When Richard walked down the stairs into the hall on the first floor, all the guards were still guarding the entrances and exits, extremely vigilant and nervous, lest someone from outside suddenly invade. After all, they were only more than twenty people, and it was difficult to resist the attack of more than ten times the number of enemies.

They had no idea what had just happened in the bedroom, let alone why this was happening, but they were just receiving a meager salary and holding on to something unknown with their lives.

When a personal guard soldier saw Richard appear, he hurriedly stepped forward and said quickly in a low voice: "Your Royal Highness, I am afraid that the people outside are really ill-intentioned, and there are many archers aiming at the gate of the palace. Your Royal Highness, Prince...... You must not be in their sight, or you will be in danger...... Uh, by the way, what about Captain Edward?"

In the end, the guards asked suspiciously.

Richard looked at the other party, his eyes flashed, and said, "Your captain has betrayed me and was killed by me." ”

"This!" the guard's eyes widened instantly, "This ......"

"By the way, even your captain betrayed me for the sake of the family, in fact, ......," Richard said softly, "you subordinates don't need to protect me anymore." There's no need, there's no point, it's all gone. ”

"I'm ......" The guards opened their mouths wide, not knowing what to say, but in the end they gritted their teeth and said, "No...... I will always protect His Royal Highness the Prince, until I die. ”

"Well, why, is it worth it?" asked Richard.

The guard soldier was speechless, he was not a nobleman, but the son of a farmer, he was illiterate, he couldn't say anything, and he gasped: "I...... I don't know, but I ...... But he understood that it was not right to leave the prince now. I...... I don't know why Captain Edward betrayed His Royal Highness, but I ...... I will never betray His Royal Highness, even if ...... Even if it's a dead ......"

"Bill. Richard said.

The guards were shocked, a little surprised and a little surprised, in fact, he hadn't spoken to Richard before today, and he didn't expect Richard to call his name accurately, so he hurriedly answered.

"In!"

"I'll give you a task. Richard said lightly.

"Yes, Your Highness the Prince, I will definitely finish it. The guard soldier beat his chest with his right fist, knelt down on one knee, and spoke out.

"You're the captain of the guard now. In the kitchen of the palace, there is a tunnel that leads directly to the outside of the city, although it is a little low but it can pass people. In a moment, you take all the people of the personal guard and leave down the tunnel. Don't be too busy refusing, I know you're more loyal than Edward.

But...... The highest loyalty is not to die because of this, but to live hard because of it. There is no point in sacrificing in vain. If you're really loyal enough, run away and live. Maybe many years later, maybe I'll find you again and let you do things. I hope that at that time, you don't forget me. ”

"I'm ......" the soldier named Bill stared at Richard with wide eyes, "then...... Your Royal Highness, Prince, ...... Aren't you going together?"

"It's a good thing to walk through the tunnel, and I prefer to walk through the main entrance. Of course, don't worry about me, I have my own arrangements. And, I also want to talk to someone. Richard said, patting the guard on the shoulder, turned and walked out of the palace, his eyes sharpened.

......

Outside the palace, spears were lined up, swords were rattling, and there was a slaughter.

However, when many soldiers saw Richard come out, they were all slightly stunned, showing puzzled expressions. Because this seems to be a little different from the order they received.

Richard looked in his eyes and said, "William, come out." If you don't come forward, your group of people won't dare to do it, after all...... I guess...... You're not going to let them kill the 'prince', but the captain of the guard' who betrayed the prince, right?"

The crowd parted to the sides, and the new King, William, came out in a magnificent robe, golden in color, with many colored patterns on the surface, and inlaid with gems of various sizes.

At this time, William's expression was not angry, and after walking out, he looked at Richard for a moment, and suddenly smiled slightly.

"My dear brother, you came out alive, so to speak...... Edward, he betrayed again? not only you, but now he betrayed me? Tsk, I'm a little strange, how did you convince him. William narrowed.

"Quite simply, I killed him. Richard said calmly.

William's eyes shrank slightly, but his expression remained calm: "So, you knew in advance that he had betrayed? So, you had already been prepared against him, and then let the rest of the guards kill him? This is also reasonable, after all...... According to his swordsmanship, I'm afraid that he really can't beat an ordinary personal guard soldier. But I admire your acuity, your cleverness!"

"But then again, no matter how clever you are, you never thought you would have this day, my dear brother?" William said with a slight change in his tone.

"Actually, I've thought of it a long time ago. Richard still looked calm.

"No!" William glared, and said no, word by word.

"Huh. "Do I need to explain it to you?" Actually, I know a lot more than you think. For example, the rumor three years ago, which I know you spread, made his esteemed father, His Majesty the former King Donnas, suspect me and make a voodoo doll to curse him.

Oh, the slaughter of the whole palace, from top to bottom, almost all the people were killed. Hundreds of lives, blood stained the square in front of the palace...... And then six months of captivity, huh......

I think at that time, you must have been very proud and relieved, thinking that I would not be qualified to fight with you anymore. Even if I fight with my esteemed father, His Majesty King Donus, I will have a grudge against me, and I can't let go of it. But the thing is, I didn't want to fight with you from the beginning, I said, I have something very important to do. But what happened three years ago strengthened my idea of leaving.

To be honest, if in the current world, I am not a prince, but the heir to a small aristocracy, maybe the situation will be a little better. The position of the prince is a bit high, many people are watching, and there are many responsibilities that are imposed on it. I don't like these responsibilities and leaving is the best option in order to do what I want to do better. I will leave the palace, I will leave the Blue Lion City, I will leave the entire Blue Lion Kingdom. ”

William stopped talking, looked at Richard, and looked a little strange: "You ......"

After half a sound, he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Even if you say so, I won't let you leave." ”