As a tyrant, it's reasonable for me to snatch the heroine away

One death means one less.

With Asfield's intelligence, it is impossible that he could not think of the consequences if the casualties were too serious.

But...

"After all, Your Highness is not leading the troops personally. How can others have the same strategy as Your Highness?"

"No, Xiaoye, you must remember to never underestimate anyone, especially when that person has never revealed his true face!"

Helius reminded softly.

He understood that Asfield was definitely not a mediocre person. On the contrary, he was "supported" by the elite seven, recognized by the church, and even the current high priest.

There is no doubt that he has extraordinary talents and abilities.

At the same time, he is also...decisive and ruthless beyond ordinary people!

Would such an existence allow the battle to remain stalemate and watch the casualties increase?

unless......

The other party did this on purpose.

They deliberately want more and more people to die and deliberately delay the war, not wanting the war to end so early.

But...why?

As long as we capture Blood Moon Island, it will be a great achievement!

Even if the plan to reduce his "strength" is completed, Asfield still has the opportunity to gain the upper hand.

But now he is actively being "weakened" and even actively revealing his "faults"...

Helius really couldn't figure it out, and couldn't find any purpose associated with this decision!

Just as Helius was lost in thought, a familiar voice came through the magic circle at the main gate of the manor.

"Your Highness Helius, do you have time to talk...? There are things I want to discuss with you..."

The voice was familiar; it was the voice of Inissa, the great scholar of the Holy Empire.

But Helius usually has no interaction with the other party, so why is he coming here at this time?

"Your Highness Helius, please believe me, what we are going to talk about is definitely a topic that you are very interested in, about the king of the Kingdom of Grullite in the south!"

Chapter 9: Do You a Favor

In the relatively simple room, Inissa looked at the layout and furnishings of the room. It was hard to imagine that this was the interior of the manor that looked so grand from the outside.

Although the house has everything you need, it still feels a bit weird.

If I have to describe it, it would probably be...an ordinary person's room?

At least it is totally inconsistent with the identity of the second prince in front of him.

Helius also noticed Inessa's surprise and explained with a smile: "The outside is gorgeous because it is for outsiders to see. As for the inside... there are only Xiaoye and I living here, why does it have to be designed so luxuriously?"

Helius shook his head.

For him, making the best use of things is the most important thing. A flashy but impractical existence, even if it is a skyscraper, will eventually collapse.

This is also the situation in the Holy Kingdom today, and even in the world today.

No matter how glamorous and beautiful it is, it cannot cover up the "rotten smell"!

"Let's get down to business. Miss Inesa, you didn't come here to admire my residence, did you?"

"Sorry, it's just..."

Inessa said, subconsciously glancing at the girl who had been standing behind Helius' wheelchair.

She had seen that person several times, and he seemed to be always by Helius' side and rarely left.

But this time...

If it was Helius, after all, according to that person, he was someone Morning Star could trust.

But Xiaoye, who serves as a servant, is not like that.

What's more, this was the first time for her to see the Morning Star in person, and she felt really cheated by letting other women "share" her.

I got this opportunity at the risk of being discovered and treated as a traitor!

"Don't worry, Xiaoye is trustworthy, and I believe that with Mr. Chenxing's personality, he won't care about such things."

"I haven't said anything yet, how can you be so sure..."

Inissa narrowed her eyes.

She always felt that the second prince seemed to be more familiar with the other party than she was?

Something is wrong, very wrong!

Could it be that that bastard was teaming up with the second prince to play a trick on me?

Probably not...

"It's just my guess. Scholar Inesa said he wanted to talk about something related to Morning Star, and we don't usually interact with each other. You can't know that I have met Mr. Morning Star before, so the answer is very clear. It's better to say that Mr. Morning Star wants to talk to me rather than that you want to talk to me!"

Helius explained with a smile.

The calm and nonchalant attitude revealed in his words and actions, as if everything was under his control, inexplicably gave Inissa a familiar feeling.

Just like that bastard who kept hanging himself with "Morning Star"!

Maybe this is what they call...birds of a feather flock together?

"I guess so. I have a small item here. According to the person who commissioned me, it can allow us to have a face-to-face talk with the Morning Star Palace... ahem, the Morning Star!"

Inissa said this, and without any concealment took out the ring given to her by "Morning Star", who was a bastard in her eyes.

One has to admit that this ring, whether in terms of craftsmanship, magical design or even concept, far surpasses any country in the world.

Even the Holy Empire has never considered such an approach.

Although the church's crystal ball has similar functions, it is more of a one-sided surveillance.

After taking the ring, Helius showed an expression of "as expected" on his face.

Of course he had seen the shape of this ring before.

Among the several rings that Chenxing had on his hand, one was exactly the same as the one in front of him.

This also made him completely certain that it was Chenxing who really wanted to talk to him.

But...what to talk about?

Unlike the matter concerning Asfield, Helius showed a rare strong interest at that time.

After that meeting, Helius had been thinking about the conversation between the two.

Perhaps only Chenxing can give such an answer, right?

The other party was the only person Helius had ever met since he was born that he felt he could talk to, and they even had the same way of thinking.

Helius played with it for a while, then injected magic power into the ring.

The resonance of magic also allowed the ring to project a virtual picture composed of magic power.

The person in the picture was none other than Grullit Morningstar, the current king of the Grullit Kingdom, whom Helius had already met.

"It's been a long time since we last met, Prince Helius."

The Morning Star in the picture said with a smile.

It didn't seem like he had any malicious intent, but even so, Xiaoye's eyes were still full of vigilance.

She understood that no matter how good the relationship between His Highness Helius and the tyrant was, it could not change the current hostile relationship between the two countries.

This was also something she couldn't understand.

They are clearly enemies, but why does His Highness...

"Mr. Morning Star chose to meet me in this way at this time. I guess... you have already conquered the Elf Forest?"

Helius' words visibly stunned the other two people present.

Conquer the Elf Forest? When did that happen? Why is there no movement at all?

and......

How did Helius know this?

Inessa glanced at Helius subconsciously.

Could it be that the other party also...

But how is this possible?

Inissa, who was completely confused by the situation, didn't even notice that Morning Star's voice was so familiar at this moment.

"If I don't get it, Prince Helius will be very disappointed, right?"

"Mr. Morning Star, you are joking. If you really didn't take it down, why would you choose to intervene in the affairs of Blood Moon Island?"

Although it was just a brief exchange of pleasantries, Helius was already certain of it.

Morning Star has begun preparations... to deal with the Holy Empire!

He knew very well that a being like Morning Star would never choose to "quit while it's ahead" and simply "hide away" to recuperate.

Perhaps for the Kingdom of Grullit, "dealing with" the nearby countries one after another brought a certain degree of "consumption".

But isn't it the same for the Holy Kingdom that has to face the Blood Moon Island?

The so-called courtesy before force probably refers to what Morning Star is doing now, right?

"You're only half right. I do want to remind you that we might become enemies from now on. But... before we become enemies, as a friend, I intend to... do you a favor!"

"help me?"

Hearing this, Helius was visibly stunned.

This topic came up a bit...suddenly.

Is there really something I need right now that only Morning Star can help me with?

"Yes, if I'm not mistaken...Prince Helius should be confused by the casualties caused by your elder brother, right?"

Chapter 10 Cooperation

After Chen Xing finished speaking, there was silence at the scene.

Not only the people on Helius' side, even Lilina beside Morning Star didn't know how Morning Star guessed to this extent.

Even though his relationship with the second prince seemed good, but...

However, Helius in the video was silent for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face.

"Should I say... As expected of Mr. Morningstar? You have already discovered the clues, right?"

Helius was not too nervous.

It was within Chenxing's expectations that he could guess the situation on Blood Moon Island.

But he didn't expect that this was the reason why Morning Star wanted to intervene in the Blood Moon Island incident.

"With the strength of the Holy Empire, even if Blood Moon Island has some hidden cards, it will never cause such heavy casualties as it does now, unless..."

"Unless my eldest brother deliberately wanted to cause casualties!"

Helius took over.

Both of them almost guessed this possibility.

But the difference is that Morningstar has information that Helius doesn't know!

Death is what Isolde and Chiba Kyohei most want to see.

So...there is a high probability that Asfield did this because he was influenced by these two people.

For example, he believed some rumors, or someone sneaked into the "inside" of the prince and influenced him.