Bite~

Suddenly, a crisp sound was heard at the door, and the kitchen servants looked in the direction where the sound came from.

I saw a middle-aged man with a kind smile, neatly dressed, black hair and black eyes calmly walked in. That calm and unhurried majesty made the servants can't help but start guessing his identity.

He had a silver coin between his right fingers.

At this moment, the silver coin was rolling rapidly between his fingers.

"Excuse me."

The middle-aged man suddenly stopped a passing servant and asked in a low voice, "How do you get to the basement?" ”

As he spoke, he silently slid down half of his silver pocket watch through his wide cuffs.

Seeing the familiar three-eyed crow logo, the servant's pupils suddenly shrank, and the pupils that looked at the middle-aged man became a little frightened, and he didn't dare to look at him.

"Go straight from here...... Then turn left and you'll be able to see it. ”

With that, the servant quickly saluted the black-haired middle-aged man and took his leave.

Annan, who was in the "David form", looked thoughtfully at his back.

I see.

Did the Noahs view the Ravens in this way?

These servants are only afraid and jealous of this "man related to crows...... But if it's those nobles, officials, and transcendentals, I'm afraid it's not so simple.

But it's also normal.

Look back at the composition of Noah's royal family.

Henry VIII had a total of nine children...... Five daughters and four sons.

But five years later, only three remained.

An eldest princess who is active in the court, actively interferes in the political situation, and is ready to ascend the throne at any time; A two-five boy who plans to kill his father and siblings, afraid that he wants to pull out that sword and get the power of eternal fool; A slacker who doesn't do anything and doesn't care about fishing every day...... and six dead ghosts who have burped.

In the case of their child ratio, which is close to 100 percent, it is obviously expected that none of these servants working in the royal family will be disloyal and unruly......

…… No, not really.

This seems to be the work of the crows?

As the head of intelligence, Count Geraint controls the one-eyed crow, a special intelligence agency. The main task, in addition to gathering intelligence for the king in various parts of the kingdom, is only to monitor, investigate, and arrest suspicious nobles of the royal capital.

Annan suddenly fell into deep thought.

Is the Geraint family too loyal...... Or is it too incompetent?

As long as they allocate a part of their manpower, they can use their power to collect evil names, fabricate evidence, and even directly fabricate evidence to frame and attack political opponents.

But they didn't.

Why is that......

Judging from the undisguised fear of the subordinates, I am afraid it is not because of the latter.

Annan's steps paused slightly, and then continued to walk quietly towards the basement.

He suddenly figured it out:

- I'm afraid this is the layout of Count Geraint.

Don't look at the current Geraint family in the royal capital everywhere, as if any heir has to be the enemy of the crow...... But as long as they hold on until it becomes clear that one of them is victorious, they will immediately turn around and befriend Count Geraint.

Even the third prince, who intended to kill his father and kill the king, tried his best to contact Ferdinand, and tried to promise him benefits directly through the rotten man, just to be able to get in touch with a crow family.

Because of the intelligence support of the Raven Family, it is necessary for the new king who has just ascended the throne.

Then, the Count of Geraint's current repeated emphasis on his unbiased and loyal attitude to the king is probably not because of loyalty.

His plan was simple.

-- Raising self-respect.

Four-headed bet.

Henry VIII is dying of old age, and they must find the next generation of rulers. But this generation of Earl Geraint is not active enough...... Or too cautious.

He did not interfere or facilitate the birth of a new king in any way.

Judging from Benjamin's awareness of the rebellion of the third prince, and even knew about his assassination plan...... Benjamin is supposed to be one of the "one-eyed crows".

They know everything, but they don't do anything.

In this infighting in the royal family, all the heirs can perceive what they would become if they lacked the power of the Geraint family...... Losing a local source of information is like turning a blind eye; In the face of the Assassins, especially the Transcendent Assassins, they were completely unable to defend themselves; Unable to know the true attitude of others towards them, they are easily deceived and fall into conspiracy; Even the mind can be controlled by others.

These are all things that the one-eyed crow can see, prevent, or even block completely.

They can do it, but they don't have to.

They have a very good reason - to remain neutral.

And whoever the winner is, has experienced a period of time without the protection of the one-eyed crow...... must all try to befriend the Geraint family after the succession.

They could not have betrayed Count Geraint at this time and removed him from the position of Chief of Intelligence. Or even to take his power a step further...... Get their support in this way.

In this way, their throne can be secured.

That is, whoever the new king is - after they sit on the throne, they are kidnapped instead.

They must pay a reward that satisfies Count Geraint.

Otherwise, Count Geraint could have gone and demanded it from the loser with a higher offer.

…… What is this?

Praetorian Guard Succession Law?

Annan suddenly felt a little wary of Count Geraint.

He was now beginning to doubt the information he had received in the first place—that Count Geraint had sent Don Juan out of the center of the struggle in order to get him out.

The purpose of all this is to make the third prince think that he has killed Don Juan. But the reason behind this, Annan can't guess for the time being......

Count Geraint, but there are only three children in total!

In order to lure the third prince into the bait...... He even did not hesitate to risk his youngest son.

And Count Geraint, it is impossible not to know that his eldest son has already joined the service of the third prince.

“…… Three-headed betting? ”

Annan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Use the fake death of Don Juan's identity to make Ferdinand's identity ......"

If the third prince is the one who succeeds in the end, the Geraint family can continue.

Could it be that this is why he has his heirs fighting each other until there are only three left?

- No, that's not right.

He even bets on four heads.

To this day, the Geraintes remain loyal to the king...... Suppose the king finally accepts the man's request and completes the rite of immortality. Then their status will still not change in any way.

Annan's mind raced to the top of his mind.

This information was ...... when he arrived in the royal capital a few months later Maybe it could save your life.

Now there is only one place that is unknown.

He had three sons, if it corresponds to three royal heirs, and he himself corresponds to the king......

So, Don Juan Geraine...... Who is he working with?

Annan was stunned.

Suddenly his mind flashed many images of himself, Prince Albert, Kafne, Roseburg, the rotten man, and Sir Silver......

Did he count me in the plan?

Benjamin knows so much.

If he was one of the one-eyed ravens, then Count Benjamin would have known that he was impersonating Annan.

Unless, his purpose is to get Don Juan to fake his death......

And let me be the one who assisted Prince Albert on the throne for Annan?

So, what is Don Juan doing?