Chapter 42 The story behind the Heart City's downfall
Author: M_W Cancer
Grammar Checker: M_W Nomral
Seeing that Elizabeth was showing a face full of interest to hear his story, Leo slowly looked up at the stars in the sky, breath to calm himself, as he finally began telling the story.
"The Heart city wasn't really going to fall after my parent's death. In fact, it was supposedly going to flourish and really beco an actual city! Unlike now where it could barely be able to feed itself and the title of the city just being an advance-promotion from the Silver royal family of the Silver Kingdom, or otherwise be called as a re decoration."
"After my parent's death, my brother was supposedly going to return from the battlefield to rule and manage the Heart city, too. I was just 8 years old, and even though my brother doesn't really want to beco the next ruler and had always insisted to give that position, I was still too young to be able to manage a city back at that ti."
"However, my brother wasn't able to return to the Heart city as I received a report saying that my brother was unfortunately killed on the battlefield. Battlefield? That was obviously a cover-up since I'm sure he wasn't killed on the battlefield! Soone among the Humans had killed him! The latest report that he had given to before he was killed was that he was already returning back and was just a few more Kingdoms away before he would finally arrive back at the Silver Kingdom, and henceforth the Heart city afterwards."
"I, as a kid back at that ti, was excitedly jumping around after reading the letter. I indeed had lost my parents, but knowing that my brother was coming back ho, I realized that I still have another family mber. What was more, he was quickly running back to save , too!"
"Unfortunately, my brother didn't make it back either because he died. Despair covered my whole world at that ti after knowing that everyone from my family has died, no one to rely on, and has beco alone in this cruel world."
"Now you might be wondering, if you know such a thing, why didn't you dare report it? The story would of course reached that part of the story." Leo can't help but pause.
At the side, Elizabeth was currently wearing a confused expression. She was feeling confused as to why Leo was telling her this. But she kept on listening, nonetheless.
"I was 8 years old when all of them died. Only Butler Xiao, Fatty Ben, and General Kevin had remained and stayed by my side to help defend my family territory, Heart city."
"Forced to change and mature early through cruel and forceful thods. I was finally able to beco the rightful ruler of the Heart city when I beca 10 years old at that ti."
"Naturally, after I was able to stabilize the Heart city, I imdiately brought up the case of my brother's death to the Royal family of Silver Kingdom, secretly. I used all the proofs and clues that I had collected through the 2 years as I opened up a secret case and had asked the Royal family to help find my brother's murderer. Gratefully, they agreed. And I was finally able to catch the tail of the killer through their help after so ti. I was finally going to be able to bring justice to my brother's death."
"However... The Royal family suddenly stopped the support all of the sudden. All the tails that I had found disappeared out of nowhere in a matter of one day, and I was imdiately forbidden to investigate the case any further."
"The reason was simple, it was because they can't destroy those people who had killed my brother as it would be the sa as cutting a strong pillar of support from the Silver Kingdom."
"Hahahaha! A pillar of support? Who cares if they were a pillar of support! Since they had killed my brother, a fellow human, then they should also be killed in return!"
"It enraged ! I didn't follow what the foolish Royal family had said to as I finally allowed the Head of the Logistic Departnt, Fatty Ben, to secretly collect information. Hence, the establishnt of the Scout Departnt of the Heart city."
"After 2 years of collecting information. I finally found out sothing really interesting. I actually had a fiance that was supposedly going to be married to the mont I reached 10 years old. Curiously though, no family had even reached out to at that ti I had reached 10 years old, which was supposedly the agreed aged."
"So, I was imdiately curious about who this family was. I wanted to find out who were these people. Hence, I quickly started a different investigation about this secret fiance of mine."
"Unexpectedly, through this investigation, I found out sothing really interesting..." Leo suddenly paused as he turned to look at Elizabeth, "Do you want to know what it was?"
Elizabeth quickly nodded her head multiple tis in reply as she found Leo's story really interesting. It has a lot of twists and turns, and when she finally thought that it was going to beco a happy ending, a sudden turn of events would suddenly unfold. In her opinion, his story was sothing worthy to be made into a novel.
"It's about the Snow Noble Household of the far Northern region of Silver Kingdom. One of Silver Kingdom's strong pillars of support, a Noble Household so powerful that even the Silver royal family was feeling afraid of them, and a family that the Royal family wouldn't just casually offend!" Leo can't help but take a glimpse at Elizabeth.
Hearing what Leo had said, Elizabeth's eyes suddenly widen before stopping from her step and staring at him. She had finally understood why he was telling her this story.
However, Leo wasn't planning of finishing the story yet.
"The woman that I was agreed to marry was a daughter from this Noble Household. A woman the sa age as , born the sa year and the sa day as , and was also said to be destined to marry accordingly to both our family."
"However, the most interesting part about this was, Fatty Ben's investigation had also pointed out towards the Snow Noble Household!" Leo suddenly let out a loud laugh.
"What a small world, right? The family of the woman who had beco my fiance was actually the killer of my brother. And the most interesting part about it was, it wasn't actually the intention of the Snow Noble Household to kill my brother, at all. In fact, they even really wanted to marry their daughter to ! So, why would they kill my brother? Soone who was going to beco a part of their family, soon..."
"In fact, it was no one's intention, at all. However, it beca one through the order from the woman that was supposedly going to marry ! Killing my brother has unexpectedly beco the intention due to that!"
"How did it happen? Simple! That woman doesn't want to be married to , hence she asked so people to do sothing to stop the marriage. Unexpectedly, those people that the woman had hired actually thought of simply destroying the Heart city in order to revoke the marriage. Apparently, the reason was because a Noble with its own territory destroyed would have its title revoked due to having no capability to protect its own territory and people. So, turning into a commoner would automatically revoke that proposed marriage."
"However, destroying a city openly would surely enrage the Silver royal family, hence it would surely beco the reason for a war between the Royal family of the Silver Kingdom and the Snow Noble Household of the far northern region."
"Unexpectedly though, those people had found out that there was actually one way that will destroy the Heart city without enraging the Silver royal family. And on top of that, it only requires one single person's death. So, after hearing the proposal, without any hesitation, the woman chooses to imdiately execute this said plan, without even knowing who this person she was going to kill."
"That person was my brother! By killing my brother, they thought that the whole Heart city would go into downfall due to the lack of a capable ruler."
"Isn't that right, Elizabeth Snow, or should I call you, my dearest future wife?" Leo finally finished his story as he quickly pulled Elizabeth towards his body.
"But too bad, right? The young man that you don't want to marry had unexpectedly beco a capable ruler of the Heart city and had even earned the affinity to beco a Mage! Your family must be really joyous right now, right? Since after knowing it they had quickly proposed to marry you to at your 18th birthday, again, which is going to be in the next month."
"So, what is your reason for walking around the campus at this hour, Lady Elizabeth? Are you really here to really kill ti? Or perhaps to kill ? Or maybe just to investigate further in order to decide whether you should kill right now or a bit later? Make enjoy my life for a bit, and before your birthday, you will then order so people to kill just like what you did to my brother!" Leo quickly pulled Elizabeth's face closer towards him as he showed a mischievous smile on his face.
"Unfortunately though, you are no longer capable of killing like the last ti. Unless, of course, if you openly use the power within your Noble Household to kill . But unfortunately, you can't do that because your family will surely not agree with that." Leo soon after pushed Elizabeth to the ground as he turned around and walked away.
Suddenly, Leo stopped as he said, "By the way, the person who you should have really killed back then should be ! Because right now, I'm already capable of fighting against you on equal grounds. Moreover, I'm not allowing anything to beco the reason for my death. I will be sure to marry you on your 18th birthday and make you suffer afterwards! I will make you pay for my brother's death in your entire life! Your body and soul will belong to and you can't do anything to change that!"
"Unless, of course, you kill yourself at that ti! But, will I even allow you to do that, HAHAHA!" Leo said with a loud and full of evil laughter before finally walking out of the Silver Mage Academy's gate.
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