The hero I support will definitely defeat the devil

The female guards went down.

Yvette looked at the cleanly washed girl in front of her with a subtle expression.

Rather than being angry about being assassinated, she was more curious.

What kind of force would send an ordinary person armed with a poisonous dagger and a crossbow to assassinate her?

Yes, after Yvette checked on the spot, she found that both the dagger and the crossbow were just ordinary weapons. Even the crossbow was an old weapon. It was obvious that it had been repaired countless times and some parts were even rusted.

To be honest, if you use this kind of thing to assassinate a gold-level professional, there is only one possibility of success, and that is that the assassinated gold-level professional will die of laughter.

Even if such a weapon is used to assassinate a Red Iron-rank professional, it will not succeed as long as the opponent can react or has an antidote on him.

"You know who I am."

Yvette used a positive tone.

"know."

Nasha looked at the princess in front of her with a very complicated expression.

Apart from the moment of the assassination, this was the first time she was so close to Her Royal Highness the Princess.

In the past, I had only seen it from a distance at most.

"In other words, your assassination of me was deliberate?"

Yvette's tone became more serious.

"Yes."

Nasha had no intention of quibbling or denying, and answered very straightforwardly.

These words made Lisha, who had been eating hard, look up at Nasha in surprise.

Even she knows how serious a crime it is to assassinate a royal family. Is this person not afraid at all?

"You are not afraid of death?"

Yvette looked at Nasha with interest.

"afraid."

Nasha pursed her lips.

Of course she was afraid.

But when she thought of her mother, she was no longer afraid.

"Tell me, which force are you from?"

Yvette used her knife and fork to gently cut the tender and juicy steak.

"I am the daughter of Earl Harriman."

Nasha's calm words made Yvette stop what she was doing.

"Harriman? I remember him."

The reason why Yvette remembered Harriman was simple: he was simply a fat pig.

Generally speaking, nobles are professionals, especially those who inherit the title.

As for professionals, they may not have the best physique, but they will definitely not be fat or bloated. After all, that will affect their combat.

But this Earl Harriman, who was obviously a silver-level professional, was incredibly fat. From a distance he looked like a ball. He was also extremely greedy and lustful, and had a very bad reputation in the imperial capital.

Although the nobles have all kinds of faults and shortcomings, these are ultimately kept under the table and no one will really bring them to the stage for display.

But Harriman was different. He did not conceal his greed and lust at all. He levied heavy taxes and sold slaves. If he did not have a duke to back him up, he would have been purged by the emperor long ago.

But even so, the emperor reduced a lot of his territory. His current fiefdom is not even half of what he first inherited. He is called a shame of the nobility by many nobles.

There were very few nobles whose faces Yvette could remember. After all, she had seen too many nobles, big and small. Apart from the great nobles, the small nobles were not worth remembering. But Harriman was a special case. After all, it was hard not to be impressed by his nauseating look.

"You are nothing like him."

Yvette looked at Nasha carefully.

Completely different from the fat pig, Nasha was pitifully thin. There was no flesh at all on her exposed arms, and her whole body was very bony.

“I take after my mother.”

Nasha's tone was calm, and she didn't show any panic at all.

Yvette could only see peace and relief in her eyes.

"I actually don't like that fat pig."

Yvette said bluntly to Nasha.

"But I know that greedy and lustful pig is not stupid. Otherwise, it would not have been slaughtered by His Majesty the Emperor until now."

The aristocratic circles in the imperial capital were all aware of this. Although Harriman was greedy and lustful, he was definitely not stupid. A stupid person would not be protected by the Duke, and it was impossible for a stupid person to continue living after doing such a bad thing. Even the emperor only reduced his territory instead of killing him directly.

"Besides, he is very good at making money. Both the Duke of Xikala, who he relies on, and my third brother who is always short of money, who is behind the duke, need this money bag."

"If you are planning to use me to kill him, then you are overthinking it. I don't have that much power."

"..."

There was a flash of astonishment in Nasha's eyes.

"Feeling weird? Weird why do I know that?"

Yvette glanced at Lisha, who was eating and listening attentively, with amusement, and continued to talk to Nasha.

"Do you think this method has never been used before?"

The method Yvette mentioned was to implicate the assassin's relatives by assassinating the royal family.

It’s not like this hasn’t been done before.

After all, when people are in a state of hatred and anger, they can do anything.

"If you do this, Harriman will not die. At most, we will cut off a few more villages from his territory and fine him a large sum of money. But you will definitely die!"

"I know."

Nasha spoke up.

Her voice was a little hoarse, but very clear.

"But His Majesty the Emperor will conduct a thorough investigation, right?"

"Correct."

Yvette nodded.

Nasha was right about this. No matter what the reason was, the assassination of the royal family needed to be thoroughly investigated.

Chapter 540: At All Costs

"Oh~ I see, this is your plan."

Yvette seemed to have suddenly figured something out, and Nasha's eyes became appreciative.

"That guy has something that absolutely cannot be found, so you are willing to risk your life to get the Emperor to order a thorough investigation."

"What is it? Colluding with the United Kingdom? Or are you dissatisfied with the Emperor's rule and planning to support my third brother to take the throne?"

Yvette asked several important questions in a row, and finally asked another question in a strange tone.

"It can't be that he has any dealings with the people of the Demon King's sect, right?"

"..."

Nasha didn't say anything, but her expression betrayed her.

"I take back what I said, that fat pig is just an idiot."

Yvette put down the knife and held her forehead with one hand.

The matter of collusion with the United Kingdom was not a big deal, after all, many nobles in the empire had connections with the nobles of the United Kingdom. As long as they did not want to rebel, the emperor would generally turn a blind eye. After all, as the empire grew stronger and the United Kingdom declined, no one knew when the United Kingdom would be incorporated into the empire. By then, they would be one family, and there would be no question of collusion or not.

As for supporting her third brother to take the throne, as long as there is a person with normal IQ in her third brother's camp, such a thing would not happen.

Or in other words, none of these princes and princesses had ever thought of overthrowing their father's rule.

Because that's impossible.

The eldest brother is loved by many people, but he is nothing compared to his father.

The second sister has gained the support of many nobles, but her father can make her a lonely person with just one order.

The third brother commands a powerful legion and is a gold-level professional himself, but there are twenty-four such legion empires, and the commander of each legion is at least a gold-level professional, and all of them are loyal to their father.

The fourth sister is highly respected by scholars, but 80% of the research funds for these scholars come from her father, and many proposals to cut funding have been suppressed by her father. If it were her, the fourth sister, she would only be able to watch the funding being cut.

The fifth brother is a famous alchemist, but few people know that his father is also an alchemist and has the qualification certificate of a master alchemist.

If these children only inherited part of their father's talents, then their father Patra IX was an almighty man with extraordinary talents.

There is a reason why many citizens of the empire worship the emperor as a god.

Even Yvette adored her father.

With the protection of Duke Shikara and her third brother, Harriman can basically walk sideways in the empire. As long as he avoids the emperor's sight, he can do whatever he wants.

However, this guy happened to touch the most untouchable taboo - having dealings with the Devil's sect.

All intelligent beings on the entire Endrol continent know what the Demon King Sect is.

In the past, the Adventurer's Guild put in a lot of effort to eradicate the Demon King's Sect and killed many people who tried to collude with the Demon King's Sect.

The same goes for the eight major churches. Anyone who has anything to do with the Devil's sect will be executed for betraying humanity.

The same is true for the Empire. From the beginning of Patra I to the present Patra IX, no matter how powerful the Empire was, even at its most declining time, it never stopped its actions to wipe out the Demon King's sect.

To put it in an exaggerated way, if you rebel and become independent, the empire may still forgive you, but if you collude with the Demon King's sect, I'm sorry, only pain and death await you.

"Do you have evidence?"

"I buried it in a secret place."

Nasha clenched her fists.

"You are really cautious. It seems that you have made sufficient preparations before assassinating me."

Yvette tilted her head and looked at Nasha with admiration.

"But have you ever thought about what you would do if I was angry at your behavior and didn't intend to do what you wanted?"

"Your Highness would not do that, for you hate Lord Harriman."

There was a hint of anger and hatred in Nasha's tone when she spoke of Harriman.

"And I actually came to assassinate you with the idea that I would definitely fail."

"Hahaha~~"

Yvette smiled, very happily.

She admitted that the girl in front of her was right.

She really hated Count Harriman, especially because of the disgusting way he looked at her.

And everything Harriman did was to undermine the interests and credibility of the empire.

Maybe Duke Shikara and her third brother don’t care about the people of the empire, but she does.

"You're right, I do hate that fat pig."

"But I still want to ask again, are you sure you want to exchange your life for Harriman's life?"

"Just think of it as giving his life back to him, even though he has never fulfilled his father's duties for a single day."

Nasha now only wants to avenge her mother and she no longer cares about her own life.

"Well, since you said so, I'll help you."

Yvette clapped her hands with a smile, and the female guard who had been guarding the door opened the door and walked in.

"Go ahead and serve the food."

She looked at Lisha who was still eating.