
“Can’t you hear me? I said move them to the torture chamber in the dungeon!”
The Captain of the Guard bowed his head.
“Your Highness. However…”
But he couldn’t finish what he was saying.
“…I will obey your command.”
When the Captain of the Guard opened the door and came out, another guard carefully approached.
“Commander. Are you really going to move them to the torture chamber?”
The Captain of the Guard’s expression became complicated.
“This goes against protocol. To proceed with torture when we don’t even have solid evidence…!”
“His Majesty the Emperor has collapsed!”
The Captain of the Guard whirled around with a frown.
“If His Majesty doesn’t regain consciousness after three days pass, the regent is supposed to receive the imperial seal.”
“…”
“In this situation, who do you think the court officials will hand the regency authority to?”
The guard fell silent.
The Captain of the Guard sighed with a pained expression.
“Of all times, even Lord Alexander is absent…”
Alexander was the most skilled person in healing arts within the Empire.
If it were him, he might have been able to improve this situation, if not completely cure it.
“…The Empire will be ruled by a regent. At least until the next generation’s emperor is decided.”
The Captain of the Guard looked at the guard again.
“So you be careful with your words too. Going against Prince Pides’ orders is like cutting your own lifeline.”
The Captain of the Guard turned around.
But at that moment.
“Before being the Imperial Guard of the royal family.”
A member from behind called out to him once more.
“Are we not paladins who have sworn an oath?”
The Captain of the Guard hesitated.
“When I became a paladin, I swore before the sword. That I would not remain silent before innocent blood. But is that oath so light?”
A long sigh finally escaped from the Captain of the Guard’s mouth.
The member continued speaking.
“I’m not afraid of orders or anything like that! What we should fear is not orders, but the dignity we’ll lose by obeying those orders.”
After a brief silence.
The sound of something being thrown down rang out with a clang.
The Captain of the Guard turned around.
The spot where the member had been standing was now completely empty.
All that remained were the Imperial Guard helmet and sword he had thrown off.
“Which unit is he from? I’ve never seen his face before.”
When he asked, another member approached.
“We’ll need to return to headquarters to check. There have been recent personnel changes…”
“Did we deploy without properly confirming?”
“I apologize. Control was inadequate in the urgent situation.”
The Captain of the Guard held his forehead.
The situation had been chaotic for him as well.
“…We’re returning for now. Make sure to bring that guy before me later.”
“Will you be issuing disciplinary action?”
The Captain of the Guard closed his mouth.
He began walking back toward headquarters without ever giving an answer.
A moment later.
In the corridor where silence had fallen after everyone left.
“…Swore before the sword?”
A faint voice came from somewhere, and the empty air rippled.
“What? Won’t remain silent before innocent blood? Ha, haha! Ah, hahahaha!”
The next moment, one corner flipped like paper and someone revealed themselves from within.
“Ripper, when did you ever swear before a sword? Dignity as a paladin, pfft! I was worried my heart would burst from trying not to laugh!”
What emerged from within, wearing a black veil, was the Danzu of Scream of Silvar, Elanes.
Ripper’s expression hardened grimly beside her.
“Your role wasn’t easy either, Elanes. Is it because you naturally look old? You played the elder role so well.”
“What?! Do you know why my husband married me? It was purely because I looked young, because I looked young!”
“Right, sure…”
Just then.
A red light from a communication device flickered beneath Elanes’ robe.
When Elanes snapped her fingers, a barrier surrounded them once again.
As soon as she took out the communication device, a panicked voice flowed from within.
[Nairun, Nairun?! Can you hear me? Huh?!]
It was the voice of the Empress, Lavania.
Elanes smiled wickedly and changed her voice perfectly to answer.
“Oh, Your Majesty. For what matter does Your Majesty seek this old one?”
The Empress sobbed in terror.
[Nairun… antidote, I need an antidote.]
“An antidote? What antidote do you speak of?”
[The poison you gave me last time! The one you said to apply to accessories… sob, I need that antidote. I’ll come. I’ll come now! Where are you? Huh?!]
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