The red moon returns

Chapter 474 The King's Change

"It all started with the incident a month ago when the Queen's grandmother's gift was stolen. Of course, we really believed that the Queen's grandmother's gift was stolen, so we took it very seriously."

The little prince raised his head and smiled slyly, which made Lynch, who had enjoyed the show, a little embarrassed. However, Prince Louis just blinked and continued:

"We have long known about Lord Leviev's pursuit of the bandits through other channels. We will of course also investigate to see who in the country is involved in this case. As a result, we noticed the group of believers of the Ancient Flashers hiding in the Commercial Federation. Those villains who forget everything when they see profit have no morals at all. It is not surprising that they would do such a thing."

Lynch nodded vigorously, agreeing deeply.

"They may have some grudge against Lord Leviev." The little prince smiled at Lin Qi, "but they are essentially businessmen pursuing profit. They will not make enemies with others for no reason, nor will they take risks just because of hatred. The only thing that can make them take risks is profit."

Lynch had also thought about these questions, and they did make sense, but when they were spoken by a ten-year-old child, Lynch felt a strong sense of disobedience.

"Don't be surprised. I represent the Queen's grandmother." Prince Louis said calmly, "Originally, the investigation of this matter ended here, but soon after, news came from Lord Leviev that you, Ms. Angel and her colleagues, cleared out a group of pirates who colluded with the followers of the Flash. Merchants and pirates do not have a friendly relationship. The fact that they colluded with each other is enough to prove that there are greater interests behind them rather than hatred."

"The Shadow Alliance?"

"Yes, according to our investigation, it was the Shadow Alliance that coordinated the interests of all parties behind them. These blood-sucking businessmen did these things. And when we were investigating, we also found another problem."

The little prince suddenly fell silent, as if hesitating about something. After a long while, he took a deep breath and whispered:

"The Shadow Alliance also has very close contacts with people in the palace."

Ok?
The three exchanged glances, and Lynch tried to ask, "Isn't this normal? Many people would come into contact with organizations that sell intelligence. Duke Wayne of Rand and Rudolf II have also come into contact with the Shadow Alliance."

"It's different, Lord Leviev. The major powers are well aware of what the Shadow Alliance is. We don't mind coming into contact with them, but we won't do it too often, nor will we have any in-depth cooperation, otherwise we will inevitably be taken advantage of by them. And unless under extremely special circumstances, we will not personally come into contact with these shady rats."

"So?" Lynch could understand the concerns of the rich and powerful who were reluctant to come into direct contact with the mysterious world. "Someone had direct and in-depth contact with the Shadow Alliance? Who was it?"

"My father."

???

Lynch was a little confused and didn't understand what this meant for a moment, but he soon realized who the little prince's father was.

King Carlos VII of Friedman, uncle of Princess Sofia.

So, the Shadow Alliance is backed by King Friedman? Are these things caused by the other party?
No, if that were the case, the little prince's behavior would be inexplicable.

Thinking in his heart, Lin Qi has regained his composure and frowned, saying, "Continue." "We followed this line all the way and found that my father had frequent contact with the other party, sometimes not even through an intermediary, but directly met with the other party's representative, which was completely different from his previous attitude. This abnormal behavior made us suspicious and launched further investigation. The more we investigated, the more we found that something was wrong."

"what's the situation?"

"Many of my father's actions and attitudes are very different from his previous attitudes, and some are even completely opposite, especially towards the mobs in the parliament. He told us several times before that we must not be too tough on the untouchables in the parliament, but should be gentle, differentiated, and let the contradictions slowly release, otherwise the whole country will fall into huge trouble, followed by civil war and even national collapse. But we only realized now that in the past year or so, my father has become extremely tough on the parliament, conflicts have frequently broken out, and he has done everything he thought he could not do before."

Is this the reverse tutorial of Friedman that Princess Sofia mentioned? It's the exact opposite of Friedman's tutorial. There seems to be something wrong here.

"Not only that, his attitude towards his family has also become very cold over the past year." The little prince pursed his lips and said faintly, "Not only me, my sisters, my brothers, but even my grandmother and mother are very cold. It's not that his attitude is bad, but he has gradually distanced himself from them and avoided too much contact with my family."

Hiss, it looks like someone else is pretending to be him. Lin Qi's experience in his previous life immediately gave him a lot of ideas, and he came up with four or five golden chapters.

"No, Lord Leviev, you misunderstood." The little prince seemed to have seen through Lynch's thoughts and shook his head grimly, "If there really was someone pretending to be my father, we wouldn't have gone unnoticed for a year. He has all the same physical features as my father and knows all the secrets that my father knows. There's no way he could be someone else pretending to be my father."

Lin Qi fell silent with his pipe in his mouth. After a long while, he whispered, "Are there any other anomalies?"

"Well, in many things, his reactions have become slower than before. We initially thought he was sick, but then we realized he was healthy, it was just that his reactions had slowed down, which was very strange." The little prince thought for a moment, and added, "There is another strange thing. I don't know when it started, but every time he speaks, there is a very strange buzzing sound."

"what?"

It was difficult for the little prince to describe the sound, so he could only try to imitate it a few times. It was a bit like the sound of an insect flapping its wings, but the sound was lower and the volume was smaller.

"As long as he speaks, the sound will appear." The little prince explained, "Grandmother Wang is very worried. She suspects that the Shadow Alliance has used some means to influence my father and wants to create trouble and start a civil war in Friedman. However, she has no evidence and it is impossible to make such a thing public. So she can only take this opportunity to come to you for help."

"We?" Lin Qi pointed at himself, "What are we?"

"Sir Leviev, please do not doubt me, because you are the only ones that the Queen Mother can confirm are not accomplices of the Shadow Alliance." The little prince smiled bitterly, "The tentacles of the Shadow Alliance may reach any corner, and everyone may be their people, including those priests outside. We cannot trust anyone except Sir Leviev, Sir Valente, and Ms. Angel."

It turned out to be the case.

The three of them finally understood why the other party had specifically come after them. What he said was indeed true. They and the Shadow Alliance were mortal enemies.

"Then what do you want us to do?"

"Later, we will go to visit Norin with Sister Sofia. This is the trip arranged by father. If he really has a problem, I think he must have a purpose for making such an arrangement." The little prince sighed, "I hope you can help me find some clues during this time. If possible, after you have dealt with your urgent matters, you can go back to Friedman with me. I can't ask you to solve everything, but at least help me and my grandmother figure out everything."

(End of this chapter)