That's very badass

Chapter 139
After a night's rest, His Majesty Quesnel regained some energy. When he opened the bedroom window, the first thing he saw were the refugees, which made his slightly better mood turn ugly again.

Obviously, there is not so much land allocated to them in his territory, which means that the civilians need to be driven away, and if they want them to leave, they must prepare enough supplies for them to use on the road.

This war not only disabled a royal army, but also paid for the logistical problems of the entire noble coalition. As for the benefits, they didn't get any benefits at all, and now they have to support these civilians.

Even the great career of the royal family made him feel pain in the flesh.

But he can't ignore it, presumably those nobles will pay a certain fee for this, right?
With this in mind, he came directly to the king's hall, and was about to deal with the affairs of the territory during this period of time, but he had just entered, and before he had time to sit down, something came to him.

"Your Majesty, something happened to the Carney family. They have changed the head of the family, and it is Burton Carney."

"Change it, it has nothing to do with me."

His Majesty Quesnel said helplessly that such a matter has nothing to do with him, it is the internal affairs of the Carney family.

"It's true that it has something to do with His Majesty, it's like this."

Following the officer's narration, His Majesty Quesnel couldn't help feeling a little turmoil in his heart. He rubbed his aching head, because this matter did have something to do with him.

From a legal point of view, he has the responsibility to protect the territorial integrity of the closed city.

Not to mention that it was because Earl Roland responded to his call and took away most of the army in the territory, which left people with the idea that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and it was indeed somewhat responsible.

Originally, such a matter needed to be dealt with by the legion he stayed behind, but the idiot Adnan Carney lost, and even died.

This made the methods he left behind useless.

"Burton Kearney has completely controlled the Earl of Kearney? Then who is managing the Earl of Roland's territory now?"

In His Majesty's view, the Carney family is basically ruthless. They expelled their younger brothers, then attempted to replace them, but were eventually killed by their younger brothers, and even took control of the family territory in a short period of time.

"The Earl of Kearney is now under the control of Burton Kearney's wife, Aveline. As for the territory of Earl Rowland, it is still managed by Burton Kearney."

Such an answer completely confused His Majesty, "Wait a minute, Burton's wife is only called Avelyn, what about her surname, which family does she belong to?"

"She doesn't belong to any family. She is just a commoner. It is said that she has served as Burton's bodyguard for 20 years. Here is some information about the Burton couple."

Fortunately, this news is not a secret thing. It can be said that the entire northern border knows the news. He was also very shocked when he learned the news at the time, and even felt a little envious in his heart.

This was all thanks to the soldiers who had broken mouths. What made the affairs officer a little strange was that Burton Carney seemed to be very indifferent to all of this, otherwise the soldiers would not have said such words.

After reading the information given by the clerk, His Majesty Quesnel fell into deep thought. The previous happy mood has now turned into deep worry.

What is certain is that Burton Carney has good talents. He thought that Burton Carney would leave Roland's command after becoming the earl and become an independent lord.

But judging from the current information, this is not the case. He handed over the family territory to his wife for management. This is understandable, and many nobles have done such things.

What puzzled His Majesty Quesnel was that he was still managing Roland's territory, which caused his doubts. What was this? He was planning to annex Roland's territory?

But he should know that such behavior is not tolerated by other nobles, and it is a challenge to the law. It will bring disaster to him, and this is not something a rational person would do.

Then there is only one possibility, that is, he has no intention of breaking away from Earl Roland, which also means that Roland has already mastered two earls to a certain extent.

Or are they planning to form a tight alliance?

His Majesty Quesnel has a very deep understanding of the kingdom's geography. He knows that between the territories of the Roland and Carney families, there is a Viscounty, which is the Viscounty of Whitnet.

In addition, the spokesperson of the Whitney family, Vicky Whitney, seemed to have a special liking for Earl Rowland. This matter even became a talking point in the Rowland camp, and he had heard about it.

Once he is allowed to connect two, no, three territories, he will obtain a huge piece of land, even comparable to a marquis, recalling the previous battle between the Whitnet family and Roland.

Perhaps this was planned by Rowland in an attempt to coerce the Whitney family into making friends with him, and even Vicky Whitney was forced, all for the purpose of obtaining the territory.

From a legal point of view, once all the heirs of the Whitnet family die, as the only daughter, Miss Vicki can naturally inherit the Viscountdom, which is equivalent to falling into the hands of Roland.

The dispatch of troops by the Carney family and the Whitnet family was indeed reasonable from their point of view at the time, but their results were far beyond their expectations.

This is the biggest abnormality!
His Majesty Quesnel frowned, and tapped the seat with his fingers rhythmically.

All these things were connected in series, and he came to an astonishing conclusion, that is, Roland was not as harmless as he appeared on the surface, he was a conspirator, and he was planning a huge conspiracy.

Including the invasion of the Earl of Kearney, and the northern nobles headed by him, could it be that he is from the Osborne family?

There is no one in the north that can make a person give up the family territory and serve it. Only the Osborne family, who used to be their suzerain, may have made arrangements for this for a long time.

Even Burton Carney could have been manipulated by the Osbornes, Adnan Carney could come up with ideas to replace his brother, and so could the Osbornes.

This also reasonably explained Roland's exaggerated force in his life, as well as the elite level of his soldiers. Only the Osborn family, which has been fighting against alien races all year round, could produce these elite soldiers.

Got it, got it, and after sorting out all of this, His Majesty Quesnel obtained a complete and logical conspiracy, and he firmly believed in it.

That is Duke Osborne's attempt to overthrow his kingdom.

Maybe the threat of the orcs was only fabricated by them, in fact it was to cover up his connection with Sha Botai.

It's really an eventful time now, if it wasn't for the new defeat just experienced, and all of this is just his speculation and there is no evidence.
His Majesty Knell immediately whispered a few words next to the affairs officer, and then changed the order again worriedly, and then let him leave.

"Earl Roland, His Majesty's messenger has brought some information about you."

At this time, Roland was yawning boredly. He knew that this must be about his territory, but he had already learned about it through Fox's letters.

So he just stretched out his hand to signal the soldier to give him the information, but after a long time, no information was delivered to him, which made him a little puzzled. When he looked up, he saw that the soldier was still standing there.

He felt helpless immediately, and patted his forehead with one hand, "Where's the information? Bring it."

"Ah? Oh, it's like this, my lord, that lord said that he must hand it over to you personally."

The soldier also felt a little embarrassed for a moment. He saw Roland thinking in thought just now, and thought that reaching out was just a habitual movement, and he had nothing to give, which caused this awkward situation.

"Forget it, just let him in. I hope it won't be bad news."

Looking at the soldiers who left, Roland fell into deep thought again. If it was about the territory, it wouldn't be such a troublesome thing at all. Could it be that His Majesty has some secret things for him to do?

"My lord let you in, unload your weapons."

Although the guard didn't think he could pose any threat to the adults, the necessary procedures still had to be carried out, because this also represented the face of the adults.

After the messenger handed over the sword, he directly entered the tent, "Good day, Earl Roland, this is information from His Majesty."

After speaking, he held the information with both hands and handed it to Roland, but Roland didn't intend to open it immediately, but put it on the table directly.

When he turned around, he saw that the orderly was still there, "What are you still doing here?"

"Count Roland, I am waiting for your reply. This is His Majesty's request, and see if you have any questions about it."

Fortunately, he had already designed a set of words to deal with it, otherwise he would not be able to complete the task at this time.

Roland took a deep look at the messenger, and saw him standing aside with a low eyebrow. He always felt a little strange, but he couldn't say it.

After carefully checking the wax, he opened the information and browsed. What he didn't expect was that Avelyn was in command of the Earl of Carney, which was not stated in Fox's letter.

Although he knew the result a long time ago, he was still relieved after seeing the confirmed information, which gave him an unintentional thought.

"Since there is no problem with my territory, and the culprit has been executed, I have no objections, you can step down."

Roland already remembered what was wrong, that is, the orderly also represented the face of the superior to some extent, but this one was a bit humble, which made him have the idea of ​​testing.

Sure enough, after he finished speaking, the messenger was about to leave, which was obviously abnormal.

Because at this time, the northern army still had the son of the previous Earl of Carney, Farouk Carney.

Your Majesty should at least talk about how to deal with him, whether he will be deprived of military power or appointed otherwise.

Rather than just letting it go, this will cause a new round of war.

Although he is a participant in the war, he should at least ask Roland for his opinion or give some reminders, right?

This is the attitude His Majesty should have, which is beneficial to the royal family's policy of wooing nobles.

Looking at the back of him leaving, Roland opened the map and found that this person was showing a reddish dot.

This person is hostile to a certain extent, no matter what his purpose is, he must not be allowed to leave alive.

Looking at Earl Roland following him, the spy knew that he had been exposed, so he stopped hesitating and ran towards the horse at a faster speed.

Roland was not anxious about this situation, because the situation was still under his control.

He directly took out a throwing spear from the spear pouch of the guard at the door, put it in his hand and shook it. He just took a slight aim and threw it out under the stunned eyes of the guard.

The javelin flew towards the spy like a bolt of lightning.

Hearing the rapid sound of piercing through the air, the spy just had something to avoid when he was directly pierced by the javelin.

He nailed it to the neck of the war horse. The horse let out a long and unwilling neigh and lay down directly on the ground. It was obvious that it had exhausted more air than inhaled.

Only then did the guards react, "There are assassins!"

Accompanied by this shout, the entire camp exploded, and countless imperial soldiers rushed from all directions with weapons before they even had time to put on their cloaks.

Roland didn't care about the guard's shout, but came directly to the spy and groped on him, but unfortunately found nothing.

When he stood up, he realized that there were people everywhere around him, "It's all right, the assassin is dead, and Andal stays, and everyone else should leave."

Looking at the armor style of the corpse on the ground, Andal asked with some confusion: "What's going on? Isn't this your Majesty's messenger? How did you kill him?"

"This guy is a spy. I found out and wanted to run away. That's it."

Seeing Andal squatting down, as if he was looking for some clues, Roland immediately said: "Don't look for it, there is nothing."

But Andal ignored Roland's words. He rummaged around and found no clues. When he saw the distance between this place and the main tent, he was a little confused.

"Why did he appear so close to the main account?"

Facing Andal's question, Roland's expression changed, as if he was trying to understand something, "This man claims to be His Majesty's messenger, and he also brought some information about our territory."

Hearing that Andal became serious, he continued to squat down, trying to find something, and soon he found clues on the spy's inner lining.

It was a tiny symbol, hidden between the textures of the lining.

If Andal hadn't dealt with people from the intelligence department, he might not have been able to find this, so he immediately dragged Roland into the tent.

"You are right, he is a spy, but not a spy from another country, but a spy from our Majesty. What exactly did you do to make His Majesty send a spy here?"

Facing Andal's question, Roland didn't say much, but handed the information to Andal. After reading it, both of them fell into deep thought.

They knew that this must be because Fox returned to the Earl of Roland as governor after taking back the family territory, and His Majesty had already become suspicious of them.

"This is an assassin. He underestimated my strength and prepared to flee after finding out that I was invincible. At the same time, he notified other nobles to be careful of assassins from other countries."

After hearing Roland's words, Andal's eyes lit up immediately, and he went to do the matter without saying a word.

It seems that the matter of Farouk Carney can only be done by himself.

(End of this chapter)