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Hearing this, I became even more confused.

Bayard looked a little hesitant, but he finally said, "I might know where Morfa is hiding."

I was startled and looked at Hill, but I didn't interrupt him and just listened to him finish his words.

"Given Prince Austin's character, he will definitely imprison Morfa in the safest place for him, and it would be best if he could visit in person. Based on my understanding of the prince, this place is most likely his bedroom - Agate Palace."

Chapter 43: Agate Palace

"I have investigated the food rations at the Agate Palace and found that the food rations often do not match the number of people. In addition, there are also some medicines and equipment such as wound ointment, bandages, etc. on the ration list."

"The chances and severity of injuries to the servants and maids in the Agate Palace do not require this type of medicine. Even if they are injured, they can go to the court priests for treatment, which is faster. There is no need to increase this expense."

"Under what circumstances would they use these medicines and equipment instead of summoning the court priest? I think it's only because they are worried that the court priest will see something he shouldn't see. After all, the priest's treatment requires close contact with the injured."

"So I think there is a very good chance that there is a hidden room somewhere in the Onyx Palace where Morfa is imprisoned."

Bayard spoke in short and powerful sentences, explaining his speculation and the logic behind it.

"I understand. I will go with Hill to investigate the specific situation in the Agate Palace."

After listening to it, I had a general understanding of Bayard's thoughts and the possibility of his speculation.

The reason why Bayard came to him was probably because of his identity, which made it difficult for him to take action.

However, Enros's power was not enough to contend with Austin. The movements of his spies in the royal city were greatly restricted, let alone infiltrating Austin's bedroom, the Agate Palace.

At this time, only I can help. After all, in the meeting just now, I also said that I would assist Bayard in the investigation.

But what I didn't expect was that Bayard shook his head.

"Prince Austin has deployed a strong security force around the Agate Palace, and there are many magic circles hidden inside. He never lets anyone stay in the palace for too long, even his confidants, so I don't know much about the routes inside the Agate Palace. If something unexpected happens during Miss An's investigation and alerts Prince Austin, he will most likely transfer Morfa, and we will have no idea where Morfa will go at that time."

"So we can't alert the enemy. It's best to find out the situation in the Agate Palace and find out where Morfa is imprisoned, and then rescue him in one go. This way, we can avoid a lot of trouble."

"So Mr. Bayard is looking for me?"

My own business.

How can I find out what's going on in the Agate Palace without investigating it myself?

Bayard finally gave an explanation for this. "Ms. An and Ms. Claire are both from the Orwin Empire. You should know some alchemy masters who are accomplished in mechanics. You can ask them to design a small mechanical object with recording function. I will send someone to make it according to the design."

"It would be best if we could follow up and monitor in real time. The coronation ceremony is approaching, and His Royal Highness Noah's status is special. Prince Austin will definitely find a time to contact Morfa before then to prevent any accidents. By then, we will be able to know Morfa's location."

It turned out to be the case.

I nodded. Bayard's idea was unique and applicable to the current situation.

He did have an Eye of Ugall that matched Bayard's description, but the Eye of Ugall could not exceed the range of forty yards of the operator, which was still not advisable.

Just when I was about to agree to Bayard's suggestion and go back to contact Tracy and the others.

Hill leaned over and suddenly whispered something in my ear.

My eyes lit up. How could I have overlooked this?

"Mr. Bayard, maybe we don't necessarily need to use mechanical objects."

The melodious chirping of birds and the sound of the wind, along with the bright sunshine shining through the clouds, ushered in the morning in the capital of Kanalan. The streets were still crowded with people, and the celebration of the city's festival continued.

But the royal city was as peaceful as ever.

Royal City, Agate Palace.

A tall figure, allowed by the outer guards, walked through the square corridor built with stone pillars and stepped into this magnificent and elegant building.

In the lobby, an old man with gray hair but looking energetic was arranging several maids and waiters. Upon seeing the figure appear at the door, he handed the work at hand to the head maid next to him and walked over.

"Good morning, Lord Bayard. I wonder why you are here?"

"Good morning, Mr. Butler. I have an important document that I need to hand over to His Excellency the Prince."

This figure was Bayard, he explained to the steward of the Agate Palace in front of him.

"If you are looking for the prince, it is really unfortunate. The prince has already gone to the meeting hall to meet with the Orwen delegation. You may need to wait for a while, Lord Bayard."

"I have something important to attend to. Can this document be sent to the study first?"

The steward hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Master Bayard, please follow me."

As the steward of the Agate Palace, he was only responsible for the affairs within the palace. Since Bayard mentioned the importance of the document, he had to let Bayard deliver the document to the room in person, otherwise he would be suspected of usurping his authority and might be held accountable by the prince.

Bayard had anticipated this and followed the steward into a very spacious room on the third floor of the palace.

This is where Auston conducts his daily business.

If possible, Bayard would certainly like to investigate in this study, but at this moment the butler was standing outside the door watching, and any abnormal behavior of his would be noticed by the butler.

And his mission has been accomplished.

“Hopefully these little things will come in handy.”

Bayard thought silently in his heart, and gently placed the document in his hand on the pile of documents on the desk. Without lingering his eyes in the room for too long, he withdrew and went back to the door.

His natural behavior did not arouse any suspicion.

The butler nodded, closed the door gently, and left the Agate Palace with Bayard.

Not long after the door was closed.

I don’t know if it was the breeze blowing in from the window, but the document left by Bayard seemed to sway slightly.

A black shadow emerged from the gap between the manuscripts and folders, and disappeared among the piles of books and documents in the blink of an eye, as if everything was just an illusion.

Time passed, and after conferring with the Orwyn delegation, Prince Austin returned to the Agate Palace from the meeting hall.

"Your Majesty."

"I heard Bayard was here?"

Auston asked, shoulders relaxing.

The two maids behind the butler understood, walked to Austin, took off his outer robe, and then stepped aside.

"Yes, Lord Bayard sent important documents over."

"Where is the document?"

"Your Excellency, I am already in the study."

Auston nodded and took the lead in walking up the stairs to the third floor.

Before and after arriving at the study, he instructed the butler who followed behind him, "Prepare lunch in half an hour. Change the afternoon plan and postpone the meeting with Bartolo and the others until tomorrow. I have to go to the Third Legion's camp. Don't disturb me in the next period of time."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The study on the third floor of the Agate Palace.

"Was there a small-scale garrison attack in the East City yesterday?" Austin sat down at the desk, opened the document sent by Bayard and took a look at it, frowning slightly, "Could it be that those underground organizations started it again..."

After reading it, he thought about it and decided to let the Third Legion investigate it in the afternoon. He put the file down and picked up other important documents on the desk to deal with them.

What Auston didn't see was.

At this moment, at the top of the bookshelf, a small black spider was hiding in the pile of books and peeking out.

In some corridors and unnoticed corners of the rooms in the Agate Palace, some black shadows poked their heads out and used their flexible limbs and multiple eyes to explore the surrounding situation.

Chapter 44: Hidden Passage

Two more days passed after that, and similarly, there were only two days left until the coronation ceremony.

During these two days, many unusual things happened in Kanallan.

Although it did not affect the atmosphere of the entire capital, the residents of Kanallan were still enjoying the celebration of the city's celebration, but there was an undercurrent of turbulence beneath the celebration.

The originally peaceful royal city now had a more tense atmosphere than in the previous few days, as evidenced by the increase in patrol teams and the more vigilant behavior of the soldiers guarding various locations.

Whether this is because of the approaching coronation ceremony or for other reasons, I'm afraid only one person can know.

The Agate Palace, the royal city of Kanalan.

Two maids were cleaning in the corridor.

One of the short-haired maids looked around and when she found no one else, she waved to the long-haired maid next to her. After waiting for her to come closer out of curiosity, she lowered her voice and spoke mysteriously.

“Wicca, have you heard?”

"what?"

"There have been large-scale attacks in Kanalan in the past few days. I heard from others that many legion troops were ambushed, and the casualties have exceeded three digits."

"It's too fake, Eve, how could so many people die?" The long-haired maid looked unconvinced. "If there were so many people, there would have been a report long ago and everyone would know about it."

"You don't understand. Her Royal Highness's coronation ceremony will be the day after tomorrow. Those important people must avoid leaking the news and causing panic. And I heard that not only the legion soldiers, but also the nobles were attacked. Do you remember the Earl of Mars?"

The short-haired maid brought out the bombshell news she had heard.

As expected, it attracted the attention of the long-haired maid, "Could it be that he was also attacked?"

"It's more than just an attack. Just yesterday, he and his guards were found dead in the family courtyard. There were so many guards in the manor, but no one heard any movement. Don't you think it's horrible?" The short-haired maid pursed her lips. "If you don't believe me, you can ask around."

"Hiss, this is too outrageous."

Seeing the expression of the long-haired maid, the short-haired maid's vanity was greatly satisfied. "If I had to guess, it must be hatred..."

But she stopped abruptly before she could finish her words.

The long-haired maid was confused and subconsciously followed the other person's gaze. When she saw the two figures in front of her, she was startled and hurriedly stepped aside with the short-haired maid and lowered her head.

"Dear... Your Excellency the Prince!"

Auston looked gloomy and looked at the two of them coldly.

The butler next to him quickly stepped forward and scolded, "You two have so much free time that you still have time to chat here. Why don't you leave and clean other places!"

"Yes."

The two of them quickly picked up their cleaning supplies and left as if they had been pardoned.

"My Lord Prince, please rest assured that I will punish them severely."

Auston didn't say anything, but snorted coldly and stepped into his study. The butler felt a cold sweat on his back, and left in a hurry after leaving a few guards waiting at the door of the study.

When Auston stepped into the study, he saw another pile of documents in front of the desk, and his long-suppressed anger suddenly erupted.

"What a bunch of idiots."

Austin slammed the report in his hand heavily on the table, knocking a lot of paper documents on the desk to the ground. The sound was so loud that even the guards outside were startled.

But Auston ignored him, sat down on the chair in front of the desk and leaned back, rubbing his uncontrollable frown with his hand.

He had reason to be so angry.

After all, too many things happened in these two days, and most of them were extremely unfavorable to him.

What the maid said just now was true, and the truth was even more shocking than what she said.

It was not an approximate "more than three digits", but more than 1,300 soldiers died as a result of various attacks, including more than 20 members of the Shadow Legion.

The nobles and officers in Canallan were also assassinated in various ways, including Count Mars mentioned by the short-haired maid, a total of seventeen people.

The identities and status of these victims were different, but surprisingly they were all members of Austin's faction, and the soldiers who died were also from the Third Legion and the Garrison Army under his command.

Even the two cities near Kanallan, where he was promoted to city lord, were attacked by a rare tide of beasts.

Even though there may be accidental and sudden factors involved, the fact that such coincidences happened one after another at the same time made Austin more and more certain.

Someone is targeting his own forces.

At first, Austin suspected that it was someone from Enroth's side who was behind this, but an investigation disproved this guess. After all, with such a big commotion, it didn't make sense that the Prime Minister's faction wouldn't reveal any clues.

He could only place his suspicion on the underground forces within the kingdom who were dissatisfied with his rule.

In order to investigate the matter thoroughly, he sent many of his confidants, including Bayard, to take action together, and thousands of army soldiers launched a planned siege. However, even so, they still could not catch the attackers.

Based on sporadic sightings and descriptions, we can only conclude that they are the same mysterious group that appeared in the mansion.

The capture operation had not made any progress, and the nobles who were attacked were from different family forces, which had put a lot of pressure on them over the past few days. The morale of the Third Legion and the garrison also needed to be appeased.

The group of adventurers that he had recruited had not been making good progress during this period.

One thing after another made Auston upset.