Perro didn't expect to return so soon.

He didn't want to leave the warm residence in such a cold winter, especially when the evil beasts were raging, but Duke Ryan asked himself to hand over this hot document to the fourth prince.

Of course he knew the contents of the paperwork - in fact, the entire upper nobility of the Grey Keep was discussing the astonishing news that the King of the Grey Keep had fallen because of a murder that had killed him by Goron Wimbledon, the king's eldest son. Then the second son rushed to the royal capital and declared that the country could not be without a king for a day, and he would ascend to the throne as the second in line to the throne.

However, this was not accepted by everyone, and some people claimed that Goron's trial was very strange, and that he only appeared a few times during the entire interrogation, and that he could not speak, and his hands were tightly tied. I hope to wait until the matter is thoroughly clarified before deciding on the throne.

It is also rumored that this is just a scene directed by the second son, Tifeco Wimbledon, and the real murderer is the second prince who pretends to be sad but can't wait to ascend the throne.

Regardless of who was right and who was wrong in this debate, the second prince, with the full support of the former prime minister, still temporarily seized the power of the supreme ruler of the Grey Castle as the king's substitute. At the same time, he issued a recall order to all his rivals - the battle for the king was over, and the princes and princesses, having received the order, should return to the royal capital before the end of winter. The new king will be officially canonized with titles based on his six-month reign.

Perot could certainly see the urgency of the order.

Whether Tifeco Wimbleton can secure the throne depends on the reaction of the other princes and princesses. If they all obediently give up fighting for the king and return to the royal city, then he will naturally become the undisputed Wimbledon IV.

The paperwork sent to the Frontier Town was first forwarded to the Fortress of Long Song, and Duke Lane himself scoffed at the recall. When the king was alive, he still had a high level of control over the lords of various places, and as for the second prince, this forcible accession to the throne alone was extremely blunt. Coupled with the precedent of Goron being sent to the guillotine, I am afraid that no one is willing to return to the royal capital alone.

However, in the eyes of the six families of the fortress, this is a timely order.

More than two months ago, the Duke was very unhappy with the unauthorised actions of the Earl of Elk, especially since they had failed. The reaction of the prince's side was also very fierce, and he directly sentenced Hills-Dmied to be hanged, and if he came this time, both sides could be regarded as openly tearing their faces.

Originally, the Duke had planned to wait until the end of the Demon Moon to free up his hands to solve this trouble, but now with this official letter, he can do a better job. Roland Wimbledon returned to the royal capital, and the frontier town naturally belonged to the Duke of Lane, and if he did not return to the royal capital, he could force him by force - under the banner of the new king.

As for who the crown ended up with, the Duke didn't care too much.

As an ambassador, Perot is obviously not very comfortable. The last time he swore that he would bring a new trade contract, it turned out to be the black hand of the Elk family. Now that he had arrived, he had brought the same bad news - whether it was the news of the death of Wimbledon III or the recall order of the new king, Perrault believed that the four princes did not want to see either.

The voyage along the way was fairly smooth, and the Grey Fort is a country on the south side of the mainland, and the rivers do not freeze even in winter.

From time to time, Pero looked through the window to the riverbank, and along the way he saw neither the starving dead nor the fleeing people, which shows that the border town has not been lost to this day.

This surprised him a little, after all, the last time he visited the city wall, he had witnessed how the other party built the wall, and he really didn't have much confidence in these stone walls made of mud.

Then something surprised him even more, a sailboat with the flag of Willow Leaf slowly sailed past the right side of the river - the scene seemed familiar, but now it was the Demon Moon! They still had time to do business while fighting the evil beasts? How could they resist the brutal monsters without transferring all the miners to the defensive line!

Three days later, the ship arrived at the border town pier.

It's still the same dilapidated wooden dock, but there's a simple wooden shed next to the pier. After the ship docked, two guards stepped out of the wooden hut and watched the boatmen's every move.

Perro immediately understood Roland's intention to set up a sentry here.

The fourth prince obviously didn't want anyone to sneak out of the town by water.

He jumped off the side of the ship, explained himself to the guards, and a man brought his horse and accompanied him to the castle.

As with the previous procedure, Prince Roland Wimbledon received him in the drawing room. Not only that, but even though it was not meal time, the prince still instructed his attendants to put on a rich meal.

Charcoal-grilled pork legs, slices of dried fish, a pot of unnamed salad, and butter bread and vegetable soup that can be found at any feast.

It seems that the prince liked to eat first and then get down to business.

Perro thought so, but his hand didn't stop for a moment, after all, there were not many opportunities to eat a full meal. Even the honeysuckle family, when there are no banquet guests, the food is basically potato bread with bacon jerky.

After eating the main meal, when the dessert was served, Perobi respectfully handed over the paperwork.

Roland took it, cut open the sealing wax with a knife, took out the paper roll and glanced at it quickly, and then was stunned.

Is the king dead?

Roland has no feelings for this titular father, he was already in a border town when he crossed over, and he had never even met in person, not to mention that the fourth prince only had complaints and dissatisfaction with his father in his memory. Because of this, he felt that he was in an inexplicable embarrassment - should he appear sad or sad?

And the following content made him smell a hint of conspiracy. Wimbledon III died in the murder of his eldest son, and the second prince declared the end of the struggle for the king as the new king, and ordered himself to return to the royal capital of the Grey Keep from now on?

Roland coughed twice and looked up, just in time to see Perrot's apologetic eyes.

I see, he thought, the Duke of the fortress was only afraid to see it happen, and whether he obeyed the orders of the new king or not would be in a dilemma for himself.

didn't bring the agreed contract, but brought bad news like a talisman, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to do it in his heart. Roland smiled to himself and folded the paperwork again, "I see." ”

"Uh, Your Highness, then you are going to ......"

"Even if I wanted to leave, I would have to wait until the Demon Moon was over. Now that it's freezing and snowy, if I'm gone, what will happen to the people of the border town?"

If it were someone else, Perot would have said something like "Don't worry, the fortress will take care of it for you", or some other diplomatic response. But in front of the fourth prince, who had only met twice, he couldn't speak easily. For the first time, Perot was disgusted by his status as ambassador, and in the end he just nodded, "I see, do you need me to pass on a reply letter for you?"

Roland asked the attendant to bring pen and paper, and quickly wrote a reply, stamped it on the sealing wax with his own seal, and handed it to Perot. The latter glanced at the envelope, and the cover clearly read to Tifeco Wimbedton, the second prince of the Grey Castle, not King Wimbledon IV.

He's already made his attitude clear, Perro thought.