Can't I develop my own character?

"Or is it that the presiding judge is upset that I didn't invite you to the party last night? That's none of my business. Her Highness the Princess has also reviewed the names on these invitations. You can tell her."

"Mayor Ryan, please stop confusing right and wrong. I never felt that way. Since you said the banquet was held normally last night, then what's the matter with the mobilization of the Iron Blood Army and the City Defense Force? That group of Iron Blood Army is actually Grand Duke Maganna's men. Not only did they appear in Berman City, they even entered the castle. What on earth did you do last night?"

"Judge Marcus," Ina said, pushing up her glasses. "I must remind you that no matter what the mayor and the princess do, there's no reason to report it to you. On the contrary, you've made groundless and malicious speculations. According to Imperial law, you're guilty of defaming Her Highness, right?"

"When did I ever slander Her Royal Highness?" Marcus said angrily. "Don't talk nonsense! I suspect Mayor Ryan is involved in the Silver Edge City incident."

"Lord Ryan was with the princess last night in the castle, attending the engagement party His Highness hosted for him and Viscount Shirley. If you're suspicious of him, aren't you also suspicious of His Highness and Viscount Shirley? Which prince's faction do you side with?"

"I...I'm not on any side!" Marcus said angrily.

"You're not on either side? No wonder you're suspicious of Viscount Charlie. She was conferred the title by His Majesty himself, and you actually dare to question His Majesty's decision. Marcus, you're trying to rebel!"

Marcus's face turned pale.

"You...slander! You are slandering an imperial noble!"

Ina calmly took out her notebook and wrote, "Judge Marcus has slandered Her Royal Highness the Princess and Viscount Charlie, and is suspected of rebellion."

"Uh..."

Ryan was stunned, thinking, "Ina, how can you talk more nonsense than me? You didn't even mention a word about his slander against me, and just rebelled, right? You are exactly... Oh, great, Ina, my wife!"

It has to be said that Ina's ability to slander people is even better than his. A few words from her left Marcus, the presiding judge, speechless.

"Your Highness, I'll tell you the truth. This matter was ordered by the Imperial Capital Tribunal. We will investigate Mayor Ryan. If he is truly involved in the Silver Front City incident, we will judge him according to Imperial law!"

Marcus, realizing he couldn't argue, issued an ultimatum. "Please cooperate with me. The Imperial Inquisition protects the Empire. This is a right granted by His Majesty."

Casladi said calmly, "I'm sorry, Judge Marcus, but I'm the princess of the empire and have no obligation to cooperate with you unless you can produce a decree from our father. Do you have one?"

Marcus looked extremely unhappy.

If the princess refuses to cooperate, it will be difficult for him to investigate Ryan. After all, this is Berman City, not the imperial capital.

"Then wait for news from Barron," Marcus said in a deep voice. "A friendly reminder, Your Highness, Ryan is only a commoner. No matter how much you value him, that won't change. His Majesty's refusal to confer a title on him speaks volumes. The Empire belongs to His Majesty, and as long as he's still around, you should obey His Majesty's will."

After saying that, Marcus walked out of the office.

Ina waved her hand, signaling the other two secretaries to follow her and leave, giving space to Ryan and Casradi.

"This guy is really arrogant." Ryan was a little surprised. It was rare for Marcus, a baron, to be so strong in front of the princess.

"The Inquisition is only responsible to my father, so I have no authority to order them." Casradi shook her head. "But judging by Marcus's attitude, they want to get to the bottom of this matter."

"Hmm... I was wondering if I could force him to sign the contract."

"It's best not to," Kasiladi said. "Every Chief Judge has undergone special training. I suspect they have developed countermeasures against forced contracts. The risk is too great and not worth it."

"Is that so?"

If he couldn't control it, he had to get rid of it, but at this time the Imperial Inquisition was watching, so he couldn't take action directly.

Ryan was not worried. If he wanted to investigate, he could do so. It would be best if he could find out whether it was the old emperor's instruction - Your Majesty, why did you rebel?

At this moment, the office phone rang.

"Hey?"

It was Jonathan calling.

"What are you doing? Why are you surrounding the courtroom so early in the morning?"

"Huh? I'm in the office. I just got up not long ago."

"It's Viscount Charlie. She's led her troops to surround the Tribunal. You'd better go and take a look!"

ha? ?

Ryan was stunned for a moment.

"What's wrong?" Casradi asked curiously.

"Xia Li has surrounded the courtroom." Ryan touched his chin and smiled. "Now we're going to have a good show."

He is indeed a commoner, but his fiancée is a viscount!

The Viscount of the Empire has a temper. So what if you are from the Inquisition? If you dare to slander me, I will send troops!

Although they may not actually fight, the mere appearance of such a scene is enough to intimidate people. The judges are also paid to do their job, so aren't they afraid? Of course they are.

After all, it's his own territory, Ryan is not worried at all. You old emperor don't want to take care of it? Well, I will take care of it for you!

"Come on, make things bigger."

......

Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta.

Midtown, outside the courtroom.

The soldiers marched in neat steps, surrounding the entire courtroom tightly. Under the order of 'Xali', these soldiers stood in battle formation with muskets in hand, and prohibited anyone from entering or leaving the courtroom at will.

"Hey, hey! What's wrong with you? Who asked you to be here?!"

"Do you know what this means by obstructing the work of the court?"

"Call out your person in charge!"

When Marcus returned to the Inquisition, he was even stopped outside and asked to be searched when he entered, on the grounds that the Inquisition had slandered the Imperial Viscount. The Viscount asked... oh, there were no other requirements, just to surround them first.

If you slander me, I will be unhappy and send troops to suppress you.

Prove your innocence? Why should I prove it? Whoever makes the claim must provide the evidence. Don't you have any evidence?

"Rebellion! Are you still imperial soldiers?" Marcus said angrily.

The status of the Inquisition in the Empire has always been "superior". He has been in Berman City for so many years, and even Viscount Bill had to take the initiative to establish a good relationship with him. As a result, after Ryan came to power, the status of the Inquisition declined again and again, and it was completely moving towards a "public welfare" organization that "serves the people".

"I'm sorry, Judge Marcus, we are just following the orders of Lady Charlie," said the officer in charge.

"Is Viscount Charlie crazy? She's on the verge of treason!" Marcus said angrily, "Where is she? I want to meet her!"

"Sorry, Lady Shirley is busy."

"Damn it! Call out the guards! Call out the guards!" Marcus roared, "Let these damned city defense troops see that the Imperial Inquisition is not so easy to bully!"

The Inquisition can train its own armed forces to maintain daily operations, with the costs generally paid directly by the Empire. However, judging by the current situation in the Augustus Empire, local lords will even take the initiative to cover these costs in order to maintain good relations with the Inquisition.

The Berman City Tribunal's guards were small, only two hundred men, and their training was not excellent, but Marcus was betting that Charlie's gun was empty and that the siege on the Tribunal was just a bluff.

He represents the empire!

However, 'Xia Li's' gun was loaded with bullets, and plenty of them.

This was the moment she had been waiting for.

After encountering armed resistance from the Inquisition, the city defense forces decisively carried out Charlie's bloody suppression order. For a moment, the entire Inquisition was filled with the roar of gunfire, and blood mixed with smoke drifted across the sky above Berman, making the sky today appear particularly gloomy.

Ryan sat in the office, listening to the latest battle report from the front line conveyed by Xueyi. In fact, he didn't even need to read it. He just wanted to make things bigger, and it was just right to let "Xia Li" do it.

He took this opportunity to completely eliminate the Tribunal and test the old emperor's attitude. If the other party was unwilling to stand up and help him, then he could only do it himself.

The bloody suppression lasted less than an hour. The entire courtroom was flooded with blood. The city defense forces rushed in and arrested all the relevant staff. Several of Marcus's inquisitors who resisted fiercely were "accidentally killed" in the chaos.

After the battle was over and the city defense forces began to clean up the battlefield, the citizens dared to stick their heads out to observe the situation.

"The Inquisition is gone just like that?"

"Serves them right. Who told them to slander Mayor Ryan?"

"Isn't that a bit too extreme?"

"Does the loss of the Inquisition affect you in any way? If anything happens to Mayor Ryan, the good times for Berman City will be over."

"That's right, the Inquisition should have been abolished long ago. What else can they do besides serve as dogs for the nobles?"

Although the bloody suppression by the city defense forces was a bit extreme, the citizens of Berman City still stood on Ryan's side, which made Grandpa Ryan very pleased. At least the things he did as mayor were not in vain, right?

"Next, let the bullets fly for a while."

Ryan leaned leisurely on the sofa and started playing games.

...

As expected, the old emperor contacted him that afternoon.

"Lian, what do you mean?" The old emperor said in a low voice, "You are so brave to openly destroy the Imperial Inquisition."

"Your Majesty, this is unfair!" Ryan shouted. "It's not my will, it's just that Marcus was so aggressive that I had no choice but to do it!"

"Had to? Humph!" The old emperor sneered. "The Inquisition represents the Empire. They're simply carrying out their duties and investigating the murder of a Silver Edge City noble. The investigation hasn't even begun, and you've been forced to kill him? Are you announcing to everyone that the Silver Edge City incident involved you?"

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood me. The matter of Silver Edge City has nothing to do with me. I'm just worried that they will find out that Your Majesty instructed me to control the Southern Territory." Ryan sighed softly, "Your Majesty, you don't know that this was done by Maganna."

"Oh?"

The old emperor narrowed his eyes slightly.

"She directly intervened in the Southern Territory?"

"That's not the case, but she knew I wanted to control the southern border, so she took it upon herself to clean up those who disobeyed me."

"..."

The old emperor fell silent.

He knew that Ryan was engaged to Charlie, and this matter was essentially a process of taking sides.

Ryan controlled those people, and the remaining part was naturally the clear "enemy".

This is consistent with Maganna's style, and there is indeed a Dark Hand operating in Silver Front City...

"Lian, you should know that no one except me can bless you with supreme glory." The old emperor said calmly, "Magna can't do it, and my son and daughter are even less capable of it. So don't try to have other ideas, just do your job well."

"I understand this, but I still hope Your Majesty can help me with this matter. If the Imperial Inquisition intervenes, I will never be able to leave these three cities."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

Ryan laughed inwardly. The old man only talked about the cake and didn't do anything. How could it be that easy?

"There's one more thing." Ryan pretended to be embarrassed. "Your Majesty, isn't it time to give me the title you promised? Without it, it would be inappropriate for me to manage the Southern Territory."

"Do your job well. When the time comes, I will naturally give it to you. Three months. I will give you three months to completely seize power in the southern region."

"Three months?"

Ryan lowered his head. "Your Majesty, time is running out... It's fine if we start a war, but I'm worried about the Empire's objections."

"Don't worry, I'm here, just do it. In three months, I will give you everything you want."

The old emperor's shadow disappeared in front of Ryan.

"This old guy really has no good intentions."

Ryan rubbed his chin.

He had just asked the other party for a title as a final test.

As expected.

The old emperor was holding back on the title, and Ryan could foresee that once he had taken the southern border into his own hands through war and helped the old man deal with Maganna, the old emperor would then charge him with treason, and with his civilian status and the absence of Casradi, the whole organization would collapse.

Civilians don't hold power.

But it doesn't matter.

If he doesn't hold power, someone else will.

Ryan opened the character interface of 'Weinei'.

When the southern border is unified, it will be time for 'Weinei' to make a wave of 'claims'.

Wei Nei: I will attack in Gundam form!

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